@allyn. Thank you, I know you are a powerful force, and I would always want you on my team in any contest. I used to coach youth soccer and I'd put you in as lead striker if we had a crucial game. You have strong will and belief in your cause and that makes you a fierce contender. Five years ago, my colleagues and I in our local town won an impossible victory for holding onto a local democracy because, like you, we were so driven by the fervor for justice.
What I was writing about earlier is Active Hope, hope as something you do, not something you just have. I learned it from my beloved teacher eco philosopher Joanna Macy. We push the hope. People who have this kind of optimism see the solutions more readily than people who are fatalistic.
It's been validated in research that optimists are more successful. They don't give up and their optimism helps them see more opportunities to push through. I see my own darker visions of these times -- the evil tricks the GOP uses behind the scenes to continue in power -- as spirit's assessment of what we are up against, not that the dark will win.
I also heard in your tone that you believe as I do that the arc of the world bends towards justice. So the lightworkers will prevail sooner or later. I pray we will prevail sooner, so I am pushing the hope. Still even if you can't push the hope, your fervor for justice will do just fine!
On another but related topic -- Someone here posted recently that he was sad to realize that evil won't die. I agree, evil will always be among us. It is part of what makes us human. But neither will love and goodness and justice die. The human race evolves in a spiral - we come full circle but further ahead throughout time. We are evolving.
In reading this thread posting today (I was not reading this thread all weekend - so WOW I had a lot to catch up on) I have a few thoughts.
It's human to want to see T gone - period. However that happens it's not necessarily completely negative. This is not "I hate this or that person so I wish them harm" type of energy. This is SURVIVAL. We are ALLOWED to survive and we should. If this were WWII and you wished that Hitler was suddenly sick and gone that would not be negative. Humankind, the country, etc. is at stake - we are at war in a sense. I don't send out negative energy hoping T would suffer, but I hope and pray that the Universe/God decides to strike them down in one way or another. I pray for justice! Whether it's being in literal prison or natural causes. T and his minions in government right now are responsible for thousands of deaths and it could be thousands more. The GOP in office right now is also complicit - especially Barr and Moscow Mitch. At the same time I hope they are gone and are eliminated, however that may happen I don't care - I also send light. Sounds crazy right? But that's what I do. Self preservation and eliminating the enemy for the greater good were done in the bible by honorable men and women. You are allowed to defend yourself.
I don't judge anyone here. One of the most favorite things in the teachings of Jesus was "judge ye not lest ye be judged". I love how he protected the harlot from stoning. We must capture love as our driving force into this war and world. That doesn't mean we can't be honest and want the enemy of it all to be removed when we are actively threatened.
I am also not an astrologer but my "spidey sense" or intuitive side felt like those aspects are the astrological triggers of the downfall of the evil in the White House right now and the exposure of the US's own karma. This country has a wonderful side and it should be celebrated, but our history has also had some bad energy and Karma comes for the correction of those flaws too.
I sensed when we were looking at the virus in the beginning that it would be caught by those in the White house. I also saw T and Pence having it - maybe even twice. It makes me wonder if he's being treated/was treated somehow for it already.
