Lotus Tribe

27/11/2022

This morning a few people saw my daughter walking to school & me following behind her. Some asked me why I did that & others gave me a stank stare.

I’m very well aware she’s only 10. And she walked Because I told her to.

Because she forgot how to treat adults, So I told her to walk.
Because she mistakenly associated her size with her authority, So I told her to walk.
Because her behavior towards me & other adults is unacceptable, So I told her to walk

Until she can appreciate the free ride to/from school. Respect and listen to me. I'm the mom who is watching to know that she's safe. I'm also the mom who is not here to be her friend. I'm the mom who is okay with her child being angry at her sometimes. I'm the mom who is desperate to leave this world better than I found it, through the people I'm bringing up into it.

A lot of people are so afraid to hurt their kid's feelings, but she'll only be mad at me for a little while.
I'm more afraid of my kid growing up to be an entitled as***le.

We're not here to be their friends. We're here to make sure they grow up to become a friend worth having. So yeah she was walking. Thinking. Reflecting. Maturing. Learning. Growing.
And I'm watching. ❤️

10/03/2022

01/02/2021

The health sector was the top lobbying spender in 2020, shelling out a record $615 million. Big Pharma spent a record $306.23 million and was awarded lucrative federal contracts.

30/11/2019

24/03/2014

"We travel together, passengers on a little space ship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil, committed for our safety to its security and peace, preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work, and I will say, the love we give our fragile craft.
We cannot maintain it half fortunate, half miserable; half confident, half despairing, half slave to the ancient enemies of mankind, half free in a liberation of resources undreamed of until this day.
No craft, no crew, can travel safely with such vast contradictions. On their resolution depends the survival of us all."
Attributed to Adlai Stevenson

06/09/2013

BREAKING NEWS: DEAR FAMILIES, Our center has been closed for business for the past several months. Our director Ms. Sharif has been actively engaging in policy making and advocacy issues that will greatly impact YOUR CHILDREN, and our future. On May of 2012, Ms. Sharif voluntarily surrendered her License to the Department of Social Services and is in the process of completing a home-made video production to tell her story and share the information with as many families and people as she can. Stay tuned, and Please WATCH the DOCUMENTARY below produced by an active organization Parental Rights parentalrights.com http://youtu.be/qzXW4pHs6uk

Parental Rights are being eroded. Parentalrights.org is fighting for the rights of parents to raise their children as they see fit. Parents all over America ...

30/07/2013

The Origins of the American Public Education System: Horace Mann & the Prussian Model of Obedience

The American Public Education System was directly imported from Prussia (modern day Germany). This model of "free and compulsory" education was designed by the Prussian Emperor, in order to generate obedient workers and soldiers who would not question his authority.

In the 1830's, American Lawmaker Horace Mann visited Prussia and researched its education methodology. He was infatuated with the emperor's method of eliminating free thought from his subjects and designed an education system for Massachusetts directly based on these concepts. The movement then quickly spread nationally.

Horace Mann said, "The State is the father of children." Do you want your children growing up in total submission to the State?

ORIGINS OF AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION (MUST WATCH):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZp7eVJNJuw

21/05/2013

18/04/2013

http://youtu.be/_5uptYHsrEs

A pilgrimage of inquiry from which there is no return The mind that has really gone into all this, that has entered upon a pilgrimage of inquiry from which t...

27/03/2013

In lieu of the recent gun violence....Please support the Youth Promise Act, a petition signed by many concerned educators, artists, musicians and congressmen....

http://youtu.be/X6kJs_krR9U

http://www.youthpromiseaction.org - Noteable Public figures support legislation, including: Flea, Casey Affleck, Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Judy Chu, Joaquin Pho...

10/03/2013

More HeartTalk from the Dalai Lama Center!!

Prepare our children for this world. Educate the heart. It's already happening around the world with astonishing results. http://educatingtheheart.org Video ...

07/03/2013

..."Do you lead with your heart or do you lead with your mind? One brings rise to great compassion to those around you, the latter separates you from the collective, and the difference between the two is vast. The heart is true and creates new connections with those you encounter in everyday life, where the mind or the ego separates and keeps One fooled in a self perpetuated illusion of patterns that feeds off our UNconscious. The mind 'thinks' and lives in a world of images and words, the heart 'feels' and opens the door to Empathy for ALL. To reach that space, the space of the heart, One must first silence the mind of its everyday 'judgmental' chatter, then a connection to feeling returns, as we ALL had as children" Alistar Valadez

04/03/2013

...expanding our efforts to Save the Tribe, and promoting community coherence and cultural exchange, we're looking to host more interactive art and musical events at our local studio, If you are a musician or artist looking for a cozy space for your next event, get in touch with us!
This is one of our recent events, a live electronic trio.
http://youtu.be/6RAumrQtvas

Space Brane is a live electronic trio where members use hardware and software applications and synthesis creating an ambient space and 'out there' experience!

03/03/2013

More Heart Talk!! Check out the Heart Summit tomorrow if you're in the oakland area. We will have a booth set up tomorrow from 11-6, come by and visit with us!!http://www.chicenter.com/Chi/QiSummit/index.cfm

?As millions of people in China have already discovered, Qigong essentially reverses the aging process, while reducing stress, preventing illness, curing disease, and enhancing the overall quality of life. Master Mintong Gu Wisdom Healing? Qigong, based on the teachings of Zhineng Qigong founder…