Social media groups like facebook, twitter, linkedin, myspace, digg, readit, permalink, and finally--tumblr are in my humblr opinion the obvious pick out of all the potential choice-methods for the largest, most corrupt, and dominating capital institutions (like BANKS & GOVERNMENTS) of the World to gather (or pay others to gather) general information about common people.

In contrast to the recent past days, when a public census was more highly valued by these institutions; now-a-days, it's volumes of our web page history and social media venues that are the modern day versions of the public census.

It is clear to most that large corporations who can access our catagorized "wants" wish to sell more of their saturated debris to us so they can profit whether creating harmony or disharmony here and/or abroad. And it is mind-boggling to me that our elected leaders are being managed and swayed in the interest of these corporate profiteers versus their voting body.

Simply said, they choose profit over people all day and that is exactly how our politics, economy, and foreign policies have arrived where they are "hanging-on" to this last day of 2011.

It really is a funny thought to think that peoples' general likes and dislikes, when compiled into graphs and charts are more telling than not. And likely, they are more valuable to corporate interest than most could ever imagine--according to what products, platforms, and authorships will succeed in general when presented to a larger audience.

What is ironic to me is that most folks in this western capitalistic society think these specific social media groups (listed in the first sentence) were created merely so they could better keep in touch with business associates, family, and/or groups of their so-called "friends"...

Large corporations appealing to humanity's ever prevalent draw towards narcissism, gossip, and depression is perfectly depicted via the numbers of activate facebook participates and daily tweets. Where do you think all this data goes from what music, tv, movies you favor to all the random one-liner comments?

Whatever happened to the mentality of not letting the salesman into the house because the adults of the household desired to keep their little ones innocent of deceit's voice?

I suppose that was ruled out by my parents' generation when television advertisements first began sinking into the homes throughout cities, suburbias, and rural lands--and to think how we have progressed since then...

-j.a. knolls

Roaring Stillness: revistied

Because Alice and I have three children to care for... it has given us a reason to care more than ever about the currents created through unfolding politics and what it is that makes me want to speak up by expressing the right to Free Speech !

When did "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" become replaced with "fear, failure, and the pursuit of greed" in the general voice of the USA peoples' elected leaders?

Perhaps, this karmic irony has always existed here from the onset of pushing indigenous peoples around and down like a big bully with a death flu blanket while needing to build a clad iron track through the great open plains which happened to only sustain their existence..?

Who is in charge of writing US history or BIG medias' slant anyway?

Why do we not know who wants to form our opinions as "facts" through repetitive processing?

One may trust that it is those who are pushing us to consume more forms of their money making schemes...and let me suggest as many have before me, there is a much better experiment instead of this current financial ploy depicting saturated debris & debt.

Is it not the time to find a mentor who is pure of heart to teach how to perform a life sustaining task so one may then teach another how to sustain life without such great needs of dependency on modernized capitalistic plastics..?

To faith in the waves of harmonic energies' roots ! j.a. knolls

When a blue bird hears these sounds of laughter, it is easy to realize where its blessed nest is here...

(hats all knitted by Alice)

mario from super mario brothers

link from legend of zelda

hello kitty from & with hello kitty

Christmas Eve New Moon suggests: We are meant to stand with the 99% and demand our government, banking, education, and healthcare serve our people and not just the few who can purchase power.

What a blessing being married to your lover who is the sweetest dream that I have ever known--mother of mercy !

Wedding photo from our ceremony in 2009 on the knoll at LaVista -- located along SW Nicaragua's gorgeous coastline overlooking the Pacific ocean and a spring fed green valley sourcing immense tranquility.

Alice and I were wed by Gabriel Cousens at 2 pm, 2 years ago on this clear and sunny day....Happy Anniversary !

your love and honoring you as my wife are knowing of the bliss I've always sought for...

when not bottom turning into hollow waves.

Jason

Being away from Latin America for six months makes me-a-feel-like-a blue green turtle flung from the Sea by a mega tsunami, strewn onto the volcanic plateaus of Cascadia to chill while becoming the snow and pale faced once more. It's okay though thanks to Oregon's Pinor Noir reservoir !

