(my grandson Wyeth.  What does this world have in store for him?)

Out of the necessity for survival and a feeling of self-worth and purpose we have seen a rising of individuals and groups in the warehouse auction, community market, flea market and trash picker business.  This is a truly grass roots movement of the people saying to our government and our country that the old ways don’t work anymore. 

We are tired of being left behind while the elite few take all the spoils and leave the rest with nothing.  We will instead as a gathering of people sustain a lifestyle that works for us, all of us.  We no longer need the government, the corporations, the lies and the disease and destruction.

An individual finds another individual that has a need and he or she finds something to satisfy that need and he or she also finds a way of delivering that product and making a profit and not relying on any established organization for this to take place.  Both parties are happy in the end and there has been the exchange of commerce and life continues. 

We grow hay here in Ohio and they need hay for their horses in Florida, so, we load up trucks with hay in Ohio and we deliver that hay to the horse farmers in Florida and we make a living doing this.  We don’t’ need trucking companies or corporations for this to happen, we do this independently and we find a satisfaction and success from it.

The success of the flea market and the large auction warehouse internet sites and community markets are based on the same principles.  I am able to find at one location in the country items that I can purchase for a relatively cheap price and take back to my home town and sell them at a profit just as I also find things in other areas that I know I am paying a little higher price for because they are able to offer them and I do this happily.  It’s a complete give and take enterprise and everyone is happy at the end of the day.

We are not recycling our new toys, we are instead recycling our necessities over and over again and we are building styles around the items that are being sold.

Technology is a distraction and there is no real need to save it.  You use it and you have immediate access to it infinitely so there is really nothing to hold on to and keep.  We find that satisfaction of sharing, owning and giving through the simplest of items and they become wonderful things of value.

The most important aspect of this entire process is that it’s an instinctual reaction to the negative effects that our government and world is putting onto us as individuals and communities. 

The elite, rich and powerful are becoming militant in keeping themselves rich and powerful and the governments are finding themselves more and more prisoners to this insanity of wealth and power so the normal Jane and Joe has to find other ways of continuing a life that is healthy, happy and fulfilling and we do that by becoming more grass roots oriented in our ways and ignoring the governments and corporations.  Let them play their games while we live life.

Of course the governments and corporations are starting to notice that we don’t care what they do anymore so they are beginning to get angry and are trying to flex their muscles in as many ways as they can but they are all finding out that we do not go down easily.  We have built an independent form of community that is stable and strong and we are powerful in our numbers and the ironic beauty of it all is that we didn’t even know that was what we were doing.  We just got tired of living such hard lives and decided to take things into our own hands individually and this individual action turned into groups and communities and now we are beginning to see that all the money in the world is not as powerful as the spirit of the people are.

As this continues we must stay aware of the pressures that our government will put on us and how they will try to get us back into the mindset of the corporation but we must be strong and obey their requests within reason but, also know that if push comes to shove we will be the victors.

Have you ever wondered why the United States keeps getting into wars that they cannot win?  It’s simple really, because we are not fighting for the right reasons.  We are not fighting to save our lives, our way of life or our very souls.  We are fighting to satisfy our greed and our insatiable need for power and control.

Our country and government has become tired of losing wars to foreign countries so they have decided to wage war on their own citizens by taking away their rights of freedom and their rights of free expression.  We have become a prison state ruled by the new big brother but what they did not plan on was that we would not go down easy, we would fight back and fight back in numbers and be joined by those brave souls in government that would say, “No”.

As a nation we have committed terrible atrocities in the name of God and government but as a people, as a gathering of people from all walks of life, from every corner of the globe we are a gathering of souls that have a common goal and we are finally finding that purpose and all I can say is it’s about damn time.

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hippy mike

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