Little boys want to be batman. Girls want to be Wonder Woman. And more. Whatever the form, we want to be heroes, saving our family, our friends, our world. But we can’t really be heroes, because we can only be human. And so when we can’t save our world and make everything all right, we look to others to fill the role. In a scary world, hero worship is really the search to be safe and saved. MAGA is a hero-worshiping cult built around a tragic figure who is vulnerable yet seemingly powerful and who can never be wrong. He is their perfect hero. Ideology and beliefs are the window dressing for hero-worship, and when our hero keeps contradicting himself, some of his worshippers rationalize it. Some finally feel betrayed. We all pay for this delusional thinking as we can see by the mess in our country today. Yet it’s hard to let go of the hero, even if the reality contradicts our illusions. What happens when the hero is proven to have clay feet? Who will save us now? Maybe us. We are The Stream, a non-profit organization and online community dedicated to building the world we want through cultivating courage, awareness andcreativity. We offer programs of all sorts to help us to co-create that world NOW. If you resonate with our vision, pleasejoin us by watching our programs, sharing them, offering comments and subscribing or following us on our social media outlets at ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/grannyrockson⁠⁠and ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BethGreenTV⁠⁠.Click the Notifications symbol so you will be alerted when we go live again or release a new video. We also would love to hear from you about experiences and successes you have had in building a mutually supportive world. Contact us atbeth@thestream.info. Don’t forget to give this show a like, love or thumbs up, and share it with others. And come back next week for Building the World We Want, livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube every Wednesday at 6:30 pm Pacifictime. For tons of free content from Beth -- music, books, videos, blogs and more -- go to: ⁠⁠⁠https://HealingArtsNetwork.org⁠⁠⁠.

Lies, AI, disinformation, exaggerations, indignation, fear-provoking headlines, advice, warnings, and manipulations, even shocking truth, bombarding us from the internet, friends, family, colleagues, the government, reporters, and our own overheated brains, it’s no wonder our heads are full of noise. And this noise blocks us from getting centered and being wise. Frantically, we lurch from one input to another. Is it helping? Is it possible to quiet it all down? Let’s examine the noise and try to find our center again. We are The Stream, a non-profit organization and online community dedicated to building the world we want through cultivating courage, awareness and creativity. We offer programs of all sorts to help us to co-create that world NOW. If you resonate with our vision, please join us by watching our programs, sharing them, offering comments and subscribing or following us on our social media outlets at ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/grannyrockson⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BethGreenTV⁠⁠. Click the Notifications symbol so you will be alerted when we go live again or release a new video. We also would love to hear from you about experiences and successes you have had in building a mutually supportive world. Contact us at beth@thestream.info. Don’t forget to give this show a like, love or thumbs up, and share it with others. And come back next week for Building the World We Want, livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube every Wednesday at 6:30 pm Pacific time. For tons of free content from Beth -- music, books, videos, blogs and more -- go to: ⁠⁠⁠https://HealingArtsNetwork.org⁠⁠⁠.

Whether it’s a mother saying, “Wait till Daddy comes home,” or a government using our minds, bodies, and resources to bully other nations, or CEOs using the brains of their employees for their own enrichment, powerful and sometimes not-so-powerful people use us for their own benefit. On this show we talk about the ongoing outrage of people using our power for their own purposes and what we can do about it. We are The Stream, a non-profit organization and online community dedicated to building the world we want through cultivating courage, awareness and creativity. We offer programs of all sorts to help us co-create that world NOW. If you resonate with our vision, please join us by watching our programs, sharing them, offering comments and subscribing or following us on our social media outlets at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/grannyrockson⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BethGreenTV⁠⁠⁠. Click the Notifications symbol so you will be alerted when we go live again or release a new video. We also would love to hear from you about experiences and successes you have had in building a mutually supportive world. Contact us atbeth@thestream.info. Don’t forget to give this show a like, love or thumbs up, and share it with others. And come back next week for Building the World We Want, livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube every Wednesday at 6:30 pm Pacific time. For tons of free content from Beth -- music, books, videos, blogs and more -- go to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://HealingArtsNetwork.org⁠⁠⁠⁠.