Showing posts with label destructive device. Show all posts
Showing posts with label destructive device. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Don’t ever let the wrong get by

As a Brazilian citizen we are used to see and hear about corruption everyday.
It is everywhere, but mostly in our government and governmental institutions. Our president party, the “PT” or “Partido dos Trabalhadores”, and most of his close friends, have been accused and condemned of serious crimes, mostly of stealing the nation’s money originally destined to health, education and other fundamental necessities. Anyway, Lula remains in the power with one of the greatest public acceptance ever.

I can’t understand it. How can the politicians of a country with thousands of kids dying everyday of hunger steal from it’s own people to buy castles, mansions, helicopters, to satisfy their luxury? How can they see a little kid starving and don’t feel guilty about it? They are directly killing them. The same thing with our health: thousands and thousands of people dying of “dengue”, a disease very close to the yellow fever, because of the poor situation of the hospitals the government maintain so they and all their parents can have the car of the year. One of the richest country in the world with one of the biggest miserable population.

Even so, the public acceptance is better than ever. That’s because most of our people aren’t educated, and the politicians are happy to keep it this way. So they can, with a few bucks, with programs like “bolsa familia”, buy their votes and acceptance. I just can’t understand how can they live with themselves.
And we are all so used to it that nobody do nothing.

We who are educated and can see what is really happening and do nothing about it, we too are guilty of this situation. We have to fight against it. We can’t accept it. We have to protest, to show everyone our point of view, do what we can to change our country and our world. Because it’s ours too, and if we don’t change it, nobody will. We are the makers!

Monday, March 16, 2009

Breakthrough

The ocean is the ocean. Nothing more, nothing less.

Things are not things because we wanted to be. They exist within their essence.

I always asked myself if the color red is the same for the eye of others. Probably not… Maybe if we could see with the eyes of other people we could see opinions, as they were ours. We would understand different points of view.

We would have compassion. Real compassion! The compassion that we show today is just pity reflected on our self-image. We must see with the eye of others to feel real compassion.

One day, I stopped at a red sign. A needed guy came to my window and I thought: “Oh no…” I gave the guy a few coins and then it hit me: “Why I did that? Why I gave him money?” Did I gave him money to help or I just paid him to go away?” One thing is for sure. Those coins that I gave him would not help that much…

Gandhi said: eye for an eye will make the world blind. That’s true.
Maybe when we start seeing with the eye of others, because nobody wants to lose an eye…

Gandhi’s mind is fairway from our minds. He already saw with our eyes and came back to his.

MindFlow: Breakthrough VideoClip:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=54162796

LET YOUR MINDFLOW…

Monday, March 2, 2009

If we want to transform the world, we must first transform ourselves

I will use irony on this post; it seems to work better when confronting the obvious.

If we want something, we have to do the actions that lead us to that particular result. For example: If you want to walk through a wall, you have to walk towards the right door, open it and walk! Simple! We do things like that all the time. (That’s the obvious part I was talking before).

Moving forward with the obvious adding a little taste of irony…

Let’s say we all want something different then just walk from one place to another, let’s say for instance we want PEACE. So, like the previous example going to the other room was our objective, peace is now what we are focusing on.

You have to reach to the instrument that makes our objective possible; we have to open the door to peace. Ohhh I Know there isn’t such door… But if you curse people at traffic, lie (even a small lie counts), do things are good for you but bad to others you are locking the pass way to peace, its like you are putting heavy furniture in front of the door, making even harder to get to your objective.

The irony and the best part of life are that the title of a blog or a book always tells us the more important secrets. But the “ah… now I see” comes always after the whole reading.

Why?

LET YOUR MINDFLOW…

Monday, February 23, 2009

Pursuit of a life

This Blog was created to alert and give information about things that matters to everyone but still obscure for the great majority of people. Things that we stand for. Sure we all have our particular problems that we must face everyday but we also have our common issues we must discuss and overcome. Attend to a friend’s birthday party is a social task we usually complete because it is fun and relaxing…

I am getting to the point.

Below is Nodire’s life story, which means 'unique' in Uzbek. She is little girl from Uzbek that have particular problems like us, but something else sits in her consciousness everyday.

Nodira is one of five children in a poor family. Every morning, after reciting her prayers, Nodira feeds the hens and goats from her wheelchair. The rest of her day is spent knitting for other people and helping her mother with the household chores. Nodira has never been to school because it is too far from her home and inaccessible for her wheelchair. A local teacher used to come and tutor her at home and, as a result, she was able to finish third grade. After that, her parents moved to another town and the tutor's visits became more sporadic. Despite the many difficulties and frustrations that plague Nodira's life she is fortunate to be living with her family. The stigma attached to children living with disabilities, combined with the lack of wheelchair access in schools and the economic difficulties faced by many Uzbek families following the collapse of the Soviet Union, have led many parents to place children with disabilities in special institutions. In fact, of the 23,000 children in institutional care in Uzbekistan, 19,626 have disabilities. These days, Nodira does homework exercises at home and reads as much as she can. Still, it is unlikely that she will be able to finish her primary education, much less attend university. While missing out on an education is a great disappointment to Nodira, her greatest wish - a true friend - can still come true.

