Hi all, I just saw a story on Quartz saying that Mueller is leaving in days and the office will be closed.
https://qz.com/1588348/robert-mueller-will-be-leaving-the-department-of-justice-in-coming-days/
Jeanne, I think this is wonderful!!! I love the meditations leading up to it too! April 18th is good, enough time to let everyone know.
Can anyone think of a way that those of us who live in other parts of the world can participate in the silent minute? I think there are some of us who would love to do our part but can not be awake in the middle of the night (at least not on purpose!). I regularly meditate on sending light to those who can uncover and shine a light on the truth of what these bad actors have been doing and for the protection of all of the innocents who are being hurt by them. I truly feel that our combined efforts can have a positive effect.
Baba, I can't speak to how that might be accomplished with our forum group, but the attached is an international organization that's been around for a while:
https://thebigbensilentminute.com/
Reply to Paul W. Mitch McConnell is beholden to Donald Trump. Whatever Dictator Don wants, Mitch will get it for him. Some very poorly qualified people are going to be placed into various slots. Like Mitch they are hyper-partisans who will be extremely beholden to Dictator Don. The Senate under Mitch McConnell is not doing its job of properly vetting appointees. What we are seeing are the mechanisms of destroying our democracy and replacing it with a Nazi-like or fascist dictatorship. Dictator Don and Mitch both assume that nearly all Republican Senators will blindly follow the party line instead of properly vetting appointees to see if they have reasonable qualifications.
Re: Silent Minute -- one way to do that is to pick one set time regardless of time zone, so that if done correctly, it rolls around the earth in 24 hours.
It rolls around the earth like a great wave of love.
I've been following the William Barr hearings. I am only watching parts of it. William Barr is setting up a legal defense for Donald Trump should very harmful information come out about him. William Barr claims that the Trump campaign was illegally spied upon. He doesn't specify who was responsible for it or why he believes that. The basic idea will be that evidence against Donald Trump and his campaign committee was somehow illegally obtained.
I watched part of the hearing and now have a roaring headache! To be honest, I have felt the buildup of the anxiety of the collective since last night. This has happened several times over the last few years. It is probably a combination of the events in the US, Brexit and the elections in Israel. Time to step away for a bit, I think!
With regard to Barr, I did notice that he used the emotive word “spied” with regard to Trump’s campaign but said he was unsure if there was anything illegal about it. He is definitely giving him political cover. I also note that he would not answer (again) if the White House was informed ahead of time about the results of the report. I also noticed a question by Senator Leahy asking if Barr had discussed the report there at a St. Patrick’s Day event. He replied that he did not. This was either to put Barr on notice that something was heard or possibly to catch him lying. Time will tell.
Baba, totally agree. Barr's use of the word "spying" is deeply disturbing. It does nothing except ignite all the crazy people, the FOX talking heads, and most of all -- Trump. A bad day for truth, justice and the American way. Praying for big leaks. NOW!
Hi Baba,
I also picked up Senator Leahy questioning Barr on his discussion of the report on St Patrick’s Day. Initially, Barr laughed, Leahy followed up, saying are you sure? Leahy followed with a statement like..So, if someone says something to the contrary they are lying, is that correct? Barr said, yes.
While viewing this exchange, I thought, oh-oh. ? So we will see.
Gossip, slander any form of deceit is so insidious. Simply putting it out there, even though it’s a lie infiltrates human consciousness. Anyone who has been on the receiving end of slander knows that even people who know you intimately if they hear enough slanderous information about you may begin to question, could it be true? It breaks down trust and that’s their motive. Abandonment and isolation.
I find it heartbreaking that although something can be immoral, unethical it may not meet the requirement of the law to be illegal. Many have been persecuted not because they did something wrong, but they did something right. They live with integrity even if they get creamed in the end.
So, I ask myself, how do I want to live my life? I want to live my life loving and serving others. Based on what I read in the forum most come from that place. Looks as if we may continue to have that opportunity in a very big way as we move forward.
Getting rid of DT and his administration isn’t going to take care of the problem They are a reflection of what millions of people believe and support. I say that to remind myself because I am finding it difficult to love DT supporters. Loving others when I vehemently disagree is very hard for me.
I’m having a very difficult time talking to my sister. I haven’t since the summer of July 2016 When I found out she was voting for him. She wrote me a letter the other day wanting us to talk. She said she doesn’t even want to talk about politics. I wrote back a very long letter saying that this is about values and wondering what her values are.
Well. One does not have to be psychic or even intuitive to see that Barr needs a major laxative.
And now, let's hope that Mr. Mueller is walking in his strength, and will deliver the goods when called upon! It's a good feeling I have about this, and compared to the last two + years, the light is emerging from that deep tunnel at last.
What you describe sounds painful, Anita.
I also have family members who come from a very different place politically and spiritually. People really dig their heels in. The best that I have been able to do is to factually inform myself on the issues.