I hope you all understand my point and that it's ok to relay it here. ❤️
Personlly I am sick of being scared so I choose not to be. I firmly believe that there are more normal smart, kind, caring people in this world than the haters. Look at it this way, those of us who care about our fellow man are doing everything we can to stay safe and help others stay safe. Those out screaming about not being able to get a haircut or go to a restaurant are more than likely rump supporters. Who is more likely to get the virus? They are willing to die for Red Lobster!? Rump and his minions are arrogant, ignorant and scared. They think they can get away with anything. The problem is they don't know the law and they underestimate the "little people"like us. There is power in good. I know I kid a lot about Karma but I truly believe in it. If you put out negative thoughts you will receive negative action back. Now don't get me wrong I'm not little Mary Sunshine, I have my down moments, I just let them happen and then get thru them as best I can. But I do truly believe rump and his minions were elected as a warning to us that we have let our government get out of hand. Time to go back and reform. I don't think it wil be as all sweeping as the BernieBots would like but there will be reform in taxes and regulations. I see all of Rumps "laws" being reversed. As for his pardening all his criminal friends there are repercusions from that too. I'm not a lawyer but I have studied the Constitution and government to know enough to be knowledgeable. I also have a good BS monitor! Another thing, in the last election we weren't prepared for the Rusian interference, this time we know what can happen and we have our "warriors" to fight for us and with us. I just read a piece on the internet about the rise of Republicans against Trump movement. Yes there are those who are so far into enabling him that they can't pull back and be believed. (McConnell, Graham,Paul, Cruz, etc) but there are others who are silent and are beginning to realize they can lose everything if the remain silent.
I know I sound a little simplistic but my basic beliefs are simplistic. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Simple but true.
As for the WH infected, I too believe it is typhod Pence. Watch out for Miller and crew also. Whoever it is Rump will use them as a scape goat.
Stay safe and carry the light my friends!
while there are many ways to share your light, I think it is always invitational.
Jeanne, your post yesterday and this post today by @herondreams need to be hung on the Post Wall of Fame. Wow! The lighthouses (the term used by Andean spiritual leader Antocal Nesdi for light workers) are cutting through the darkness with the might and intensity of a thousand light sabers! Thank you both for these elevating posts - renewal is not just a whispered hope, it’s already starting!
@herondreams Yes, yes, yes. Thank you for your insight and tips.
I have always needed help with how to disagree and I have been learning from this beautiful community. Your post opens up a simple path to just start with a pause and use mindfulness.
When I have been in a meditation retreat for a few days, practicing mindfulness buffers my brain like a soft cushion. I was driving home from a loving kindness retreat a few years ago, my brain so soft and safe from a week of meditation, when I accidentally got in the wrong lane and got blasted by a guy in a pick-up truck with MAGA stickers on the front bumper. The blast from his horn went through me and I jumped. But as soon as I got out of his way, my mind looked at him in the rear view mirror with utter compassion. I thought, seriously, I really thought, "May he find joy and peace. May he be well." I actually felt sorry for him to be so stressed and aggressive.
That was what a week with Sharon Salzberg and a hundred yogis did to my brain. Perhaps, a moment of pause, as you suggest, will help train the mind over time, to feel kindness first, then make one's point as well.
I wrote about this in a different thread, but it seems like more people need to hear this. We are in the territory of phase shifts, where change will follow exponential (nonlinear) curves. Which means that change for the better, after gathering steam for decades, will start bursting into view in front of our eyes. Meanwhile, the old dark energy will be losing equal force. This is what the insights of systems science and physics tell us; as one form of energy circles the drain, another energy will be ascending in the opposite direction (3-dimensional representations of the yin-yang dynamic illustrate this). And right now, the light is the ascending force. The change agents are working at the margins and moving closer to center stage at an ever-quickening pace. Soon, we'll be waking up in the morning and realizing that things really are different for the better.
It's hard to recognize the ascending light or its nonlinear nature because of the current overriding collective fear but also because global civilization is built on the assumption of linearity. Our meta-narratives, including the stories crafted by our news outlets, are linear. But the natural world doesn't work that way, and suddenly the exponential movements of Gaia are tearing to shreds our assumptions. (Who could have guessed that in the matter of a few weeks, global commerce would come grinding to a halt because of a virus?)
In phase shifts, because there's so much disequilibrium, one tiny alteration can change the entire outcome markedly. What this means is that each of us as individuals has it in our agency to further empower the light so that the future really will be so much better. Each of our small decisions makes a difference for the collective. So turn off the news if you must, stop paying so much attention to social media. Basically, stop letting the assholes and pessimists write the story. The Great Turning will not come into being on its own; success is not guaranteed. Yet the critical mass of awakened souls needed to effect systemic change isn't very large (maybe 1% of humanity), and my guides tell me we are rapidly approaching the longed for tipping point.
