When wrong became normal

We are living in a era where we became extremely peaceful with facts that should be making our heart turn into pieces.

We lost the ability to react! We accept atrocities, injustice, lack of honesty and principle considering all just “normal”.

I keep asking myself if “normal” means that those bad things are common in our society or we just are evil as the facts.

Trusting in my instinct I am compel to keep talking about the lack of manhood showed by politicians here in Brazil. As wrote on the last post, José Sarney, Senate’s president is still on duty as if nothing happened. A thief sitting on the chair that represents justice. Is there something more absurd? And yet we do nothing, all just seems normal...

Facts like this should make the people take the streets and fight for justice and what is right. We should carry the truth inside our words and hearts.

Let us turn this time of injustice in a time of honesty. Let us fight for what is right. Enough with the wrong things considered normal. Normal is to be right and correct!

LET YOUR MINDFLOW...

Stick to your values

Most people are not likely to do the right thing. If they hurt you and they can get away with it, they will. We live in an unfair world.
It is even worst in the third world, where there are more uneducated people and more people with necessities. Many are thinking first on how to survive, the rest is the rest. The laws are not always rightly enforced and many government officials are corrupt.

Every time we get out to the streets we are likely to suffer an injustice. There are too many different people, with different education, values, etc. People are not always fair, many don’t have morality (or what we judge to be morality), it is a fact.
We have to be ready to face it and personality to stick to our values, to do what we know is the right thing to do.

It is very easy to see everybody doing what is wrong and, when we face the same situation, we do the same, not because we think it’s right, but because everybody else is doing it.

Don’t do it. Stick to your values.
This is your message to the world, of what you think is right, of how you think people should behave, of how you think the world should be. Maybe it will turn up to be it. We are responsible for this world too, each one of us, and the direction it is taking.

By doing the right thing (not only by the law, but by your values), maybe you will influence somebody else’s behavior, which will influence somebody else’s behavior. You may not get out of the situation as the smart ass, as many always like to be. But even if it don’t pay in the short run, you’ll at least have done your part.
You have a role to play in the future of this world.

More information about the new album, 365

MindFlow has announced more information about its album, 365.

They are going to release information every wednesday, starting on August 19th:
- Aug 19th: Name of the song
- Aug 26th: Official Photo of the song/Wallpaper
- Sept 2nd: Lyrics of the song
- Sept 9th: Song

With each song, it will be released an exclusive product (T-shirts, caps, etc.)

You can choose what is going to be the first product!
There is an online poll at poll.letyourmindflow.com
Let us know your opinion!!

KEEP FLOWING...

MindFlow: news about the new album

1 song a month during 1 year. MindFlow 365 lets you inside MindFlow’s world.

We want our songs to represent the exact moment we are living, we want you to listen what is into our minds at the moment!

MindFlow will portray how their minds are going to flow during a year.

By releasing 1 song a month, you’ll listen the feelings and sensations of a group of people during 12 months of their lives.

The first song is going to be released on 09/09/09 and the fans will be able to be part of this journey too!

Watch for the next news!

On the Road

The last couple of weeks are being awesome. We are back on stage and rocking hard.
We are definitly having a great time playing these gigs with Sepultura and Angra.
Amazing to see all the MindFlow fans singing along with us! Make us always give our best to return this energy. Jau and Ourinhos! Thanks.
You are a great crowd!!!

In Ourinhos, the producers of the event had a really great initiative, besides paying the tickets, the fans brought a 1kg of food to help people that really need.
What a great gesture! And thats rock is all about: ATITUDE!

What can be better than that? A really rocking night that end up helping a lot of people!

So, we from MindFlow support this action and we want to encourage other producers to do the same.

LET YOUR MINDFLOW...

MindFlow VideoBlog #23

In this edition MindFlow:
- Aswer the question of the week: "What is the concept of the album Just the two of us... me and Them?"
- Talks about the inspiration of the new album.
- much more!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU4aC9K-CNs



KEEP FLOWING...

MindFlow VideoBlog #22

In this edition MindFlow:
- Introduce the new MindFlow T-shirt, chosen by the Brazilian fans.
vote.letyourmindflow.com (Modelo 3)
- Answer the question of the week (to Danilo): "Singing with guttural vocals harms your voice?"
- Hidalgo shows his new work tool: a 8 strings guitar!
- introduce the new mascot.
- much more!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tPeP09V-AE


KEEP FLOWING...

