This recent article is yet another sign we’re in a massive societal failure. Not that we needed another sign. Maybe this ongoing slide is related to my starting so many pieces lately without finishing them. A what’s the point feeling has crept in. Maybe it will pass.
Nice piece. I read your's and 3-4 other substacks and that's it. I don't know the daily headlines and insane nonsense going on unless one of you reference them. Nature, good friends and family, support local stores and people, especially the young, as much as possible. Get close to our Creator, who loves us. Nothing is happening that He is not aware of. In the end, He wins. Why get riled up anymore? Just stop paying attention and life is better. It's not being a sheep. I KNOW what's happening, I just choose to live in the 1970s instead lol. I've even begun watching Family Affair on Pluto. (mute commercials). It's great to be stress free.
I am tired of witnessing it, tired of reading about it, yet still here every day thinking some bombshell occurrence will signal the end of our fellow humans being ‘nice’ as they hide from it all. What more shocking event or suddenly recognized lie will awaken the walking wounded mind, and or body !
Hope springs eternal as I wait and wonder.
Your beautifully written piece here is settling.
Your reminder to seek out the truth of nature in our midst is sage advice, if even for a moments reprieve.
Thank you for finishing this one.
I suspect it perfectly sums up what many of us are thinking at this unfortunate time.
Nevertheless, chin up to all ! ….every new day holds infinite possibilities within it.
We are complicit in our silence. Yet how crazy are we willing to sound? The truth is captured here with us, the awakened. Bouncing off of the walls of the truth bubble we find ourselves in. Sometimes truth is annoying, nature allows us to get away from all of it. Being a seeker of truth is lonely and unrewarding, this is why we lean on each other and continue on.
Kennedy, too me, is the perfect mechanism to add more confusion to our fog, another character we get to watch being eaten alive by the Deep State. It does add the new flavor, a Democrat eaten alive....and the polls are telling us 41% of Democrats will still vote for Biden. Kennedy does give the captured media someone new to chew on, as Trump is now successfully tied up to fighting his legal battles.
The awakened does not go back to sleep. This is our world, our truth bubble is expanding as we watch the world in disbelief. How can there be so many sleeping?
Your piece (peace) made me want to stop talking...for awhile. I’m going to think about 2 days, then maybe a week. But, it’s not “polite” to not speak. Maybe I will have cards made to hand to people--“keeping the peace by keeping silent--no words but love” Once, in my inner city classroom, a fight between two girls broke out. My only response was to go silent to restore peace. I consulted my principal about it, and he supported it. So the next day I invited my students to be silent with me to restore our classroom. A national Day of silence...I have platform tents on our wooded 27 acres. We could start there some spring weekend.🪺🌳
Well done! Nature is a beautiful healer. This coming from someone whose “man cave” is open air on 2 sides.
Our issue in finding a voice is not for lack of ideas. The message is hidden from sight. Disposed.
The locus of control is in serious need of a change. We seem on balance to reflect an external locus of control. Made easier by the day by the small communication device in me pocket. Inside is where it’s at. Inside us. Each one.
My intuition is screaming at me these days. Much love!
I want to tell you what recently happened to someone. A drag queen show for children was coming to their town, paid for by the taxpayers. This person could not get anyone to care - no one would speak up, the Christians were hiding in their churches, the Muslims didn't repond. A lone local politician asked polite questions but didn't get anywhere. But this person didn't quit. They emailed the town, alerted the authorities, and quietly persisted. Alone. The day before the show, knowing that women would be bringing their innocent children as sacrifices to be offered on the altar of BE KIND, this person said "Lord, I have run out of ideas. Please help. I don't ask for much. Actually...nothing. I just ask that you recognise my works."
The event was cancelled due to inclement weather. Amen.
"There is no winning with words anymore." How true. I've certainly reached the point where I feel the same. I can see the grade of deception all around me, yet I feel there is nothing left to say.
Meredith Miller writes on her substack: "Together we can witness what's happened and happening. We can put words to our experiences and call things for what they are."