Guess who's coming to dinner ?

Father Winter Solstice and King of Holly

With love, let a new breeze blow through your house — The Way is cleared by virtue as it always was . . So clear your path of the harsh growths that separate you. Inner harmony evokes you to know what’s to come...

Southern Nicaraguan Ornate (Painted) Wood Turtle

Gary & Jim from Goddess Astrology podcast discuss the procession of Ananda (venus star) as related to alchemy and human evolution

When does not owning your house really blow hard, like the harsh winds of a Cat 5 hurricane...? Well, the answer is when your landlords do not let you rescue this 3 month old mix of Aussie shephard & Redbone coonhound puppy from the Humane Society for our daughter's surprise Christmas present because of their new carpets, though the yard is on an acre with a great open green space for the Blue dog to play all day...ARGHhhh!

Neil Young & John Lennon - hearts of gold !

This song below caused a fair amount of controversy for John Lennon, as his detractors pointed out that he was raised in an upper-middle class home by his aunt and had no right to call himself a working class hero. In an interview with Rolling Stone just 3 days before his death, Lennon explained: "The think about the 'Working Class Hero' song that nobody ever got right was that it was supposed to be sardonic - it had nothing to do with socialism, it had to do with 'If you want to go through that trip, you'll get up to where I am, and this is what you'll be.' Because I've been successful as an artist, and have been happy and unhappy, and I've been unknown in Liverpool or Hamburg and been happy and unhappy."

Click on names for reference to story quotation ...

Yoko Ono stepped out of the limousine first and John Lennon who is carrying a tape recorder and some cassettes followed a few steps behind. As Yoko passes him the assassin, says "Hello". Just as John passes him, the man steps from the sidewalk and from his pocket he takes out a.38 revolver armed with hollow tip bullets. He drops into a combat stance, knees flexed, with one arm supporting the other at the wrist. He says, Mr. Lennon? Just as John turns, about 15 feet through the large arch with iron gates of the Dakota, the assassin fires two shots into the left side of his back. There's a crash of shattering glass as the bullets that pass through John's body smash into the Dakota's glass frontage. These two shots spin him around. He is now facing his assassin. Blood is already pouring out from the first two bullets and the four wounds, as the assassin takes aim at John again. He fires three more shots. Two of the bullets smash into John's left shoulder. The other goes astray. The greatest singer songwriter and the most influential political artist of our time staggers up six steps to the room at the end of the entrance used by the concierge, said, "I'm shot," then fell down...

10 Muluk (Dec. 16^th) – “foundational water” which can be a powerful “shape-shifting” force... (resonating from the Maya way of star & planetary motion)

9 Lamat (Dec. 15^th) – the “outward projection” of leadership, as when U.S. women voted for the first time on a 9 Lamat day in 1920 (referencing Astronomy of the Maya).

Chia is a variety of sage that grows in dry disturbed soil below 6,000 feet elevation. Its seeds were an important part of Native Americans diet. In the Mayan language, the word for Chia means "strength". Throughout the Southwest, tribes harvested Chia from large wild fields of the plant each Autumn. Once dried, the seeds could be ground into flour or stored for later use.

Chia seeds are rich in nutrients; so much so that a single teaspoon full could sustain a person for a whole day of travel. Native Americans made much use of this quality.

The Chia has other values, as well. It is said it could be used to make alkiline water potable. It worked as an eye wash to treat irritation. Lastly, a poultice made with dissolved Chia was a popular treatment for external infections.

From the DVD, A Desert Wildflower Journey

Kimi (Dec. 13^th) – “self-generating death” – a “return to Source” type of force that can turn attention to “absolute foundations”....an example is when President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg address under this influence.