"What I want more than anything is a friend who also has a disability," she says. "Somebody to talk to that will not feel sorry for me or make fun of me, somebody who will understand what my life is like."
Nodire has great problems as you can see. But the pursuit of her life is to have a friend. Maybe we can attend to Nodire’s next birthday party, or better, throw her a party! I know… UzbeK is really far… But we all know many Nodires that live real close, don’t we?

Like our personal friends, they would like to have us on their birthday parties… in their lives.

LET YOUR MINDFLOW...

Monday, February 16, 2009

Our Water - Twestival

On February 12th 2009, 202 cities around the world held Twestivals, bringing together the Twitter community for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness for charity: water.

Charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations by funding sustainable clean water solutions in areas of greatest need.
Right now 1.1 billion people on the planet don’t have access to safe, clean drinking water. That’s one in six of us.
Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all sickness and disease, and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war.

Many communities in developing nations often have a plentiful supply of clean drinking water just below the ground, but no way to get to it.
This is where charity: water and their partner organizations come in. Drilling a well can cost from $4,000 - $12,000 USD and many living on less than $1 a day cannot afford one in their community, even if the money is combined.
Twestival cities might consider setting a goal to raise enough money from their event to fund a well project in a developing country, starting at $4,000 USD.
We all know that Twitter can be a powerful communications tool. It can connect, mobilize and inform people around the world instantly.
Those of us on Twitter know of its ability to organically create interesting communities from those people who find and follow each other. It is proven from the first Twestival that bringing the Twittersphere together for a special event is not only a memorable night; it has momentum to bring about social change.

MindFlow donated a song to Twestival FM to help raise money to charity: water. The song chosen was Breakthrough that in its lyrics holds the very special essence of this campaign: a significant and dramatic overcoming of a perceived obstacle, allowing the completion of an objective.

LET YOUR MINDFLOW…

twitter.com/mindflow
www.twestival.fm
www.charitywater.org

Monday, February 9, 2009

Be a Do Gooder

So you’ve noticed that the world could use a little more kindness. So have we! Surfing at ANH Global website (Alliance for New Humanity) we found out about Daily Challenge.

Daily Challenge is a social network, but more importantly, it is an answer to something missing in the world. Daily Challenge suggests acts or ‘challenges’ that members can take into the real world to positively impact themselves and their communities.
The concept behind Daily Challenge is very simple: Do one good, daily. We believe that when many people perform random acts of kindness on a daily basis, lives change: those of the participants, their communities and in time, it’ll be felt across the globe.

The Alliance for New Humanity, represented by Deepak Chopra, one of the world’s greatest leaders in the field of mind-body medicine, face the mission to connect people, who, through personal and social transformation, aim to build a just, peaceful, and sustainable world, reflecting the unity of all humanity.

LET YOUR MINDFLOW...

Monday, January 19, 2009

The day after a very special concert

Last Friday we performed to the children from “Casa do Zezinho”, a very special institution that take kids out of the street and offer them, besides a home, an opportunity to learn and develop their talents.

It was amazing to see the reaction from the kids. They were so happy and having a great time.
Also we played a couple of songs with some of the young kids and it was mind-blowing to see their talent. And not only in music, but also painting, crafting sculptures, writing etc.

It makes us think how many gifted and talented children are lost to crime and drugs just because a simple lack of opportunity.

We can’t keep loosing more Picassos, Mozarts, Shakespeares and Coppolas.
It’s everybody’s job to make sure every children receive a helping hand, to give them a little push and respect. That is all they need.

“Casa do Zezinho” takes care of more than a thousand of children without the government’s help. This institution is made by people that transformed their own dreams on making the dreams of others come true. There is nothing more rewarding than that.

LET YOUR MINDFLOW...

Thursday, January 15, 2009

MindFlow VideoBlog #7

In this edition Danilo Herbert (vocal), Rodrigo Hidalgo (guitar), Ricardo Winandy (bass) and Rafael Pensado (drums):

- Explain step by step the game "Follow Your Instinct", which can be played at the website(www.mindflow.com.br/followyourinstinct)
- Answer the question of the week, by Josh: "Can I really download some of MindFlow songs, without paying anything?"
- More!

CHECK IT OUT!

Monday, January 12, 2009

A very special concert

This friday (Jan 16th) we are going to make a very special concert.
MindFlow will perform in front of the kids from “Casa do Zezinho”.

Casa do Zezinho is an institution with the main objective to take kids out of the streets and teach them a profession, give them home and perspective.
The institution also provides health and home assistance, physical activities and most important, it estimulates self-learning and good social behavior.
They live in a very dangerous area here in Sao Paulo surrounded by crime and like they usually say: “Here, the laws don't exist”.

We are really excited with the oportunity to maybe inspire a little bit those young kids with our music.
Most of these children haven't got the chance to see a live concert and we are really honored to give them this oportunity.

