{"quotes":[{"text":"People are sheep. TV is the shepherd.","author":"Jess C. Scott","tags":["dark-humor","entertainment","herd-mentality","humor","hype","mainstream-media","mass-media","media","mindlessness","pop-culture","sheep","sheep-mentality","sheeple","television"],"id":45533,"author_id":"Jess+C.+Scott"},{"text":"WHO AM I?I have seven heavenly panelsLeading up to a pointed sphereI’m multidimensional like a crystalAnd my center is never clear.I’m an inventor and pioneer.A mentor to my peers.But I'm not as sound as my shell reveals,Because I’m tormented by my fears -That may appear to be groundedBut my insides are filled with tears.And the sadness is well-founded,From years and yearsOf traumatic experiencesCompoundedIn the most dementedAtmospheres.I talk but feel like nobody hears.Has reason disappeared?And, God, are you near?This is Giza’s 7th light forceAnd I'm asking you to interfere.I can no longer walk amongst the blind and deadWith open eyes and ears.I’m trying to maintain my sanityAnd to straighten up my veneerAs I roll amongst the growing calamitiesFlowing on Earth’s severely trashedFrontier.Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun (2010).","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["blind","blindness","calamaties","change-the-world","chaos","conscience","corruption","destruction","division","ears","earth","egypt","environment","eyes","fears","giza","gizam-dead","god","greed","ignorance","life","madness","mindlessness","peace","perspective","pioneer","poem","poet","poetry","pollution","reflections","sadness","sanity","social-change","suzy-kassem","tears","terror","torment","tormented","united-states","unity","veneer","wars","who-am-i","world"],"id":120316,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"Destruction is easily reversed, Brain drainage howbeit is a civilization killer.","author":"A.M.M Alusi","tags":["brain-drainage","civilization","destruction","idiocy","mindlessness","stupidity"],"id":163903,"author_id":"A.M.M+Alusi"},{"text":"A blind pursuit of cheap popularity has nothing to do with revolu.","author":"Nelson Mandela","tags":["blindness","mindlessness","popularism","popularity","revolution"],"id":326761,"author_id":"Nelson+Mandela"},{"text":"Pain is a crucial part of our reality; it awakens a person from a mental stupor. A person must never be afraid to discover where their pain originates, follow pain to where it emanates from, learn from its messages, and reject the mindless business and busyness of contemporary culture in order to fuel an artistic vision of the self.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["artist","artistic-expression","artistic-passion","artistic-vision","awaken-within","awakened-mind","awakened-soul","awakening","busyness","mindless","mindlessness","pain","pain","self-awareness"],"id":329047,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"Mindless fear is greater than mindful fear.","author":"Idowu Koyenikan","tags":["fear","fear-of-death","fear-of-failure","fear-of-unknown","fear","fearful","fearless","fearless","fearlessness","fears","mindful","mindfullness","mindfulness","mindfulness","mindless","mindless-terror","mindlessness"],"id":348642,"author_id":"Idowu+Koyenikan"},{"text":"The ultimate experience of being mindful occurs when we forget about everything, even the mindful self and doing. In that mode we are full of energy, utterly self-generated.","author":"Sang H. Kim","tags":["living-in-the-moment","mindfulness","mindlessness"],"id":478889,"author_id":"Sang+H.+Kim"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":7,"pages":1}}