You are right over the target here. The onslaught of red-pill info flowing in is exactly like waves, and I can't keep up so I've been letting it go, letting it be. But there is no solid footing in this truly absurd land, as I go through my day watching everyone I interact with holding on for dear life to what is leaving. You really put language (and pictures!-thank you) to 'subtle but not so subtle' terrain! Excellent. It makes the world a little less dizzying to read this.
Thank you dear Kathleen for bringing your writing wand to this malaise which has much need for your truth casting spells. With a few magic words, a cupful of starlight and the surreal beauty of Leonora, we may all surrender to what’s coming with grace. Bless you.
I've been noticing these gear shifts too. At first it was disconcerting, despite having had doubts about the official story of medicine, economics, science, etc.
But these days, I notice my down days and excuse myself for being a bit slow, annoyed, frustrated, etc.
Allowing to feel this way does wonders. It helps me move through these growing pains into a newer, more capable me!
It will be hard for many like that Biden fan. Cognitive dissonance is not easy to unravel!
I have come to the conclusion that identifying with our "identities" - of the type that "identity politics" emphasises - is the/a source of suffering. We should identify with our values, but not our own patterns. Instead it is better to flow and just be.
Me too, Gary. And agree, our values will steer us well since I believe they are connected to that deeper self that already knows what to do, and how to live in dignity with the world.
Beautifully expressed, Kathleen! Cross-posted. (I wanted to add a longer thought to the "blurb" of the cross-post but I can't figure out how, so I'll just add it here...)
Your metaphors, such as the need to shift gears, change frequencies,etc. are clarifying. We find ourselves in a necessary, maybe even natural, adaptation to a new, surreal terrain. My own metaphor has been that we have emerged from one cave only to find that we are in a cave *complex*--our reality is not what we thought it was, and this could be cause for despair, or declaring that "nothing matters". Or it could just be the next leg of a journey which is much longer than we originally thought.
I'm even hearing the normies expressing "the world seems crazy right now" and "nothing seems real", but then collapsing back on familiar, habitual lines of thought such is expressing their "two minutes of hate" for their assigned target.
As you say, it's up to us to create bridges to the next structural setting for the world (another lovely metaphor) and that project, even though it might seem fruitless or meaningless in the moment, is actually vastly important.
"My own metaphor has been that we have emerged from one cave only to find that we are in a cave *complex*--our reality is not what we thought it was, and this could be cause for despair, or declaring that "nothing matters". Or it could just be the next leg of a journey which is much longer than we originally thought."
Love that. Yes, we wake up out of one illusion and pop into the next. There is a layering of illusions unwinding right now.
Thank you, for the generous comment and crosspost. It's nice to know many of us are intuiting the same thing and finding ways to express that.
For many in the "audience," the dropping of the curtain on this particular "play" -- when it finally does hit the floor -- will smack them upside the head so hard, they truly will not know what has happened. Despite all the "sneak previews" of what was coming. They'll sit gobsmacked, as my English friends would say.
Some of us have been waiting for that curtain to drop for decades now. That's what has me a bit exhausted and in that place that you describe, particularly re creating for Substack. For me it's less about "nothing matters" and more about, "For Pete's sake! Does it really need spelling out for all of you -- 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏?" As I see it, it's a complete disconnect in people between themselves -- our nature as humans -- and the lessons that have been taught on that subject over...and over...and over again. What can be said that has not already been said a thousand times over???
I hear you - I often feel the same - just how OBVIOUS does it have to get? The way I have come to understand this relentless "holding on" is through the identity piece. it's scary for many, especially if they don't have a larger container to find a sense of stability.
Thank you for the link I'll check it out. And yeah, NOT just WW II!
Coincidentally, I just read one of my favorite writers, James Howard Kunstler, over at lewrockwell.com. He just wrote an article along very similar lines as this one; it reminded me of yours. I'll refrain from giving you yet another link 😊 but if you have time and interest, it's -- as always -- a gem from Kunstler.
