On the Eve of the 2020 Presidential Election

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Nov 012020
 

The Direction of Movement Into the Mature Soul Era
by the Selection of Its Figurehead

A Commentary by Stephen J Cocconi – Humane Being

 

“A moral compass can be magnetized two ways: toward what you aspire to be, or away from it and who you believe you ought to be to feel safe. You might say that orienting true north takes constant recalibration. Whereas going south is what happens when you run away from that responsibility. Either way your compass points – you face the consequences.” Michael’s Consortium

Any President of the United States, or leader of any country or enterprise for that matter, is a representation of a nation’s collective zeitgeist (World View or Soul Age awareness) at a moment in history. Continue reading »

Book Overview: “On Motivations: The Vocabulary for the Stories of Our Lives”

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Oct 122018
 

Everyone’s life and times is a story to be told.

Whenever we reminisce, tell a joke, give an instruction, or relay thoughts and feelings that trouble or enthrall us, we are sharing a narrative about our own story.

Enjoy Listening to the 15 minute Overview of the upcoming book:
“On Motivations: The Vocabulary for the Stories of our Lives – Symbolized in the Michael Motivation Cards”
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Authoritarianism, Totalitarianism, and Mislabeling Key Ideas

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Jan 232013
 

Guns Don’t Prevent Authoritarians, They Facilitate them!

For those of my friends who continue to throw around the word Fascist or Fascism, I find my anger growing since my father fought REAL Fascists during WWII, and paid a price with physical injury and depression that took his life early. I consider his sacrifice the reason that I was spared having to go to war. Thank you, Dad.

In an effort to utilize the LIBERAL education that my father fought so hard to preserve, let me give you a brief set of definitions and clarification about what Fascism is and is not.

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Grateful to be a Liberal American!

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Jul 042012
 

More than any other tangible freedom, I value the right to be “secure in my person.” But this phrase from the Bill of Rights’ 4th Amendment, for me, extends further than protection from government. It harkens back to the 1st Amendment guaranteeing my freedom of expression. And by expression, I mean the right to speak my mind and disagree without someone else, who might interpret disagreement as their right to “take offense” and then act upon me in a reactive, punitive, or even violent manner. As a Liberal, I use my ability to think as a way of liberating myself from the fear which comes from ignorance. Not enshrining it as some sacrosanct order to be conformed to and enforced upon others.

 

So what’s the link for me as I celebrate our Independence Day? It is not government tyranny I most worry about, though on the horizon I see extremism undermining the halls of our democratic republic, instead it is my celebration of the rights of thinking people of conscience to advance our society through the dialogues of constructive disagreement.

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I’m taking the 5th…Internal Monad, that is!

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Mar 052012
 

In a conversation with a friend of mine, she mentioned that while reading a couple of my recent newsletters, she determined that their short length was a hint that something had happened to me. Her actual words were “what have you done with my Cocconi?” The implication, of course, that since I am better known for my verbosity, than my brevity, something was amiss with me. I’m taking the 5th! No not a fifth of tequila (though it sounds tempting); nor the fifth amendment – where I withhold from you in fear of being self incriminating; but the 5th Internal Monad.(IM)..aka “review of life task.” Continue reading »

2012 be the Hummingbird Warrior

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Jan 162012
 
by Stephen Cocconi ©2012

A Hummingbird telling a rival to wait its turn.I live in the Sierra Foothills at a place I call Hummingbird House, because of the small contingent of “hummers” that visit our feeders. They daily perform a passion play for me where the actors may improvise their parts, but the theme of the story is always the same. It is a theme of cooperation through contest: confrontation for the sake of demonstrating the urgency of one’s need.

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Strong Emotions create Polarization

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Jan 102012
 

Leary of intensity? Leary of so-called logic?

 

My heart is increasingly weighed upon by the realization that polarization in almost every venue of human interaction is dominated by unacknowledged “fear of other” which herds us into “sides”, makes being “right” a blood lust, makes being open to compromise an act of “weakness” or listening to the other person a traitorous act of disloyalty; and which brings more punishment from your own so-called “side” than would come from the so-called “enemy”. To be intolerant of extremism is the only appropriate use of such an extreme position. But I don’t for a moment pretend nor postulate some ideological or intellectual “superior” stance when attempting to justify it. The simple truth is, I get afraid of rage that has boiled into hatred because no one has the simple courage to say. “what you do scares me.” And actually listen to the other “here is what you do that scares me.” It is that admission alone which unifies us as foibled, vulnerable human beings. And in that…We Are All One! Is anyone else tired of the rancor masquerading as thought?

Welcome to The Michael Teaching BLOG by Stephen Cocconi

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Nov 152011
 

The Michael Teaching.com is still in Beta formatAloha!  Welcome to my BLOG! This site is my perspective on and understanding of The Michael Teaching™. It serves as the philosophical frame-of-reference and lens through which I view my life and collective reality. As the title states, I am a Citizen of Earth and thus all my spiritual learning, musings, postulates and services are geared for us to live with more love, truth, health, creativity, and potency…in this lifetime! The afterlife will take care of itself! If you are a thinking, compassionate, active, and concerned human being, who seeks out diverse viewpoints to inform, stimulate, and enlighten yourself; then I believe what you find here will do that for you. Join the VIP conversation! And, ask Michael a question using The Michael Tarot Divination Cards which are integrated into this site. This site is an ongoing work in progress.  So come back often!
Enjoy your tour… Stephen Cocconi

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