Laura,
These are key books. In my own dealings with evil, they were a fundamental guide. I would say that what is unfolding today in America is following down the classical track of fascism. 40% 0f the population support Trump, (At the moment) but I think as it advances, some will fall away, and others will join. Its the usual pattern. The best will leave, the worst will join, attracted by the darkness. Roughly speaking, the hardcore is probably no more than 25%, but it is enough to turn America into Amerika. We are seeing a well understood and studied process here. At this stage, peaceful civil resistance is important. Where are public figures like Oprah in all this?......actually, if the Kardashians spoke out, it would have huge influence. (Yeah, I know, but we have to reach the masses, the base.) Silence, and avoidance, by public figures, when the fascist process gets to a ceertain stage, is vital to the fascists. The women who threw the Whitehouse staffers out of her Washington Restaurant was what everyone else should be doing. "GETTHEHELLOUTOFHERE" should be the slogan, every time they are spotted. Small, I know, but it has to start somewhere. If you are not saying that to them, then "You ain't Woke".
Been meditating on Senator . She is driven from the heart, has good instincts, but is struggling with the limitations of what she can do, right now. If Bernie ran and chose her for VEEP, it would work. If He does not run, then she should go for the Nomination. We should maybe do a deep scan on her, and the situation. RV, scanning, etc........can we do this Sunday, individually, and report back?. I will post on Zoron section and please reply there. It will be up later today, uk time.Thanks.
I am really distressed at what is going on. I did a quick meditation on the child situation.
What I got was:
The situation on the Children is a testing point. It's developing social cracks and fault lines, and it is not going to be resolved anytime soon. I see at Xmas, there are still missing children. The camps are functioning. A massive propaganda backlash will be launched by the right-wing media and opinion formers, to push back on the issue. It will stagnate and slowly fade from the news. Trump then moves on, to the next stage, to look for more victims to put in the camps. They fill with Latin refugees. A policy of "Detain and no release", and of " Hold for deportation" (which could take a very long time) is developed. The refugees will have been Palestinianised. The camps become embedded into the landscape of American society. Stage one accomplished.
The next stage approaches. Between now and 2020, I see hundreds of thousands trying to cross the border from the South, as the internal collapse of the central American States continues. The camps at least are comparatively safe, compared to what they left behind. Their situation is left unresolved, until a more progressive American Government, in the later twenties sorts it. "Problem contained".
The administration is doing, or announcing that it will do, or claiming is has the right to do, the following: detain asylum seekers indefinitely; change asylum law (by regulatory change, not be legislation) to make it impossible for most anyone to apply; reinterpret existing regulations to make it almost impossible for people to have their immigrant visas approved at foreign embassies and consulates, thus making it nearly impossible for people to immigrate to the US legally; change basic practices for people applying for several forms of immigration relief within the US so as to make it nearly impossible for those application to be approved, by deeming anyone a "public charge" or making it impossible for people to demonstrate "good moral character." Going forward almost anything can make a person subject to a finding of "public charge" thus forcing the denial of legitimate permanent residency applications. For those who can overcome this hurdle, the administration is going to begin imposing an impossibly hight standard of "good moral character," which is a requirement of almost every type of immigration relief. These latter two changes were just announced yesterday morning. Taken together they will make it impossible for people to assert a right to asylum, or almost any other way that people usually immigrate to the US legally, or seek legal status once in the US.
It's interesting that the right wing pilloried Obama when he instituted DACA by saying it was an abuse and outside his regulatory powers, and now what's happening is an expansion of regulations in a way that has been only done by legislation. It's stunning. It's not normal. No administration in the past, no matter how right wing, has ever done such a thing. But it's being done.
What is happening to immigrants now is brutal, but what is coming is savage. What is coming, unless there is a change of administration or the timelines change, is massive deportation on a scale we've never before seen. How much savagery will the American people support? How long will this go on? It's only just beginning and I fear not only for the most vulnerable, or for our sense of morality as a country, but for the pillars of democracy. This administration and its justice department are not constrained by any sense of propriety, by any sense of "this is just not done." The are not constrained by any norms. They are attempting to change polices in a way that in the past has only been done legislatively. The only constraints are the courts, and we're losing those too.
Sorry for the rant, and I hate to be a Cassandra, but unless something changes, and fast, what is coming is dark, ugly and savage.