Had to read this twice. So perfect! This roller coaster is wearing me out. Working in surgery with all the huge numbers of injured people from the poison is bad enough. But the physicians saying "wonder why we see so many of these cases" is really testing me in all ways. Thank you for your great thoughts and thanks to all here.💞
This piece really resonated with me, as did your previous one "The In-Between". It seems like the time you spent in the "In-Between" served you well. The understanding you gained and are sharing here is much appreciated. I had been feeling like my life was incoherent and out of sync. My emotions fluctuated between the proverbial "laugh or cry". I wondered if I was losing it. I had no motivation to do anything. I walked around the house aimlessly, forgetting what I was doing. Everything seemed pointless. It helped to read what you wrote, " A hollowing out is happening because the underlying setting is changing." Not only do I feel this in the current state of the world around us, but also in my own personal life. The uncertainty of it all is still disconcerting. Enough is enough already! but what choice do we have except to roll with the "Winds of Change", "The world is closing in, did you ever think that we could be so close like brothers, the future's in the air, I feel it everywhere, I'm blowing with the wind of change." These lyrics seem even more poignant now. Hold on to your hat (sanity). What was it Red Foxx used to say when he clutched his chest and looked up to the heavens? "I think it's the big one honey! I'm coming to join you." LOL Sorry, I couldn't help it. It felt better to end on a lighter note, if that's actually "lighter". Thank you, Kathleen. This was really good.
That's so gratifying to hear, Rocket. It makes me very happy when someone 'gets' something out of my writing - I hope that's not just some vanity on my part.
And completely relate to your comment to - it very much is reflected in our personal lives, this deep change we're in the midst of.
Winds of Change and blowing with it, is a good strategy!
ha! I remember that show... thank you for the flashback to what now seems like such innocent times. Appreciate the comment.🙏
It is an important time to be a Christian. Not just to be built on solid rock, as the flood roars through; but because you can see, first-hand, how it is true. The times are not easy now, and we know that it will get harder; but we are not in it alone.
I'm thinking of a line I read recently: "Religion is based on faith, but faith is not based on religion." My point being, of course, those who find their way faith may do so outside traditional religious avenues.
So very true. While I deeply appreciate my Christian friends as well as certain online proponents (eg Eric Metaxas plus several others), and have given religious faith several good shots over the course of my life, I've finally accepted that I stand outside of that particular orbit. If anything, I relate more to Hinduism but yet not that, either. So I appreciate your own, may I say, agnostic, take on faith-nevertheless. Your article is comforting to people like me.
Thank you, Joanie. I've dipped my toe into many religions over the years. Even tried in my twenties adopting an atheistic view, as an exercise in intellectual honesty. It wouldn't stick!
My faith - I'm actually not agnostic on faith - persists and is fully intuitive, religions for me are expressions of that intuition. For some I know those formalized expressions deepen their realization and I respect that. I never argue anyone's faith path - it's highly individualized. I appreciate the comment. Best.
I did in fact pause over my use of the word 'agnostic' which I intended to imply affirmation of the Godhead, without particular claims upon its or His actual nature or expression. As for the Christian stance, I "came to believe" that the Jesus story was either partly or entirely manufactured. But I know that's not the conversation for this post. I will say, though, that the "highly individualized" nature of people's faiths is hardly an argument for its veracity. Just saying.
Re-"I will say, though, that the "highly individualized" nature of people's faiths is hardly an argument for its veracity. Just saying."
Not to me. I would expect that. Just like creative impulses are true for many of us - how that's expressed is at an individual level. Different angles of the same kaleidoscope.
Just as an FYI - I don't see Jesus as a manufactured story. I do see religions like everything pretty much, having been hijacked and distorted, but the embodiment of the Chris frequency through the person Jesus, I don't doubt.
I’m traveling so catching up on this profound post a bit late. Heck, even the comments are profound.
Shedding identities like worn out layers that have served me well feels gratifying and no longer terrifying. There’s vulnerability in standing bare, but it also feels empowering. A bit like giving birth for those who know.
Thank you, dear Kathleen, for painting this canvas with your words. May it reach the many eyeballs it should. ❤️
"Shedding identities like worn out layers that have served me well feels gratifying and no longer terrifying. There’s vulnerability in standing bare, but it also feels empowering. A bit like giving birth for those who know."
Beautifully said, and so agree. Once ya get a feel for it... piece of cake.
This piece is really transcendent, Kathleen. It lifts us out of the material events we're witnessing cognitively, and transports us to the realm of consciousness, where the true change is happening -- and is even possible. Existing, as best we can, in that realm is what will see us through. It requires effort to return, again and again, to faith and surrender.
Thank you for putting into words the energy of this moment in our evolution. So grateful for you.
How poignantly expressed, Mary. Thank you. It's so gratifying (and honestly surprising) how many resonate with it. I wondered when I sent it out if it would make sense. I think so many of us are feeling into these changes more deeply.
