Manly P. Hall, who I consider to have been one of the wisest men of the 20th century, has featured more than once on this blog – with good reason.

Not only was Hall a man with a tremendous amount of esoteric knowledge, but he also had the wisdom, insight and common sense to advise us all towards a greater path of living, as he voraciously demonstrated in his chosen career of communicating his enlightening knowledge to the masses,

“In his over 70-year career, Hall delivered approximately 8,000 lectures in the United States and abroad, authored over 150 books and essays, and wrote countless magazine articles.”

So here I present to you, from the man himself, ten basic rules of wisdom which should provide the foundations towards living a better life…hopefully.

A concise guide for spiritual living in the modern world:

1. Stop worrying.

2. Stop trying to dominate and possess your friends and relatives.

3. Moderate ambition.

4. Do not accumulate more than you need.

5. Learn to relax.

6. Cultivate a sense of humor.

7. Find a reason for your own existence.

8. Never intentionally harm any other person.

9. Beware of anger.

10. Never blame others for your own mistakes.

Lovely story this from off the BBC News website…

Canadian couple give away millions in lottery winnings

A Canadian couple who won $10.9m (£6.7m) in lottery winnings in July say they have given away $10.2m of the prize to groups in their community.

Allen and Violet Large said they were plain country folks who needed no more than “what we’ve got”.

The two said they had donated about 98% of the cash after helping their family.

The elderly pair gave the money to churches, fire departments, cemeteries, the Red Cross and hospitals, where Ms Large has undergone cancer treatment.

“We haven’t bought one thing. That’s because there is nothing that we need,” Mr Large, 75, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Mr Large, a retired welder from Canada’s Nova Scotia province, added that he and his wife were quite content with their 147-year-old home and everything else they already owned.

“You can’t buy happiness,” he said.

Who says there are no contented and simple living human beings in today’s world which is mostly pervaded with superficiality and materialism?

I’m just wondering, would you have done the same?

Stefan Molyneux returns with more wise and practical advice for raising conscious, intelligent and peaceful children – he especially encourages us to speak truth always which provides the child the basis to learn and grow with freedom, as opposed to bullying them into believing untruths which will only produce the opposite but negative effect.  “Hear, hear!”

As Manly P. Hall once wisely said,

“The child is not damaged by facts. The child is damaged by delusions.”

Now watch the following video ‘The Philosophy of Childhood’:

Here is a promising update of the post Will ‘Ten Years’ Be Enough To Solve Nature Crisis?.

Read the following news article (excerpt):

UN talks on a new deal aimed at protecting nature and equitably sharing in its benefits seem to be on course for a positive conclusion.

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting saw intense diplomacy in its final hours as delegates tried to iron out remaining differences.

The Japanese hosts in particular have been desperate for a successful end.

Western nations appear to have given ground on the thorniest issue – sharing of natural genetic resources.
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It is not yet clear how – or even if – resolution has been reached on other outstanding points, such as how much of the Earth’s lands and oceans should be placed under protection.

China has been criticised by environment campaigners for insisting that the agreement in Nagoya should call for protection of no more than 6% of the marine environment – and none at all outside coastal waters.

The current global target is 10%.

The other outstanding issue has been money, with Brazil and its allies arguing that by 2020, $200bn (£125bn) per year should be made available for biodiversity conservation.

BBC News understands that a deal has been reached under which countries will agree to have such a plan in place by 2012, when Brazil will host the second Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

Read more: Nature talks heading for success, delegates say

If you can manage to excuse the funny looking guy wearing a balaclava and shades in the videos featured in this post, ‘TheAntiTerrorist’ (as he likes to call himself) offers up some interesting and alternative observations that provokes us to rethink everything we have been led to believe by those in power.

‘TheAntiTerrorist’ especially encourages us to be mindful of the seemingly mind control tool called “The Television” – something which he believes is used by “Big Brother” to imprison and manipulate our minds.

So the question we should now all ask ourselves is: “Is it called ‘television programming’ for a reason?”

Conspiracy theory?  Perhaps.  But try not to automatically dismiss his views, because again, I implore you to open your mind, to do your own research, and see for yourself the psychological effects that watching TV does to your own mind and your family members.

Pay particular attention to what ‘TheAntiTerrorist’ says about the negative effects of TV on the brain activity of a child.  I myself have observed these addictive effects on my little boy, although I’m not too certain that the television has everything to do with his hyper behavior at times.  Maybe he’s just a naturally active lad.

In any case, I think that might spell the end of my boy’s Cbeebies viewing for a while – although admittedly, I would probably be the one to miss it more than he will.

Now watch the following videos “TheAntiTerrorist on The Devil’s Eye”:

Part 1:

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Here in the UK, Prime Minister David Cameron announced yesterday that defence spending would fall by 8% over four years. This is in line with other cuts in Britain due to the deficit being unsustainable – which is presently being felt around the world.

Personally for me the Britain shouldn’t be in Afghanistan to begin with.  They first went to war with Iraq on the back of lies (still no sign of weapons of mass destruction) and now they find themselves in a war they cannot win against Al-Qaeda/Taliban in Afghanistan.

The British public are practically paying billions of pounds a year for operations in Afghanistan (and elsewhere), high tech weaponry/vehicles and military equipment.  Money which could be better used elsewhere, such as for education and NHS (National Health Service) to name but a few.

A cynical view is that the general population are paying human beings to kill other human beings in the name of democracy and liberation – and that is without us having any say in the matter.

So why not cut spending by 50% or more? Obviously people will lose their jobs (which the government could subsidise or give them jobs doing something more meaningful for the community), but surely the financial burden put on the rest of us (through involuntary income tax) and human costs (through mostly avoidable deaths of a few thousand innocent human beings yearly) far outweighs the need of a military force.

War is an outdated instrument of profit and imperialism.  Let us instead cooperate and come up with peaceful solutions for us all to benefit from, rather than compete for what little is left on this most resourceful planet.

So Mr Cameron, if you really want to save a huge amount of money (which may mean not needing to cut as much in other more important areas, so that it will help to make it less stressful financially for the rest of us) bring the boys back home NOW – and for good.

Take a look at how much the public spends yearly on Defence in the UK: Defence Spending Chart

Read the following excerpt regarding defence cuts from the BBC News website:

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