2012: Changes and Issues

A lot of things has been emerging around the world today. Everybody knows 2012 is bringing something... to some it can be cataclysmic to others it will be glorious.

With the rise of the information technology..... you get different views from different people. I've been on a hunt as to what 2012 will bring for the past few months... What will happen at the end of this year? Will it be devastating?

But, as I searched and I searched I stumbled onto so many issues... that if I would have stayed in my pretty little bubble, I wouldn't have known about what is going on. I have given up the usual 7pm news 2 years ago and all the big media corporations because I know they are one form of "programming" the ones in "POWER" want us to be in. Media is focusing on issues that are irrelevant.... they keep us blind to what is really happening in the world.

Of course, searching online you also have to be cautious. Because, not everything you see, hear or read about are entirely true. However, I am very grateful that "alternative media" are already sprouting. Giving us information that is not available in mainstream media.

So, what are the pressing issues I stumbled upon?

• Civil Society - Last year, I was following the "Occupy Movement" which got their inspiration from the "Arab Spring". It went from "Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Philippines, Occupy Earth, Occupy the Future to Occupy your Heart". It's amazing how our mainstream media is not talking about this... This was launched by the group Anonymous and a lot of things/groups/organizations sprang forth. But, one needs to find balance in protesting peacefully in the streets. So, a group of people are currently creating and starting initiatives that will sustain us in the future. Whenever I watch the videos of the Occupy Movement, I get mixed emotions... from rage to the 1% and the feeling of hope. Although, in the end.... I know that emotions that comes from love would be 100% times more powerful than rage.
• Information Technology - With the rise of the machines, currently humans are making the "last machine to be invented by humans." If it will be invented... we will be deemed useless. And you can see it rising already. If we lose our humanity by treating people like machines.... then it wouldn't be LIFE at all. You can be amazed how some scientists are so advanced mentally that they begin to think "technology is everything". It will be another Atlantis. -_-
• Internet - with the proposed SOPA/ACTA which censors our freedom of speech.... by merely posting a youtube video or music by a labeled artist, we could be sued and imprisoned for 50 years. 
• Unfair Laws - more and more laws that violates human rights are being passed. US Pres. Obama just signed NDAA last 2011. NDAA states that people can be imprisoned and tortured without due process, foreigners or civilians. Now, what if you were caught under the law of SOPA/ACTA and be under U.S. soil? -_- And the on going debate here in the Philippines about RH Bill and what not.
• Environment - Climate Change. Global Warming to Sustainable Ecology. Solar Power. Coal-Fired Plant. Mining. Landslides. Flood.The debate goes on. Just follow Greenpeace, and other green advocaies.
• Healthcare - Also, earlier last year I saw an issue about EU banning alternative healthcare such as Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic, and all those ancient healing traditions and will force you to only take "allopathic medicine". Alternative healthcare will be illegal
• Economics - Actually the Occupy Movement tackled about issues in economics. How the money of the world is controlled by the 1%. And how more and more people are in debt due to unfair practices. And yeah the economy of other countries specially the super powers are tethering to the edge and they will create havoc to regain the power back.
• Hyper Consumption - with the rise of various malls as "ground zero for materialism", people are lured into the world of consumerism. You have to buy this and that....  
• Energy - Coal-fired power plants. Nuclear plants. Increasing demand of energy and they need to bastardize the Earth to get it. For what? For money. o_O. And the suppression of the technology of Free Energy.
• Values - what do we value now? It seems like people value money over people. To have more. Our society programs our people through print, tv ads, and with entertainers. We pay entertainers much more than we do our noble professions - such as educators... and priests...

And the list goes on... there are so many issues around.... locally and globally.
Which goes to show.. that 2012 is the moment where we are at the crossroads. Where humanity will choose which side to move forward to.

The old ways are clearly not working. All large institutions are going through changes and transitions (economics, politics). There are so many things happening... internally (within each one of us) and externally (polar shift and galactic alignment).... time seems to fly by.....

with all my search... I think nobody really knows what will happen on 2012. The people in POWER (1%) got their own schemes on how to keep their money and power....
All i know is that we need to be prepared... not out of fear.... but out of love. How?

 

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By going back to yourself... listen to your heart.... listen to your inner voice. Follow your intuition. Ask for divine guidance..... Stay grounded, connected to Mother Earth, always do clearing and before going out of your home... "shield yourself".

There will be lots of changes... local ones... devastating sometimes... sometimes giving us hope.... This is an intense year..... and everyone feels it....
whether it will be a challenging one for you or something glorious... it is up to you....

all i know is that the community I am in is gearing towards a sustainable future, something that starts with personal mastery...... and to tap into our Creative Self that is hibernating or sometimes covered by our "programmed self".....

should you want to connect with a community.... do tell me... I can suggest a few available in your city. :)

Save Belo Monte!