I still have your two-parter in my cue, Mary. My internet in BG is hell. But glad to catch you in Kathleen’s stack and glad you enjoyed her piece. Yes, transcendent is right. ✨
When I saw you had commented, I poured another cup of coffee. :-)
Yes, same threads, different weaving, both, complimentary.
It's so true isn't it? You do wake up out of one illusion and find yourself in the next. Who knew there would be so many layers? It's part of why it's so hard to get through to normies; (def within a range and now holding on for dear life.) They can feel so far away.
Does everyone wake up from the ten dreams deep? idk
We're in the hard part (I think and hope) and though we're not done, that falling away in an instant you reference - yes, that resonates for me. I suppose at the moment it will all feel like one big dream perhaps and so in some larger context - suddenly accessed - harmless even? idk.
Thank you, TFish for your theme expanding comments. Here's a mermaid for you. 🧜♀️ They feel magical, as do you.
The mermaid brought a smile to my face, magic indeed. Thank you, Kathleen. One day, perhaps, we can share a walk in the woods and listen to the trees. ❤️
The Lotus grows from the muck of the pond. The cultural and societal bulldozing IS, as you brilliantly describe this, an opportunity to shed the self illusions that no longer serve, it’s an uncomfortable forced shedding, seems it’s self damaging to hang on to former, easy costumes of self in the changing terrain. I dare say this could be a fabulous human upgrade- if one survives 💕. Thank you for your writing
RE: "I dare say this could be a fabulous human upgrade- if one survives." Yes. I believe that.
I realized 'exciting' is a tough emotion to sustain when it such a challenging time and survival is threatened and so many are leaving. (Though the infinite spark of us never goes out.)
Really appreciate the bright comment and honing in.
I just read it - thank you. Yes, think we're talking about the same thing from different angles. I fully related.
Regarding readers and Notes: I see a drop in commenters on mine recently. Maybe it's Notes (I don't use it) maybe it's warm weather (I know I'm out more) maybe it's the same things - hitting that invisible wall and we're all feeling it.
A lot of illusions are being shed which means a lot of false identities are going with them.
Uncomfortable but good.
PTSD, yes and OTS (Ongoing Traumatic Stress.)
Ultimately this grinder of a world, this pressure cooker is going to produce really excellent humans. For me that's the thing to remember while you are also paying attention and surviving.
Appreciate the comment and link. Thank you John. Look forward to reading more from you. Best.
Thank you, Kathleen. "Nothing matters" is a psycho-spiritual bypass that plays directly into the psychodrama put on by the wayward wizards. Such an attitude stems from dissociation, the programmed disintegration of body, mind, and spirit, purposefully inflicted by the machine mind for the fulfillment of inverted, perverted Luciferian religious zealotry.
What matters is our inner housecleaning: Ridding ourselves of that programming and reestablishing the values concurrent with Natural Law, Natural Order, the Divine Arrangement. This means discerning Right from Wrong and enacting appropriate correction, a process being thwarted and socially engineered as "hatred against [fill in the blank special interest group]." So yes, of course, our justice system has been fully corrupted, lest the wisdom of heart-logic rule.
This work requires courage. I'm not seeing a lot of courageous people; instead, there are many more like your neighbor, twitching and flailing and blaming everyone else for their failure to discern truth from lies, right from wrong, and wholeness from fracture.
The stability they seek — in the Economy from Hell, in following orders, and in "doing what has always been done" — is the gossamer "whirled" erected by those committing the machine mind fuckery. And that's a cold, heartless realm.
Thank you Sharine. Couldn't agree more on ridding ourselves of the programming - what I see as shedding false identities - and aligning with Nature and the Divine.
So true - courage is not often seen. And the self-honesty it requires. Why is it so damn hard to admit you've been duped? It's wonderfully freeing.
"The stability they seek — in the Economy from Hell, in following orders, and in "doing what has always been done" — is the gossamer "whirled" erected by those committing the machine mind fuckery. And that's a cold, heartless realm." Dead on!
The glamor of the spectacle keeps people holding on as an aspect of their 'new' identity. Yet more information (within current filtering systems) will never 'cure' this thing. However it's a big hurdle to handle the embarrassment of realizing how ignorant we all are, so best to have patience for ourselves and others going forward. It's not just that we miss so much of the known and known-unknown, the bigger issue is not being able to recognize that the unknown-unknown is orders of magnitude larger than other two. We see the driver as a mere shadow.
