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GitHub Repositories for programmers
By: Girish Kotte
Tags: Github, Repositories, Ruby on Rails, Programming, Programmers Life

Free Programming Books

It is safe to say that you are figuring out how to code and searching with the expectation of complimentary assets (books, digital recordings, courses, designer instruments, etc..)? On the off chance that your answer is true, at that point this Github archive has an assortment of free learning assets where you can instruct yourself a great deal of specialized stuff. You will discover assets, for example, information structure, calculations, programming dialects, AI, working frameworks, systems, programming designing, and a ton of fields are incorporated. Prior the rundown was on StackOverflow, later it was moved to Github by Victor Felder for shared refreshing and support.

Free CodeCamp

A non-benefit association and outstanding amongst another online open-source network where you can figure out how to code and help other people.

Public APIs

In the event that you are a designer, at that point certainly, you should manage APIs for your application. This archive makes the designer errands simpler by introducing a rundown of regularly refreshed assortments of public APIs. These APIs are free and isolated into various classifications to investigate them without any problem. Star mark this archive and get its advantage while building your application.

Developer Road Map

An excellent designer guide control made by Kamran Ahmed. A lot of understudies and beginners in programming get confounded about what innovation they ought to realize and what way they ought to follow bit by bit to turn into an engineer. He has arranged a total graph remembering the innovation for every class of development(frontend, backend, DevOps..) that will give you an away from what you ought to realize straight away. Bookmark this store in the event that you like the manner in which he guided you to turn into a designer.

Gitignore: A Collection of .gitignore Templates

This is GitHub’s collection of .gitignore file templates. We use this list to populate the .gitignore template choosers available in the GitHub.com interface when creating new repositories and files.

For more information about how .gitignore files work, and how to use them, the following resources are a great place to start:

Terraform

Ruby on Rails

Rails is a web-application framework that includes everything needed to create database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.

Understanding the MVC pattern is key to understanding Rails. MVC divides your application into three layers: Model, View, and Controller, each with a specific responsibility.

MAPS.ME

MAPS.ME is an open source cross-platform offline maps application, built on top of crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap data. It was publicly released for iOS and Android.

Material-UI

React components for faster and simpler web development. Build your own design system, or start with Material Design.
All Aboard the Rails Nested Routes Express
By: Ted Garcia
Tags: Rails, Flatiron School, Ruby on Rails, Ruby, Code Newbie

ActiveRecord::Query Methods

Before entering the Rails mod for Flatiron I had gotten used to writing methods with traditional Ruby syntax. It was not until this project that I discovered the fascinating world of ActiveRecord Query Methods.

One of my favorite things about programming has been discovering new ways to do things that I have previously already learned how to do. So when I found these new query methods to write code similar to what I was doing with the plain old ruby syntax I was astonished. ActiveRecord Query Methods fire up commands and do them through the database essentially speeding up your commands by doing it in the database.

Here are some of my favorite query methods that I learned while working on this project.

build

The build method is the equivalent of calling .new on an object. Just like new, build does not automatically save it to the database so you will need to call a save method on the variable.

@review = @coffee.reviews.build

find_or_create_by

The find_or_create_by the method checks whether a record with the specified attributes exists. If it doesn't, then create is called. Essentially, this is telling our database to find something if that something exists then proceed, however, if there is no record in the database then create a new entry in the database for it. Really nifty method here!

@user = User.find_or_create_by(email: user_email)

Here’s an example of where I used this query method in my project to create a controller action for omniauth.

With these new query methods, I feel like I have added a new tool to my developer belt! I definitely recommend you take a look at the Rails Guides here for way more query method goodness!
The Reason Not to Use Serializer for Everything Unless It’s necessary
By: Eddy Gao
Tags: Redux, JavaScript, Reactjs, Serializers, Ruby on Rails

While I was working on my Flatiron Mod5 React project “ Feeder ”, I implemented Ruby on Rails as the back-end of my project and uses a serializer to format all related models in the user model. Its format is like below:

{user: { articles: [], categories: [], id:1, name:"name", email:"email@email.com" } }

However, I hit a bug when I implementing Redux.js for the state management of my app. When I push a new article or delete an article from the array, the app won’t re-render, after spending about 2 hours doing research and try to fix the bug. I figured out the reason is that no matter how the articles array has changed the browser will determine the user object is the same. So it won’t rerender since the state didn’t change.

So I come up with some solutions:

The first one is to set all different actions with one reducer to reset the user state every time any HTTP request, it’s going to reset the user state every time with a “ different ” user. Hence, the re-render trigger since the user state has been changed.

The second one is to use the Object.assign({}, state, …) to reset the whole user state, which will be similar to my first solution.

!!! The third one is what I used to fix this bug. !!!

Instead of using a user serializer for all information, I separated them into different routes. Also, set up the initial state for the information I need related to a specific user when the user logged in.

Initial State

And other functions like add or delete an article or a category, etc.

