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Sentience

Its strange, (if we practice "being present in the moment"), how sometimes the most common of events can cause a huge shift in the way we see things........ and can cause a domino effect through our awareness...... (This required no drugs, alcohol or other mind altering substances...... just practicing attention and presence of mind..... )… Continue reading Sentience

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Five Hundred Years of Injustice – The Doctrine of Discovery in U.S. Law

http://ili.nativeweb.org/sdrm_art.html Excerpt:In a country set up to maintain a strict separation of church and state, the Doctrine of Discovery should have long ago been declared unconstitutional because it is based on a prejudicial treatment of Native American people simply because they were not Christians at the time of European arrival. By penalizing Native people on… Continue reading Five Hundred Years of Injustice – The Doctrine of Discovery in U.S. Law

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The Doctrine of Discovery And European Colonization Practices

"Utterly reprehensible"Excerpt: "Papal Bulls of the 15th century gave Christian explorers the right to claim lands they “discovered” and lay claim to those lands for their Christian Monarchs. Any land that was not inhabited by Christians was available to be “discovered”, claimed, and exploited. If the “pagan” inhabitants could be converted, they might be spared.… Continue reading The Doctrine of Discovery And European Colonization Practices