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Pam Grout
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author
“We, the greatest of all creators, with capabilities to build cities and inspire nations, are squandering our time watching reruns of The Office. We have forgotten that whole galaxies exist within our grasp”
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The Taz Grout 222 Foundation was launched to honor Tasman McKay Grout who spent 25 short years on the planet inspiring everyone who knew her to live and love better. Everything she stood for was some variation of this theme: create relentlessly, love fiercely and do quiet, kind things for the underdog.
Each year on February 22, the 222 Foundation awards a $12,222 grant to an innovative project or person with a big idea to change consciousness and therefore change the world.
We look for projects that support the following ideas:
1. A change in perspective is our greatest need. We believe all people (no exceptions) long to be generous and create beautiful things.
2. Today’s hopelessness is based on false premises. We look to defy the old story of scarcity, lack and the need to fight for resources. We aim to prove that the universe, once liberated from no-longer-working paradigms of scarcity, is generative and endlessly abundant.
3. The us against them model is kaput. We believe all humans are interconnected and that even tiny actions have great significance
“We can find strength in our collective losses, as long as we can free ourselves from the gravitational pull of the trauma and move forward, all our ghosts in tow, into this beautiful waiting world.”—Nick Cave
So I’ve got three stories for you on this beautiful Friday heading into what I now proclaim will be “the very best weekend of your life.”
All three offer proof that to throw up our hands and say, “But that’s just the way things are” is the first mistake.
Yes, there is a lot of momentum or gravitational pull, as Nick Cave described it, to believe that life sucks, that people are inherently violent and greedy, that we’re all headed for sure and certain disaster.
However, this socially-accepted anxiety negates the truth of the way things really are. When we step back from the dots of the pointillist painting, we find deep connection, no separation, a living reality waiting patiently for us to surrender our belief that it’s “just the way things are.”
That’s why I like sharing a different narrative.
Story #1: I used to post manifestation stories that popped into my inbox on the regular. They present evidence that we have a lot more say-so in this world than the popular opinion of “we’re powerless pawns.”
This is from, Rachel, who recently discovered the magic of E-Squared.
“Not even 24 hours after starting Experiment #1, something wild happened. I went to work, and my second client, who is always so sweet and brings me coffee, walked in with a large bag. Inside was a beautiful long puffer jacket and a hoodie. She had ordered clothes, but the company sent her someone else’s order and told her to keep it. She’s 5’1″, and I’m tall and a size large, so she instantly thought of me. And let me tell you… I’m obsessed with puffer jackets and basically any kind of hoodie. Both items were exactly the colors I would have chosen myself.
“I literally started laughing, and my poor client had no idea why. I was so grateful, and honestly still in disbelief. I felt compelled to share this with you because it gave me such a spark of hope. I want to change my life, and this feels like a sign that it’s possible.”
Story #2: When announcing the choice of The Earth Elders for this year’s Taz Grout 222 award, I mentioned a story about King Charles and a nearly-extinct white butterfly. Here’s how it went down. Last year, while doing a fire ceremony with the shamans and elders at his Highgrove Residence, the king got spiritual confirmation of their mutual intention for reconciliation and collaboration when the rare butterfly, appearing out of nowhere, landed on the leader’s shoulder.
Maybe the industrial mainstream paradigm that everything’s separate is not “just the way things are.” Maybe we do live in a living system where life has purpose and meaning.
Story #3: This is from Mindahi Bastida, Guardian of the Otomi-Toltec tradition in Mexico.
“A farmer in Japan went out to his tea plantation one morning only to find that many of his tea trees had been uprooted and destroyed by wild boars in the middle of the night.
“He thought to himself, ‘Due to environmental destruction brought about by human activity the boars have little to eat. That’s why they came to the fields last night. They also must be upset at us humans for encroaching upon their territory.’ He carried out a ceremony while apologizing to Mother Earth and all creatures and resolving to co-exist and co-prosper with all of creation.
“The next morning when he went to the fields, he was shocked to see that during the night the boars came and used their tusks and snouts to spread organic compost on all of the raised beds. The entire plantation was 9,900 square meters in size and it would take his entire family three whole days to do this work. Moreover, none of the tea trees were harmed.
“Amazingly, since then, for the past twenty-two years, the boars have come every year to help spread compost in the fields.
“In that quiet exchange between farmer and boar, there was a deeper lesson unfolding—one that many Indigenous cultures have understood for generations. It was a reminder that humans are not separate from the natural world, but part of a vast, living family that includes animals, plants, soil, and spirit. The farmer’s gesture of respect and apology seemed to open a space for connection, and in that space, cooperation replaced conflict. What followed felt almost like magic, yet it echoed an ancient truth: when humans approach the natural world with humility and gratitude, the world often responds in kind.”
Maybe it’s time to question—is this really just the way things are? Or is there a beautiful world awaiting our notice.
