We are going in the right direction.

[Fire Walk With Me]

It may seem that things are getting worse, with more and more police violence, more and more defamation tactics and sheer subterfuge on the part of the police and those who control them, with greater and greater revelation of corporate, banking, and general wrong-doing, but I say to you that we are on the right path, we are going in the right direction, and that direction is one of washing our hands of the dirt we have tolerated for so very long. It is not increasing, we are merely awakening to it, and justly, to our desire to change the world to be rid of it in every form. This is right and true. It is for the good. Do not worry about the actions of the unjust for they shall be reviled more and more for their very actions, for their very intent. We are tired of them, we are done with them and their tactics and planning and undermining our voice and our freedom. Pay attention instead to what is right, to what beautiful things are being built among us, and through us. We are gathering to solve our problems because we are the best answer! Together we are unstoppable. We are far more powerful than we allow ourselves to believe. We are far more powerful than we have been told to allow ourselves to consider. Sleep, and submerge your ideas and strength, they tell us. No more! We can no longer ignore our difficulties, and find within ourselves the strength and determination to make things =better=. We see that our brothers and sisters are in need and we say "How can we help you?" We find ourselves in need and our brothers and sisters say "How can we help you?" How can we solve these problems together? It is happening and you are contributing even if you are even wondering about how to better the world. It is happening if you are part of the brilliance which are the #Occupy groups.

It is happening, and it is gorgeous. It is exhilarating.

Look to the posts of those who have attended the #Occupations and revel in their sense of wonder at something new and wonderful in the world, where each voice is heard as equally as any other, where each voice is welcomed and is =needed=. You are needed. You are wonderful. You have something to offer the world, no matter how small, no matter how you may feel about it. You are wanted, you are needed, it is here and it is waiting for you to step into its open arms, and it is Familiar. It is how life should be, it is how life will be, as we work for it. It has awakened and as such, will not return to slumber. We have tasted our voice, we have tasted our power, we have seen true Democracy is possible and the only direction from this point is to more of the same. Do not worry about those who interfere and even cause harm. They show us change is needed, and we naturally intensify our resolve to improve when we encounter such ugliness. It is a springboard and each and every time we have been attacked, whether directly or through witnessing it in print, in photographs, and in video, we move further and further into a better world. We are creating it right now and it is beautiful. It is natural. We want it, and it is happening.

Do we have concrete problems to solve? Yes. Note the Trend already occurring through this movement and know that we have already begun improving the world. Banks are frightened, politicians are frightened, the old structures are beginning to shake and sway under our influence. These problems are not as big as we have imagined them, for they are already responding directly to our group direction, to our will. Double our numbers and they will scream. Multiply us times ten and...it will be wonderful.

We are going in the right direction. Be happy, we are doing it!

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. This is ... like nothing I have ever seen before

and it is not the banks, or the power structure. People understand this at the most basic of levels. Why some are scared. Change is coming and change is scary... walk with us. That is all I can ask you to do.

[NBachers]

2. Thank you for this. I always need to hear encouraging, powerful, assenting words like this

You speak the truth, and it resonates.

[pnorman]

9. I'll "borrow" that image!

[NBachers]

12. Send me a private message, if you want, and I'll send you a full graphic of it

or anyone

It looks better full size.

[Skittles]

3. we need to go in the left direction

:D

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. I'm gonna get Skittles to kick your....oh, wait...

;) :hi:

[Kaleko]

5. Yes.

Quantum leap in the collective consciousness.

It's finally noticeably asserting itself, this unstoppable light of growing awareness.

[starroute]

10. Emergent properties

The elite have been powerful in large part because they were able to communicate with one another and operate in concert on a global basis. Meanwhile, the 99% have been poor, divided, limited to their own communities, and unable to act on a higher and more comprehensive level except through elected representatives -- who themselves tended to either come from or get bought out by the elite.

What's changing now is that we have the tools to enable all of us to operate on that same level of wide-scale networking that the elite have enjoyed forever.

So in a sense, what we're doing isn't all that new. The elite were there before us, and we're just popularizing what they've been doing for a long time.

But in another sense, it's radically new -- because when fancy tech toys like cars, or computers, or global networks are elite possessions, they tend to be used for purposes of control and personal status. But when they become the possessions of everybody, they trigger a revolution in consciousness.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

15. this and the OP, both excellent

:thumbsup:

[Kaleko]

16. Entering the information age...

we are developing a globally connected meta-brain.
The worldwide web makes it possible, at last, for our human hearts to freely express themselves in virtual space. This is how empathy will become the dominant force.

[Tippy]

6. Doing nothing is not an option.

We have asked for change and no one listened or cared, now is the time to do what needs to be done.

[sabrina 1]

7. The people are taking charge because those they entrusted

with the power to protect them, betrayed the trust. They are being exposed each time they send out their army of cops. Those images prove what many have said, that our democracy was a sham. So long as people just 'went along' they could keep up the appearance of democracy, but the minute it was challenges, they met the peaceful demands for real change, with brutal force. The more they do that, the more people are awakened. Watching the footage of Denver and NYC and elsewhere on foreign TV, makes it all the more startling to think that this is the US.

Everyone who faces them down, peacefully, is a hero. They are afraid of peace. All they know is bullying and violence which is how we know they are weak.

I like what you wrote :-)

[UnrepentantLiberal]

8. So glad that so many communities are doing this

so that so many can get involved in some way. (Even if it's just showing up and adding to the number of Americans who are saying that what has been done to us is WRONG.)(Or even if it's educating people you come in contact with, be it in person or on the internet.)

The corporate media's attempt at belittling this movement has backfired. Because when you ask what these kid's message is it causes uninformed Americans to ponder that question. And THAT is the point.

Fight the power!

[Huey P. Long]

11. It is beautiful and gives me hope. If this is not sucessful, look out!

I fear this is our last shot before total corporate control -which will inevitably lead to, well, I think we all know what will be next.

[undercutter799]

13. unfortunately we are stuck with this 2 party system

so the best thing we can hope for is that the 99% movement pushes democrats to the left the same way tea party pushed republicans to the right

[Fire Walk With Me]

14. We are already pushing existing politics. Double our numbers and...