Thank you, and yes, so agree. The spectacle is mesmerizing and getting past our realization of being duped, as you say, is a big one.
"It's not just that we miss so much of the known and known-unknown, the bigger issue is not being able to recognize that the unknown-unknown is orders of magnitude larger than other two." Exactly - well said.
And it's a really good thing to get - since there are a lot of beneficials in that unknown.
You are right over the target here. The onslaught of red-pill info flowing in is exactly like waves, and I can't keep up so I've been letting it go, letting it be. But there is no solid footing in this truly absurd land, as I go through my day watching everyone I interact with holding on for dear life to what is leaving. You really put language (and pictures!-thank you) to 'subtle but not so subtle' terrain! Excellent. It makes the world a little less dizzying to read this.
Thank you, Mary.
I think many of us are feeling that way! I'm glad you found it helpful.💝
Here's to increasing letting-go. Best.
Thank you dear Kathleen for bringing your writing wand to this malaise which has much need for your truth casting spells. With a few magic words, a cupful of starlight and the surreal beauty of Leonora, we may all surrender to what’s coming with grace. Bless you.
Thank you so much Elle. You're quite a magician-wordsmith yourself! How beautiful and generous of you. Blessing backatcha.😘
I've been noticing these gear shifts too. At first it was disconcerting, despite having had doubts about the official story of medicine, economics, science, etc.
But these days, I notice my down days and excuse myself for being a bit slow, annoyed, frustrated, etc.
Allowing to feel this way does wonders. It helps me move through these growing pains into a newer, more capable me!
It will be hard for many like that Biden fan. Cognitive dissonance is not easy to unravel!
Well said, Rob. What a perfect explanation of this posture - allowing the unwind - thank you for sharing it.
Yes, some won't do it, sadly.
Thank you. Best.
I have come to the conclusion that identifying with our "identities" - of the type that "identity politics" emphasises - is the/a source of suffering. We should identify with our values, but not our own patterns. Instead it is better to flow and just be.
Me too, Gary. And agree, our values will steer us well since I believe they are connected to that deeper self that already knows what to do, and how to live in dignity with the world.
Thank you, always appreciate your insights. Best.
Beautifully expressed, Kathleen! Cross-posted. (I wanted to add a longer thought to the "blurb" of the cross-post but I can't figure out how, so I'll just add it here...)
Your metaphors, such as the need to shift gears, change frequencies,etc. are clarifying. We find ourselves in a necessary, maybe even natural, adaptation to a new, surreal terrain. My own metaphor has been that we have emerged from one cave only to find that we are in a cave *complex*--our reality is not what we thought it was, and this could be cause for despair, or declaring that "nothing matters". Or it could just be the next leg of a journey which is much longer than we originally thought.
I'm even hearing the normies expressing "the world seems crazy right now" and "nothing seems real", but then collapsing back on familiar, habitual lines of thought such is expressing their "two minutes of hate" for their assigned target.
As you say, it's up to us to create bridges to the next structural setting for the world (another lovely metaphor) and that project, even though it might seem fruitless or meaningless in the moment, is actually vastly important.
"My own metaphor has been that we have emerged from one cave only to find that we are in a cave *complex*--our reality is not what we thought it was, and this could be cause for despair, or declaring that "nothing matters". Or it could just be the next leg of a journey which is much longer than we originally thought."
Love that. Yes, we wake up out of one illusion and pop into the next. There is a layering of illusions unwinding right now.
Thank you, for the generous comment and crosspost. It's nice to know many of us are intuiting the same thing and finding ways to express that.
Best to you.
Excellent piece, Kathleen. Thank you.
For many in the "audience," the dropping of the curtain on this particular "play" -- when it finally does hit the floor -- will smack them upside the head so hard, they truly will not know what has happened. Despite all the "sneak previews" of what was coming. They'll sit gobsmacked, as my English friends would say.
Some of us have been waiting for that curtain to drop for decades now. That's what has me a bit exhausted and in that place that you describe, particularly re creating for Substack. For me it's less about "nothing matters" and more about, "For Pete's sake! Does it really need spelling out for all of you -- 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏?" As I see it, it's a complete disconnect in people between themselves -- our nature as humans -- and the lessons that have been taught on that subject over...and over...and over again. What can be said that has not already been said a thousand times over???
