The Plastique Sea Barge Tribe. New Myth 26 by Willi Paul, openmythsource.com

An ironic twist to the localization movement throughout Cascadia, the Plastique Sea is a moving permaculture experiment, a bobbing and…

Oh you know the drill... there is a box, and in this box, there is a kitten... or is there?

When it comes down to belief, faith, whatever you wish to call it, I believe what we find in our box, is whatever we believe we will find in our box.

To those who believe the box holds that miraculous entity, oh kitten, lo and behold, when they open the box, the proof is there for them, voila, kitten. To those who believe the box is empty, the proof is there for them, the box is empty.…

Transition Tales from the 2012 Reskilling & Sharing Expo

Neighbors Sharing Stories

Sponsored by Transition Palo Alto and Common Ground Organic Garden Supply & Education Center

August 12 - Palo Alto. Video Interviews - Willi Paul,…

When we have had people in our lives who have hurt us or done things in the past to cause us to question who we are, its very easy to go down the road of hate and vengeance.  Often times the people who have done the damage have continued on without giving the pain they caused us a second thought and yet we choose to go into victim or 'martyr mode' and carry the pain around with us.

This applies to anything in life.  We have a choice.  To let it all go and move forward or to remain in…

Curling, swirling, spiralling

Like a whirling dervish.

Wrapping its fingers around one and all

Like tentacles, gripping and choking.

Invisible to so many

And visible to so few,

It permeates everything

And exists outside and inside.

This is no kind of weather

No kind of light.

This is Energy, grasping, holding,

Caressing and soothing.

A vortex surrounding us

Puling and dragging at…

“Our Own Bread” – Interview with rani Jayakumar, Transition Palo Alto, by Willi Paul, Permaculture Exchange

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Thirty six Grandfather stones placed carefully in the sacred circle, each with a purpose and gift to offer.In delicate tendrils, the sage smoke rises from the shell, my small offering to the universe this night

In the center, near the Creator Stone I stand, like a waiting child, arms outreaching, in supplication, waiting for direction and wisdom from the ancient ones.

Here am I.... in this eternal compass, and cosmic map that carries within it the wisdom of the…

The Cascadia Funnel and the Last 3 Eras on Earth.New Myth 25 by Willi Paul, openmythsource.com

“To our ancient ancestors, the end of the great cycle was for all intents and purposes, the end of time. Astronomers and sages throughout history could only dream of being alive at this time….” — Scott Lampman,…

Yes to Permaculture! The Vladislav Davidzon Interview, Founder and CEO of Common Circle Education. By Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazine

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“State of Our Permaculture Union”. Interview with Lisa DePiano, Permaculturist & Keynote Speaker, 2012 NE Permaculture Convergence by Willi Paul, Permaculture Exchange…

Crowdfunding for Permaculture Now! Article / Interview with Christian Shearer of WeTheTrees.com by Willi Paul, permaculture exchange

http://planetshifter.com/node/2035

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I wish I could paint you a picture

of all that I see.

I wish I could tell you

of the love that abounds.



We, as humans are as

mere grains of sand,

in the vast expanse

that is the Universe.



We obsess over

our little obsessions.

We cry over our little tiffs.

We collect our little possessions

but oh the marvels we forget to see.



We work to gain

more things.

For what?…

Right now, so many are feeling alone and isolated.  The energy that has been about since the end of last year has turned us all inside out and upside down and yet we continue.

Why do so?  Because we inherently feel that pull to keep going, to do what we must, to be who we are and why we are here.

For many, this has meant that we feel isolated and alone.  We feel cut off from 'Human Society' for we no longer belong to it in the same way since our awakening.  We cannot tolerate…

Journey to Cascadia:

Building a New Global Mythology

  Willi Paul, openmythsource.com © 2012

Designed & Produced for the 2012 Study of Myth Symposium

“Mapping Future Myths for the Transition” Work…

Come to me in my dreams, and then

By day I shall be well again!

For so the night will more than pay

The hopeless longing of the day.



Come, as thou cam'st a thousand times,

A messenger from radiant climes,

And smile on thy new world, and be

As kind to others as to me!



Or, as thou never cam'st in sooth,

Come now, and let me…

“Why Did We Leave Everything and Come to the Bay Area?”

Story & August Workshop Invite by Andrej Loncar, Breath of Creation.

From Planetshifter.com Magazine

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Permaculture and the Bios Factory (A Transition Buckle) New Myth 24 by Willi Paul,openmythsource.com

The Cascadia Tribal Council began…

Transition Man. Interview with John Steere, Environmental Alchemist / Planner

by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com…

Lesson For Today:

Communicating Through Conversation. The role of communicating with others in the form of words, phrases, or sentences. Some people forget the importance of conversation to the point of miscommunication leading to fighting verbally or actions through violence. We take granted to the power of spoken and written word to death defying feats of oneself. Animals speak to each other, wh…