And In my reducer, I combined the separated state using combineReducers()

Let’s check how I worked on Ruby to set up this.

I used serializer for the category but not the article is because the user-categories table is the middle table of many to many relationships of user and category. But the article table only belongs to a user. They might be a little different in code but the concepts are similar.

In my opinion, this is a more clarified way to manage the user-related states. Instead using a single complex state. So as I would suggest if there are no requirements to store all information for one model serializer, we can separate them which makes the data more controllable. It also creates a clean, nice, and readable code.
Development of a search engine for an industrial equipment and machinery startup
Tags: Web Development, Ruby on Rails, Machinery, Outsourcing, Startup Marketing

Development of a search engine for an industrial equipment and machinery startup Elizabeth Follow Dec 8, 2020 · 2 min read

In 2012, Dan Pinto and Dmitriy Rokhfeld created an aggregator that automatically collected information about selling used industrial machinery and heavy equipment.

The idea of ​​creating a service came to Dan when, following his work assignment, he searched the Internet for a printing machine. The task turned out not to be easy: you can’t buy such a machine on eBay, and comparing price lists on a thousand different sites would have taken a lot of time. Dan Pinto developed a technology for scanning the necessary resources with further sampling and combining data. Later, he contacted his friend, Dmitriy Rokhfeld, and they launched a startup that should solve the problem of finding and organizing information about the equipment and machinery.

Creating a single catalogue solved the problem — you no longer needed to sort through thousands of offers on different websites in search of the right option. Machinio is a system that automatically collects and organizes data from different listings in one place, where the seller and the buyer can immediately discuss the details of the transaction.

The first version of the service was written by Dan Pinto himself. Over time, the Machinio team has grown with more sales managers and started receiving more and more regular contracts with equipment sellers. It became clear that it was impossible for one person to run the company and manage the project code at the same time. That’s when Machinio turned to Evrone in order to strengthen the team and help them with the development of a product search platform.

Evrone was responsible for the backend, the core of the startup. Our task was to combine Machinio’s original in-house development processes with our expertise. Head over to our website to read the full case study!
PHASE 2 Project : E -View. A Web Application made with Rails
By: Vivek Sanghvi
Tags: Ruby on Rails, Rails

If you happened to read my first blog, you would know that I am still fairly new to coding. After going through Phase 1, having to worry about the coding challenge retake as well as projects all in the same week, I prepared every day relentlessly to pass the CC on the first try for Phase 2. Thankfully I did, and ended up having a full week and a half to create our project.

Background of the application:

The application’s main goal should be to hit CRUD (CREATE, READ, UPDATE, DESTROY).

Users will be routed to the home page when they enter localhost:3000/ Users should be prompted to create an account to navigate the app Once an account is created, Users can see all the top Electric Vehicles A user upon creating an account has a secure password (courtesy of the bcrypt gem) Users can make a review and rate a certain vehicle Users can like other user’s reviews if they found it helpful Users can earn points/badges if other users find their post helpful and can level up A user has the ability to Edit/Delete their account

Link to Github: https://github.com/wickedvic/E-View/tree/bones

For my second project here at Flatiron we were tasked with building out a web application with the help of Ruby on Rails. My partner (Matt Ogtong) and I decided on building out an app for reviewing purely Electric Vehicles with a few fun perks.

We had set it up so that when any user first goes localhost:3000/ they are automatically routed to the home page. Here, users are prompted to sign up before they can visit any other pages within the application. Once a user is created, they now have the ability to look at all the top rated Electric Vehicles found for sale today. The end goal of this application is to allow a platform for users to check out the top rated EV’s and see reviews left by every day users of that car.

At first implementing the logic for our models was a challenge and took numerous amounts of google searches. However we managed to finish the bulk of our project by Saturday of the first week leaving us with a couple of days to finish off the CSS for the app.

Before building out this application, I never knew how important CSS was to the general look of a website. If you don’t believe me, below is a screenshot of our homepage without any CSS vs with.
My RuboCop config
By: Clay Shentrup
Tags: Ruby on Rails, Rubocop, Ruby

require: rubocop-rails



AllCops:

# TODO EnabledByDefault: true

NewCops: enable



Style/MethodCallWithArgsParentheses:

AllowParenthesesInMultilineCall: true

Enabled: true

IgnoreMacros: false



Style/Documentation:

Exclude:

- app/policies/**/*

- db/**/*



# Worry about complexity, not length.

Metrics/BlockLength:

Enabled: false

Metrics/ClassLength:

Enabled: false

Metrics/MethodLength:

Enabled: false

Metrics/ModuleLength:

Enabled: false



# Unqualified constant names are unclear perhaps, but NOT ambiguous.

Lint/ConstantResolution:

Enabled: false



# Cyclomatic complexity is useful; assignments aren't problematic.

Metrics/AbcSize:

Enabled: false



# Trailing commas make for clearer diffs because the last line won't appear

# to have been changed, as it would if it lacked a comma and had one added.

Style/TrailingCommaInArrayLiteral:

