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Piggy-Sue and Keith the postie prove that kindness sells. When most corporations put a ‘pig' in their TV ad — it’s to convince you to eat animals — or more specifically, their particular brand of artery-clogging bacon-laden fast food. Vodafone New Zealand did the complete opposite: Posted by Animals Australia on Tuesday, 26 May 2015

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The question of what role cannabis plays in my spiritual experience has been a topic of great evaluation in my life in recent years. The plant has played an interesting role in my journey of self-discovery, aiding me in times of emotional hardship as well as being a catalyst for some of my more profound observations about reality and my own existence therein. I believe that all plants are teachers, they hold within them a primordial wisdom without the limitations of the mind, and through the use of these various plant teachers we are able to expand our normally restricted ways of thinking. But as much as we can learn from cannabis, can this plant be just as much of a distraction from the truth? There are a few things to consider, one of these being someone’s vibratory state, and the other being their intent. Cannabis has been used as a spiritual drug since 3/2000 BC, indigenous to ancient Central and South Asian cultures. The reason being was for its psychoactive pro

So Penelope took the hand of Odysseus, not to hold him back but to impress this peace on his memory: From this point on, the silence through which you move is my voice pursuing you. – Louise Glück

~ Birth ~ Growth * Potential * The Journey * Metamorphosis * Transformation At the end of it all, through great and painful labor, comes joy. From the center, through the various paths we choose through life as it unfolds for us, butterfly takes us on gossamer wings – granting us the choice of transformation or returning to the cocoon. We are all blessed with inner gifts. When faced with life ’s challenges we can choose to work through them using the gifts with which we were born or we can choose to let them go and face them another day. In all choice there is growth and transformation. If you are feeling a little blue, be inspired by this mandala to look within and see what hidden gifts lie awaiting to be opened. If you are facing crisis and choice, think of the pain endured in childbirth and realize that joy and love await you at the end of your labors, no matter the outcome. However small or seemingly inconsequential the joy may be, it can be found. Y

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