#222 Forever!
Pam Grout is the author of 22 books including E-Squared, Thank & Grow Rich , The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World)and her latest, The Ego’s Playbook.
“The world could use a new story.”—Thomas Berry
Joyous 2/22! The day Taz and I officially announce this year’s recipients of the Taz Grout 222 Foundation awards!
Per usual, there were countless submissions with countless, beautiful ideas for uplifting consciousness.
Thank you one and all for your creative pitches.
Our mission, as you know, is to amplify projects that rewrite the dream of the modern world from separation, consumption and acquisition to the dream of creativity and self-expression.
We believe the pursuit of happiness comes from human solidarity, simple living, respect for nature and empowerment of all people.
Taz, of course, has a much wider viewpoint and reminds me constantly how important it is to tune into an infinite mindset where nothing is impossible. Otherwise, she says, you keep imagining and creating the same old thing.
To that end, we have chosen two projects this year — alongside a few continuing favorites such as Lovelights, the Ubuntu camps in South Africa, and the local Taz Grout Community Garden.
I am honored and excited to introduce the 2026 recipients of the Taz Grout 222 awards:
The Earth Elders. It doesn’t take a PhD to recognize that the materialist, capitalist story is breaking down. That it’s so obvious and in-your-face is actually great news because it makes it impossible to argue for upholding current paradigms.
We believe it’s time to create a new, more satisfying story. Or in the case of this global nonprofit, a return to an ancient story of being one with all life, with the earth, with each other.
Earth Elders works to preserve indigenous knowledge systems, turning to ancient wisdom for the oh-so-necessary project of global transformation. It honors deep connections with the living earth and anchors in a more abundant and satisfying reality than the one we’re currently hurtling towards.
Not only are the elders creating what they call an earth shield, an initiative that safeguards 52 biocultural territories, but they’re establishing 13 Earth Schools (with more to come) and advancing laws and policies that recognize nature as conscious with rights, spirit and a voice.
In 2013, more than 150 indigenous leaders came together in the Sierra de Santa Marta in Northern Colombia to address the man-made crisis facing the world. After days of spiritual ceremony, they were given clear instructions and a roadmap from Mother Earth.
We are so proud to support that roadmap that guides humanity back into balance with the living world. Not to mention, how thrilled I am that a couple of the indigenous elders offered to say a prayer and give an offering in Taz’s name.
I will be sharing a few anecdotes from the elders in the near future including one that involves a ritual with King Charles and a nearly-extinct white butterfly.
Equal Measure Arts. She had us at donuts. When Leigh Kellis wrote to nominate Equal Measure Arts, a new-ish nonprofit in the Portland, Maine Arts District, she not only sent a fabulous video of her singing, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, but she offered to send donuts.
Turns out, when Leigh’s not serving as Sam Monaco’s sidekick in this innovative recording studio that serves immigrant and low-income kids, she owns a thriving donut shop.
But what really put this pitch over the top is that Equal Measure Arts stands for EVERYTHING the Taz Grout 222 Foundation looks to support: changing consciousness (making music, after all, should be available to everyone), inspiring creativity (this recording studio gives kids a place to tell—er rather sing!—their story) and trusting in the beneficent force that wants to guide and inspire us all.
Monaco, who already owns a solar-powered music studio inside an 1840’s farmhouse, says he was “compelled by a force behind himself” to create this inclusive nonprofit in the Portland Arts District.
To name just a few projects, they’ve already recorded four traditional songs from Maine’s indigenous Wabanaki culture, now featured at the Portland Children’s Museum and launched the careers of several young recording artists including Alma June and the Persian Cats and Adele Edelawit, who describes herself as a coastal cowgirl originally from Ethiopia.
Thank you, Leigh, and just know I plan to fly there later this year to claim those donuts.
Here’s to interrupting our regularly-scheduled programming and to knowing that all things, all people, all worlds are imperturbably connected.
#222 Forever!
Pam Grout is the author of 22 books including E-Squared, Thank & Grow Rich , The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World)and her latest, The Ego’s Playbook.
“Believing in a friendly universe is the life jacket that keeps us from sinking into a sea of despair.”—Dwyane Johnson
I’ve about decided that the reason Taz, my cosmic board president, and I started the 222 Foundation is so that I, a mere mortal who still gets swept away by the world’s seeming divisions and polarities, will be yearly reminded of the gazillion people who are out there hatching beautiful ideas of kindness, generosity and creativity.
Yes, our board just reviewed all pitches for the 2026 award that will be announced, as is our custom, on February 22.
And wow! There is a powerful undercurrent of awakening that’s happening beneath the surface, a tsunami of love counteracting the old, unraveling story.