Speaking of things getting revealed, turned over, a long, but very interesting article appeared on the Unz Review recently: https://www.unz.com/runz/why-everything-you-know-about-world-war-ii-is-wrong/
Everything "we" know about WWII is wrong? Just World War II???
Thank you.
I hear you - I often feel the same - just how OBVIOUS does it have to get? The way I have come to understand this relentless "holding on" is through the identity piece. it's scary for many, especially if they don't have a larger container to find a sense of stability.
Thank you for the link I'll check it out. And yeah, NOT just WW II!
Appreciate the comment and your writings.💕
Thank you! 💕
Coincidentally, I just read one of my favorite writers, James Howard Kunstler, over at lewrockwell.com. He just wrote an article along very similar lines as this one; it reminded me of yours. I'll refrain from giving you yet another link 😊 but if you have time and interest, it's -- as always -- a gem from Kunstler.
Thank you for the heads up! I just read it and thoroughly enjoyed! Yes, we're saying the same thing from different angles.
https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/were-not-finished/
Thank you!
Had to read this twice. So perfect! This roller coaster is wearing me out. Working in surgery with all the huge numbers of injured people from the poison is bad enough. But the physicians saying "wonder why we see so many of these cases" is really testing me in all ways. Thank you for your great thoughts and thanks to all here.💞
Thanks, Kelliann. I really appreciate the comment.
Wow - I can't imagine having to deal with that everyday. Yes, quite a test. (Do you really think they still don't know?)
Best to you.💝
I really don't know! My gut says they were bamboozled and/or complicit. Could be both. A few docs in AZ had fake 💉 cards and were prosecuted🤔
👍 It would be a tough thing to acknowledge I guess. I imagine you're right - both are in there. Thanks.
And they should get medals!
hope they can appeal given the fake bioweapon injections are fully acknowledged not to prevent the fake infection or it’s spread.
In a sane world, yeah.... I hope so too.
Hi Kathleen,
This piece really resonated with me, as did your previous one "The In-Between". It seems like the time you spent in the "In-Between" served you well. The understanding you gained and are sharing here is much appreciated. I had been feeling like my life was incoherent and out of sync. My emotions fluctuated between the proverbial "laugh or cry". I wondered if I was losing it. I had no motivation to do anything. I walked around the house aimlessly, forgetting what I was doing. Everything seemed pointless. It helped to read what you wrote, " A hollowing out is happening because the underlying setting is changing." Not only do I feel this in the current state of the world around us, but also in my own personal life. The uncertainty of it all is still disconcerting. Enough is enough already! but what choice do we have except to roll with the "Winds of Change", "The world is closing in, did you ever think that we could be so close like brothers, the future's in the air, I feel it everywhere, I'm blowing with the wind of change." These lyrics seem even more poignant now. Hold on to your hat (sanity). What was it Red Foxx used to say when he clutched his chest and looked up to the heavens? "I think it's the big one honey! I'm coming to join you." LOL Sorry, I couldn't help it. It felt better to end on a lighter note, if that's actually "lighter". Thank you, Kathleen. This was really good.
That's so gratifying to hear, Rocket. It makes me very happy when someone 'gets' something out of my writing - I hope that's not just some vanity on my part.
And completely relate to your comment to - it very much is reflected in our personal lives, this deep change we're in the midst of.
Winds of Change and blowing with it, is a good strategy!
ha! I remember that show... thank you for the flashback to what now seems like such innocent times. Appreciate the comment.🙏
It is an important time to be a Christian. Not just to be built on solid rock, as the flood roars through; but because you can see, first-hand, how it is true. The times are not easy now, and we know that it will get harder; but we are not in it alone.
Indeed we are not in it alone.
I'm thinking of a line I read recently: "Religion is based on faith, but faith is not based on religion." My point being, of course, those who find their way faith may do so outside traditional religious avenues.
Thanks for the comment, and for reading🌷
So very true. While I deeply appreciate my Christian friends as well as certain online proponents (eg Eric Metaxas plus several others), and have given religious faith several good shots over the course of my life, I've finally accepted that I stand outside of that particular orbit. If anything, I relate more to Hinduism but yet not that, either. So I appreciate your own, may I say, agnostic, take on faith-nevertheless. Your article is comforting to people like me.
Thank you, Joanie. I've dipped my toe into many religions over the years. Even tried in my twenties adopting an atheistic view, as an exercise in intellectual honesty. It wouldn't stick!
