Safeway and the 'Ga Dam' I Ching

Hsieh / Liberation

A Thunderous Cloudburst shatters the oppressive humidity:
The Superior Person knows the release in forgiveness, pardoning the faults of others and dealing gently with those who sin against him.

It pays to accept things as they are for now.
If there is nothing else to be gained, a return brings good fortune.
If there is something yet to be gained, act on it at once.

SITUATION ANALYSIS:

The relief you experience here is not your own personal pardon, but the release of others from your rigid expectations.
Like a hot air balloon, you will rise to new heights as you cast the heavy sandbags of resentments and restrictions away from you.
Feel the lightness of being that results from forgiving others and accepting them as they are.
Free yourself of the endless vigil of policing the behavior of others.
See them for who they are, not what they can or can't do for you.
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 I darn well need some Liberation. Ever since I decided to give it a try at the new 'Safeway Community Market'. Oppression is what I experience.. though how much of that is brought about by my own 'endless vigilance of policing others', my judgmental nature particularly in regards to the Corporate culture of the USA and planet Earth 2017. Wish the heck I had some Liberation.

 Can I live in a culture where if asked by a customer How I like the new store? I am required to put on a smiley face and find something positive to say. 'render unto Caesar what is Caesar's' someone once said. Stand, Stand, Stand! Stand! The voices of San Anselmo and the Ross Valley Echo.

 How does The San Anselmo Community Market come into being? .. or is it just Guy's hole in the wall Market. Like Jim the purveyor of his Organic Farm stand out in Forest Knolls. Just do it! find a way! get it done.

 In times of war back in ancient China the Emperor would forbid his General's to consult the I Ching. Don't mess up your mind trying to interpret these writings, use your senses, your intelligence, your intuition..  A friend at the Market knowing my inner battle of finding Peace.. of get the bleep out now.. or hang in there with your brothers and sisters in the corp of the minions of America, and see what happens. Resist what you can, go with the flow, question authority, how does something new begin if no one takes a stand?

 'Make sure you make the right decision.'  a friend of mine Tells me. Right! Sure. My crystal ball is not very helpful. The right decision will be a mystery. But like Bobby sang when I was a kid, in the ancient days .. and still singing.

  

Playing in the Band

Grateful Dead

Some folks trust to reason
Others trust to might
I don't trust to nothing
But I know it come out right

Say it once again now
Oh, I hope you understand
When it's done and over
Lord, a man is just a man

Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land

Some folks look for answers
Others look for fights
Some folks up in treetops
Just look to see the sights

But I can tell your future
Well, just look what's in your hand
But I can't stop for nothing
I'm just playing in the band

Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land

Standing on a tower
World at my command
You just keep a turning
While I'm playing in the band

If a man among you
Got no sin upon his hand
Let him cast a stone at me
For playing in the band

Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land

Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land

Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land

Playing
Playing in the band
Daybreak
Daybreak on the land

Songwriters: MICHAEL S. HART, ROBERT C. HUNTER, ROBERT HALL WEIR

Glass Steagall

http://tabbforum.com/opinions/glass-steagall-sandy-weill-and-president-trumps-plans-to-replace-dodd-frank

Some Things Right?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/23/trump-25-executive-orders-100-days

This article is interesting as to how you read Trump's first 100 days. Do you see the Tyrant asserting new Powers at every turn or a rather Moderate approach...?  Those who fear and despise the man perhaps they are correct,Yet, in not making bold revolutionary totalitarian style moves, as the Media and my friends who are certain that he represents all that is evil expect, that now he is showing weakness or deception for not being the totalitarian despot... or maybe some will be correct that he is so inept that he can't even do wrong right.

 I still give the man a chance knowing that in many ways he does seem to represent so much of what is wrong with civilization, that drive to Develop the Planet to Hell. Still somewhere in a Conservative
approach to the world's problems and the US maybe he gets some things right.