If it’s a family member who is taking a stand based on Christian religious beliefs, that can really be a fun place to go. (I’m saying that in a kidding way) I like how Pete Buttigieg describes what it means to him to follow Jesus. Jesus called people to BE the church. He didn’t say GO to church. He called his followers to love others regardless of who they are or what they believe. I like that. He demonstrates his faith through love and acceptance of others, yet he doesn’t compromise himself.
I have stayed away from debating family members. It led to hard feelings. Yet, they also are clear where I land on the issues and that I am not a Trump supporter. I say things like that doesn’t sound loving to me. Or, I see things differently.
There are people I simply stay away from because they trigger me, including family members. At the time it feels good to confront them, but it ends up feeling really yucky. I practice finding that balance where I can have a conversation where we may not agree, but are respectful of one another’s point of views and we both grow. For me, it’s finding ways to develop an understanding of why they support this administration. My contact more often than not is very limited.
I don’t know how to love people well who have views that seem so contradictory to my own. I do know that when I point my finger at someone there are three fingers pointing back at me. So I work hard to focus on myself and move forward with compassion, kindness and mercy. It’s the best I can give right now.
Thanks, Stardancer. I hope the Mueller report would have forced millions more to see the light.
I know I’m not perfect, but to think my sister is not completely enraged by his mean actions and words baffles me. How can she follow him and not be a racist?
The problem is we haven’t seen the Mueller report and may not based on what is currently happening. Time will tell.
I hear you, Anita and ask myself the very same thing. How can a supporter listen to this stuff and buy into it? I don’t know the answer. Could be many answers for that. But one primary reason I think could be fear. As we move forward things change. Not all people embrace change. They are afraid. It sets off all kinds of insecurities. They build walls around themselves..a wall of defense.
I looked at the new women elected to Congress and experienced elation over all of the women who were elected and the diversity was incredibly beautiful. It reminded me of a t shirt one of my sons gave me as a birthday gift several years ago..”Many Strong And Beautiful Women”. I loved that shirt so much I wore it out! It reminded me of the newly elected congress when I saw them. But others may not view it quite the same way. Although their response sounds like anger, that’s a projection, I think. Seems like fear to me.
Take time to be kind and loving to yourself. Breathe. Relax. Stay with this day and tomorrow consider doing the same thing. We cannot change another person. Reflect the beautiful light of who you are and that in itself is an invitation to others.
There is a short meditation that may help you called “loving kindness”. I have found it to be very helpful in releasing tension around people who I really struggle with.
You can google it if you’d like. Thinking of you....know that you are loved.
I have not watched the hearings. The only news I've read about them is on this site.
I known in my being that Barr is corrupt and determined to undermine the Mueller Report. I had hoped he was too afraid to go totally rogue, but after he released his four page summary, which I feel he got helping writing, he was emboldened by the multi-pronged GOP attack on Muller and T***p critics. I feel it was a coordinated attack.
I refuse to watch that unfold and I don't need to watch it. I feel it. What I feel is that our government is descending into the dark right now.
Bluebelle and I both saw in dreams back in February that Mueller had been injured and we each saw him lying on the ground unable to do his work. I didn't post it because I never post visions of someone's demise in case the dream was about Mueller's health. I also didn't want to post a dark vision when there is always the possibility of a better Barr and a stronger Mueller. Posting the negative can expand it.
But holding back something that I strongly feel is denial and leaves people unprepared.
Now that the dark is descending, I will say that I feel that Barr forced Mueller to finish the job early. I doubt Barr will ever deliver or allow an un-redacted version to Congress or that the Congress will be able to get an un-redacted version. Even the un-redacted version, I feel, is cut short and the investigation muffled in the final report. Remember that Mueller answers to the AG.
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell is engaged in a sped-up effort to change all of the progressive federal justices to GOP hacks. He can't touch state and county judges, though, which may be one reason why my long time prediction that our people will turn more to state and local government is likely to come true.
Fox News talking heads are unleashing back lashes against DT's critics. Its part of the GOP coordinated attack. Their job is to intimidate progressives and embolden the ultra right and blinded voters. I believe Muller has been told he will be destroyed if he tells the truth. It will be largely up to anonymous leakers from the FBI to get the truth out.
It's going dark. This fits my 2014 visions of the direction of the country in a downward spiral in 2019 or 2020. We will recover from it. And perhaps the recovery will be sooner rather than later. I don't want to expand the darkness by saying that I know things are going to go dark for years because there is always hope that it will turnaround sooner. But the Rethugs have doubled down, muffled the Mueller Rep0ort, and are going rogue against democracy.
I know with every fiber of my being, that the individual in the WH is a criminal, along with his family and many others who aid him.
I feel he has been for a few years meeting with the Russian leader privately to get instructions, not just instructions about what Vladimir wants from him, but also instructions on how to turn this country into a dictatorship without the people realizing it. This is what Vladimir did to the democracy that was handed to him when he took office almost twenty years ago.
My read on the AG is that when he submitted the four-page report, he was nervous about how it would be received because he knew he was muffling the report, hence he slipped in the statement that the president was not exonerated. I heard him in my minds' eye early on (when he was first interviewed for the AG job) telling the president that he couldn't totally protect him. I "heard" him speaking.
