Comments for The Waking Up Syndrome at http://www.hopedance.org , comment 1 to 11 out of 11 comments http://www.hopedance.org Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:17:31 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.hopedance.org/home/soul-news/413-the-waking-up-syndrome#comment-153 A useful article, I wish though the links to communities weren't so outdated. Has everyone given up? There are polls showing that climate change denialism is growing (!?) I think it is that as more empirical evidence is manifested, the fear increases, and so does the denialism. Hopefully we can turn this around into motivation to change, otherwise, we are in for the Mad Max scenario. - Gail Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:14:37 +0100 http://www.hopedance.org/home/soul-news/413-the-waking-up-syndrome#comment-146 Hahaha! [b]It looks like "TruthIs...NutJobs" is in Stage 2, as he/she is obviously experiencing "virulent anger" in response to this article - probably as a result of growing discomfort from their own continued denial and delusion.[/b] Who needs the "burden of proof" when even a cursory glance of current events and trends, will reveal increasing economic instability, climate change, and environmental destruction? Perhaps "NutJob" can read one the aforementioned books for more insight, or if I may recommend Jarred Diamond's [u]Guns Germs and Steel[/u] (how this all came to be, in the grand scheme of things) followed by his sequel, [u]Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed[/u] (which, as history shows us, has everything to do with environmental degradation). But this might be too heady for you... Just stick with the Transition Handbook; it's got all the evidence you need! [i]Let's all live more sustainably, grow healthy food, detoxify our bodies and minds, co-create local economies, and visualize a bright future of solutions sprouting up from within the crumbling old paradigm![/i] Much thanks to all who are pioneering this awakening! Namaste P.S. The Matrix is an AWESOME movie (and a decent metaphor for this piece). :D - Zander the Great Ape Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:11:56 +0100 http://www.hopedance.org/home/soul-news/413-the-waking-up-syndrome#comment-145 Hahaha! [b]It looks like "TruthIs...NutJobs" is in Stage 2, as he/she is obviously experiencing "virulent anger" in response to this article - probably as a result of growing discomfort from their own continued denial and delusion.[/b] Who needs the "burden of proof" when even a cursory glance of current events and trends, will reveal increasing economic instability, climate change, and environmental destruction? Perhaps "NutJob" can read one the aforementioned books for more insight, or if I may recommend Jarred Diamond's [u]Guns Germs and Steel[/u] (how this all came to be, in the grand scheme of things) followed by his sequel, [u]Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed[/u] (which, as history shows us, has everything to do with environmental degradation). But this might be too heady for you... Just stick with the Transition Handbook; it's got all the evidence you need! [i]Let's all live more sustainably, grow healthy food, detoxify our bodies and minds, co-create local economies, and visualize a bright future of solutions sprouting up from within the crumbling old paradigm![/i] Much thanks to all who are pioneering this awakening! Namaste P.S. The Matrix is an AWESOME movie (and a decent metaphor for this piece). :D - Zander the Great Ape Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:10:31 +0100 http://www.hopedance.org/home/soul-news/413-the-waking-up-syndrome#comment-143 Excellent article! Thanks to the authors and HopeDance for the continuing insightful and stimulating dialogue such as this. Helps immensely to have these shared issues expressed and clarified. There is much honorable work to be done, and in my opinion, even the small and seemingly insignificant is worthier than we know. To the negative commenters here, I invite, encourage, and challenge you to actually investigate some of the books suggested in the article, even if only to advance your own convictions and/or understanding. I think you'll find we are all the "man behind the curtain", and should all be working on discovering the "answer"(s) together. - Rich Besco Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:18:16 +0100 http://www.hopedance.org/home/soul-news/413-the-waking-up-syndrome#comment-142 Hey, who's been inside my head? This article is exactly what I think about. And I thought it was just me having these ideas. I have told my adult children if you aren't part of the Green Culture (work wise) you are missing the boat. I find myself wanting to quit my job to do something more rewarding and helpful instead of sitting on the sidelines waiting for someone else to fix things. I