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Mar 13, 2023Liked by Kathleen

Thank you for this! I follow so many substacks for various takes on all that has happened in the past 3 years. Your posts always hit home! I've gone through so many phases: disbelief, anger, trying to convince family/friends, resignation, loss, crying, laughing, acceptance, activism, and finally, just smiling at it all. And then I read your latest post and smile again at how I'm not the only one feeling all these things, and usually around the same time! It's uncanny. I was just telling my daughter that I'm going inwards. Raising my vibes. Loving everyone. It's peaceful and very powerful. Thank you again for your uplifting messages, your humour, your insights.. it helps so much to know there are kindred spirits out there!

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Normally I would say it would take starvation to wake people up, but many in the gulags were still singing the praises of the Party while their backs were against the wall. Naomi Wolf recently opined on the Jewish idea of golems. I'm....starting to notice this...

Kathleen, I am in awe of your patience with these people. I cannot do it any more. When I saw building 7 fall was my "moment." It was a long 20 years waiting for everyone to catch up. It's less lonely now.

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So wonderfully said and timely.

I have been really struggling the past couple of weeks with frustration, fear and anger and realized I might have PTSD from back in March 2021 when I was shunned from my friend group and called a conspiracy theorist by my husband, who still can’t see the light which is painful and weighs on me.

Thank you for reminding me to seek to seek refuge in peace and stillness......the ground of being .......our sacred eternal nature and to practice patience and kindness to those around us who are hypnotized or in denial.

Living in fear is not really living so doing those things which bring us joy, what ever that is, is a beautiful form of rebellion.

Refusing to be divided by extending love and kindness to those around us no matter what they believe would go a long way to healing our society.

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Mar 13, 2023Liked by Kathleen

I finally quit my book club because every book was about feelings to the point of nausea. As a seeker (thanks to the great article by Gary Sharpe, I understand myself better) I wanted to read books that made me think, not wallow in navel gazing constantly. Historical fiction is my favorite genre, but it seems that their not wanting to understand the culture of the time put me at odds with other members. Railing about the injustices to women or the oppressed instead of appreciating our advances in these areas was exhausting. and heaven forbid that I try to discuss the nuances of why the culture of the 15th century acted as it did. Instead, let's argue about how it should have been.

Instead of the book club, I'm now playing bridge with hiders instead of seekers. ( It's just so difficult to find seekers anywhere but Substack. Isn't that part of why we're here?). Occasionally I rock their comfort zone by mentioning some verboten topic or challenge their narrative, which is usually followed by crickets. But I just can't remain silent all the time. They're old women like me, but with no ability to question the narrative, but I keep trying to engage.

It's been awhile since I read the Guernsey Potato book, but a smarter cookie than me could find a way to rock your friends boat, in a gentle or humorous way, of course.

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Mar 13, 2023Liked by Kathleen

Upon conquering the mental landscape its time to plant a garden.

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>It requires taking pockets of time to genuinely tune out of the reality-show and tune in to the silence inside. It’s always present. It never leaves; we do. With our focus externally directed - for compelling reasons - we can easily overlook this immense reservoir of silence and even, peace.

Once I found the overwhelming benefit of looking inward, I don’t ever leave for long. Humanity is starting to vibe on a different frequency. I can feel your vibe, sister, even if your wine book club doesn’t know how to do that yet. 🤗

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Yes, I agree that we need to try not let the fact that are still many who are unable or unwilling to wake up to destroy our own inner piece. Understanding why they are unwilling or unable is helpful for this. At the rate things are starting to come out, especially the Health Minister of German admitting to vaccine injuries and profiteering by pharma in the mainstream german press https://www.eugyppius.com/p/karl-lauterbach-in-substantial-reversal, satisfies me that we don't need a lot of others to wake up now in order to maintain enough pressure for the house of cards to fall. No-one can say the vaccines are safe anymore, because we can just refer them to the German MSM, for example.

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I appreciate the half dozen or so stackers I follow, but fear getting sucked into the 'glamor of the spectacle', so I have several activities that require significant time commitments. I retired when the shit show started at the end of 2019, set up a shop in the basement and have made a dozen carved top mandolins. The first one took eight months. I am also a late in life learner on fiddle and other stringed instruments. My wife has also taken up playing mandolin and we play some very pretty waltzes. I am totally supported in my chosen treatment for PTSD, because well, she probably figured it was better than the alternatives. I have always maintained that the world is run by psychopaths and been anti-vaccine, while she is a total normie, so when the shit show started she doubled down on the idea that vaccines are good and the 'who is they questions' to deflect from any particular bad actors. Red flags didn't matter and more evidence piled up that the smart people are the most conditioned people.

