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An article I read today in the New York Times that kinda pissed me off. Here are some of the key points. This activated my anti-corporate thoughts. In a world with this many people it seems to me that corporate culture will have to exist, I am trying to come to terms with how that can be done in a positive way. That is when I’m not pissed off at corporations and ultimately my fellow people for being so greedy.

“The food and transport industries say the issue is more complicated. The debate has put some companies on the defensive, including Tesco, Britain’s largest supermarket chain, known as a vocal promoter of green initiatives.”

“Some of those companies say that they are working to limit greenhouse gases produced by their businesses but that the question is how to do it. They oppose regulation and new taxes and, partly in an effort to head them off, are advocating consumer education instead.”

“Tesco, for instance, is introducing a labeling system that will let consumers assess a product’s carbon footprint.”

“Mr. Datson of Tesco acknowledged that there were environmental consequences to the increased distances food travels, but he said his company was merely responding to consumer appetites. “The offer and range has been growing because our customers want things like snap peas year round,” Mr. Datson said. “We don’t see our job as consumer choice editing.””

From A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle.

The most important, the primordial relationship in your life is your relationship with the Now, or rather whatever form the Now takes, that is to say what is or what happens. If your relationship with the Now is dysfunctional, that dysfunction will be reflected in every relationship and every situation you encounter. The ego could be defined simply in this way: a dysfunctional relationship with the present moment.

Do you want the present moment to be your friend or your enemy? The present moment is inseparable from life, so you are really deciding what kind of a relationship you want to have with life.

Time is what the ego lives on. The stronger the ego, the more time takes over your life. Almost every thought you think is then concerned with the past or future, and your sense of self depends on the past for your identity and on the future for its fulfillment. Fear, anxiety, expectation, regret, guilt, anger are the dysfunctions of the time-bound state of consciousness.

There are three ways in which the ego will treat the present moment: as a means to an end, as an obstacle, or as an enemy. When this pattern operates in you, you can recognize it and – decide again.