Lizzie Velasquez: How Do You Define Yourself

In a time when beauty is defined by supermodels, success is defined by wealth, and fame is deified by how many followers you have on social media, Lizzie Velasquez asks the question how do you define yourself? Once labeled, "The Worlds Ugliest Woman," Lizzie decided to turn things around and create her own definitions of what she defines as beauty and happiness.

Sam Berns: 3 Secrets To Happiness

About three months before he passed away, 17-year-old Sam Berns gave this speech explaining his dislike for obstacles and his strategies for beating them. When he was 2 years old, Sam was diagnosed with the rare disease progeria, which causes rapid aging and various other side effects, none of which could prevent Sam from leading a happy life.

Stuart Wilde: The Law Of Attraction

Stuart Wilde is an author, lecturer, and one of the real characters of the self-help/human-potential movement. He has written 15 books, including the very successful Taos Quintet, which are considered classics in their genre. In his latest release, God's Gladiators, Wilde challenges us like never before. He has also had a big effect on the movement for greater awareness. Over a period of twenty years, he came to be known as 'the teacher's teacher' because of the influence he has had on other writers and lecturers in the field.

Bashar's Most Profound Speech

Steve's Dome Home

On a large organic mango farm, far into the countryside of northeastern Thailand, I have designed and built my little dome home. Enjoy the tour!

Website: Steve Areen

Dreams Come True, All They Need Is You

Mike Dooley is an inspirational global speaker. His simple message is: life is beautiful and we are powerful.

Website: TUT

Tania Luna: Gratitude

As a young child, Tania Luna left her home in post-Chernobyl Ukraine to take asylum in the US. And one day, on the floor of the New York homeless shelter where she and her family lived, she found a penny. She has never again felt so rich. A meditation on the bittersweet joys of childhood - and how to hold them in mind.

Tim's Place: Service With A Smile

Tim Harris, owner of Tim's Place, is the country's only restaurant owner with Down's Syndrome, and the joy he gets from serving people good food carries over into his diner's most famous export: hugs!

Reclaiming Our Spiritual Power

Humanity has reached a fundamental crux point. What do we really need right now? The industrial-military complex has taken over, seeping into all areas of our lives. Humanity been anaesthetised and down graded for aoens. The system is designed perfectly to retard our spiritual evolution; to prevent true, empowered human beingness and interconnectivity with the whole of life. It's become increasingly challenging to be our true selves. It's time for non-compliance with the injustice and inequity of the system. Time to reclaim our spiritual power. The real power is within us. It is time to take it back.

Alan Watts Collection

Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British-born philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. Pursuing a career, he attended Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, where he received a master's degree in theology. Watts became an Episcopal priest then left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies.

Alan Watts who held both a master's degree in theology and a doctorate of divinity, is best known as an interpreter of Zen Buddhism in particular, and Indian and Chinese philosophy in general. He authored more than 20 excellent books on the philosophy and psychology of religion, and lectured extensively, leaving behind a vast audio archive. With characteristic lucidity and humor Watts unravels the most obscure ontological and epistemological knots with the greatest of ease.

"Inability to accept the mystic experience is more than an intellectual handicap. Lack of awareness of the basic unity of organism and environment is a serious and dangerous hallucination. For in a civilization equipped with immense technological power, the sense of alienation between man and nature leads to the use of technology in a hostile spirit – to the "conquest" of nature instead of intelligent co-operation with nature."

Wikipage: Alan Watts

The Dream Of Life



Creating Who You Are



Life Is A Dance



What We Are



Some Full Audio Lectures on YouTube:

