If you're the typical American consumer, and increasingly the typical consumer in any country, this should sending alarm bells ringing.
→ You have adopted a belief system that places the pursuit of money above all, especially your health - physical, mental and emotional.
→ You're afraid to speak up about it or ask tough questions, lest you get cancelled, deplatformed or ostracized.
→ Your happiness, peace of mind and satisfaction is tied to consumption - the external acquisition of things and experiences - because you've been trained and educated, manipulated and hypnotized to consume.
It doesn't have to be this way.
In fact, this wake up call is the expression of a paradigm shift that has already happened and is underway.
The early signs of it are mixed and tricky to decipher... it's like a mango growing on a tree. It's sour when it's raw, but sweet when it's ripe.
The sweetness is developing, there's no stopping it.
It's easy to get embroiled in all the arguments for and against.
Don't get trapped.
This is a personal wake up call.
Solve this riddle for yourself.
Then see how and where you can help others.
Like putting the oxygen mask on first, before assisting others.
With love,
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I jumped out and tested the waters.
I found something different than what I had been taught.
That's what I talk about.
If it interests you, join me.
There are sweet mangoes and rich oxygen here, all day, every day.
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