May 25, 2017 Living in the USA

   Blackberry blossoms abound.. spring flowers all over, music flowing across America, but you have to look a bit.

   In the meantime the battle to dump Trump goes on at full steam and I still find reasons to say calm down and give the man a chance. A chance to get somethings right and hopefully be corrected where his aim is far off the mark.

  Today's SF Chronicle has some interesting articles that illuminate the situation in the USA, and California.

   http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Refugee-arrivals-to-Bay-Area-U-S-are-plunging-11174688.php

  Refugee Arrivals to Bay Area/US are plunging.

  
Nationwide, 3,316 refugees were admitted in April, down two-thirds from October, when 9,945 people were admitted, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. Only four states saw an uptick in resettlements.

In California, 338 refugees arrived in April, down 58 percent from October’s total of 814. The dip — which has alarmed advocates for refugees and prompted questions from some lawmakers — has been particularly striking in Alameda County, data show.

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In his second executive order, signed in March, Trump sought to suspend the nation’s refugee program for 120 days and cut the number of refugees allowed every year to 50,000 from 110,000. But the order — like the first — was blocked by federal courts.
On Thursday, the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., declined to reinstate the revised travel ban, saying it “drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination.” The administration will appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court, said Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

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So far in the 2017 fiscal year, which ends in September, more than 42,000 refugees have been admitted to the U.S. — well below the 110,000 that resettlement organizations had expected before the election, according to the Pew Research Center analysis.

  but wait, what is this notice?

If Trump’s desired ceiling of 50,000 refugees were to be fulfilled this year, advocates said, many people would be left in difficult or deadly situations.

Also in the same paper today...

 Meanwhile in California.... Operation Dignity will be 'vacating'  an American Refugee camp. Their property will be discarded. Courtesy of the City of Oakland .... 'many people will be left in difficult or dangerous situations...'

Survey finds surge in homelessness in Oakland, Alameda County
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Homeless-count-in-Alameda-County-finds-5-629-11173433.php

Many of the 2,761 homeless people live in the encampments that have sprung up over the past year, sprawling beneath Interstate 880 overpasses and along desolate stretches in West Oakland. Others are largely unseen, staying in transitional housing or shelters.

The survey was part of a county-wide effort in which 345 volunteers counted 5,629 sheltered and unsheltered homeless people in all of Alameda County on the morning of Jan. 30. The number reflected a 39 percent increase from 2015, when 4,040 homeless people were counted in Alameda County.

“People are living in places not meant for people to live — in cars and abandoned buildings and alleyways and parks and overpasses and camps and encampments,” said Elaine de Coligny, executive director of EveryOne Home, a nonprofit that seeks to end homelessness in Alameda County and administers the survey. “We’ve seen this as we drive around this county. We can see this problem is growing.”
Nearly 70 percent of homeless people in the county survey were considered “unsheltered,” sleeping in places such as vehicles or on sidewalks.

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/05/06/californias-governor-once-opposed-sanctuary-status-have-time-and-trump-changed-his-mind/

 this paper has the entire world in a nutshell today...

http://www.sfchronicle.com/world/article/British-bomber-said-to-have-pleaded-Forgive-11174481.php


MANCHESTER, England — The alleged culprit in a deadly concert bombing was driven by what he saw as unjust treatment of Arabs in Britain, a relative said Thursday, confirming he made a final phone call in which he pleaded: “Forgive me.”

Salman Abedi was particularly upset by the killing last year of a Muslim friend whose death he believed went unnoticed by “infidels” in Britain, said the relative, speaking on condition of anonymity over concerns for her own security.

“Why was there no outrage for the killing of an Arab and a Muslim in such a cruel way?” she asked. “Rage was the main reason,” for the blast that killed 22 at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena on Monday, she said, speaking by telephone from Libya.

 .... and so rage was the main reason, the young Muslim man was very angry...
Hmmmm... Anybody for a some New Prophets?