Posts Tagged ‘Zen’

5 Years Ago, This Interview Wouldn’t Have Happened

12/02/2026

By: Randall Richards, Mountain Spirit Media
Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks, the oldest running podcast on Youtube/Internet just sat down with Tucker Carlson. To be clear, the powerful people in the world don’t want this sort of thing happening. Uygur is a classic liberal, and Carlson of the right, (that is if you still buy into the labels). This interview and the Youtube comments sent shivers up my spine because we are starting to see the veil lifted. Whether we have blue hair or not, we’re starting to see we have some big things in common, like anti-war, and, that it’s more important to put some of our differences aside to tackle the big issues. One of those issues, the least of which, is our survival. Here are a few excerpts of Uygur’s opening statement.

Tucker Carlson started the interview by asking,
“Of all the things you could do to infuriate your audience, this is probably at the top of the list. You don’t need to do this. Why are you doing this?”

Cenk Uygur opened with, “There’s a couple of reasons why. Number one, I want to take yes for an answer. You’re anti-war. We’ve been anti-war for 20 years. Carlson Responds, I have not been. So bless you for that. I also want to break down the barriers of Republicans versus Democrats, right wing versus left wing. I think that it’s used to divide us. I think that the powerful already have an incredible elite team. They’re very, very organized, and they do it through donations to the politicians, et cetera. But the American people are not organized. We have built two teams, but those two teams, the Republicans and the Democrats, have been trained to fight each other instead of fighting up. Exactly. When you split the population that way, you take away all of their energy because you have them use their energy against one another rather than against you. It’s actually brilliant.”

Uygur Continued, “It’s done on a meta level in every way. Also, by By the way, on a global level, Christians versus Muslims. Two billion here, two billion there. Make sure you guys are fighting one another. Hey, look at that. We’ve used up all your energy fighting one another and not looking up.”

Then he broached the big one, “Then, of course, the third issue is Israel. That’s what I want to talk to you a lot about today, I hope. I think that that’s an animating issue for a number of reasons, not because it’s the end all be all, but because it is deeply symbolic. Whether it’s Big Pharma or Big Oil or APAC, they are buying our politicians. And so you’re a rare person saying that. I’m a person saying that. And the mainstream media works against us, and they try to shut us up and say, Don’t tell anybody about money in politics. Yes. No, these politicians are honest and honorable people having debates. They’re not having any debates. They’re cashing checks. And so I want all of America to know that. And at the end of the day, Tucker, if we don’t unite as Americans, the powerful are going to rule us forever.”

But he explained, “It’s a difficult one for me because I grew up in a town that was about 50% Jewish, so I have tons of Jewish friends. I have Jewish family. I have a nephew and niece who are Jewish. I don’t want to make people uncomfortable, and I don’t want this to be about the That’s crazy. What I tell people all the time is, Hey, listen, my friend Dave, my friend Jack, Masoud never called him an Asperian. Netanyahu was never like, Hey, should we take 53% of guys? What do you think, Dave? That’s not how it works. Anyone who’s got that intent, I’m not interested in. You’re not going to have me as an ally. It’s not going to work out. I have Jewish family, I have Jewish friends. I’ll never sell them out. I And the other thing about Jewish Americans is they’re Americans, and I believe in a united America. So you’re for America. I love you, and I protect you.”

He went further to explain, “I’m the one trying to stop the killing. I’m for nonviolence. In fact, I’m religiously for nonviolence. If I have any religion at all, it’s nonviolence. My hero is Martin Luther King and Gandhi and Mandela. I say, do not do any violence to anyone. It would be, in fact, if someone is doing violence, they’re against us. You just heard me say it. I say it a thousand times. I love Jewish people. This is not about the Jews. But this country wants us to pay for a genocide. They just don’t want to pay for a genocide. They listen to all that and they go, Now everybody understands that Jake Huber is an anti-Semite who hates Jews and is like an immoral person. If you’re not pro-genocide, you’re anti-Jewish. No, no, no, don’t say that. Don’t say that because you’re actually going to get my Jewish friends hurt. When you say your anti-genocide means you’re anti-Jewish, that equates Judaism with genocide. Don’t, don’t. I don’t know anything that drives up anti-Semitism more than that. But back to the original injustice, and then we’ll get back to more and more gaslighting, because the gaslighting is another perfect symbol of what mainstream media does and establishment media does.”

