For those who remember Coyote, he keeps popping up in some of our minds, so I've decided to start a thread that contains all of his posts and articles from his website. He came to the forum 7 years ago, in 2019, at the tender age of 24, and passed from a long time illness a month after his 27th birthday. The day after he passed, I took my dog to a mountain in Boston (Blue Hill) and could feel his spirit the whole way to the top.
I went to Blue Hill today with Rooney and again I felt Coyote's spirit. Apparently so did some of you. So I will start moving his many posts to this thread where anyone can tap into his wisdom.
I have to second Yes2maybe. Warren and lots of the names being bandied about right now don't seem to possess the modest, unifying energy suited to this moment. I keep looking at the predictions for the year 2024, and I do think "the next big thing" in progressive American politics is going to be someone we don't know about yet; someone obscure, a state senator perhaps, and we may have to wait several years for this person (likely a she) to emerge. As far as 2020 goes, another stolen election seems to be a distinct possibility, and perhaps we need the shock and disappointment of that in order to mature and usher in a new paradigm of politics in the 2020s.
Muriel, today's print edition of the New York Times covered the latest Yellow Vest protests, if that's any consolation.
Trying to quell popular unrest in Europe with D-notices and whatnot is a losing cause. For a while I've been following the writings of Tim Morgan, a contrarian British economist whose basic thesis is that the economy is an energy system and not a financial system. According to his models, the increasing cost of extracting carbon-based energy has been eating away at per capita prosperity in most of the developed Western world since the mid-2000s. So really the economic trends that provoked the gilets jauntes are present in the rest of Western Europe, North America, and East Asia, and those trends will continue to worsen until we usher in a new economic and energy paradigm. Until then, we in the West can expect more protests just like the ones going on in France.
https://surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com/2018/12/07/140-are-yellow-jackets-the-new-fashion/
Above is a link to an article from last month where Tim Morgan addresses the Yellow Vests. Also, I would highly suggest Tim's entire blog, "Surplus Energy Economics," to anyone who wants to understand how biophysics factor into the crises of today. He is an intelligent and professional writer, and he has some very important things to say about the economy that almost no one else is talking about.
Ditto to what's already been said. Psychologically speaking, Trump really is a little boy who just wants attention, and I refuse to patronize his neediness. Most modern autocrats thrive in the spotlight of the 24/7 media (think about Putin's annual call-in television show), and this speech is just par for the course.
I just watched your most recent YouTube video, Jeanne, and you perfectly convey why I was so drawn to this community in the dark days of early 2017. I was also reading the works of Charles Eisenstein and Joanna Macy at that time, and your predictions and viewpoint really just "clicked" with all of these new and inspirational ideas I was being exposed to. And as detoo notes, your humility and respect is on full display when you speak. Indeed, your YouTube videos will probably draw in many more light workers in the months to come.
Regarding Kali Yuga, I believe I was the one who first noted how your visions align with Hindu prophecy, but a community member named "Indian" was able to provide more firsthand knowledge than myself (those archived comments are here). Per your question in the video, the only reliable source I have about the timing of Kali Yuga is this essay on Graham Hancock's website, which I gather you have already read.
I'm so glad to be re-engaging with this community. Thank you so much for all of your work, Jeanne.
I have a personal archive of illuminating videos and essays that I stumbled across while trawling through the web in the disorienting days following the 2016 presidential election (side note: I also found out about this gem of a community in those days as well). One of my favorites is an essay by the British writer Charlotte Du Cann via an artists' collective named the Dark Mountain Project. It's a somewhat long read (15-20 minutes), but I think it might resonate for some of you.
By the way, hello everyone! As I mentioned, I've been haunting this site for the past two years, but I've just created an account for commenting. Looking forward to some thought-provoking conversations.
CoyoteJ,
What am amazing site! I googled The Dark Mountain Project to learn more about it and just the opening immediately connected me to wanting to read their articles!
"We intend to challenge the stories which underpin our civilisation: the myth of progress, the myth of human centrality, and the myth of our separation from ‘nature’."
What a beautiful way to pinpoint the duality and separation we all feel in these times!
Many articles of such a variety of interesting topics!
Here's a link about the two journalists/activists who met online and founded the site:
https://dark-mountain.net/about/origins/
Very, very interesting site! Thanks for leading us to it!
Hi Michele
I'm a writer myself, and I've been following the work going on at Dark Mountain for several years. I like how they go beyond instant opinion and try to understand how the events of today fit into a much bigger story of global transition. For whatever reason I am having difficulty posting links in my comments, so Jeanne is going to post the link to the essay I wanted to share.
Coyotej,
I could tell you were a writer as well as a lovely and introspective reader. I haven't had time to read more than the beginning articles in Dark Mountain's introduction to the site and hope Jeanne can fix the glitch. If not, I'll just dig deeper and read more once I figure out its navigation, myself.
Our world needs more sharing among us not less in any formats we find that work for us! And this site is certainly one of the more unique and diverse ones!
It's so very nice to have you join in as a new voice. I look forward to hearing more from you and I'm sure we would all love your take on the many varied discussions among all of us.
We have much to learn from one another and from each other's take on not only the harmony of connection as well as our roles in helping one another and the healing of our planet with so many issues and woes.
Welcome and I hope you join in more of our discussions.
Thank you for the warm welcomes, Michele. Jeanne fixed the glitch, and the link to the essay is in my original post. Happy reading.