For days I have had the song Yellow Brick Road stuck in my head. Specifically the Sara Bareilles version which is masterful.
Why has this song become an "ear worm" for me? There are layered meanings in what the message could be but I believe the first layer is that the future for our country is beyond the Yellow Brick Road that has been laid for us to follow over the past several years. That age is gone, we are moving beyond and now we move to ground ourselves and get rooted again.
I truly feel that you will LOVE this version of the song. It is beautifully haunting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozd2ja7mAgM
@lovendures, Bareilles' rendition was incredibly powerful for me. She is one of those artists whose music doesn't just get me singing along, but it deepens me.
Over the last few days I've been feeling, sensing we are on the advent of the greatest upheaval of our lifetimes with this election. I've been questioning everything that I took for granted except my spiritual longing to evolve. Like the song suggests, I've been returning to my roots, in my case that is the earth, and my meditations and loving kindness practice.
I do not expect this election to be smooth. I feel the storm clouds amassing.
Whatever happens, my plan is to take myself higher and to help others go higher. I know I can do that, have gone higher many times, and it is a beautiful view up there. Not an escape, but going deeper into reality. Into what is true and abiding and real. So no matter what happens, I hope people will join me. For what are we here for if not to evolve?
@jeanne-mayell I feel it too. I feel like the walls are closing in, between the virus getting worse, Trump’s insanity, the GOP’s cartoonishly evil behavior, and civil unrest. Oh yeah- also the economy in shambles. I start to think, “there’s more upheaval coming? We haven’t already been dealing with prolonged upheaval? There’s more terror and trauma to come?” There are so many people who have been deluded/brainwashed by Fox News. On the one hand you have propaganda and a loyal viewership who are easy prey and on the other you have the president repeating the talking points and they feed off of each other and the deception and madness are amplified. How could anyone watch the debate last night and somehow think that the orange carnival-barking toddler is saying anything that’s worth listening to? That he isn’t speaking utter gibberish sprinkled with jabs and attacks? They can’t see the self pity and utter disregard for all of the lives he’s destroyed?? I’ve been thinking a lot about the election and 45’s loyal base and I try hard not to be so overwhelmingly filled with rage when it seems that those people need to hit rock bottom in order to change. If trump somehow wins or he steals the election, it seems to me that there aren’t enough people who have been affected enough by trump and the gop for them to be “woke.” They need to hit rock bottom and it makes me so mad that innocent people need to be dragged along for the ride. Just like you were saying before, we’re circling the drain right now and the closer we get, the faster and more chaotic things get. I’m terrified that the election will be stolen or that it’s too late for us to win our country back. I’m afraid for all of us. I do think Biden will win but it will be a time of prolonged anxiety until Biden is sworn in and they will try to destroy things as much as they can and run this country into the ground before they’re done. There will be turmoil and civil unrest and a lot of problems will get worse in the meantime. I think the elephant blocking your view is the gop trying to hide the election results, refusing to let go of power, and trying to hide the extent of the horrible things they’ve done. They’ll do their best to obscure the results and sabotage the process and we will have to be patient and stay the course until Biden can take power and the country starts to heal. Anyway, tl;dr, I feel it too, and I think it’s already started. I sure hope that we aren’t on the verge of even more shock and trauma, but I do feel that we’ll get through it- we just have to keep going and stay the course. And then after saying that, I start to lose confidence and feel the need to ask everyone- do you think we’ll be ok?
I felt a huge lifting of stress, worry and anxiety today. I actually felt happy -- first time in months. I too feel something has shifted.
I felt a huge lifting of stress, worry and anxiety today. I actually felt happy -- first time in months. I too feel something has shifted.
I feel so calm and peaceful today and it’s such a blessing. Interesting that we are getting this moment of reprieve in the midst of the building chaos towards Election Day. We are meant to bear witness to these changes. May every reader share my peace today. May every heart be filled with gratitude. May love banish fear.
Namaste.
I think that big elephant behind that Jeanne keeps seeing is the GOP showing their ass!
@jeanne-mayell It’s so true... to rise above the fray in a sense is to find gratitude. I don’t keep a daily journal but I do regularly post on fb my Gratitude Beatitudes, and to help remind others, too. Avoiding the debate last night and offering light and protection over the entire debate space was a real way to separate myself. Yes, I also had acupuncture yesterday and, wow, did the spleen/liver points release toxicity... like a mild burning sensation that only lasted about 10 sec... but released the anxiety about sleep deprivation and sadness helped me sleep for most of the night. What a blessing that was! I’ve been pondering the calm that comes in strong some days and believe that it’s the collective. The meditation circles raise us up to a high consciousness of gratitude and grace. It HAS to help us survive the next several months. My one truly silly panic is: I don’t have a green thumb! I need to learn how to keep a healthy garden! I need to feed a lot of people! Then I remind myself that it will to come to pass w the grace of my guardian angels and my stubborn will to survive.
Hmmm just seeing today is an 11 day in numerology... either a negative mind of the no. 2 or the transcendent mind of the no. 11. Sounds ‘bout right!
Trump is going to experience the worst time of his life for the rest of Oct., Nov. and Dec. Every thing he tries to steal the election will fail. In fact, I feel that this administration may really overstep the bounds of criminal activity interfering with the election and be forced to resign. Then Nancy will form a bipartisan board to run the country til the Biden gets inaugurated.
There will be riots in the streets be the crazies out there, thinking people will stay safe at home from both the violence and covid. Let your days be filled with excitement next week. Trust the universe. A change for the better is here.