EnforcedStyleForMultiline: comma

Style/TrailingCommaInHashLiteral:

EnforcedStyleForMultiline: comma

Style/TrailingCommaInArguments:

EnforcedStyleForMultiline: comma

By far my favorite is Style/MethodCallWithArgsParentheses , which forces parentheses everywhere. Optional parens are one of my least favorite things about Ruby. FYI my others are:
How to add image upload functionality to your Rails app…using Active Storage!
By: Muhidin Hukic
Tags: Ruby on Rails

Active Storage is a gem included in Rails 5.2 that allows you to upload, store and display files. It comes with an option to generate image representations of both image and non-image uploads (such as PDF files and videos). In this short step-by-step guide I will show you how to add a simple image upload to your app, as well as how to show the uploaded image on your page.

Setup

After creating your application, add Active Storage by running the following command in your terminal. Make sure you’re using Rails 5.2 or up!

bin/rails active_storage:install

This will generate a migration that adds two tables to your database:

You don’t have to create an Image model or an Image table. Active Storage will take care of everything for you. Just make sure to run rails db:migrate before you continue.

Next step is to declare your storage services in ‘config/storage.yml’. If you’re planning to use Amazon S3, Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure Storage, check out the official docs for more info. If you’re building development or test app, or you just want to practice using Ruby and Rails, built-in disk storage is probably enough. To use disk storage, your storage.yml file should have this code:

Next, check your ‘config/environments/development.rb’ file, it should look like this:

Next thing we need to do is attach files to our models. I’m building an app that allows users to upload profile photo. You can use has_one_attached relationship that allows every User object to have only one image attached to it.

In user#new and user#edit files add a picture field to form:

browser view

You don’t need to add any special code to your controller, just make sure you include :photo in your strong params.

Displaying image

Now that we know how to upload an image, let’s learn how to display it in the browser. Let’s say I want to display it on a user’s profile (show) page. In user#show I’ve added the following code:

Let’s break this down:

.photo.attached? is a handy built-in method we can call to check if an image(avatar) for that user has been attached. If such file exists image_tag(@user.photo) will create a URL to it. We can then pass that URL to the HTML image tag source that will display it in the browser.

You just made your Rails app way more cool by adding a few simple lines of code!

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The Self I See
Tags: Self Improvement, Self-awareness, Self, Consciousness, Poetry

The Self I See

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

There must be another way, so myself I don’t betray.

There must be another chance, so myself I can enhance.

There must be another sign, to realign with the divine.

There must be another way, so myself I don’t betray.

Always searching for myself, deeper, deeper do I delve.

Searching in all the wrong places, hoping to see in others’ faces.

Searching for myself in roles, never seeing society’s holes.

Searching in the black and white, as my true self I do fight.

Searching in my family, maybe they can set me free.

Searching in the job I do, searching in my friendship crew.

Searching here and searching there, looking for me everywhere.

Searching around me all the time, never do I see the sign.

I really need to stop a moment, maybe then I’ll reach atonement.

I really need to stop and see, and take a look deep in me.

I really need to know my worth, happiness a right of birth.

I really need to take it in, look deeper under my skin.

I really need to take a rest, connect with what’s behind my chest.

I really need to see myself, reconnect with spiritual wealth.

I really need to let love in, disdain of self I need to bin.

I really need to change my ways, better will become my days.

I know there is a chance for me, if my true self I could see.

I know there is a better way, if I hear what my soul has to say.

I know that I can change my ways, remove myself from my haze.

I know that I can change things up, drinking from the spiritual cup.

I know that I can walk the path, that my soul tries to carve.

I know that I can be much better, living my life to the letter.

I know that I can let love in, love of self’s where to begin.

I know that I can open doors, once I see society’s flaws.

I know that I can make a difference, once I make the right decisions.

I know that I can soon be free, if only I could just be me.

Moving here and moving there, change my ways if I dare.

Move and change all that I see, the only way I can be free.

Change the thinking that I have, that always causes so much wrath.

Move my thoughts and change my ways, love of self really pays.

Change it up and know myself, this will bring me better health.

Open up to all that is, my old self I will not miss.

Open up and close past pain, my mind on this I can retrain.

Close the shutters on my past, it’s time to hone my soul’s true craft.

Change it up and know my worth, happiness a right of birth.
Imagination — A. As a single flame appears from thin…
By: C.A. Martinez
Tags: Philosophy, Imagination, Life, Consciousness, Existentialism

As a single flame appears from thin air, and the blackness of absence begins to melt into its warmth, what was once nothing is, suddenly, something. But how can nothingness — the absence of matter, the absence of absence — spawn a tangible, physical mass of energy? Like a thought that pops into our mind? Like a contemplation that sails atop the waves of our brains, those tempestuous seas of which we live within and never truly learn to navigate? What a conundrum, and what an answer to that preposterous apparition; the sudden appearance of an issue, a question, a puzzle, a hex! Through the folds, the hills and valleys of what drives us forward, we spawn countless ideas and thus, countless obstacles. Those obstacles, when arranged in certain patterns, then become acts of genius, works of art, intuitive stupidity, and innovative regularity. That has been thought of before, in the vast ocean of another, and yet he who withholds the incarnation from his people takes no credit. That is reality, is it not? The one who opens his jowls and propels his throat — five seconds, five minutes, five millennia later — he is the king of that ideation, but in the technicality of what is more than likely the truth, he is a fraud, for his ancestor precipitated that little flame from the nothingness of thought and thus, holds the title of that truth.