I took an ad out on Craigs list for folk interested in playing traditional music. Some people I met wanted to form a band or get a fiddler for their band, or they would play pop tunes. I'm like, no I don't want to join a band or play modern music. One guy comes once a week for a year now and it's great and I play in three or four regular old time jam groups. Mine is a university town and all these folks are likely jabbed. I signal my discontent quietly so as to leave open options for my comrades. I want folk to know that they can speak their doubts, if or when they choose. My Dentist did assure me that more people see what is going on than what may appear. Her husband had recently passed, yet could or would not attribute it to the injection. The shaded words however did imply this and I do sympathize with the reticence of 'professional' types.

My life strategy, both before and during the shit show is to have situations that require constant decision making. Practice is needed for making decisions, obviously given how many bad decisions get made. Making mandolins requires a certain focus to avoid potential catastrophic results, and I need focus away from the shit show to help maintain positive engagement.

And yes Kathleen, there is no doubt a True agenda behind all this and pray that as many people as possible learn to surf the wave.

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I've gone through a similar change. I no longer feel the burning to spread the truth.

I just follow it. Sometimes, I get a good question from someone and my response opens their mind a bit.

I didn't feel this before because I didn't see that people are wakeable, it just takes time and patience.

They'll wake up when they want to and in the way they want to, just like we did!

The silence reminds me of how wonderful nature is in that our consciousness flows with reality. As Bruce Lee would say, be like water.

Society changes and how we see things changes. The revolution will not be televised because it will happen organically, it has been happening!

https://robc137.substack.com/p/the-milgram-experiment-and-how-we

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Yes. It makes no sense, but I smile. I do have the peace, but it has been quite the journey and I waffle at times. But God always reminds me...in little ways, like the cooing of the dove on my porch. He has us, as long as we have Him. Love your words and your thoughts. I am not surprised at the denial of people anymore, I have come to expect it, as a matter of fact. Was so refreshing to get together with some C&C commenters in real life and well worth the reach out. I get tired of dealing with people who are not living in the same reality as I am. Well said. What would I do without you??!!♥

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Though I sympathise with your wish, I'm afraid I'm more inclined to the view that the people who aided and abetted this rise of totalitarian evil need to be punished. Brutally and severely. If not by other humans, then by God.

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Kathleen –

It is always a pleasure to read your ruminations. I am sure that the members of your book club are aware of this blog. How do they feel about being analyzed? Does it spark any conversations about the directions of their lives?

Which leads me ask a question about what I don't read. I don't read about children. If your concerns are about your associates as individuals, you can take comfort in the fact that in the long run they will all be dead. What does it matter, sooner or later? Yes, they will probably suffer some adverse reaction to the injections, be blindsided by the economic collapse, be surprised to be the victims of polar bear hunts. So what?

Thinking of Scripture to be read at my daughter's memorial service, about which I have heard nothing, I come up with Luke 9:59-60: "Let the dead bury the dead." Most of the people who attend will be woke. The older ones have no grandchildren, the younger ones no children. What does it matter?

This is the great conundrum of life. If you do not have children, you are free to do whatever you want. But it does not matter. If you have them, your time, finances and freedom are heavily constrained. You have made yourself more than a simple individual. You place yourself in the infinite stream of evolution, of humanity. In the biblical sense, in giving of yourself you gain immortality.

Having children would give members of your book club a reason to wake up to what's going on around them. I hope they do.

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re: "a dead-zone version of reality"

I can relate. (I know the book groups gals well.)

Thanks for blogging.

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actually had a coworker who fell out a window in downtown LA. he was a few floors up and he credited his survival to grabbing onto the long curtains.

seems like we are in free fall, Jesus & the respite of nature are my curtains (& praying it’s not curtains for us.)

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Mar 14, 2023Liked by Kathleen

Hi Kathleen, Excellent article, and stimulating discussion. I enjoy your writing. Keep it up.

I've been trying to buy you a coffee but I keep getting an error notice every time I type in my information. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'll keep trying from time to time, but know that I really wanted to do it.

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