@anya I would not call myself an experienced seer by any means but I have been a child mental health therapist for decades (retired now). And what seems to help me get my mind off the hard stuff is just putting my attention on doing the next thing.
The climate change is very hard and affects every living thing.
I try to focus on "what small positive thing is next for me to do." Simple stuff like dry our clothes on a clothesline or indoor racks, write reflective and positive nature poems and put them in booklets and send them to friends, persuade (with letters) our local government to plant trees in the median on our street, grow tomatoes and beans on our deck, write thank you notes to our city government when they do something supportive for people and the planet, donate to our food bank, whatever I can think of. I'm 73 and don't have the energy I used to for things like going to meetings - so these small things work for me.
Sending light and love to you.
I have lived with climate grief for decades but it is getting worse, of course. Although I work on reducing local emissions, it feels like spitting in the ocean for the minuscule global impact it will have.
I lobby for a federal fee and dividend plan that would put a price on carbon emissions. A federal price on carbon is what economists say would be the single most effective start to reducing emissions.
My recent coping mechanism is to work on getting good candidates elected because we need an effective and enlightened Congress. I write LOTS of get-out-the-vote postcards and once in a while, I remind people that it will take 50 years to turn the global thermostat down, barring extraordinary technological advances in atmospheric carbon dioxide extraction.
I try to disassociate from the pain and tell myself that the planet and all of the creatures on it are on a spiritual journey (that I hope we agreed to pre-birth.)
@raincloud I think with the current divided groups where i am, lobbying will not be the most effective thing to change emissions. I think the most effective thing would be substantial tax credits and grants for electric vehicles.
I also think that in dense cities bicycle or e-bike urgent care medicine is both green, compassionate and cost saving. I do see that Los Angeles is being clever enough to start implementing the idea. I hope someone in power pushes those concepts. I have already written massive amounts of letters, but some days it just seems like yelling into a paper cup. I don't wish to be a downer.
Unfortunately, I don't believe in the soul contract before birth idea. I am dismayed that these contrived wars are making the situation worse.
I will continue to rest (as it is now necessary) and do my best. Hopefully the younger generation can push some of this forward.
@anya In my view, there are many dimensions, each with its own vision of the future. So I try to resonate with less painful visions. There is a dimension with a less painful vision, where climate crisis is a regulatory process through which Mother Earth protects her human children from their own folly and self-centeredness. By bringing about her climate crisis—which deprives the technology industry of its physical foundation—Mother Earth helps prevent a digital apocalypse caused by uncontrollable AI. This forced halt in AI development also protects democratic societies from being completely undermined by AI’s capabilities. Even in this comparatively mild vision of a possible future, the climate crisis remains a significant and painful challenge for all of humanity. In this vision, however, Gaia’s intentions are not aimed at an endpoint of the extinction of humanity, flora, and fauna. Instead, she lays the foundation for a peaceful, Earth-centered, and deeply humane future. If the profoundly irrational intentions of the majority of people were finally to change in this way, it would have a correspondingly positive effect on the climate crisis in this less painful vision. Much love, dear anya.
Yes, I have gathered through my vague understanding of quantum mechanics, that there can be multiple potential outcomes and I actually tried to edit my post to include a suggestion that we try to envision a more positive future in the hopes that we manifest it.
Thank you
Let's talk MapQuest shall we?
When the guy playing king decided to erase the name Lake Ontario from the world stage and change it to something else ( I will NOT utter that change here) MapQuest basically told the world "not on our watch" and refused to rename the famous lake on their maps. While the largest map app companies folded like an old paper map in a glove compartment, MapQuest (basically a relic of a different time ) stood up to tyranny.
And boy are they winning the battle right now.
They are currently the #1 downloaded app in the Apple free App Store and are at their highest ranking in their 30 year history.
And just for fun, they have added a feature to allow users to rename the lake to anything users wish. MapQuest first designed this feature after the whole Gulf of Mexico thing last year.
Resistance can find humor AND gain followers. Go MapQuest!
@lovendures After Lake Ontario "was given a new name", a cartoon appeared in one of our local newspapers with the caption: "And of course, he has done the exact same thing to the Milky Way." In the drawing, you can see the guy playing king looking up at the star-filled night sky and saying: "How beautiful it is, the 'Street of the American Way'."