And so, is that the universe? Is it the fraud of another’s incantation? The literature of that pure genius now plagiarized by Space and Time? We kneel before them and base this existence upon the rules we perceive of them, even as they work and play differently depending on such a simple premise as perspective. We are toyed with! Take the puppet master that is your brain; imagine! You could display within your mind’s eye your greatest enemy, your greatest fears, your greatest desires; with these inner concepts you may do as you please. That enemy you may strike down yourself, with godlike power; you may see him ravaged by wolves, begging for the mercy only you could bestow; there could be a narrative in which he travels through volumes and volumes of tragedy after tragedy, at the clemency of your pen. No, it is not visible to the rest of the world, with their eyes or minds, but it is a visceral augury in which you can live, and it will activate your brain in the same ways as if you truly bore the leash to your enemy’s collar! And is that not real then? To affect you in such clandestine authenticity? I am God almighty within the confines of the same organ in which I perceive the Earth; how can it be that what is imagined is a fallacy? It is no more a fallacy than witnessing the impossible — the spacemen staring at our great blue marble, laden with men who swear upon their souls that it is a flat disc — what an imagination! Then, to the grave these disc-men go, to the graves, in their chest do they believe in their escapism, and to the graves go others with the forethought that divine judgment awaits them.

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Entheogen Adventures: Exploration of Consciousness
Tags: Consciousness, Entheogens, Psychedelics, Trippy

Part 1: Double-dip Trip

Finally, I see why portrayals of “acid view” are rife with bleeding objects and traced lights. When I direct my eyes elsewhere, the image of my previous view fades slowly out of sight, almost as if my optic nerve is lagging. When I look up at the nighttime sky, it is not stretching and contracting as it was through the lens of 4-AcO-DMT. Rather, the fabric of the universe lay still — ever speckled with brilliant stars that seem to grow in number as you look closer. It’s hard to decide which luminous specks are real and which are an added illusion. The truth is, they are all real. But, just like the moon, they are exaggerated beyond sober belief. The pulsing glow of the sibling stars pales in comparison to the moon which seemingly consumes the nighttime sky.

“Is it just my trippy mind or is the moon extremely large tonight?” I say to my friend.

He claims to view the most beautiful happenstance of nighttime sky thus far in his short life. I find myself still deciding between this sky and the 4-AcO sky. I also finally see why LSD, in contrast to other entheogens, is almost entirely visual. Sure, it is often initiated by a small man positioned atop the brain whispering the contents of thought-loops and may even divert your attention to the odd feelings within your body. But, more than anything, it is a stark hijacking of the visual cortex.

While watching cartoons, it becomes clear that this collection of characters with unique voices and raw, untamed humor was our trip-sitter. Upon analyzing the extent to which the acid has distorted reality, it becomes somewhat overwhelming. But, when focused on cartoons in the conducive setting of my trip room, the effects of the drug are immediately dampened. Other than the sluggish, droopy movement of the characters’ faces and the occasional glance at my friend’s distorted face, the potent effects of the drug are all but overshadowed as we sit distracted by the show.

This imparts two pieces of information. Firstly, the effects of LSD are largely visual. Secondly, control of trip intensity lies within your hands…or, more accurately, within your mind. Ego dissolution is not experienced, however…at least, not noticeably. Psilocybin seems to exterminate the ego like a ravenous feline would a mouse while LSD, the satiated yet playful feline, seems to merely play with it.
Ode to Lightworkers
By: Bevin Niemann
Tags: Empath, Lightworker, Spiritual Awakening, Consciousness, Mysticism

Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay

Since my spiritual re-awakening eight years ago, I’ve heard the term ‘lightworker’ time and again.

What does that mean exactly?

There are as many definitions as stars in the sky, but one thing I think everyone can agree on, is this Earthly plane sometimes feels dark and hopeless. We watch people and our planet suffering. At times, it’s hard to understand why any soul would choose to come to this place.

Being a light in a pool of darkness is a difficult and rewarding mission.

It takes all the strength you can muster to speak up when you witness injustice, when your voice is often the minority opinion. Great inner and outer compassion is required to reach for a high vibrational response when you’re angry, sad, or tired. Especially when other people unconsciously, or consciously, choose dissonance.

Those awakening, who at some point in their human journey, recognize their power to illuminate — are growing in number. We came here during this moment on the Divine timeline to shift momentum.