The Veil Of Thoughts - (01:13:15)
Stop Trying To Change The World - (01:06:34)
Our Image Of The World - (01:01:42)
The Spectrum Of Love - (01:50:16)
Do You Do It, Or Does It Do You - (03:21:24)
Why Not Now? - (01:34:02)
Who Is It Who Knows There Is No Ego - (51:03)
Not What Should Be, Not What Might Be, But What Is - (52:57)
Buddhism As Dialogue - (53:49)
The Myopic View Of The World - (54:04)
Myth And Religion - (01:41:36)
Zen Bones And Tales - (01:47:35)
Zen And The Limits Of Explanation - (49:29)
Zen Clues - (01:47:22)
Introduction To Meditation - (01:19:52)
Alan Watts Teaches Meditation - (01:33:49)
Myth Of Myself  - (43:43)
The World As Self - (02:39:13)
The World As Just So - (02:29:30)
The World As Emptiness - (02:23:29)
Coincidence Of Opposites - (44:01)
Way Beyond Seeking - (02:14:55)
Am I Free Or Just A Puppet? - (50:07)
Out Of The Trap - (02:00:04)
Jesus, His Religion - (50:26)
The Million Masks Of God - (30:33)
On Time And Death - (39:28)
Learning The Human Game - (59:41)
The Game Of Yes And No - (52:45)
Love Of Wisdom - (48:53)
The Art Of The Controlled Accident - (01:41:43)
The Nature Of Consciousness - Session 1
The Nature Of Consciousness - Session 2
The Nature Of Consciousness - Session 3
The Nature Of Consciousness - Session 4
You're It - Part 1 - (04:05:54)
You're It - Part 2 - (04:00:19)
You're It - Part 3 - (03:59:07)
What Is Reality - (53:05)
The Web Of Life - (02:01:51)
Daylight Savings And God - (51:57)
Wisdom Of The Mountains - (47:51)
Mysticism And Morals - (54:11)
Transcending Duality - (46:54)
The Inevitable Ecstasy - (02:30:40)
Talk With Laura Huxley - (01:01:05)

Zaytuna Farm Tour (Part 2)

Zaytuna Farm, home of the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia, is a demonstration site and education center in the village of The Channon in NSW Australia. The property is 66 acres/27 hectares of ex beef cattle/ex dairy farm land with a boundary on the Terrania Creek. It was first purchased in 2001 and has since been under constant development and evolution as a demonstration site of permaculture design and land use and operating as an education centre.

'Last year we took some time out to make a Zaytuna Farm Video Tour for you all. The positive comments, both on our site and on YouTube, along with additional questions, encouraged us to make another! This new video, shot 11-12 months after the original video, is twice as long and covers several aspects of the farm — some we hadn’t covered before, and some we had, but now with additional aspects and details. You’ll see Geoff talking about natural buildings, cattle laneways, and how to keep goats parasite free. Geoff will take you through the entire plant nursery process at Zaytuna Farm, from seeds and potting through to actually planting a tree. You’ll see food forests at various stages of development, a new purpose-built fish pond that will soon be in production, and much more.

Mixed throughout is footage that shows some of the diversity of plants and wildlife you can see at Zaytuna Farm — a permaculture paradise that’s far removed from the worn out old cattle property it used to be only ten years ago. This farm inspires me with what is possible with sensible permaculture design — i.e. when doing our best to cooperate with unchangeable natural laws. Beauty and diversity don’t have to be found only in ‘parks’, ‘reserves’ and wilderness areas — it can be found right where we live and work. I hope you’ll see that our gardens, streetscapes and farms can also all be full of life and beauty and can contribute to not only our own mental and physical health, but the health and well-being of the biosphere as a whole.' Geoff Lawton

See also: Zaytuna Farm Tour Part 1

Website: Permaculture Research Institute

Jason Roberts: Guerilla Urbanism

This is one of the most joyful, funny and uplifting presentations. Here is someone who will revitalize your spirit as much as he revitalized his town. Arts activist Jason Roberts will have everybody rethinking what is possible in their communities after watching this video. He lives in Oak Cliff, near Dallas, Texas. He's responsible for some of the most outrageous initiatives, going out of his way to break every ordinance in a neighborhood in order to show people, just for one weekend, what kind of transformation is possible.

On a desolate, depressing Texas street that for the last 70 years has only had cars and traffic in mind, he painted on his own bike lanes. He created outdoor seating areas. He set up trees and plantings just for the weekend. Instant cafes and arts centers were created.