This is clearly another turning point that brings, what I used to call, the “Global Elite”, down a few notches. There were other clear turning points. Comedy is a clear bellwether, and when Jim Breuer did “Somebody Had to Say It,” we were laughing at the emperor who had no clothes. Of course the recent release of the Epstein files by the US DOJ is another turning point. But if no one is held accountable, I fear for the future of civilization, because really bad people doing really bad things need to held accountable. If they are not, we descend.

Uygur made an stunning analogy of how we’ve been deceived. I won’t include it here, but it’s hard to unknow it once you’ve heard it. I have a feeling it will go done in the history books, that is, if the people win.

The thing that really got to me, in a good way, were the comments about this interview. I’m including some of the more powerful ones here:

– These two are NOT suicidal

– I’m so not a Cenk fan, but this interview has changed my mind. This conversation needed to happen and I learned a lot.

-This is the conversation that the elite have been dreading.

– I swear my eyes have been opened I’ve only ever heard cenk in sound bites and thought he was an imbecile but as of completing this conversation I am shocked and humbled as to how much I agree with this man. What a terrific American who I’m proud to call a fellow countryman.

– Left and Right finding common ground, I dig it.

– Most unexpected crossover of the year award goes to …

– This is what the establishment fears

– Tucker breaking ALL THE RULES! Seriously my frickin hero

– It’s happening guys. The Left and the Right are coming together to diminish the common enemy.

– The unity i am seeing in the comments is so heartening. We need to stop looking left and right at pointless culture war issues, and start looking up.



Lastly, I encourage those in the “Freedom Community” both here, and worldwide, to focus on what we have in common. Were there mistakes made during the past few years? Yes, certainly here in NZ. But any time people come together, we’ll have differences on how we do things, on what we think. After my teaching at Outward Bound for 15 years, the most important thing I came away with is that “We embrace each other not in spite of our difference but because of our diversity.” For more on the subject of building true community, see M Scott Pecks, a Different Drum which was a cornerstone of my teachings at Outward Bound. As I write this, It’s dawning on me that the teachings of OB founder Kurt Hahn, and that of Peck, not to mention Eckhart Tolle, have led me to this point that in order for us to survive as a species, we have to come together. At Outward Bound, the goal wasn’t necessarily to get to the top of the mountain. It was to get to the top as a healthy team of individuals, of a true community. As the Zen saying goes, “If not now, when?

An Introduction to Awakening

21/04/2014

The tide turns

The tide turns

By Zen Gardner

The waking up process is a very personal experience. Once we become aware of the existence of a fabricated world we thought to be real and that our true nature is anything but what we’ve been told, there’s no turning back.

It may appear to be a lonely path, but we are by no means alone in this awakening. It is happening in all walks of life. Whether a banker or corporate employee wakes up to the scam being perpetrated on humanity and pulls out of the matrix, or a normal taxpaying worker realizes they’re contributing to a military industrial machine hell bent on control and world domination, we’re all the same.

Leadership in Chaos

Leadership in Chaos

And those are just surface issues compared to the deliberate suppression of man’s innate spiritual nature, whether we call it social liberty or the freedom to create and manifest as we truly are.
Triggers for Awakening

There are many such triggers that wake people up. Once someone realizes how the world was scammed on 9/11 and that the powers that be are willing to perpetrate such atrocities to promote their agenda, the digging begins. When we realize we’re at the complete mercy of parasitic central bankers more than willing to not only implode the world’s economy, but finance both sides of any conflict for personal gain and control and that our governments are complicit in this scheme, we start to grasp the enormity of what befalls us.

That we have rapidly evolved into an advanced militarized surveillance police state is driving many to ask some hard questions – and the answers can be startling and difficult to swallow, especially when you realize they have cut off all avenues of recourse.

Meditation in Action

Meditation in Action

Another major issue is that it’s more evident by the day that our very health is under attack, again by complicit government and multinational corporations pushing GMOs, adulterated food, vaccines, pharmaceuticals, atmospheric aerosols and the like, all of which have been proven to be extremely hazardous to humanity. Yet they push harder by the day, mandating program after destructive program. Meanwhile, natural and organic farming and foods, as well as supplements, are under intense attack by these very same perpetrators.