MindFlow VideoBlog #21

In this edition MindFlow:
- talks about the podcast at the New Hiram's Highlights (episode 22).
- answer the questions of the week:
"How do you name the songs?"
"How did you choose the songs for the free compilation Just a Destructive Mind?"
"When you are not playing live, do you miss the stage?"
- much more!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CPFa1Br-1Y


KEEP FLOWING...

MindFlow VideoBlog #20

In this edition, MindFlow:
- talks about the new Championship of the game Guitar Flash (from Games X), with MindFlow products as prize.
- answer the question of the week: "How can a song born? (the tune, the text, etc.)"
- much more!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAhFMl6ZY_E


KEEP FLOWING...

MindFlow VideoBlog #16 - Breakthrough Video Special

Special edition of the new Breakthrough Videoclip release.
(Available at MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/letyourmindflow)
In this edition Rafael Pensado and Rodrigo Hidalgo watch the videoclip commenting curiosities and the step by step of the shooting!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjudK3CkZDA

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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…

NEW Videoclip on March 16th (mon) at MySpace

The New MindFlow VideoClip, of the song "Breakthrough", will be released this monday, March 16th, at MindFlow's MySpace Page: www.myspace.com/letyourmindflow .

At the same day, the album "Destructive Device" will be completely available for streaming!

Check it out this monday, March 16th!

KEEP FLOWING...

MindFlow VideoBlog #15

In this edition MindFlow:
- Show the new Elite Trooper Street Team Premiun identification card (available soon).
- answer the question of the week: "What do you like better: recording on studio or playing live?"
- talk about the new VideoClip release on March 16th (mon) on MySpace.
- talk about fans support on India (Vivek) and Russia (Natashe).
- much more!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDiYtRpWz8k

KEEP FLOWING...

Ladies and Gents…The one and only…OUR EGO!

Fill in the blaks:
The mountain is an ocean. The ocean is a …….

As we all know, a mirror reflects the exact same image that stands in front of it. (Maybe if you are in an amusement park standing in front a funny mirror the statement above doesn’t apply… but you got the picture). The mirror doesn’t think, it just does. It’s his essence.

Our Real Ego is like a straight mirror; it doesn’t have a shape or even a filling. It just refects.

But our ego, ohhh…that’s different! Our Ego has a selfish consciousness that is really distant from our outside, a mere phenomenon from this finite world we live in.

Sometimes kindness stands in front of us and we reflect hate.

Sometimes love and hate stands in front of us and we choose only to reflect or give back hate, is like we have the ability to reflect only what is good for our interesting. (The real mirrors must be jealous!!! They can’t do that!!!)

Probably we would suffer a lot less if we could see death as life, bright as dark, a table as a flower and maybe love as love… The fact is we distort life for our ego’s benefit. (Maybe we live in an amusement park… with a funny essence).

The ocean is a ….

LET YOUR MINDFLOW...

MindFlow VideoBlog #14

Weekly VideoBlog from the Brazilian rock band MindFlow #14.
In this edition MindFlow:
- talks about the release of the Breakthrough Videoclip, which is going to happen on March 16th on MySpace.
- at the same date the "Destructive Device" album will be completely available for streaming on MySpace.
- talks about the new compilation of MindFlow songs from their three albuns. Its called "Just a Destructive Mind" and can be downloaded for free at http://music.letyourmindflow.com
- answer the question of the week: "When is MindFlow going to start recording a new album?"
- much more!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEsHYU9XGqk


KEEP FLOWING...

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…

MindFlow VideoBlog #13

n this edition, Rodrigo Hidalgo, Rafael Pensado and Ricardo Winandy:
- show a little advance of the new videoclip to be released.
- answer the questions of the week: "Is MindFlow planning on touring this year?" and to Rodrigo: "How do you choose a guitar to buy?"
- much more!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc818hbUvF4

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...

MindFlow VideoBlog #12

In this edition, Danilo Herbert, Rodrigo Hidalgo, Ricardo Winandy and Rafael Pensado:
- talk about the new songs and how they are being composed.
- answer the questions of the week: "Where is the band originally from?", "Since when have you been playing together?", "Since when each of you start working with music?".
- much more!

Check it out! Leave your comments & questions!

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