“I believe that "government", as we know it today, should pull out of most things except for law enforcement and justice, national defense and foreign policy, and let the private sector, a "Grameenized private sector", a social-consciousness-driven private sector, take over their other functions.” KnowsShouldBelieveGovernmentTodayLawI BelieveSocialJusticeConsciousnessPolicyFunctionDefenseDrivenForeign PolicyLaw EnforcementEnforcementPrivate SectorNational DefenseSocial Consciousness Book:Banker to the Poor: The Autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, Founder of the Grameen Bank Source: Banker to the Poor: The Autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, Founder of the Grameen Bank
“Trust allows you to follow your feelings through your defenses to their sources, and to bring to the light of consciousness those aspects of yourself that resist wholeness, that live in fear.” InspirationalFeelingsLightConsciousnessSourceAspectDefenseWholeness Author:Gary Zukav
“Forgiveness is like the martial arts of consciousness. In Aikido and, other martial arts, we sidestep our attackers force rather than resisting it. The energy of the attack then boomerangs back in the direction of the attacker. Our power lies in remaining nonreactive. Forgiveness works in the same way. When we attack back, and defense is a form of attack, we initiate a war that no one can win.” WayArtWarFormLyingWinningEnergyForceConsciousnessDefenseMartial ArtsResistingInitiateAikidoBoomerang Author:Marianne Williamson
“Unfortunately I feel like a lot of the issues that the show [OJ Simpson ] was dealing with are still very much in the forefront of the American consciousness and the world consciousness today. Police misconduct was at the heart of the defense and Johnny Cochran did a masterful job at putting that defense at the forefront of the jury's conscience as opposed to the double homicide of Ron [Goldman] and Nicole [Brown Simpson].” WorldFeelsHeartStillsShowsTodayJobsConsciousnessIssuesConsciencePoliceDefenseBrownJuryHomicideNicoleMisconductOj Simpson Author:Sterling K. Brown
“You can't deny Eros. Eros wills trike, like lightning. Our human defenses are frail, ludicrous. Like plasterboard houses in a hurricane. Your triumph is in perfect submission. And the god of Eros will flow through you, as Lawrence says, in the 'perfect obliteration of blood consciousness.” HumansHousePerfectConsciousnessBloodFlowDenyDefenseTriumphLightningSubmissionHurricanesFrailEros Author:Joyce Carol Oates