@jeanne-mayell In the scenario you describe what are we left with? Assassination? Having the military come into the White House and remove him by force? I have no reason to doubt that Trump would refuse to leave after losing an election or being convicted in the senate on impeachment articles. I also think he would refuse to leave at the expiration of 2 terms. He has a sense of special entitlement, never mind his deplorable morals and extreme lawlessness. He knows he can count on Sean Hannity and others like him to perpetuate his dictatorship with endless propaganda and outright lies.
What does Archangel Michael expect us to do and how do we control this THING? I think it's too late, since too many in power and at levels who could have implemented controls and/or stopped IT chose to enable IT instead. I am referring to mango mussolini as "it" because a black hole isn't human
Asking what a higher being advises is the best question! A 12th century Tibetan prophecy told by Joanna Macy predicted that the world could only be saved by heart warriors. You are all heart warriors in training. The heart warriors would be armed with (1) compassion and (2) insight into the radical interconnectivity of all beings. Read Joquim Phoenix's oscar speech.
Violence will not work. Violence against the right wing in power will result in them becoming much much stronger. They will brand any violence against them as terrorism. They will have the perfect excuse to shut down democracy completely and declare a state of emergency. It is what they want.
I am not saying, even thinking, that violence would come from anyone here. But we need to shift our thoughts, our habits, our inner dialogue to a higher level. When they go low, we must go higher.
A higher being would advocate that we do two things: (1) work to maintain the democracy via political action, and (2) build in our own back yards the world we want to see. Be the change you wish to see, as Ghandi said.
As for (2): practice treating all beings, including animals and the earth with respect as you would your own children. Live sustainability. Build sustainability and fair treatment of all beings in your own communities. Help the vulnerable. Find your own role in all of this, the one that fits who you are and what you feel excited to do.
There is a lot going on right now to build the world of light in local and state communities. We have seen in predictions more states joining the Paris climate accords. In Massachusetts where we have a moderate Republican governor dragging his feet, two teenagers from my town successfully sued the state for not meeting its environmental goals. We have replaced all street bulbs with LED lights. Thanks to the work of a few advocates we have the highest percentage of residents buying wind energy for our electricity of any town. These efforts took a lot of work.
These practices extend to protecting immigrants, the downtrodden as well.
These practices extend to practicing ways to calm your own mind and helping others calm theirs. I have a friend who teaches mindfulness in his corporate marketing firm, and another, a corporate lawyer, who now teaches mindfulness to the elderly.
So what do you do with your anger, your pain, your frustration?
Stop reading the news if it gets to you. Focus on the light and on self care - gratitude, walks in the woods, animals, wildlife and children "who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief." Remember you came here to help this world become a light-filled world.
The light-filled world is rising beneath the headlines. It is coming. So join that world. Know that the dark players are going down. And above all,
Do Not Become attached to a time table outcome. Your attachment to a certain outcome at a certain time can crush your spirit. Yes, we have seen some energy disruption in March and April. Some think it will end Trump. Some do not see it ending Trump. See the long view.
You did not come here to vanquish the perpetrators of darkness with more darkness. You came here to vanquish the dark with light. Be the light.
@jeanne-mayell Oh my goodness, thank you! I've been wavering between a sense of optimism and a sense of futility, and your words resonated with my spirit. Thank you!
Yesterday I felt the panic in the population all day and I felt it in myself because I’m an empath and I pick up what people feel.
But then this voice came in and remembered in the Tarot the Hanged Man which is a card that tells us that when we cannot fix the situation we need to just breathe.
We need to hold back and wait and do nothing when we are feeling the way I know I was feeling yesterday.
We need self-care and we need to do the thing that nourish us.
By the end of the evening I knew that I would be okay and I knew that we would be okay. I also knew that this situation is a challenge to all of us to evolve.
We came here to spread our light but we are soft beings and can be easily stricken down and we need to become internally more strong and more filled with light.
Finding your light in the midst of such darkness is a win-win situation for you.
Oh, I so needed to read this today! Thank you for stating it so well - I actually teared up at the end. You are absolutely right, "We are light (house) workers. It is stormy out there and we have work to do."
And Jeanne reinforced this yet again - "You came here to vanquish the dark with light. Be the light."
Thank you both for your firm and encouraging words!! Hold steady and be the light!
@jeanne-mayell and @lovendures are completely right. Yes, it's frustrating and scary, but everything comes to an end at some point-good and bad. This will end too and change for the better will ultimately come from it, as it always have through out history.
Yes, he is challenging our democracy, but he is also exposing existential flaws in it that need to be fixed. Yes, he is going to get away with it, but his punishment really has no effect on anyone but him. Yes, he is a racist, xenophobic, misogynist, but he is forcing the oppressed to better stand up for themselves. Yes, he is promoting those qualities to the public, but he is exposing the qualities that are there in people but deeply hidden. Yes, he is deranged and evil, but he is forcing the quiet good to rise up and be known. Yes, he disgustingly threw paper towels at victims in Puerto Rico, but that shined a light on people in need that wouldve gotten glossed over immediately and forgotten. Yes, he conspired with MBS to murder Kashoggi, but he exposed MBS as a cruel totalitarian when his public image was a reformer before that. Yes, he working with Putin to disrupt the globe, but it is showing the world that Putin is still up to his old tricks.
Think about all the good that is coming from him. It's always darkest just before dawn.
Sometimes I read things on here that just amaze me. Yesterday, I felt uneasy all day. Didn't know why other than the obvious; that we have criminals running the country and right now things look bleak. The feeling lasted all day and I went to bed with it. I really needed to see this.
Political action is going to be critical to wining this election. It is winnable.
They can't win if there is a blue landslide. They can't win if people show up at the polls in droves.
We also need to help get vulnerable people back on who have been thrown off the voter registration lists. Your local Democratic Committee can hold post card parties to get people back on. Iowa's poor turnout must be a signal to us all that we need to step up the political action. Democratic complacency could empower the GOP. Vote your heart out. Get others to vote. Help people get back on the rolls.
I am actually happy with the low turnout in Iowa. Democratic voters' biggest problem has always been complacency. How they turn out for the primaries really doesn't matter, but if there is a fear of low general election turnout, that will create the urgency needed to get people out of their homes and to the polls. Part of the problem over the last 40 years has been that the typical dem voter leads a much busier life than the rural GOP voter and they have prioritized their daily life over voting. Trump coupled with fear of low turnout and Trump reelection will make them update those priorities.