To name just a few: there’s a group in Detroit starting an old growth Giant Sequoia forest, a couple doctors who have turned their backyard into affordable housing, a studio that gives immigrant kids the chance to record their own music, a filmmaker whose documentary of the Hadzabe people in Tanzania’s Yaeda Valley demonstrates the beauty of regeneration and contentment and, yes, endless possibilities,
As one of the Hadzabe leaders said, “Everything I need, I find in my land.”
That’s the secret to everything—knowing that everything we need is always available, right here, right now.
Or as another application reflected, “We never really got kicked out of the garden.”
If we believe we were kicked out (as our society teaches us) we become fearful, our nervous systems get jacked up and we begin defending. We begin fighting. We completely forget who we really are. We settle for a degraded image of ourselves and what we’re capable of.
Ken Wilber once called today’s humans, “flatlanders” because they don’t know the depths of the field to which they are connected. Instead, they see a flimsy, illusory reality dished up by people who, because they don’t know who they are, feel fearful and needful of hoarding, protecting, exploiting.
But that story will never hold in the long run. Mainly because it is NOT true. Any system based on lies is inherently weak.
That’s why Gandhi was able to use his superpower –- what he called ahimsa – to radically alter the course of history.
There is a dynamic life force in each of us. It connects us to all things. It can change all things.
That’s why upgrading consciousness is the mission of the Taz Grout 222 Foundation. We aim to remind humanity of who they are in truth—lovers, creators, beholders of beauty.
Let’s together speak a radically new story, a beautiful, truthful story into existence.
#222 Forever!
Pam Grout is the author of 22 books including E-Squared, Thank & Grow Rich , The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World)and her latest, The Ego’s Playbook.
“Maybe dead tomorrow but alive, gloriously alive, today.”—Robert Jordan
I would never dream of offering acting advice to Meryl Streep. Or giving Yo-Yo Ma tips on playing cello.
Yet, I often think it’s my job to instruct the universe how to show up for me. As if I could possibly know more from my teeny, tiny vantage point than life, glorious life itself.
Why would I try to manipulate or block life’s exquisite expertise? Why would I doubt the pro? I don’t have to set up a schedule for my heart—it beats just fine. Or keep tabs on my lungs.
As the Course says, my purpose stands far beyond my little range.
My little range, as far as I can tell, means opening my aperture to take in all the beauty, the joy, the love in which I swim.
I recently heard this joke:
The shark says to the fish, “Man, the water is cold today.”
And the fish replies, “What is water?”
That’s me so much of the time—swimming in beneficence, yet failing to recognize it, failing to appreciate it, thinking it’s my duty to boss life around.
As many of you know, I wrote a whole book about gratitude. The practice of looking on all things with love, appreciation and open-mindedness seems even more valuable today.
I surrender all judgment and fear to the pro, to the expert.
It’s almost February which means the Taz Grout 222 Foundation is happily designing our annual February 22 (2/22) gift.
So blessed I get to honor my magnanimous daughter who lives with me every day, in my heart, in the ocean of love in which I swim.
Have the best weekend of your life, friends!
#222 Forever!
Pam Grout is the author of 22 books including E-Squared, Thank & Grow Rich , The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World)and her latest, The Ego’s Playbook.
“The revolution isn’t out there. It’s in the 100,000 heartbeats you’ll have today, each one an opportunity to broadcast coherence or chaos into the shared field we all inhabit.”–Nipun Mehta
A question that was posed after last Friday’s post has stuck with me.
Lisa wanted to know how to use the “T’aint so” mindset while witnessing the current violence. I mentioned a couple thoughts in the comment section, but decided this very poignant question deserved a better answer.
I consciously choose to see beyond the violence. My focus is my unshakable belief that every single person has goodness inside them and that things always work out.
To question that unshakeable belief only causes decision fatigue. It causes me to doubt, to worry, to forget to be grateful.
So for me, it’s just a lot easier to focus on the ultimate truth. I don’t need multiple choice. I don’t need decision fatigue.
It might seem like a good use of time—it has certainly become a popular spectator sport—to keep tabs on what’s going on in the outside world. But for me, it only stokes the problem. Never once I have noticed my angst solving any problems.
To be totally transparent, I definitely have moments where I become obsessed, where I watch in sheer horror, but filling my noggin full of poison doesn’t get me where I want to go, doesn’t put me in a space of being the most effective person I can be.
So for me, focusing on just that one thing—gratitude that I live in a loving, perfect universe filled with loving, perfect friends—preserves my energy, my equanimity and keeps the channels open for guidance from the Dude.
Plus as today’s Course lesson points out, “I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my seeing.” So maybe today’s 100,000 heartbeats will resonant and add possibility to the shared field we all inhabit.
Have a great week, friends. I’ll be on the beach in Florida.
#222 Forever!
Pam Grout is the author of 22 books including E-Squared, Thank & Grow Rich , The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World)and her latest, The Ego’s Playbook.
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