want my remaining time here to be a positive force instead of a negative. - candy Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:43:52 +0100 http://www.hopedance.org/home/soul-news/413-the-waking-up-syndrome#comment-132 I don't really know what is coming, because no one knows it. We all make movies about it, but they are all different.. That doesn't mean that I believe there's nothing going on, I think everyone have noticed something is changing, but we will not know where it is going to. Why don't we just live our lives as good as possible instead of always complaining about money and political power? Because a human is just an animal with big brains and a deep buried instinct of killing itself. We can do something, but we cannot save the whole world or universe because Nature does whatever she thinks is good for the universe. It's a cycle we will never be able to break, we are too small for that. And if we try we will probably destroy the things we were trying to save. So please, try to save/ change the little things we can reach and don't try to feel guilty for all those other things you can't save. About the "stages".. I can not place myself anywhere in those steps.. I have always been this way and I don't think that will change. Maybe people shouldn't place other people in 'rooms'. it would make a huge difference and we wouldn't just create wars because "those people look and believe something different" I hope some people will recognize something of it in their self, because so many people don't know anymore who they are and what they want. They are living in a dirty city without any natural elements. I think that's not good for a human, we belong between the trees and other beautiful things of Nature. No matter how cruel Nature sometimes seems to be. She is keeping the balance, we can't change that. Let's just love ourselves, each other and everything around us! When it's time, it is time and then we will know. Don't worry about the future, but do the best in your life now. - Talking tree Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:55:35 +0100 http://www.hopedance.org/home/soul-news/413-the-waking-up-syndrome#comment-21 This makes a lot of sense. I thank you for your efforts. - Olivier Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:50:37 +0100 http://www.hopedance.org/home/soul-news/413-the-waking-up-syndrome#comment-15 How people are able to convince themselves that we can literally consume - oxidize - a substantial portion of our planet's crust, altering both the oceans and the atmosphere in dramatic ways, and NOT do ourselves in, is beyond me. The earth is not the center of the universe, and neither are we. We did have a lovely planet, once. - PlainAsThe Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:13:33 +0100 http://www.hopedance.org/home/soul-news/413-the-waking-up-syndrome#comment-14 i completely agree with the cheesyness of the neo commmet. it kickstarted my rolling eyes reaction. :P this writeup is dribble if not completely vague nonsense. :'( - NO2FearMongering Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:52:31 +0100 http://www.hopedance.org/home/soul-news/413-the-waking-up-syndrome#comment-13 [b]This article really must play to the paranoid delusional crowd. Instead of offering any criticism or burden of proof from its intended subject, it seeks to reaffirm to their mental instability by dictating that everyone else has yet to wake up and only they have discovered the "answer" or the man behind the curtain. Written to be absorbed by self perpetuating isolationists and arrogant schizophrenics. P.S. The cliche in the reference to Neo from the Matrix films almost made me vomit. Very tacky, it should have been omitted. [/b] - TruthIsContactWithRealHumanBeingsNotNutJobs Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:40:50 +0100 http://www.hopedance.org/home/soul-news/413-the-waking-up-syndrome#comment-9 THank you for this. I found the piece challenging, yet empowering. What's particularly useful for me was your explanation of how one could hold the negative aspects of dealing with "peak everything" in a kind of creative tension with our desires for a new way of living. I also found your description of the stages very useful to locate myself on the continuum.Bouncing between stages 4 and early 6, I realized that I need to interact more with others who are where I am or above me. To be part of a community, and not feel pressed to do it all myself (how grandiose is that?). I came away from the article with some good ideas for personal and collective action, and feeling better about my place in this unfolding, and the limits of my power, yet still feeling that within those limits there was much I could do. Thank you. Bruce Elkin Author, Staying Up In Down Times -- and Beyond! - Bruce Elkin Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:36:47 +0100