Catching Up On the Road in Fairbanks, 4/18/2016

Thank you all dear friends for caring and visiting this irregular blog when time and opportunity arise for me to write.

This came to me in the aftermath of the Paris Climate talks.

Global Climate Goal

Stop further increase in CO2 emissions by 12/31/2020 through ending reliance on fossil fuels.

In this writer’s opinion the climate movement without a target goal is like a ship without a rudder, unable to steer a course to its desired destination. The goal of 350 parts per million CO2 in emissions has been exceeded and continues to rise.  

The Paris agreement is not on a soon enough time line or bold enough to keep us out of harms way. 

Why a12/31/2020 date and not one sooner or  later.  It's a pragmatic choice.  It is soon enough to impart a sense of urgency yet remains a daunting challenge.  It is an end of the decade date and a recognition that we don't have decades more in which to act.  All of this should have happened years ago.  It hasn't.  

The number 20 is considered the base number of the Mayan calendar.    And quantum physicists have now proven that subatomic particles manifest in this reality for a nano second out of the here into the void or field of pure potential at 10 + 10.  There are also biblical references to the number 20.

Symbols are important. This date’s symbolic importance should not be dismissed out-of-hand.  It lends itself as no other to a climate movement rallying cry of having 20 20 vision.  It's 20 20 vision for a change in consciousness that will create a New Earth and an alternate future, one not dependent on fossils fuels and one marked by caring for one another and for nature. 

Pass it on!  Let's make it our collective rallying cry. 

From Cuba with love,

I went to Cuba again in February to visit with friends and ended up in a "drama" still playing itself out.  But it was all good in the end and even transforming, at least for me and some others I would guess.  I can say that I ended up in the hospital for some days due to exhaustion after doing a long "walk about" around Havana." 

Being there was an eye opener of what medicine can be when it's patient care centered and not  money driven.  The physical facilities would be consider run down by our standards but adequate.  It's a poor country after all.  But it was a reminder that simple things still work, like paper record keeping and a manually inflated blood pressure cuff.  I very much enjoyed being seen and checked by medical students on training rounds from Ghana and South Africa.

Free medical care and education besides is a huge benefit we have yet to achieve.  For our money  we get - yippee,  F-35 war machines that go fast, kill people and are so stealthy they're still looking for a mission.  And the cost, well let us just say if you wanted to throw billions down an enormous rat hole with nothing of lasting merit to show for it this is it!
Love works, the war way does not.  End It! 

What's Next?

I'm waiting to hear from Dario whether there will be space on his 52 foot family sailboat going to Hawaii from Mexico. (for more see Top to Top dot org.).  I met Dario in Cordova summer before last sailing from Seward to Valdez.  This would be another potential opportunity of consciousness raising with the banner and more.   If the "stars" align will head out of Fairbanks soon.  Let you know more when I do in next two weeks. 

A recent reading list The Untethered Soul, Michael  A. Singer (excellent timing for me), The Theft of the Spirit - A Journey to Spiritual Healing, Carl Hammerschlag, MD, Intuition for Beginners, Diane Brandon, The Intuition Guide Book, Cyndi Dale, A Story that Will Pierce You, Michael Kingsley, Liar, Liar, Crush by Gary Paulsen.

All for now Peace Rider/Writer