My faith - I'm actually not agnostic on faith - persists and is fully intuitive, religions for me are expressions of that intuition. For some I know those formalized expressions deepen their realization and I respect that. I never argue anyone's faith path - it's highly individualized. I appreciate the comment. Best.
I did in fact pause over my use of the word 'agnostic' which I intended to imply affirmation of the Godhead, without particular claims upon its or His actual nature or expression. As for the Christian stance, I "came to believe" that the Jesus story was either partly or entirely manufactured. But I know that's not the conversation for this post. I will say, though, that the "highly individualized" nature of people's faiths is hardly an argument for its veracity. Just saying.
Re-"I will say, though, that the "highly individualized" nature of people's faiths is hardly an argument for its veracity. Just saying."
Not to me. I would expect that. Just like creative impulses are true for many of us - how that's expressed is at an individual level. Different angles of the same kaleidoscope.
Just as an FYI - I don't see Jesus as a manufactured story. I do see religions like everything pretty much, having been hijacked and distorted, but the embodiment of the Chris frequency through the person Jesus, I don't doubt.
Thanks.
Understood! 😌
I’m traveling so catching up on this profound post a bit late. Heck, even the comments are profound.
Shedding identities like worn out layers that have served me well feels gratifying and no longer terrifying. There’s vulnerability in standing bare, but it also feels empowering. A bit like giving birth for those who know.
Thank you, dear Kathleen, for painting this canvas with your words. May it reach the many eyeballs it should. ❤️
Oh, you are very sweet Tonika, thank you!
"Shedding identities like worn out layers that have served me well feels gratifying and no longer terrifying. There’s vulnerability in standing bare, but it also feels empowering. A bit like giving birth for those who know."
Beautifully said, and so agree. Once ya get a feel for it... piece of cake.
Best to you. 😘
🙏
I missed it the first time around, so I am REALLY grateful you highlighted it on Notes, Tonika. This one is not to be missed.
Thank you, Mary. And Tonika for putting on Notes!!
Appreciate you both. 💕
This piece is really transcendent, Kathleen. It lifts us out of the material events we're witnessing cognitively, and transports us to the realm of consciousness, where the true change is happening -- and is even possible. Existing, as best we can, in that realm is what will see us through. It requires effort to return, again and again, to faith and surrender.
Thank you for putting into words the energy of this moment in our evolution. So grateful for you.
How poignantly expressed, Mary. Thank you. It's so gratifying (and honestly surprising) how many resonate with it. I wondered when I sent it out if it would make sense. I think so many of us are feeling into these changes more deeply.
My gratitude back for you, as well.
I still have your two-parter in my cue, Mary. My internet in BG is hell. But glad to catch you in Kathleen’s stack and glad you enjoyed her piece. Yes, transcendent is right. ✨
I'm glad you're on vacation, Tonika. Give yourself the digital detox I'm recommending in this series, with my blessings...:-)
🙏 😘 😘 😘
Important reflection, and resonant. I recently posted this on another stack—many of the same threads, expressed differently.
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What does it mean when someone awakens from a nightmare, but in reality, is still dreaming?
Like the ‘dream within a dream’ of Inception, a great many are ten dreams deep.
To what extent are people able to conceive, and thus perceive, the darkest aspects of the reality?
What will their damaged selves allow?
It’s probably a range.
Some have awakened from one dream, and another, only to find yet another.
Still seven dreams deep.
Some awaken from one and do not see that they are still dreaming.
Some are torn from dreaming by pain and suffering.
Ten dreams deep, and all of it falls away in an instant.
That may be what lies ahead…it may be that the dreamers will not awaken until the pain is completely unavoidable, until all convenience is gone.
Until true necessity guides choices.
Though it saddens me to say it, I think there is more pain ahead.
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I should add: more pain, and more growth ahead.
When I saw you had commented, I poured another cup of coffee. :-)
Yes, same threads, different weaving, both, complimentary.
It's so true isn't it? You do wake up out of one illusion and find yourself in the next. Who knew there would be so many layers? It's part of why it's so hard to get through to normies; (def within a range and now holding on for dear life.) They can feel so far away.
Does everyone wake up from the ten dreams deep? idk
We're in the hard part (I think and hope) and though we're not done, that falling away in an instant you reference - yes, that resonates for me. I suppose at the moment it will all feel like one big dream perhaps and so in some larger context - suddenly accessed - harmless even? idk.
Thank you, TFish for your theme expanding comments. Here's a mermaid for you. 🧜♀️ They feel magical, as do you.
