@jeanne-mayell Congress has the power to repeal the Insurrection Act? I emailed my Reps and Biden, but how will Congress potentially make this happen? Isn't Congress reddish purple?
@anya Not repeal the Insurrection Act, but reform it. And yes Congress has the power to reform it and there's a bi-partisan bill introduced in the Senate in April that revamps this antiquated piece of law which gives the president too much power in calling up the U.S. Military and even local militias to quell violence and other threats to the country and states.
I don't know if Congress has the guts to reform it now, even though most members would not want TFG to have that kind of power.
https://www.ali.org/news/articles/guidance-insurrection-act-reform-issued-bipartisan-group/
Skim this to be wary of a social security issue that may come up.
https://apple.news/ASA6eMsukSuuRwILE9Pggyw
https://www.c-span.org/video/?540253-1/harris-walz-post-election-message-supporters
I thought you might to see Tim and Kamala's post-election message from yesterday.
@deetoo, that is fantastic advice. It is also a very practical example of the Universe's Law of Attraction. Like attracts Like. If you send out dark, you reap dark. As Spirit has said over and over and over, DO NOT MATCH HATE FOR HATE. By following the above list, we refuse the implementation of dark energy even as we strengthen and fill ourselves, and thus the open world, with Light.
Heed this, Spirit says, for what has been listed above dissolves the underlying fear and builds strength and most of all LIGHTED TRUST in the Wholeness of all, rather than fearing and hating a tangled demented soul and his ensorcelled followers (the "base") or his scheming dark handlers (republican congress and tainted other human puppeteers). You reap what you sow.
PAY ATTENTION then to your seeding thoughts or your harvest reaping will fail you and feed the Enemy: darkness.
For darkness is NOT an individual, darkness is Energy Distorted.
Energy itself is neither dark nor light - it is how it is used that determines its vibration. Therefore, BE THE LIGHT rather than just calling on it. Transmute dark energy and open to Light.
Do call out injustice and falsehood as the above list notes SHINE LIGHT IN/ON ALL and transmute anger ( a facet of fear) by first acknowledging it and then transmuting it. This builds the antidote: Clarity. Communication. Understanding.
Forgiveness.
These are all facets of unconditional love. Where you can not yourself send love, and we do understand that (!) relinquish your angers (fear) to us, and we will remove the fear and release your creator-self's love. The dark roots are not as deep nor as strong as they want you to believe. SEE beyond the mesh of distortion! Trust your own Light and blend it with one another.
Namaste
The daughter of MLK and Coretta Scott King have given us a road map for holding ourselves intact and heart-strong as we move through the next six months and beyond.
#neversayhisname
How to Stay Heart Strong
- Don't ever say his name. EVER. 45 will do, or TFG.
- Remember this is a regime and he's not acting alone.
- Don't argue with those who support him. It does not work. (Except @Lovendures did it successfully, so there are exceptions)
- Focus on his policies, not on him or anything about him you don't like.
- Keep your message positive. They thrive on our anger and fear. Instead consider your path ahead towards light.
- Stop the hopeless/helpless talk and thoughts.
- Support artists and the arts.
- Care not to spread fake news. Check it, and on this forum, use links!
- Take care of yourselves. Find joy, exercise, connect with people you love, connect here!
- Resist. Don't give up your freedom and the freedom of others.
When you post or talk about him, don't assign his actions to him. Assign them to the Republican Administration or the Republicans, so the Republicans have to take responsibility for the policies, and 45 will not get the attention he so desperately craves. ---- Bernice King
Thank you, @deetoo for posting these ideas. I retyped them with a few embellishments here so I could copy and paste them in the post election forum.
@lowtide, thank you for sharing that C-Span Thanksgiving clip of Kamala and Tim. As Kamala so beautiful expressed, it's the strength we have to lift people up that has a lasting effect. It is our strength that cannot be taken from us. We have the same power that we had before November 5. Our work is not yet done.
