With much secrecy and speculation surrounding the details of recent fast flying trade treaties, it's a stretch of the imagination to think they may ultimately be for the benefit of average people. One has to wonder how many events over the past months occurred to simply lay down cover to distract from what is being called a corporate coupd'etat of the entire world.
How much quiet time do we each spend thinking about our personal freedom? Is it something that can be taken from us or could it be something we must give away? If we feel it has been lost, can it be reacquired?
David Cain of Raptitude.com does a brilliant job of examining the idea of freedom, blame and the barriers we erect before ourselves. To read his latest work, please click: You Are Free, Like It Or Not.
In this day and age questioning everything may be sound policy, but putting it into practice is quite another matter. Around every corner we find we have been deeply conditioned and our heads are full of preconceived notions.
Valuable are the tools which help us sort through what is and step around ourselves to embrace critical thinking. It is refreshing to find others who focus on this as well. For your reading enjoyment, here is just that type of article by Peter Westermann: How To Transcend Duality And Think Within Paradoxes.