I see that in the predictions that people will move away from the federal government, and it's already happening. I also see in the positive readings that there is a progressive movement rising from the darkness. I think the progressive movement help elected Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, which will likely win the seat in the midterms. Zoron saids that the GOP will nearly win, but end up splitting. I sense that the next supreme court pick will do a number of damages that will take time to reverse. Zoron, when you say later 2020s, would that be 2028 as many here have said? Even you said that everything will change for the better in 2022, leading to a female president in 2024.
Hi Zoron,
such horrifying visions. How does this future relate to your predictions of trump going down in a month? Does Pence continue this?
Anita
Laura I will add those books to my reading list and make an effort to write a book report, even though I haven't been in university for some time.
For years now I've struggled with coping with the indifference of the wider world to what is going on. I have a life history of standing up to bullies. When I was growing up I was bullied quite heavily in school for years. I remember over time learning to defend myself and have courage to stand alone against the world if I felt I was right. One lesson I learned from that experience was that there were plenty of people who did not bully me but watched the abuse from the sidelines, either being silent or pointing fingers and laughing as I was spitting up blood. Years later on facebook these same people would post anti bullying messages on their profiles and claim to be against all this - but I never got an apology, and I'm guessing I never will. During school reunions I am still treated badly by these people - who condescend and talk down to me - except now I respond with B**** please.
I saw a similar dynamic with my parents and still do. The women in my life would always stand up for their husbands against their daughters even when the husband was abusive. Somehow it was always the child's fault. I now roll my eyes at all this - but it was extremely painful as younger person to know that I couldn't trust my family.
I said all of the above as personal as it is because I want to illustrate a point. My life has taught me that most people are cowards, they pretend to be good people because they don't actively harm others. But through their silence, their indifference and their refusal to take actual risks for justice, they are just as guilty as the actual perpetrators of evil. This in my own experience is the banality of evil. In order to confront evil we have to look inside ourselves first, examine our own conscience and ego and see where we may have done wrong, and strive not to do so again and even to make amends to others if necessary. Most people are terrified of introspection because they cannot face what they will find out about themselves if they do look inwards, and so they stay silent, complicit and scared - cowards is my term for them.
And now I live my life thinking day and night about these kids, but also worrying about my own immigration status in the process. And yet everyone around me is their usual cheerful self - some even justifying what's going on. It's extremely hard to look at humanity with such bleak eyes.
My apologies for the above rant, and for getting too personal. Zoron I will do a scan this weekend and report about it.
Natalie - I believe that many of us with empath/intuitive/heart warrior skills had difficult childhoods. I was bullied in school and at home for years... I agree many people pretend to be doing the right thing, but hide behind a facade.
As for your "legal" status here in the US, I wouldn't recommend becoming a US citizen right now. DHS is already denying naturalizations that were done years ago to help states purge eligible, CITIZEN voters (google "Tennessee + voter purge + naturalized"). I know your husband is American. It's none of any of our business what passport/citizenship you carry, but IF you carry Canadian, there's worse places to be deported to, and then your husband would follow you - and to a better country at that. IF your citizenship lies elsewhere, but you had Canadian residency status, I'd look into getting that re-established.
lynnventura - my feeling is not mass deportations, rather mass enslavement. I keep seeing ICE guards telling prisoners "Shut up or else. Try to run, we'll shoot you. Remember that you're safer here than your home country. Get to work. Shut up."
Laura, I am having the same vision. The new camps are using the detained as forced labour. Its a strong vision, but has not actually happened yet. But I would rate it at 50% probability, at the moment, if this whole horror is not stopped. What stuns me is that many prominent Americans have not yet started to speak out. Why have Oprah and others remained silent. ? To be silent, is to be complicit.
I can't speak for prominent Americans, Zoron. I think some may be well-intentioned and rich enough to think that spending money quietly may help. When they do speak out (vide: Robert deNiro), they are derided as vulgar fools. Remember also that no one can underestimate the racism here. Oprah is very rich, but she's black, so 40% of the country could care less what she says. I'm disappointed in Obama - after promising the public that he wouldn't abandon us, that is what he has done - all he does is issue platitudes. There is also an annoying "keep it civil" faction on the left that is making things worse.We have more living past presidents alive now than ever, and I don't understand why they don't band together to speak out (or perhaps they were all more corporate puppets than we thought). I think it's time for prominents to flip tables over and chase money changers out of temples... Meanwhile, us hoi polloi are in the trenches.
Here is a link to the planned Abolish ICE event here in San Diego on Monday. Call specifically went out for white allies to take to the front lines. If you all don't hear from me Monday-Tuesday, it may be because I'm in jail (not kidding).
https://www.facebook.com/events/1980731938924066/