The truth about these issues and many, many more including massive planet harming programs such as fracking, electrosmog, and the geoengineering assault on humanity are driving a major perceptual paradigm shift amongst all walks of life as we delve more deeply into who is doing all this and why.

Back Room Politics

Back Room Politics

There Is No “They” – Oh Really?

This is often the final breakthrough point for many people. As the true picture starts to crystallize, the horrific realization that the “powers that be” are fundamentally a clandestine cabal with front men comes into focus. These are powerful minions, Read the rest of this story..

Mountain Spirit Inst. Offers Programs/Events

12/07/2012

Mountain Spirit Institute Offers Upcoming Programs and Special Events

Mountain Spirit Institute of the Dartmouth Lake Sunapee Region and Queenstown New Zealand area, is offering programs this summer and fall in New Hampshire, based on its mission to “help people reconnect with the environment, each other and a deeper connection to one’s self”.

The first program, on July 22nd ,  is an Adventure Educator’s Sharing Symposium open to teachers, students and outdoor educators who would like to share, learn and apply best practices of group processing and facilitation, especially with a holistic approach. There is no charge, as MSI is offering this as a public service.

Mountain Spirit will also be offering a Reconnection with Nature Hike on July 24th where there will be hiking to a local mountaintop, and participants will have a chance to relax with a short meditation and powerful nature reading. Again, there is no charge, as MSI is offering this as a public service.

On July 28th there will be a one-day Solo retreat starting at eight in the morning with a basic orientation and safety talk. Participants will then be shown their own “solo spot” where they will spend the day with minimal gear and distractions. There is a nominal program fee for this event.  There will also be an Overnight Solo on August 24th and 25th  where participants spend the night under a tarp in a beautiful local setting.  The goal for Solo’s are to reconnect, unplug, contemplate and be present in nature with few distractions with the safety net of experienced facilitators and guides. Solos will also be offered as an on-demand basis.

Lama Miller

Mountain Spirit Institute is collaborating with Lama Willa Miller of the Wonderwell Refuge, in Springfield NH on an outdoor adventure program called Mindfulness in the Mountains. The Natural Dharma Fellowship has a retreat center, where the program will be based for the weekend of Oct 12-14th.

MSI will offer again its MSI Film Series, one of which will be Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. This remarkable film follows two men, one an Australian and other an American truck driver, on their amazing path to recovering their health through juicing and healthy lifestyle choices . There will be some testimonials and discussion after the film. They do what their website calls a “reboot of your body”.

Rock Climbing will be offered to parent/children pairs, as well as families up to four, on the local crags in the region by appointment.

Mountain Spirit Institute is an insured non-profit educational organization started in 1998. Their first program was a cultural immersion trip to Peru. All of the summer and fall programs will be facilitated and managed by internationally recognized guides and facilitators. For more information on any of these programs or on Mountain Spirit Institute,  visit their website at www.mtnspirit.org or call 603-763-2668

The Mind: “Just Stop It!”

10/04/2010

Be Here Now
Being in the present moment is all there  is. This light-hearted skit by Bob Newhart on MadTV illustrates this message with brevity and humor.
Amanda and I attend a wonderful “Open Hearted Listening” group along with other couples, once per month,  facilitated by the wise Don Rosenthal, about whom I’ve written in a prior post.  Last night, some of were talking about first, observing our behaviors that are like useless baggage we’re carrying around, and simply drop the behavior, like one would a hot coal.  Enjoy..

Editor’s Note: Thought I’d include something:  That those with cases of clinical depression and similar diagnosed issues, being told to “stop it” could probably cause quite serious repercussions.  I was talking with a friend today who’s a psychologist (it wasn’t an appointment). I mentioned this skit and the premise. She replied, “That’s funny, sometimes I feel like saying “Stop it” to my clients,” adding, “Who would they be without their stories.”, Indeed, who would each one of us be, without our stories.

Tolle states that the there really isn’t that much difference between a stranger wandering down the sidewalk muttering to himself, and the rest of us, only the rest of us don’t do it out loud. We’ve don’t know to find the “off button”. The instrument has taken us over. Similar to an air conditioner making a background hum, the mind makes background noise with endless commentary and thought. Only  when we “stop it” do we notice the peace. That’s something to think about.