The 2012 Venus Transit - Real-sky animation

“The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer -- they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.” - Ken Kesey

cheers...drinkable from top to bottom and/or bottom to top !

nature is that of magic

created through cosmic thought

merging into the mind of humanity

where beings sway us to play

tuning the one heart beat

surfacing from within

to speak volumes

resonating

a gentle

expanse

- j.a.knolls

Gary Caton (Dream Astrology) speaks about the Dec. 10th total lunar eclipse

Jaguar, Power Animal, Symbol of Solitary Path, Reclaiming Power, Shape shifting, Psychic Vision

By Ina Woolcott

The Jaguar's medicine includes seeing the roads within chaos and understanding the patterns of chaos, moving without fear in the darkness, moving in unknown places, shape shifting, psychic vision, facilitating soul work, empowering oneself, reclaiming power.

The Black Jaguar's medicine includes the same as jaguar but in addition keeper of the circular time continuum, gatekeeper to the unknowable.

The South American name for jaguar, 'jaguara' is translated as 'carnivore that overcomes prey with a single bound.' there is an Indian legend that says the jaguar came by its beautiful spotted coat by dabbing mud on its body with its paws. These spots easily hold the jaguar apart from other big cats. What also holds them apart from other big cats is the fact that they are unrivalled. There are no other predators that can compete with this powerful cat. Those with this power animal generally make brilliant leaders and diplomats.

According to Mayan beliefs, the journey of the sun across the sky and the darkness of night represented the infinite journey of human consciousness and its transformations. The midday sun's position was compared to the Eagle, flying high in the sky, to then plunge below the horizon, just as we plunge into the dark to face our spiritual challenges and to be transformed. The hidden sun was said to be Jaguar, whose spotted skin represents the stars glittering/shining in the night sky. Hence it was called the "Jaguar Sun." Jaguar is the earth father, holding the authority over the sacred power of and in the earth, and the animals who live upon it. The force that lives within the mountains, giving them their volcanic and transformative power, is the same underworld source of energy and power contained within the Jaguar Sun. The Mayan word for Jaguar is IX and it is pronounced 'eesh'.

Similarly to the tiger, this solitary hunter stalks silently and patiently, to then strike with lightning speed. This symbolises the importance of knowing when it's best to take the solitary path in stalking one's own dreams. For the native people of the rainforests, everything contains the essence of the Jaguar.

Jaguar, Leopards and Panthers are very ancient and powerful power animals/totems. They embody aggressiveness and power, but without the influence of solar energy. Black Panther's power is lunar (moon). People with a Jaguar, Panther or Leopard medicine have the ability to multi-task. They tend to be loners and are very comfortable with themselves. Often they are drawn to other solitary people.

If this is your power animal, you must learn to pace your work - in all aspects of your life - and not push too hard. Women who have Jaguar, Panther or Leopard totems often bring their children up alone, whether it be through divorce or just circumstances in their lives.

Either sex holding this power animal have the potential to develop clairaudience, the ability to hear communications from other forms of life or dimensions and should trust their thoughts and inner visions as they are based in reality.

Jaguars have huge paws and a broad head with mighty strong jaws. They often kill their victim by piercing the skull with one rapid bite. The jaguar growls, snarls and makes deep grunts - it does not roar like a lion. People with this power animal generally possess a good command of language, although their words can have a tendency to cut, tear and shred others apart. Learning correct communication skills is of foremost importance for these people.

The jaguar's powerful body is capable of taking them hundreds of miles in the search for food. They are agile climbers. They teach us how to fulfil goals/dreams through pliability and steadfastness.

Jaguars are at home in the dark with their excellent night vision. They move fearlessly, whether night or day, teaching us how to trust our personal instincts. Latent psychic sight may be stirred in those with this power animal.

The jaguars preferred habitat is usually swamp and wooded regions, although they are also able to live in scrublands and deserts. Jaguars live in caves and canyons close to fresh water. In mythology caves are linked with retreat and isolation, a place to go to aid soul work. Water is linked with the emotional body of humans. When the jaguar bounds into your reality it is asking you to go within, to release your fears, to heal your emotions and to awaken your inner sight. When you come out of retreat the jaguar will be there awaiting you. If you choose to follow his lead, he will guide you into the underworld where the secrets of life and creation are to be found.

8 Ix (Dec. 1^st) – “resurrecting Jaguar” – this is Santo Mundo, a special Maya day devoted to the

Celebration of the Earth and its sacred mysteries.