Rebirth - Newsletter

with higher levels of awareness

Welcome back my friends!

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TLDR: Difficult times create a great opportunity to rebuild our lives in a more holistic and meaningful way. We aren’t overpopulated, but we have been asleep to the consequences of our actions.

Amber Marshall joins me on the podcast again!

The Time Has Come Network is now live and can be joined now by clicking here.

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Where have you been?

Well let me tell you, I’ve had the best summer of my life so far.

Loving my Starlink Satellite in Canmore, Alberta

Traveling around Alberta, visiting old friends, recording podcasts, making new friends and getting way outside my comfort zone. Feels good to see people’s faces again. Was only shouted out of one clothing store downtown Calgary for not wearing a mask. Bless that man.

It has felt great to be able to visit restaurants again and walk through stores that I was previously not allowed into without proof of vaccination.

I’ve also been working hard on my new social media platform for all my content. I’m sure many of you have experienced or heard about the scammers and fake accounts out there that are causing many people a great deal of pain and even financial loss. In an effort to consolidate my creative endeavours into one place while also protecting users from fake accounts, I have created the Time Has Come Network.

For a small fee you’ll have access to the full video podcasts along with additional content and extended interviews. As well as access to additional membership options for even more tools to support you in your leap outside your comfort zone.

I hope to see you there!

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The audio version of my podcast and the newsletter will continue to remain free for everyone to enjoy. Substack will also remain a platform for my newsletter and audio version of my podcast. My newsletter will also be shared on my new platform so if you so choose to join, you will get it there as well.

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Rebirth vs Overpopulation

I remember first hearing the idea that the world is overpopulated years ago. That at this rate of consumption and population growth, we would essentially “break the earth” and everyone would die. So we needed to stop having babies and use less of everything.

At first I thought, “Well that seems pretty dire, but I guess it’s probably wise to be less wasteful and instead think long term with our actions.” This perspective though was not the intention of the narrative.

I won’t pretend to know exactly what the real agenda is but there are many documentaries out there that are all pointing at similar theories.

As always, I encourage everyone to ask questions. Instead of closing down another’s questions or ideas, simply hear them out. You don’t have to believe them if they don’t resonate with you.

We can argue about the statistics and studies but I ultimately use my common sense to see how the micro effects the macro.

If a large majority of the world’s population is unconscious to the effects of their repeated behaviours this will create problems down the road. If you don’t brush your teeth you’re going to have to deal with the consequences.

The solution is not to minimize the people with teeth or cut off the food supply but to educate people on the impacts of their decisions.

Reframe

First we must understand our challenge and then work to find the correct approach before we do anything.

“If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six hours sharpening my axe.”

 Abraham Lincoln

Photo by Library of Congress

I believe our challenges are rooted in the lack of awareness of our actions. Within our own personal lives, our community and then the world. It isn’t about using less it’s about becoming more conscious of what we’re using and for what ends. We can make a shift without demonizing the burning of oil, mining of minerals or the consumption of food.

My approach is to reframe our challenges in a way that lifts people up instead of shaming them and blaming them for being alive.

Attacking Versus Attracting

Let’s say you have mice in your home. Most people would call a specialist to place some mouse traps or poison around the house to remove the infestation. This is what I call “attacking the problem.”

“Attracting a solution” would instead look at why the mice are in your home in the first place. Is your home falling into disrepair and there are holes for them to get in? Are there food scraps that are too often left on the floor?

Asking yourself, “What have I done to attract this situation into my life?”

Photo by Ricky Kharawala

The quick to judge and force a solution are often the loudest in the room. They drum up support with fear and then shame the suspected culprits.

“We are overpopulated, burning too much oil and wasting too much food! Reduce the population and your carbon footprint!”

I say instead we ask ourselves, “Why do we feel the need to show off our success with extravagance? What story are we living in that propels us to chase more without ever stopping to appreciate what we have? How can we take more responsibility for the functioning of our monetary systems?”

This isn’t to say we must live a poor quality of life. It is to understand why we are creating our lives in the way that we are. It is this unexplored question that drives a society into an unsustainable situation of consumption.

Telling A New Story

Our minds operate within the structure of stories. We cannot function in this world if we don’t have stories to understand what things mean. Viktor Frankl wrote about this in his book, “Man’s Search For Meaning”.

Most of us are operating within stories we haven’t consciously chosen. We are bombarded with narratives and perspectives that cloud our minds into submission and acceptance. We want to feel accepted and loved so we adopt these stories. We don’t want to be excluded from society so accept what we are being told as fact.

We have been continually programmed to act in certain ways and to value certain things. This is done through movies, music and legacy media corporations. This has never been for your benefit but to manipulate you into an active participation in your own servitude to the system.

Similar to how a food company will add addictive chemicals to their food so we buy even more. Even if those same chemicals will eventually kill us.

The problem is the story. We are telling a story that disconnects us from our actions and only focuses on the short term gain.

Rebirth

We must tell new stories and cut out the fantasies and lies that keep us starving and gasping for meaningful connections and ultimately prevent us from growing closer to a higher power.

This is not an overnight process. It begins on the inside. This is a step by step shifting of your direction towards more uplifting content, people and food. These small shifts on a daily basis will transform your life, then your community and then the world.

Dispell the lies and false beliefs that enslave you to an unsustainable life. Reject that which belittles your soul and true passions. Shed that which you seek to justify your past pain, and let go of what you think you must do in order to gain approval of others.

Honour your heart and tell a new story that lifts you up while being honest with where you’re at. Guard your mind from fear mongering while also becoming more aware of what conditions our world faces.

We don’t have an over-population problem. We are in the process of waking up to our power to shape the stories we live by.

This is the rebirth I’m focused on.

Photo by Ehud Neuhaus

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New Podcast With Amber Marshall

I’m grateful to have my old friend Amber Marshall back on the podcast. Watch the free 10 minute preview above or listen to the entire episode here:

To watch the full episode click here.

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Have a great September my friends.

Continued blessings,

Graham