To not only pray for peace, equity, respect and understanding, but take action in our daily lives to manifest it into form. You know, light + worker? Cosmic elbow grease must be applied on the third rock from the sun.

But we can easily take too much on our shoulders. Because we’re gracious givers, lightworkers need frequent rest and rejuvenation. To replenish our Divine spark by being in the presence of other like-minded souls. Expanding our candlepower, amplifying our presence.

Uplifting our shining companions, and in turn being uplifted.

Tonight, I attended an online celebration with the Center for Spiritual Living Dallas. For the closing ceremony, over ninety beautiful souls meeting on Zoom, darkened the room and lit candles in solidarity. The energy was palatable, and the message was clear.

We are not doing this alone.

We are each a small and crucial part of the larger web of Consciousness. Weaving a new story for humankind, establishing foundations for an enlightened future.

However you choose to define your soul’s purpose, I encourage you to keep glowing and resonating. The smallest kind word, the tiniest heartfelt deed, ripples into the collective.

I’m so glad you’re out there, my perceptive friends. I sense your gentle and powerful flames. I feel our combined energy and intention.

As we transition into a new year, and a new cycle, I believe we have the power to decrease the darkness within us and outside of us.

It’s why we came here, and we will prevail.
Midnight Musings — What drives consciousness?
By: Surbhi Bhattar
Tags: Mathematics, Life, Consciousness, Murder, Writing

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”

― Allen Saunders

Usually I have so many things to say and all throughout the day I read about some amazing, some horrifying things, like a million dollar prize problem that has been unsolved for decades, the Hodge Conjecture, explained in a very simple way catered to non-mathematicans.

Then one very sad, gruesome yet true murder story about a child actress who was brutally murdered along with her mother by her own father, Judith Eva Barsi.

A bravery tale of one such cadet Amit Raj who gallantly rescued 3 children from a burning house but sadly succumbed to his own injuries with 85% burn.

But when I am sitting in front of my computer, with a notepad open and the cursor blinking, I don’t have anything to say save for the stories I shared. It makes me wonder why do people make certain decisions, choices in life. What goes behind the decision making process of brain. Given a set of choices — how does my brain comprehend that doing a certain event is better than others. Is this what is called consciousness? How does a person decides that murdering their own child and their wife is a good thing to do. I am certain that their decision is affected by external factors like alcohol, drugs, provocation. Or maybe they are just evil people. How does evilness comes from. Is it a state of mind or is it a disease?
This is esoteric bullshit to the average person, but there is a tiny part of you, that’s just…
By: Veer Gill
Tags: Philosophy, Consciousness, Esoteric, Life

Theseus’ ship remains.

Theseus’ ship remains. This is esoteric bullshit to the average person, but there is a tiny part of you, that’s just there, it has always been there and it stays no matter how much life forces you to change.

We all evolve with time. And sometimes change so much that we can’t relate at all to the person we were a decade or two ago, but that little part stays. It just defines you; your life can turn into any direction based on your individual circumstances and your evolution, but it’ll always adhere to that trait and everything stems from it like branches and leaves from a trunk.

It’s not something that can be traced to our childhood even, although most of the brush strokes that make us comes from our childhood. But this microscopic seed, is the shape of our being. This is why, if MLK Jr. or Gandhi was born in Hitler’s place, he wouldn’t have had the same life trajectory, and vice-versa. When motivational speakers or influencers talk about finding your true purpose, when they say things like “do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life”, that purpose stems from this indescribable part of you. It’s something innate inside you that guides you through life’s most challenging questions. You know how every sense and every neuron in your brain is telling you that one potential partner is better than the other, but you’re just stuck on the other one and you can’t figure out why. It’s possible you see something in them, but you don’t know it yourself, it's subconscious.

Something that aligns, doesn’t mean that it's right or good for you, but just aligns with your You. We choose to call it our intuition, our sixth sense. We can attribute it to some unexplained part of our DNA, the blueprint of our being; or a way chosen for us by God, but all these explanations don’t really explain the feeling of being You.
mindless tree
By: Anahi Lin
Tags: Soul, Mind, Nature, Consciousness, Poetry

mindless tree

Photo by Robert Metz on Unsplash

Trees salute,

wave and move

leaves and fingers;

death is near,

breath of life:

nothing for us.

Insignificance.

Rodent face,

life in the form

of-

we don’t mind,

a soul

we don’t

Mind,

at all.

A mind of us,

what is the price?

what do we do?

The right to fail

to be

(in truth)

I claim,

do you?
Winter Solstice, Planetary Conjunction, and You
By: Michael Depung
Tags: Spiritual Growth, Awakening, 2020, Metaphysics, Consciousness

Winter Solstice, Planetary Conjunction, and You

Not the conjunction, but you get the point! (Photo by Dave Hoefler on Unsplash)

The winter solstice holds the longest night of the year. From here on out, the daylight time increases. Leading up to this, the darkness has increased. This is simple astronomical fact.