I'm going to call this the "Parable of the The PACMAN"
Imagine one morning you wake up in a strange place. You have no memory of who you are or what has come before that moment. You look around at your surroundings. You have a lovely home with all kinds of nice things. Outside, is a wonderful world, bright and lively, with an abundance of everything you need. After exploring your surroundings for a bit, the newness of the environment slowly wears off and you become accustomed to a daily routine. You go out each day gathering and eating food, which literally grows everywhere you look, coming back home in the evening to a restful night of sleep. You continue on like this for sometime, living a comfortable, if somewhat mundane, life.
One day, however, as you are out gathering food, you suddenly feel something you've never felt before: Fear. You turn around and see these horrific, glowing, monsters coming straight for you. All of a sudden, your bucolic life is turned upside down. You're thrust into a constant battle for survival against these evil creatures. Each day, you must go out and find food, but also, must now dodge these monsters or they will do unspeakable things to you and probably even kill you. Even though the struggle is difficult, you know, that all you need to do is continue fighting and eventually you will vanquish this evil from the world.
This continues for what seems like forever. After two close encounters with the monsters, you have been injured, but have always fully recovered and have been able to return to the struggle. Now, however, something has changed. The weapon you have searched for has finally been found, a magical fruit that renders the monsters weak and defenseless. You will finally be able to end this war forever. You set your trap and wait. The monsters close in, thinking that they have you trapped, suddenly, you wield the weapon and begin the onslaught. You are destroying monsters left and right, dealing your righteous vengeance onto the darkness. Just as you are about to finish off the final group of monsters, something goes terribly wrong, your power begins to fade. You are trapped, surrounded. The realization comes to you that this is the end. As the monsters close in, you think to yourself, if only I had found another way.... and then, everything goes.... BLACK.
DARKNESS.
NOTHINGNESS.
OBLIVION.
Wait....
What?....
What's going on? If it's over, why am I still aware? How am I still here?...
You realize that you are wearing something that is covering your eyes. As you pull off the head set, you are engulfed in a blinding light and the memories flood back to you. You look around and see all your best friends pulling off their headsets as well. You all look at each other in joyful astonishment and just exclaim "WOW! That was intense!"
Your friends look at you and start to tell you about how afraid they were of you. You came in and started eating all the food in the land. They were terrified that if they didn't get rid of you, everything, they knew and cared about would disappear. You start laughing and exclaim "No Way! That's exactly what I thought about you guys!"
After reminiscing for awhile about all the crazy things that happened in the game, someone suggests you all play again, but this time "lets see if we can overcome the fear and figure out a way to work together"
You say: "Great idea! And after that, I've got a new game we can try. It's called "Being Human"
❤️
@jeanne-mayell I'm not sure where to put this, but I had a vision a few days ago while meditating. This is the first vision I've posted, and anyone who reads it should know that I do not get visions routinely. Having said that, I've been very concerned about Putin attacking our elections and GOP members looking the other way while Barr and Trump welcome their interference. The vision: I saw Putin walking at the front of a group of men. They were walking toward our country in the shape of a V (the way geese fly) with Putin at the forward point. He and the other men were all dressed very neatly in gray suits. He looked satisfied and confident as he approached. However, a thick gray cement barrier suddenly appeared before him, and he looked startled. (Ended there).
Welcome. This is a good spot for that vision. There is also a thread called "Random Predictions..." I suggest duplicating it there, as it will make it easier to locate it in future.
Also, great vision! May it be so.
@seeker4. Thank you. I have felt it too. Known it. It is our reality. When you say the republicans are looking the other way, I would say more than just looking the other way. Some of them are actively involved. Something is afoot and I feel that wall too.