The message in his enthusiastic talk is not just about what a great time they had with these radical techniques to get people to rethink a city space, and turn it back into being about and for people. What surprised even him was the unbelievable level of support and response he got -- and how many joined his bandwagon and remain committed to a new vision that is possible.

It's a ground swell. This is how you get things going folks!

Website: The Better Block

Food Is Free

The Food is Free Project is creating a repeatable model of growing food and community. It is our vision and wish to empower you with the knowledge and know-how to transform your block and neighborhood step-by-step. Using salvaged materials we are building front yard community gardens for all to share. Imagine walking down a block lined with fresh produce ready for the picking. Neighbors not only growing food together, but becoming friends and supporting one another.

Website: Food Is Free

The Goodmornings Project

Together we will brighten up the world.

My Last Days: Meet Zach Sobiech

"Every teenager believes they are invincible," said Zach Sobiech. "It's not the kind of invincible like Superman; it's the kind of invincible like, 'I'll see you in five months.'" Zach didn't have five months. He died of cancer on 20 May 2013, shortly after his 18th birthday.

This film gives us a glimpse of Zack's indomitable spirit, enormous capacity for love, and quiet courage as he approached the end of his life -- and the profound impact of his empathy and grace on those he was about to leave behind.

New Earth Destiny

An Anastasia inspired grassroots documentary film by Mikael King & Igor Revenko.

As ocean waters continue to rise, natural resources continue to dry up, GMO seed issues continue to distract, and the technocratic ego-mind based world continues to crumble; millions of awakening humans are now co-creating empowered spaces of love as the sole answer to the world's problems. Be inspired by the ringing cedar ecovillage movement which started in Russia and is now expanding into all countries throughout the globe. Follow film co-creators Mikael King & Igor Revenko on a synchronized journey into the heart of Russia where they discover ecovillage Kin Domains, Siberia ringing cedar trees, ancient Black Sea dolmen pyramids, and culminate the incredible journey with a week long immersion into the awe-inspiring lyceum children's school.

Read the books: Ringing Cedars Series

Patrick Henry Hughes

Triathlon Kids: Together For The Long Run

Conner Long is a child triathalete, racing in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. But he never races alone. He and his younger brother, Cayden, form an inseparable team. Together, they show the beauty of transcending individual achievement, the profound value of companionship, and the many ways in which doing is more important than winning.

The Many Uses Of Hemp

This video takes you on a quick tour of the many uses of hemp and offers a little bit of history. The first drafts of the American Declaration of Independence were written on hemp paper. It was eventually banned in the US not because of any potential that it could be abused as a drug, because commercially grown hemp does not have THC as marijuana does but because it's a major threat to corporations.

We are familiar with hemp used in textiles, but did you know it is also being used to manufacture bricks and building materials like chipboard? And fuel...and plastic? And it makes a great nutritional supplement? Did you know hemp makes up to 4 times as much pulp as trees for paper production? There are thousands of uses for hemp and the time has come for the U.S. government to legalize the growing of hemp so that we may benefit economically from this truly amazing plant.

See also:

- Hemp can save the world

- If we grow...this is what we can do

- Understanding the hemp plant and its 50.000 uses and benefits

Agafia's Taiga Life

In 1936, a family of Russian Old Believers journeyed deep into Siberia’s vast taiga to escape persecution and protect their way of life. The Lykovs eventually settled in the Sayan Mountains.

Two children were born during the isolation. They ended up in a dwelling in the taiga, in the Abakan river basin (Khakassia), 250 kilometres from any settlement.

In 1978 their location was discovered by a helicopter pilot, who was flying a geological group into the region. The geologists got in contact with the family, but the Lykovs decided not to leave the place. Karp’s wife Akulina died of hunger in 1961. Three of his children died in 1981. Karp died in 1988. He is survived by his daughter Agafia Lykova who continues to live in isolation in her Abakan fastness. Today, she is the last surviving Lykov, remaining steadfast in her seclusion. VICE crew travels to Agafia to learn about her taiga lifestyle and the encroaching influence of the outside world.