As the Romantic writers and others have shown our species throughout history, we may consider the order of nature and the universe in order to look within ourselves individually and collectively. We don’t like to do that in this advanced day and age.

How advanced are we? We are steeped in darkness. Many choose willing ignorance because they could not bear to see true light or love. Dictatorial rulers are making a comeback, because to those many who support them, the promise of light to them is wealth, power, control, and superiority. Darknesses like these have held sway throughout much of our history.

Many others simply have not awakened to the power of Self, to avail themselves of the reason we have all come here: to express the unique composition of mortality and immortality, of ego and heart, of light and darkness, of body and spirit and acknowledge all these wonderful polarities and reconcile them into creating. Creators, that is what we are.

How many have gained such spiritual consciousness? We are steeped in darkness; however, the numbers grow, numbers who heal in love and light, who express the higher frequencies and energies we come to experience, who relate to Self and the Other in love and light, who pursue happiness in the energy of Heart — not Ego. When we seek honest happiness, we bless one another. We grow in light.

This time of year brings me to serious reflection about living the truth of who and what I am as a mortal human known by all that characterizes me. I love me, and that allows me to love others. The light grows when we reflect on our darkness, reconcile it with who we are, and call on Heart, that Spirit energy encompassing our existence.

Such reflection on this particular solstice may prove to be a rich, personal experience. The universe will display the conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter, which has been seen only a handful of times in the past 2,000 years, and may account for the appearance of the so-called Christmas star, and if for no other reason, this association may be most appropriate. A light that shines into the darkness of humanity.

Not only does our current darkness include political mayhem, but also this pandemic continues, economic collapses ensue, many millions are ravaged by years-long wars, and lies are being called facts. Darkness.

Light, though, resides in you and me, as well as darkness. We can be that Christmas star shining into the dark recesses. My hope is we will each say yes to acknowledging the solstice, the planetary conjunction, and learn, grow, and experience love, peace, and light for ourselves and one another.
The Age Of Aquarius — Pamela Jaye Smith
Tags: Spirituality, 2020, Astrology, Consciousness, Mindfulness

Film Courage: Pamela, I find it interesting that we’ve enter this new realm where vampires, zombies and the fear of witches within certain groups or that someone has secret powers has now become prevalent in a lot of teen movies and fiction. Can you talk about that?

Pamela Jaye Smith, mythologist, author, filmmaker, founder of MythWorks: You’ve heard of The Age of Aquarius?…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
True Existence
By: Harmanveer Singh Nagra
Tags: Spiritual Growth, Motivation, Life, Consciousness, Psychology

Are you really an existing being ?

When you stand firmly as you fear nothing,

When your soul is consistent in itself,

When you are beyond the urges of pleasure and pain,

When your eyes lighten up for hope even in adversity,

When from the lowest of your moments you can rise again yourself,

When you are able to stand by the truth no matter what it takes,

When your strength is in service of vulnerable,

When your very thoughts are completely under your command,

When you are not afraid to lose anything,

At that moment of time you’ll step towards the path of finding your true existence.
Does it?
Tags: Introspection, Consciousness, Happiness, Life

When you close your eyes,

Does it seize to exist?

When it seizes to exist,

Does it make things better?

When things are better,

Does it feel normal?

When it feels normal,

Does it seem right?

When things are right,

Does it ever go wrong?

When things go wrong,

Do you speak your mind?

When you speak your mind,

Does it matter?

When it matters,

Does it hurt?

When it hurts,

Do you close your eyes?
Consumo consciente
By: Mailyn Pulido
Tags: Onu, Drugs, Cannabis, Consumidor Consciente, Consciousness

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Have You Heard Silence?
By: Marlane Ainsworth
Tags: Spiritual, Inspiration, Silence, Consciousness, Mindfulness

Have You Heard Silence?

Photo by Birger Strahl on Unsplash

I wake to the lovely sounds of the dawn chorus outside. This is followed by the unlovely sound of me yawning. Then my footsteps on the stairs, the sound of running water, a kettle boiling, a lemon being squeezed, an egg frying, me chomping, a car starting, me talking on the phone at work. And so my day unfolds, one sound after another, revealing my whereabouts and what I’m doing.

Sometimes I crave silence.

But where is silence?

We think stars only shine at night, because that’s when we see them. But stars are shining all the time. Day and night. Everyday sunshine blocks them from our view.

Similarly, we think of silence as only existing when there is no sound. But silence is here all the time. It’s around and within us. Everyday noise fills our ears and prevents us from noticing it.

But even if you locked yourself in a soundproof room, you still may not find silence. Why not? Because thoughts make a sound, too, like scattering mice pattering across a wooden floor. Or a branch of dry leaves rattling in the wind. Incessant. Relentless. Distracting.

So how can you hear or experience silence?

You don’t need to find a mountaintop cave or crave admittance to a monastery. Silence is everywhere. Every cell of your body is composed of silence. Silence is an underpinning ingredient of all creation.

You don’t really hear silence.

It’s within everything.

You let it through.

