By Stephen Cocconi © 2016

The Day the Earth Stood Chill

Preface: It has taken some time for me to compose this piece. I’ve had to confront aspects of culpability, hopelessness, arrogance and Pollyanna idealism which (or witch) brewed within me as a deceptive palliative for coping with the fears I see in the world, and how they commingle with those in my world. This exploration has been personally poignant, forcibly as cleansing as a delousing, and yet instructive as to the ways I/we must begin to recast attitudes and expand our awareness to create the next phase of collective reality. As an Old Soul, I feel the terror of a world closing in around me. An increase in economic insecurity is inevitable, and I am amongst the 90% of the population who has only minuscule influence on a system that apportions it. Many will relate to this last statement. But in my/your Soloverse, the space of Being within, I may decide to succumb to fear or learn to establish safety in my own psyche. From this point forward, that is where my/your first power is to be found. Continue reading »

An update and commentary of the Growth-Pragmatist-Aggression Year of 2016

“Between love and madness…lies pragmatism.”
Samantha Bee –Host of Full Frontal

2016, so far, has been one of the more hostile, and sometimes violent years in the U.S. since the Civil Rights era, and before that the Civil War. Interestingly enough much of it has been deemed “legal” or at least non-indictable. Many news organization regularly ignore what comprises some of the more ugly happenings on the world stage, at large. But everyone feels it instinctively and is edgy with grating worry, at various levels of intensity, about topic that have to do mostly with security and identity; and they are pissed as hell about it. The Emotional Center driving Aggression, steered by Pragmatism’s “lowest common denominator” dogmatic thinking; have produced a barrage of Intellectual-part rationalizations that are utterly dumbfounding and decimating to Idealists of any progressive/creative types. All of it presented in a “news cycle” at a blisteringly rapid Frequency of 89. It passes in front of ones’ eyes in a blur with scarcely enough time to process any of it. And, it is already August! This is the synopsis of the Overleaves produced by Michael’s Consortium for 2016 back in December, 2015. Continue reading »

He has rankled so many, and trounced a few, too. Donald Trump’s style could be compared to a tank rolling over anything, and anybody, in his way. Continue reading »

There are several topics which stand as key trends or ongoing processes, which, in current vernacular, are: tipping points of human evolution and “canary in the mine” warnings of planetary health. Remember, evolution does not specify, let alone guarantee, advancement or improvement. The next step in time may be one culturally in reverse. If you’ve ever waltzed, you know that the dance continues even when one is backing up.

The following list we term the 7 Warning Trends and the 7 Adaptive Trends; or the 7 & 7, for short. The first set of 7 explore what Michael signals as contracting the race into a fearful state and ruining the planet’s capacity to support diverse life: especially human life! These occurrences are spurred on and sustained by the World View III, an emotionally adolescent attitude based on the drive” “as long as I get mine.” This motivational stance is known in Michael circles as the Young Soul Paradigm.  Continue reading »