I found this over Tumblr. I feel the Chief's heartache because I feel the same way when the government officials of Davao City approved the Aboitiz coal plant here in Davao. It is so sad. :(



The chief Raoni cries when he learns that brazilian president Dilma released the beginning of construction of the hydroelectric plant of Belo Monte, even after tens of thousands of letters and emails addressed to her and which were ignored as the more than 600 000 signatures. That is, the death sentence of the peoples of Great Bend of the Xingu river is enacted. Belo Monte will inundate at least 400,000 hectares of forest, an area bigger than the Panama Canal, thus expelling 40,000 indigenous and local populations and destroying habitat valuable for many species - all to produce electricity at a high social, economic and environmental cost, which could easily be generated with greater investments in energy efficiency.

It was brought to my attention that there is a petition we all can sign to help support these indigenous people and the Amazon. Please take a second to check it out below or comparable petitions that are available. Thank you.

http://amazonwatch.org/take-action/stop-the-belo-monte-monster-dam

MISSION POSSIBLE: Rescue Christmas for CDO and Iligan

Dearest Family and Friends,

As most of you are aware by now, it's all over social network (facebook, blogs and twitter) about CDO and Iligan and Typhoon Sendong.

A group of my friends have organized something in facebook to gather all donations.

As of today, our family sent some goodies through our company, DXN since most of our fellow distributors are affected and currently some of the distributors' location are unknown pa.

To those who wants to support the general group please do.......

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Just call/text us to join--> Ayyi Gardiola (09214490095 or 09177171802), Fonzi Marquez (09165725815) or Bennette Tenecio (09278710105, 09182689374)

Drop Off Centers:
 

Any LBC Branch, PAL Cargo or Cebu Pacific

DAVAO 

• Peacebuilders Community Office, 2nd Flr. Coffee for Peace, McArthur HiWay, Matina, Davao City (beside EastWest bank, across McDonalds) c/o Bennette Tenecio 

  Zabadani Cafe (Ponciano Street)
• Bobo's Music Bar formerly Lorie's Cafe (Araullo Street)
• DXN Branch (Lanang Warehouse)
• DXN Legaspi Service Center,

 

MANILA 

• PCEC Office, 2nd Flr., Evangelical Center, 62 Molave St., Project 3 Q.C. Tel No. 913-16-55 to 57. 

• MyPlace katipunan infront of Ateneo near KFC.

 

MAKATI: 

• Teammanila stores, TM studio in Jupiter and Warehouse (Ecoville).

CAGAYAN DE ORO -

• PAROM 10, CIF, 3rd Flr. Jags Commercial, 12th St. cor. Hayes St., Cogon, CDO c/o Pastor Alex Eduave # 09059343620.

Badly needed are: ready to eat meals, potable water, clothes, rice, canned goods, cookware, footwear, blankets, toiletries, mats, underwear, sanitary napkins and toilet paper, medicines, detergents, children’s needs like diapers and milk, mosquito nets, flashlights with batteries, raincoats, latrines, etc.

NEW: Milk, feeding bottles, diapers, habol/banig, mats, towels, soap, sleepers for children and adults, toiletries, toothpastes, toothbrushes, utensils, emergency lamps, utensils, spoon and fork, plastic cups, garbage bins, disinfectants, toilet cleaning, plates, blankets, basins, pails, dippers.

MEDICINES:

Cough meds- Lagundi/carbocestin, mefenamic acid, anti-diarrheal – loperamide / oresol, antypyretics- paracetamol tablets, clean gloves, sterile gloves, normal saline (washing), plaster, medicine cups, medicine dropper, anti-infectives-amoxicillin, anti-hypertensives – losartan, nifedipine, plain NSS

For Cash Donations:
Bank Name: Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company (Metrobank)
Bank Address: Davao-Ecoland Branch, Amya 2 Quimpo Cor. Tulip Drive, Matina, Davao City, Philippines, 8000
Bank Account: 007-547-00228-4
Bank Transit: 03026-0166
Int’l Swift Code: MBTCPHMM
Account Name: Peacebuilders Community Incorporated
You may also donate through paypal, through Fonzi’s account: alfonsomarquezvi@gmail.com

Please Email the details of your monetary donations to so we can give you proper acknowledgement & receipts: bennette@peacebuilderscommunity.org

*Cash donations will be used to purchase more goods and other identified needs by our field monitors in CDO, Iligan and Lanao areas that are affected

THROUGH SMS (RED CROSS)
Text REDAMOUNT to 2899 (Globe) or 4143 (Smart)
G-Cash
Text DONATEAMOUNT4-digit M-PINREDCROSS to 2882

You can donate the following denominations:
Globe: 5, 25, 100, 300, 500 or 1000
Smart: 10, 25, 50, 100, 300, 500 or 1000

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For real-time updates from Mindanao journalists on situations in typhoon-stricken areas, stay tuned to the MindaNews website: http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2011/12/18/iligan-evacuees-appeal-for-help/

 ALSO CHECK THE FB PAGE and GROUP dedicated for the flood victims:

Let's Help The Survivors of Typhoon Sendong 

Davao Aid For CDO 

Operation Tsinelas

Tribu Pagkakaisa

Angel Brigade

Thank you everyone!