Silence is you, all the time.

With love, Marlane
Blue Moon
By: Melanie J.
Tags: Blue Moon, Consciousness, Illumination, Poetry On Medium, Poetry

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vessels of consciousness
By: Bhakti Issa Urra
Tags: Humanity, Cycles, Consciousness, Awareness, Circles

All along the eastern seaboard we just had our first major snow storm of the season. Although it’s bright and sunny today, it still has not stopped snowing and the sixteen inches of snow is barely melted.

Let’s not forget that it’s still officially fall and not yet winter, making this sting even more. This first snow is magical and magnificent, even as we shovel white fluff off our sidewalks and driveways into high mounds at inconvenient corners.

Nature in all her glory, her pristine and crystalline brilliance blinding in today’s bright sunshine, lords it over all.

Sahasrara, crown chakra

Just like much of 2020, we’re not sure how to do this, how long it will take, or what lies beyond this change. For those who have the realization, all we know is we can no longer stay where we were. It feels that the amount of people who are hearing their soul calling has occurred at a much higher number in this pandemic.

One moment we’re going about in our lives and then — kaboom! Struck with the force on an “Aha!” our lives are forever changed. We question it, us and everything else. This new sensation explodes from within, turning us inside out, up ending all. Making us wonder what we are doing.

Breaking point or not, too often we insist on slugging through and ignoring this change. Are we prepared to shed the old and acquaint ourselves with the new, unfamiliar and untested? Or do we all too often remain judgmental, inflexible and too attached?

We’re not exactly built or prepared to trust openly or whole heartedly. Yet that is what it takes to achieve the change — step into the light and love with abandon and grace.

Becoming beings of love and light — homo illumined.
The Age Old Lie
Tags: Self Improvement, Self-awareness, Consciousness, Poetry, Spirituality

The Age Old Lie

The time has come to set us free, our true selves we’ll start to see… Niaby Follow Dec 18, 2020 · 3 min read

Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay

Another day, another dollar, sweating under my white collar.

Another day, another dream, life is not quite what it seems.

Another day, another tell, trained we are like Pavlov’s bell.

Another day, another theme, all in line with society’s scheme.

Another day, another pelt, trying to forget how I once felt.

Another day, another dream, my life is ripping at the seam.

Another day, another try, releasing from the aged old lie.

I know that there must be much more, I try to find an open door.

I know that there must be a way, for my soul to have its say.

I know that there must be a place, where my life I will not waste.

I know that there must be a time, where my gifts can truly shine.

I know that there must be a reason, a waste of a life is apt to treason.

I know that there must be much more, otherwise what is life for?

We trial and error all the time, but never do we see the sign.

Ups and downs and highs and lows, riding life’s ebbs and flows.

Flowing here and stalling there, always feeling life’s unfair.

Going dark then standing tall, never hearing our soul call.

So mixed up without a trace, our own demons we don’t face.

Our own selves we do defy, never seeing through the lie.

Never wanting things to change, scared of living life’s full range.

Scared of who we can be, stuck in a false reality.

Never knowing our true worth, happiness a right of birth.

Never seeing through the lies, so wrapped up in our disguise.

Never breaking from the chains, rather live a life in pain.

Never seeing who we are, so caught up in our old scar.

Never reaching for the hills, rather take a load of pills.

Never reaching for the stars, rather buy ourselves flash cars.

Never opening up to fate, rather live our lives in hate.

Never letting true love in, don’t know where we should begin.

Never letting past pains go, so much anger do we show.

Never being who we are, because we wear society’s scar.

The time has come to change our ways, to find our way out of this haze.

The time has come, the time is now, our soul it tries to show us how.

The time has come to set us free, our true selves we’ll start to see.

The time has come, the time is nigh, our true gifts to not deny.

The time has come, the time will change, to live our lives in our full range.

The time has come, the time is here, we must release all our fear.

Another day, another dollar, maybe I should be a scholar.

Another day, another dream, like the cat that got the cream.

Another day, another tell, my life is going very well.

Another day, another theme, I follow the path that lights my dream.

Another day, another pelt, right back into how I felt.

Another day, another dream, recognising my life’s theme.

Another day, another try, now I see through the age old lie.
Chalmers’ claim for philosophical zombies irritates a lot of people, including other philosophers.
By: Ted Wade
Tags: Philosophy, Zombies, Materialism, Education, Consciousness

Chalmers’ claim for philosophical zombies irritates a lot of people, including other philosophers. But I have tried to show that the subject does lead to some interesting theories about how our minds work, and how when this fails you get sociopaths. My story was written when I had not yet learned to stay more focused in my writing. Yours is nicely focused. But you might find some interesting threads to follow in what I wrote.
Are you Flying Blind into 2021?
By: Conscious Brands
Tags: B Corp, Purpose Driven Business, Conscious Leadership, Purpose, Consciousness

Who is guiding your Higher Purpose?

