Congressional hearings, White House damage control, endless op-eds, accusations, and defensive denials. Controversy over the events in Benghazi last September took center stage in Washington and elsewhere last week. However, the whole discussion is again more of a sideshow. Each side seeks to score political points instead of asking the real questions about the attack on the US facility, which resulted in the death of US Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

http://www.the-free-foundation.org/tst5-13-2013.html

Sri Kumaré, The Teacher

Sri Kumaré, now on Yatra, has recently begun spreading his wisdom and teaching throughout India and beyond. Sri Kumaré is known for his intense humility, down-to-earth approach, devotion to his students, humor, and his divine blessing. Kumaré teaches any and all people how to find their Adarsha Guru, the ideal guru (reflected) within themselves. By teaching one person at a time, Kumaré is determined to create a noble society of socially conscious yogis, where “Enlightenment is only the beginning to living a life in total victory (Vaibhavopetha Jeevanam)!”

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Watched this last night with my husband who follows his own Eastern guru, so the irony was not lost on either of us. 😉 Part interesting social experiment, part art project, part truth-seeking, from my perspective. I thought it was artfully done and thoughtfully filmed, considering the hoax being perpetrated on some particularly sensitive, spiritually-minded folks. Regardless of the filmmaker’s motives, which I’m sure were complex based on his own life experience, and viewpoint as an artist and truth-seeker himself, my take-away was that the positive experience of the participants was no less authentic because their teacher was a “big faker,” and his method was made up. All of our rituals and beliefs are made up anyway, and the only real reality is that elusive place beyond language and identity we all know is there inside us, and leaves us at some level feeling like something is missing in our lives if we don’t connect with it regularly. (Through a blue light meditation, maybe? ;)) Seems like some of the participants found that place of inner truth through Kumare, so does that mean he was a real teacher despite himself, or that the students were their own gurus, as he was insisting? I think it’s a bit of both. Watching it unfold was a little gut wrenching, and I was nervous to see the unveiling, since I was already aware that not all the students were appreciative of the method with which they were taught (or victimized depending on their perspective). I’m glad to see that many were understanding and even found it the ultimate teaching, having made a real connection with Kumare, Vikram’s “ideal self,” who may have started out as a persona, but became something much more.

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via The Gayatri Mantra Around The World – Deva Premal – YouTube.

Obama: Friend of the Rich
POLITICS | MAY 11, 2013
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President Obama’s pincer movement on the middle class continues. To the rich, Obama has bequeathed billionaire Penny Pritzker as Commerce Secretary, … Read more

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Recently by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.: Do Libertarians Support Crony Capitalism?

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/opinion/sunday/douthat-what-health-insurance-doesnt-do.html?smid=tw-share&_r=3&

http://lewrockwell.com/rosenberg/rosenberg-p17.1.html

The world’s central banks have printed unimaginable amounts of money in recent years – "these guys are really more powerful than the government." Neil Macdonald explores what this means for the global economy and for your financial well-being – "can you imagine if the American public knew there was this ‘club’ that met secretly in Switzerland and made decisions that dramatically affected their lives, but we’re not going to tell you about it because it’s too complicated." This brief documentary should open a few eyes to the reality behind the world’s most powerful (and real) cabal.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-03/monarchs-money

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