Why some kids on street are our problem others not?
Take a look at the test this institution made (at downtown Sao Paulo):


LET YOUR MINDFLOW...

To learn more about the institution, access:
http://www.casadozezinho.org.br

Friday, January 9, 2009

MindFlow VideoBlog #6

In this edition Rodrigo Hidalgo (guitar) and Ricardo Winandy (bass):
- talk about the new fan area in the website www.letyourmindflow.com called "Fan Art" and the weekly chat.
- answer the question of the week: what is the meaning of the lyrics of the song "Destructive Device"?
- more!

Check it out and leave your comment and suggestions for the next video:



To watch the past editions: VideoBlog Playlist

Monday, January 5, 2009

Learn Your Soul Profile

Ahhh… 2009!
The New Year always brings us that fresh feeling. It gives us power and motivation to start something new. And with the experience of the past years that oneday were just as fresh as 2009, we became what we are.

The New Year opens great possibilities for statements like “This year I will do…” or "2009 is the year when I will become…"
It’s a great feeling!

We just want to suggest to all of us one more phrase to be added to the couple above: Who are we actually?

Reading the article from the "Alliance for a New Humanity" we found a series of questions to help us answer that.

Write down your response to each of the following, using three words. This will be your soul profile, a list of 21 qualities that are present in your life and can be actualized today. If you act on the basis of these qualities, you are living from the level of your soul.

1. What is your purpose for being here?

2. What will be your contribution to the world?

3. What do you see as your unique talents?

4. What are the best qualities you display in your closest relationships?

5. Who are your heroes in myth and legend?

6. Which qualities do you most admire in others?

7. At the peak moments of your life, how did you feel?

"Be the Change You Wish to See in the World…" - Mahatma Gandhi

Monday, December 22, 2008

The Christmas Meditation

It’s amazing how things repeat themselves over and over again. You can change the subject, but never the feeling. The sensation is always the same.
The Christmas Meditation is the title of this post because I found it really interesting to compare this moment of the year with a single second of self-learning.

Why?

Christmas is the moment when you look to others with compassion, you finally see the person across the street more like your brother… someone like you. People gather themselves to help others in need, the whole family gets together just to be together. It seems that the whole world got better for a moment!

Meditation is an exercise you can train your mind to be more peaceful and alert. You can see things more clear and your so-called ego, is not that important anymore. Meditation let you more human to understand humanity. To understand yourself.

For those who never saw a person meditate, they are the ones whom are sitting at the beach, eyes closed, looking peaceful. They are exercising meditation.

But to meditate, like written above it’s a training. An exercise to transpose the peace and alert state of mind to our daily routine, fighting traffic, paying bills etc. (Between us, we don’t need inner peace and attention sitting at a beautiful and calm beach.)

What all this meditation thing has to do with Christmas?

I don’t know either… but would not be great if the person across the street was your brother all the days of the year?

LET YOUR MINDFLOW

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

MindFlow Videoblog #3

In the new Videoblog you can watch MindFlow answering "Why MindFlow?".
You can find some news, like how to get a MindFlow free sticker.
And they take you to one of the stores of the company that developed the new "Destructive Device" t-shirt with them.

CHECK IT OUT!

Monday, December 1, 2008

Compassion

MindFlow music always was made to touch a soul. But more often than that, we have our soul touched, and as a result music is created.

Those songs represents the very soul touched by life. And speaks for itself.

This blog was created to help in a small way to make our souls to be touched in good way and more important, to make a stand, to make us believe that we are all walking on the direction of understanding and goodwill.

Last week, Brazil was stroked by a merciless storm that is still going on, leaving thousands of people without home, food, water, protection and hope.

We lost on this disasters mothers and sons, fathers and daughters. Human beings.

There are two kinds of people who survived this tragedy: those who desperately need help and us, the ones who should provide help.

On a dark time like this very one, let rise from our soul the only thing that makes us who we are: Compassion.

Gather your friends and family and help in the way you can, sending food, clothes or just a good thought. They sure need your support.

Below is all the info you need so you can talk directly with those who are managing the donations on each city.

How to make a Donation - Portuguese

Update: New Google site mash-up with further information about the flood (in Portuguese)

List of Bank Accounts to make a Donation (translated):
- Bank: Banco do Brasil –> Branch: 3582-3 -> Account Number: 80.000-7
- Bank: Besc –> Branch: 068-0 -> Account Number: 80.000-0.
- Bank: Bradesco S/A - 237 –> Branch: 0348-4 -> Account Number: 160.000-1
- Bank: Itaú S/A - 341 –> Branch: 0289 -> Account Number: 69971-2
- Bank: Sicredi - 748 –> Branch: 2603 -> Account Number: 3500-9
- Bank: Santander - 033 –> Branch: 1227 -> Account Number: 430000052

Beneficiary: Fundo Estadual de Defesa Civil, CNPJ - 04.426.883/0001-57.

LET YOUR MINDFLOW…