What:

According to a recent Kantar Purpose study “…brands with high perceived positive impact have a brand value growth of 175%, versus 86% for medium positive impact and 70% for low positive impact…”. This sounds great but one of the challenges we see in our work is that there is a ‘perceived’ positive impact, i.e. a stated purpose, and then there are companies that have an activated purpose. An activated purpose is one that is built into the culture and operations of your company. An activated purpose ensures that your employees are intrinsically engaged and are moving your organization towards their goals. According to a recent Gallop Workplace study companies with engaged employees are 20% more productive than companies with low engagement. Also, those companies are 21% more profitable and have 10% higher customer loyalty.

With all the disruption of 2020, is your organisation still on a path to purpose? Is purpose truly embedded across your organisation? Do you know how engaged your employees are around your purpose? Has engagement changed with remote work? Our Conscious Brands® Tool can help answer these questions and more..

So What:

Find clarity and certainty moving forward with your 2021 strategy. Our Conscious Brands® Tool will give you an output of bench mark, identify key opportunities and give guidance to embed and activate purpose as part of your strategy for 2021 and beyond. Make this the year you really walk the talk.

Today’s world is a little fuzzy, think of us as the window cleaner to add clarity and a direct line of sight into what is ‘really’ happening in your organization around both alignment and mis-alignment specific to purpose.

Now What:

We are offering 13 organizations preferred pricing, based on their individual Covid situation, the opportunity to get clarity on what to expect moving your organization forward through the ‘new normal’ into a business that is fit for the future, a Conscious Brand. If you are one of the 13 chosen organizations you will receive a full organizational assessment, a Conscious Brands® Action Plan to guide you into 2021, and a 1-hour virtual Q&A session on the Action Plan.

Please show you level of interest by completing this 3 minute intake form (https://forms.gle/3i1AijQhsc1t7asx8) . Offer closes end of day January 30th.

Don’t let your remaining 2020 marketing budget disappear without purpose!
Everyone’s Brain Could Use an Upload of Better Sourcecode
Tags: Consciousness, NLP, Ayahuasca, Subconscious Mind, Shamanic Journey

Everyone’s Brain Could Use an Upload of Better Sourcecode

Heat with permission of the Artist

Hi Brenda Abigail, MSc. I really enjoyed your piece in The Innovation on rewiring ones brain. One reason I enjoyed it so much is hearing how successful this has been for you. Your positive energy abounds.

I see the mechanism differently than you do. As I see it, the proper programming exists in all of us all the time. The proper programming is in the subconscious from the moment we are born. External factors often block it and cause the conscious to be improperly wired. The NLP training does not rewire the subconscious — it makes the conscious open and accessible to a reboot and upload of the proper software from the subconscious.

My path to this so far has been my shock-to-my-system spiritual awakening. The final upload shall be achieved through shamanistic healing, hopefully as early as next month. I am sooo excited.

Namaste

YG
Onwards
By: Avneesh Singh Shisodia
Tags: Optimism, Balance, Life, Consciousness, Poetry

Let loose the pain of yesterday

Let all your worries wither away

Spare no room for doubt or dismay

As you prepare to greet this day

Neither strain, nor slack

Neither rush, nor drag

To this needless struggle, bid adieu

And go where the music takes you!

The soothing stills, the soaring highs

The resonant rumblings in the skies

Feel every pulse that crosses your path

With open arms and open palms

Neither strain, nor slack

Neither rush, nor drag

Affix to none that passes by you

And go where the music wants you to...
The Magic of Mortality
By: Michael Depung
Tags: Awakening, Consciousness, Beauty, Poetry On Medium, Spirituality

The golden-haired Child, only three, is

Not subject to this current virus; no, this is not her challenge.

The Girl bears the tell-tale marks of trisomy 21, but

This is not the Child’s challenge.

In fact, the syndrome is no challenge, only her magical expression of

Spirit;

The challenge resides in her bone marrow that could lead to

Leukemia.

Chemotherapy begins.

In her picture,

Lips spread apart, teeth showing beneath the broad

Smile.

Joy! Joy! Joy! in

Life. Exuberance. Sincerity. Trust. Love.

All radiate from those laughing eyes.

Will they be laughing tomorrow after the

Chemotherapy begins?

Disease. Pain. Sorrow. All accompany this existence.

Eyes may not always laugh.

Lips may not always smile.

Heart knows those physical manifestations

May betray spiritual truth — the truth of always holding tight to

Laughs. Smiles. Joy. Magic.

Heart knows. Soul nurtures.

Children know, this golden Girl in the hot pink t-shirt knows, the aquifer of

Joy underlies all and erupts through any fissure of relief to

Giggle, grin, and embrace the magic of Life.
😂😂😂 NICE ONE!
By: The Natural Lawyer
Tags: Subconscious Mind, Election 2020, Consciousness, Propaganda, Politics

Creator by Nature | Professional Reminder | The Alarm You Set 2 shake AWAKE & "remind" you of who, why, & WHEN you are! So I write, hopefully in pursuit of this