But with the help of FOX pundits and McConnell, (the other two parts of their three-pronged attack), Barr is now emboldened. He's leading the charge against the president's critics and our democracy, along with Mitch McConnell. As Lynn wrote earlier this week, they are not conservatives, but a rogue insurgent group. They take a bold step against democracy, then wait to see the public response. If they feel they can get away with it, they go further.
Yes, I agree there will be leaks of Mueller's work. The truth will come out. But Mueller himself has been wounded and may not testify the whole truth.Also the truth will come to us via the mainstream press. However the GOP is gearing up to silence the press. I don't yet know if they will succeed. They tread carefully on democracy at first, then if they feel the coast is clear, they attack. They are part of the same rogue dark-money oligarchy that extends into Saudi Arabia and Russia.
I feel Mueller was restricted in the investigation, told to wrap it up and to exonerate Thump. He didn't exonerate Thump, but the spin on the investigation coming from Barr is attempting to do just that and also to smear Mueller and his critics.
It's a dark time. The GOP is moving gradually towards locking up their critics. If McConnell is able to replace the justices as he is intent on doing, then the darkness will descend quickly because judges they hope to get in charge will allow it.
But this is not the end of our story of truth and light rising. It is not. The arc of this story is that we will descend to the lowest point before we turn around.
This darkness will end when, like a virus raging through the body, the dark money people do enough destruction to the host that the virus is forced out. Will the host die? The host is our collective consciousness. And no, you can't kill the spirit of a whole people. The truth will continue to leak out and the people will continue to see the truth.
We cannot be forced to close our eyes. I see the long view. I am not waiting around this year for DT to be exposed, impeached, and thrown out of office. It would be great if that happens, but I'm not counting on it.
I put my faith on my own truth about the thugs in charge. I see who they are and what they are doing. So do millions of other people. You can't kill the truth. It shines in our hearts and minds. So please keep your faith and continue to work tirelessly for the good.
Faith doesn't mean that you pin your hopes on some specific event like impeachment. Go ahead and wish for it. But don't pin your happiness on it lest you become crushed and despairing and over react if it doesn't happen.
The insurgents, by insurgents I mean the Rethugs, can win many battles but they will lose the war.
Real hope is bigger and more abiding than short term wishes. I pin my hope on the truth coming out and on a free and honest government coming back when it is ready. But the government we had before 2017 did not protect enough people. It was part of a long tradition of cruelty to the poor and to people of color, the physically challenged, gays, the mentally challenged, people who aren't wealthy, and yes to women. For all of this to change, we may need to go darker first, where more people are affected by all that is wrong in our society. We need a longer view.
Come to our Full Moon meditation next Thursday night. It's posted on the prediction page where you can click and get a link to the event. We will revive our strength and courage, and send healing to our world.
These times are a chance to become a light in the dark. That is who you are out there. A light. The dark is not forever, especially if you keep the light burning within yourself.
P.S. I am sorry if anyone feels my view of current developments is too dark for them. I can't know exactly what will happen. There is always free will and a chance to turn things around sooner. No one has the edge on prophecy.
But I say what I sense is going on. I was hopeful about the Mueller report in one way because I knew he was honorable and intent on finding the truth. I also felt the collective trust and hope in him. But then Bluebelle and I both had dreams over a month ago about him being wounded the job, and I think back on so many times that I knew the insurgent GOP would go to rogue lengths to keep their grip on the federal government.
Then there is the original 2014 vision that spirit handed to me while on silent retreat, the fifteen year vision that I've described many times. The outcome of that 2014 vision is good. Light will prevail and we will have our truth and democracy back. People will turn more locally, women and our fiery youth will rise up, and it will, along with climate change, cause the beginning of the new age predicted by the ancients.
Please stay heart strong and faithful, keep the truth alive. I believe we came here for that reason. Pray for the light to shine everywhere, and take the long view. Don't pin your hopes on a single event lest you lose hope altogether when the story isn't even over yet.
I watched some clips of the Barr hearing, but couldn't bear watching the entire thing.
Back when he was criticizing Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation, Trump complained “Where’s my Roy Cohn?” Cohn made a name for himself when he assisted Sen. Joseph McCarthy with his Communist witch hunt of the 1950’s. Cohn eventually worked for Trump’s father, and later, became Trump’s personal lawyer.
Donald Trump wanted his Roy Cohn as Attorney General. He wanted the AG to be his personal fixer. Trump finally found his Roy Cohn in Barr. But unlike Cohn, I sense that Barr doesn’t feel it. I could see it in Barr’s face, as he was testifying before Congress. I could feel Barr’s discomfort, like I wanted to run out of there, or maybe even travel way back in time and have a do-over. I saw the warring duality. I don’t know Barr’s personal motivations in making some of these choices. I don't like the feeling I get about his motivations, so I don't go there. But Barr made a deal with the devil, and he knows it. And what I do sense from him are some sleepless nights.