@jeanne-mayell Thank you for these positively helpful suggestions. Each one resonates. I’m going to print them and hang them on my refrigerator!
@tgraf66 I joined for three days and left. Only brought tension amd unease which we need a lot less of!
@earthangel Given the association of and funding by several American oligarchs and the proximity to the direct and indirect influence of people like Steve Bannon, I am choosing to let it pass me by. It will, in my opinion, inevitably become the new Twitter/X for disinformation.
If you send out dark, you reap dark. As Spirit has said over and over and over, DO NOT MATCH HATE FOR HATE.
This bears emphasis and repetition. Ever since I adopted this policy in my mind, life (for me) has been more positive.
Hahaha! He at least was open to listening. I have to give him credit for that.
Bernice King is so very wise. This truly is the best thing I have read post election.
Every. Single. Word.
There isn't anything I would add or change. I am so happy she included supporting the arts too.
I think I need to keep this on my fridge.
In terms of finding the way forward for myself, I could hardly function for several days after the election. It felt like a punch in the gut. I'm old enough (octogenarian here), to know what to do so I started praying for help to get to a place where I could move forward. I read and reread numerous posts (John Pavolitz, Maya Angelou, Phillip Gulley, et.al.) all offering wise and comforting advice, but I finally realized that as long as I grieved, I would get nowhere--so I allowed myself to grieve.
Still grieving, but finally the dawn began to break. That's when I prayed/meditated and picked up the cards again. The obvious theme embedded in the instructions I received through the cards and my intuition, was RELEASE! But, it was not confined to releasing the political crap which I expected. I didn't expect to hear PERSONAL, but there it was: RELEASE anything personal that still needs to be released--past and present. Old memories emerged as I began to get insights that showed me I still have lessons to learn and patterns to note. That's now a focus that I'm activating with a great deal of inner peace and smiles. (Have had a lot of practice over my 80 plus years LOL).
Second, RELEASE all things political. I have a degree in political science and have read political books on elections every election since 1960 (11th grade). Later, for decades, I taught election workshops at the middle school to university levels. I've read all books on Watergate, etc., 2 biographies on T and several books on his administration-just to show you how much politics was a part of me. I briefly wondered what I would be thinking about if I RELEASED all of this, but I began anyway: I attacked my DVR and canceled all news programs (ALL) except Lawrence O. and Rachel. Even when listening to them, I fast forwarded or cut them off the second I felt the "toxic" waste of all things T begin to fill my body. To "drug" myself with something else, I watched a lot of Hallmark movies! There are some good ones.
THIRD, In order to sleep without telling off various politicians, I used a CD on healing so that my thoughts as I fell asleep wouldn't "go there." That had a very positive effect. (Acoustic Research Series HEALING MUSIC "Points of Light" by Boris Mourashkin being my favorite.)
FOURTH, but not least, I talked/texted with trusted spirit sisters and friends who also shared their journeys to find peace and understanding again.
Our journeys may be individual and creative. However, we get there, sharing ideas in our ever growing community here and elsewhere helps. I thank you all!
“ I’m convinced that if the world survives these dangerous times it will be tens of millions of small things that do it. Keep on! -Old Pete-“ Pete Seeger
That takes me back to the 70s! Perhaps, though, more realistically thought out in this instance then back in those hippie days I lived through. I knew many folks in "communes" but I am not sure the foundation in those groups was grounded, let alone as realistic, as "co-housing." We (most of us!) grew up and faced responsibilities individually and as families - extended families especially. Back then, the impetus was "freedom" 🤣 not "economics" as it is for many now, and is in process sadly, for many in the near future. Cycles repeat and yet, when we learn from them, the cycles become upward spirals. There is generational karma and learning points but because we are living them we often do not see the cycle. And then there is the darkness that slitheres its way in, but that is a whole 'nuther facet of this so I am stopping here!
Thanks for the link!