The mermaid brought a smile to my face, magic indeed. Thank you, Kathleen. One day, perhaps, we can share a walk in the woods and listen to the trees. ❤️
What a nice thought.❤️
The Lotus grows from the muck of the pond. The cultural and societal bulldozing IS, as you brilliantly describe this, an opportunity to shed the self illusions that no longer serve, it’s an uncomfortable forced shedding, seems it’s self damaging to hang on to former, easy costumes of self in the changing terrain. I dare say this could be a fabulous human upgrade- if one survives 💕. Thank you for your writing
Thank you Susan!. Great metaphor. Exactly that!
RE: "I dare say this could be a fabulous human upgrade- if one survives." Yes. I believe that.
I realized 'exciting' is a tough emotion to sustain when it such a challenging time and survival is threatened and so many are leaving. (Though the infinite spark of us never goes out.)
Really appreciate the bright comment and honing in.
Best to you. 💝
Great article! Thank you for your thought provoking observations. Here are some of mine...
Are we "freedom fighters" suffering PTSD?
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnbotica/p/are-we-freedom-fighters-suffering?r=tz7cx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I just read it - thank you. Yes, think we're talking about the same thing from different angles. I fully related.
Regarding readers and Notes: I see a drop in commenters on mine recently. Maybe it's Notes (I don't use it) maybe it's warm weather (I know I'm out more) maybe it's the same things - hitting that invisible wall and we're all feeling it.
A lot of illusions are being shed which means a lot of false identities are going with them.
Uncomfortable but good.
PTSD, yes and OTS (Ongoing Traumatic Stress.)
Ultimately this grinder of a world, this pressure cooker is going to produce really excellent humans. For me that's the thing to remember while you are also paying attention and surviving.
Appreciate the comment and link. Thank you John. Look forward to reading more from you. Best.
Thanks again Kathleen, same to you!
Thank you, Kathleen. "Nothing matters" is a psycho-spiritual bypass that plays directly into the psychodrama put on by the wayward wizards. Such an attitude stems from dissociation, the programmed disintegration of body, mind, and spirit, purposefully inflicted by the machine mind for the fulfillment of inverted, perverted Luciferian religious zealotry.
What matters is our inner housecleaning: Ridding ourselves of that programming and reestablishing the values concurrent with Natural Law, Natural Order, the Divine Arrangement. This means discerning Right from Wrong and enacting appropriate correction, a process being thwarted and socially engineered as "hatred against [fill in the blank special interest group]." So yes, of course, our justice system has been fully corrupted, lest the wisdom of heart-logic rule.
This work requires courage. I'm not seeing a lot of courageous people; instead, there are many more like your neighbor, twitching and flailing and blaming everyone else for their failure to discern truth from lies, right from wrong, and wholeness from fracture.
The stability they seek — in the Economy from Hell, in following orders, and in "doing what has always been done" — is the gossamer "whirled" erected by those committing the machine mind fuckery. And that's a cold, heartless realm.
Thank you Sharine. Couldn't agree more on ridding ourselves of the programming - what I see as shedding false identities - and aligning with Nature and the Divine.
So true - courage is not often seen. And the self-honesty it requires. Why is it so damn hard to admit you've been duped? It's wonderfully freeing.
"The stability they seek — in the Economy from Hell, in following orders, and in "doing what has always been done" — is the gossamer "whirled" erected by those committing the machine mind fuckery. And that's a cold, heartless realm." Dead on!
Appreciate the comment! Best.
Thank you.
Thank-you Kathleen,
The glamor of the spectacle keeps people holding on as an aspect of their 'new' identity. Yet more information (within current filtering systems) will never 'cure' this thing. However it's a big hurdle to handle the embarrassment of realizing how ignorant we all are, so best to have patience for ourselves and others going forward. It's not just that we miss so much of the known and known-unknown, the bigger issue is not being able to recognize that the unknown-unknown is orders of magnitude larger than other two. We see the driver as a mere shadow.
Thank you, and yes, so agree. The spectacle is mesmerizing and getting past our realization of being duped, as you say, is a big one.
"It's not just that we miss so much of the known and known-unknown, the bigger issue is not being able to recognize that the unknown-unknown is orders of magnitude larger than other two." Exactly - well said.
And it's a really good thing to get - since there are a lot of beneficials in that unknown.
Appreciate the insightful comment! ❤️🩹