The Brazilian way of Politics

We are again approching a time of descion regarding the presidential election. Our President, Lula, can't run for reelection again, he is now finishing his second period in charge, so according to brazilian laws, he can do a third mandate.

But, he has a candidate: Dilma Rousseff, one of todays Minister of Lula's goverment.

She is actually a new face for most of the brazilians, but her background goes beyond a regular politician.

In the 60's and 70's she was member of obscure groups. She was taken to jail, beaten... Why? She was fighting for what she belives. That's great you may think! But Let's go a little further to find out what are those beliefs we are talking...

She was the mind behind one of the most famous roberies in brazilian history when the former governate Adhemar de Barros had his house safe robed by Dilma's group. 2,5 million dollars were taken on that afternoon. She was also part of the group that stoled a truck full of weapons from the army back in the day. Every time considered, by her fellow partners, the mind behind the crimes.

Now she wants to be a president.

But I keep asking myself... why???

Maybe she is different now...

or maybe she consider the brazilian people stupid.

Let's hope for the best.

THRUST INTO THIS GAME

As you know, we have a new project comming up: "MindFlow 365"

The idea is to release one song per month through an entire year! This new idea will kick off on Sept 9 and the first sond is called "THRUST INTO THIS GAME".

Releasing one song per month give us the opportunity to give the fans something fresh, something that we just created.

"THRUST INTO THIS GAME" was born from our deep desire for a more justice place to live. We seem to be thrust into this game of corruption, falacies and plots provided by our politicians that uses the power given by our democracy to make their lives an oasis drilled inside a fortress of hungry, poverty and injustice.

"THRUST INTO THIS GAME" is a call. We are calling everyone that somehow were thrusted into this game to react and stand for what is right and fight the most dangerous plot we've ever had to face.

LET YOUR MINDFLOW...

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...

Do it today!

Leaving things for the future make the present an awfull time to exist.
When talking about taking care of the human kind, tomorrow seems more far away.
We are leaving ourselves for tomorrow when we put things that really matter aside, important things as our planet, people around us, our family.

Here in Brazil, we are facing again problems regarding the lack of manhood in many of our polititions.
Sarney, Senate's presidentand former President of Brazil is using "today" for his own benifits, leaving the people, who as a matter of fact put him there, for tomorrow, or to be more precise... for never.
This man was born in 1930. Imagine, he is still think how can he take advantage of the poor.
We think that, as the years go by, we become more mature, peaceful and intelligent.
Sarney did the exact opposite.

Remember we will never live the day after today. Today is the only day we have.
Tomorrow is just a disguise and yesterday a memory to regret or something to be proud of.
They all live together inside the day we are still living.

Please, do not regret and do not be proud of. Do not live in a disguise.
Be a good person today... Now.
Simple as that!

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.

Children or kidney?

As the last posts, we continue to be surprised by atrocities, things that we haven't even dreamt are really happening right now.
We definitely lost track of human kind when money and power overcame dignity, tolerance and the simple fact of being alive.
We decided to ignore everything to not loose a couple of bucks. Should everything be "an eye for an eye". Shouldn't we try to understand and listen, ask and give?

"I am helpless. Should I sell my children? Should I go sell my children? So, it's better I sell my kidney.
These are the words of a desperate man.
Mohammed Iqbal said he has been told by his landlord to pay up on debts and is left with a choice facing others in this impoverished corner of Pakistan: Sell your children or a kidney.
For Iqbal, there is only one option. Despite a law passed in late 2007 banning transplants for money, he has decided to sell his kidney and has already been for pre-operation tests. The sale will net him between $1,100 and $1,600.Iqbal was not alone in facing this difficult decision. Others opted to sell their kidneys. One of them was Rab Nawas, who was deep in debt about a year ago to his landlord after borrowing money to pay for his wedding and to cover medical bills for his wife and six children. He, too, faced the choice: sell his children, his wife or a kidney. I had to return the money," said Nawas, who now bears a foot-long scar that wraps around from his back to his belly and is too weak to work the same hours he could before."
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We are blind, walking as we are able to see. In our path is an endless abyss. Lets keep walking toward the end.

LET YOUR MINDFLOW...

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...