[Closed] The Great Turning Part 5

@dannyboy  It sickens and terrifies me to say this but.... I think it's because they are wanting to start having a volunteer armed "militia" stationed at the doors. A group of veterans and others...which local talk embraces with each report of a school shooting. Once again a lot of talk but no real thoughts of imposing any laws that might impact the accessibility of arms nor empowered mental health options. That boy did not exist in a vacuum, there were signs all along that were cries for attention/help. I am uneasy with the thought of it all. Heather Cox Richardson had an point summation : https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-24-2022?s=r

If you have not seen watch Steve Kerr's impassioned speech... I think he speaks for many of us...touched by gun violence in our lives. He lost his father to it at age 18. I can't help but feel that we are being called upon in this darkest points in our history to hold a vision, bring forth a new way of being as a society. One in which parties are not as important as people, one in which elected leaders are fit for the job of carrying out the unified wishes of the people they lead for the betterment of life for ourselves and our planet.

I hold that vision in meditations daily even as I grieve and release the pain of living and wading in these "dark waters"

Sending you a big hug, seeing us sitting down and talking while sitting on a bale of hay in the backyard where a raised bed garden is being created sharing a cup of coffee or tea as the morning sun dries the dew and the birds sing their morning songs and we breathe in the fresh cool air as our Mother Earth embraces and comforts us. A few moments of Peace , in these moments, as we reach out and hold hands with all of us ..wading through these waters. Just for a moment.."Peace, be still.."

Posted by: @journeywithme2

I can't help but feel that we are being called upon in this darkest points in our history to hold a vision, bring forth a new way of being as a society. One in which parties are not as important as people, one in which elected leaders are fit for the job of carrying out the unified wishes of the people they lead for the betterment of life for ourselves and our planet.

I hold that vision in meditations daily even as I grieve and release the pain of living and wading in these "dark waters"

Sending you a big hug, seeing us sitting down and talking while sitting on a bale of hay in the backyard where a raised bed garden is being created sharing a cup of coffee or tea as the morning sun dries the dew and the birds sing their morning songs and we breathe in the fresh cool air as our Mother Earth embraces and comforts us. A few moments of Peace , in these moments, as we reach out and hold hands with all of us ..wading through these waters. Just for a moment.."Peace, be still.."

@journeywithme2 As with recent posts by @lovendures, I thank you for this post and articulation of how to hold our heads above these "dark waters" as we are all gasping for air right now. I so appreciate you reiterating that vision of what we are called to right now. I am compartmentalizing much of what is happening right now, but feel a bit numb as well. It helps me to read these words from you and others.

Tagging @sistermoon as well thinking of a post from earlier about how much despair the current situation is causing. Also, there was an interesting post about astrological influences by @gbs yesterday: 

https://www.jeannemayell.com/community/discuss-other-forms-of-intuitive-reading-here/astrology-and-our-predictions/paged/10/#post-55244

I don't know much about astrology, but this struck me as significant. We must hold steady as best we can, reconnect in moments of peace (in nature or wherever we can, as you described above) and keep that vision clear in our minds. Much love to us all!

After reading @gbs astrology post, this quote came back to me. Since Pluto is making some hard passes at us right now, I think this is a good quote. It reminds me to keep empathy, even when I am angry at the hatred being shown. 😢 For whatever reason it seems important that I share this.

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

@april I mean when all you are, and all you know, is hate what is left when that is gone. Those who have given themselves to hate don't know anything else. Yeah in time they can find other things, like love, but in an immediate sense they will be like an empty shell. A pain filled shell. 

@april 

I'm experiencing chills running through my body from reading the quote of James Baldwin that you've shared. I think you've identified a core truth of where we're at as a country (and a species).

Many of us will do anything to not experience pain. We will run or fight to avoid it. But in order to heal, to move forward, we must experience that pain. Like lancing an abscess, we must feel the pain to let go of the toxin. (At least that is what I have learned recently). 

I am glad this quote may have given a small insight. I pray it helps all of us move back towards the light and away from the toxin that is hate.

@maggieci  Marco Rubio, Florida: $3,303,355 should be added to your list.  He is the sixth highest.  He also is my Senator.  Ron Desantis just loosened gun laws in Florida too.  He received money as well.  He is mean spirited and wants to take away Social Emotional Learning in schools.  So, I guess he wants them to not cope with their emotions and then fully arm them.  It sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.  Oh wait, Marjorie Stoneman Douglas... it did happen and will happen again and again and again.  I just want to get away from these crazy people.

@april

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for that quote! 

You followed your intuition and posted something which is ringing true for many, myself included.  I am in awe once again how connected we are in this community and how spirit flows through us.  (Old me would have said appears to flow through us, but I know this IS a truth, not a "possible" truth.)

@firstcat 

I just wanted to say "hi" and let you know how nice it is to see you here again with us.  Thank you for popping in and thank you for your information from Florida.  Lots of love to you and all our community members who are living in red controls states who have governors. state legislatures and U.S. congressmen and senators who have gone off the rails.

Hang in there everyone!  November is coming, people are waking. Those already woken are finding their voice and are becoming tall strong trees with deep powerful roots. 

We are growing a healthy powerful life-force of a forest.  Breathe in that forest air.  Feel the shade and damp moss, hear the rivers and babbling brooks.  Smell the pine, flowers and leaves.  Observe the birds and wildlife.

Our forest is growing.  You are growing.  You are getting stronger, your understanding is expanding like the life rings of a tree.  A lot is taking place in this life ring year, but it is making for one beautiful tree, one glorious forrest filled with strong, knowledgeable, loving, incredible trees and all the creatures who grace the forest with their own beauty and radiance.

Posted by: @lovendures

Those already woken are finding their voice and are becoming tall strong trees with deep powerful roots. 

We are growing a healthy powerful life-force of a forest.  Breathe in that forest air.  Feel the shade and damp moss, hear the rivers and babbling brooks.  Smell the pine, flowers and leaves.  Observe the birds and wildlife.

Our forest is growing.  You are growing.  You are getting stronger, your understanding is expanding like the life rings of a tree.  A lot is taking place in this life ring year, but it is making for one beautiful tree, one glorious forrest filled with strong, knowledgeable, loving, incredible trees and all the creatures who grace the forest with their own beauty and radiance.

@lovendures This is so beautiful, it brought tears to my eyes! I love your description of what we are doing -- growing, getting stronger in this "life ring" year. Wonderful!

And so the wave of new threats are occurring.  The high School in the the district where my daughter was was put on lock-down today, the second to last day of school due to a possible threat.  The High School and middle School in the district she will be working at next year were put on lockdown as well for similar reasons as was this district to the East of her home. Some were direct threats, some were hit lists, some were realistic looking but actually fake guns. There was an arrest of a person with a gun on a H.S. north of Dallas today. Arrests were made of 2 people who had planned to carryout a shooting at a school in the Donna ISD also in Texas. Other threats and arrests have occurred in AZ, CA and other states across the nation.

The good news?  Students and other individuals are seeing and hearing things and speaking up.  Thank goodness they are saying something!!!  They are brave and beautiful!