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The Sovereignty Series - A 'State' of Mind





Personal sovereignty is a ‘State of Mind’ long before it is a state of being.

 

 
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Question Everything, Believe Nothing - Chapter Two - Group Think and the Hive Mind





The pain we feel when balanced at the cliff’s edge is entirely of our own making and completely within our control to extinguish. All we need do is to abandon the certainty of belief that is presently stuck in our craw.

 
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Question Everything, Believe Nothing - Chapter One - Suspending Disbelief





We view our recent ancestors as backwards and uninformed, cavemen for all practical purposes, yet we never seriously consider that we are just as uninformed and will be considered so by the future ‘us’.

 
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The Answer is 42





To be perfectly honest (pun most definitely intended) the reason we tolerate lies from others is because we want them to tolerate our lies. What goes around (hopefully) comes around, at least when it comes to lying.

 
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The Sovereignty Series - You Can’t Make Me!





By accusing someone else of being responsible for my emotional outbursts I am in essence avoiding responsibility for my own actions. By blaming others for my ‘State of Mind’ I’m assigning myself to the ‘role’ of victim status.

 
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Two Ice Floes





To express any uncertainty whatsoever was, and still is, considered a sure sign of weakness and will never be entertained. This belief is nearly universally held and is of course promoted by all self proclaimed authorities.

 
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Transcendence





If our inner self, our essence, is not centered and at peace, at best we will be ineffective and at worst just a miserable person.

 
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When the Law Falls Silent





"Well, of course, Kore­ma­tsu was wrong. And I think we have repudiated in a later case. But you are kidding yourself if you think the same thing will not happen again."

 
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Pop’s Pot





While Pop always packed light and had only a few worldly possessions other than his clothes and personal property, his kettle always traveled with him from home to temporary home, ready to be pulled out and fired up in order to prepare any number of favorite dishes.

 
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The Ultimate Act of Freedom





Freedom, true freedom, can only begin when we willing choose to start down the path of personal sovereignty and total personal accountability.

 
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The Grand SCOTUS Facade





The Empire will protect itself from itself, from its own greed, corruption, malfeasance, incompetence and especially from its oppressed and enslaved citizens.

 

 
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Promises, Promises!





Truth is instantly recognizable for its self evident nature. The difficulty isn’t in knowing what to do; the difficulty lay in doing what needs to be done.

 

 
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The Santa Claus Lie – A Gateway Drug to Collective (Self) Deception





What is often unspoken is that we lie to others in order to be lied to by others.

 
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The Journey and the Destination





One can find inspiration wherever one looks, a conscious choice we often ignore or don't even know exists.

 
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Guest Post: Bugging Out of the D.C. Burbs





And now a few words from Cognitive Dissonance's better half on creating a lifestyle change we can live with.

 
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