I truly believe this is crutial to build and maintain our community. I know it feels like a (virtual) bubble, but still, this is a connection. Here in Austria I know many people who are feeling alone, without like-minded close friends who they could call when they're sad. Your and other's substack give us this spark of hope, that we are not alone. I hold on to this feeling as I know positive thoughts and social connection is the key to my sanity. Your writing is powerful, Kathleen. Please never underestimate that.
I find that I can get pulled in so much to the polarisation and the fear that then I become paralysed and can't be a full human. This I think is part of the plan, so back to nature I go and focusing on what I can do and remembering to always come back to that quiet place.Thank you.
This post truly inspired me. Im not a gifted writer but I will try just for you. I have this vision of myself walking through a golden wheat field and in the center is a giant oak tree, when I get to it I laydown under it and watch the clouds for a spell. I do not know where it came from but the memory is more vivid than anything in the waking or dream world to me. I sometimes let my mind drift to that place when this world rejects me.
You are looking for answers in the wrong places. The word of God is law. God's laws are literally written into the fabric of the universe. His word is absolute. The law of God is also written on our hearts, this is the true meaning of conciousness. When we acknowledge this as truth and call out to Jesus as Lord something special happens. The source or oneness is the Holy Spirit, God with us. The truth of the Bible as the word of God is obvious. One need only spend a few minutes in nature to literly feel his presence. This is the ancient calm you feel, is the literal presence of God (his spirit imparts his thoughts to us). This is the living seal of god spoken of in revelation, the holy spirit is the source of all truth. When we listen to him and act in step with his will, we prove to whom we belong. God doesn't just choose you, you also have to choose him back. Predestination and the theology of the elect is butchered by organized religion. God doesn't change. You suffer so because you are spiritually healthy in a world of people who are terminally sick. Your nature demands you help heal it, but you cannot help those who do not want to be helped. This is the cause of your grief. I feel it too. You have to let it go.
All systems of men will fall because they challenged Gods sovereignty. Jesus is called King of Kings and Lord of Lords for a reason. If you issue a challenge to his sovereignty, you essentially declare war against him. You are wasting your time trying to redeem a system that's at war with God. Let what God deems unworthy fall and follow his will when we rebuild. Its inevitable at this point. All of creation waits in eager anticipation and groans for the manifestation of the sons of God and the return of the King. God is doing a new thing, rejoice and keep watch.
In the presence of death, and bearing witness to cruelty, reaching for a returning to the living is natural, and healthful. Nurturing little things that grow, finding fleeting beauty, are like mouthfuls of water in a dessert. Still, sometimes those things are not enough.
It’s in the presence of older, more ancient webs of life, where we can find a deeper resonance. Surfers find it in the ocean. Hikers can find it in the woods. With practice, it can be found in a fall of rain, the song of birds, the passing wind, or in a beam of sunlight. Wherever we find it, if we’re open to it, the web pulses and fairly throbs. Old trees are wonderful centers, a nexus of life and memory.
I once would visit an old Birch in the woods near where I lived once. It was old, and strangely familiar, even on first meeting. When once I had a near-death occurrence, I experienced a kind of amnesia for several days. I visited that old Birch everyday, sitting in its company in silence. Gradually, in its presence, every memory returned. I can still see that tree in my mind.
Connecting to everything that surrounds us is powerful medicine. And essential for balancing the chaos that rumbles through us.
Beautifully written. I agree that we just need to tune out the noise. There is an unbelievable amount of nonsense and psychological warfare going on right now, so just don’t take it in.
For me its like going back to the 90’s when I was in my twenties and did not own a tv, I just listened to music and made art and I was happy.
I also take solace in nature, especially the trees and the birdsong we are so fortunate to have in our neighborhood full of mature trees.
I mostly paint abstract art but have been thinking of painting the trees recently. Every morning the way the light falls across the patch of woods in my neighbors yard is like a little miracle of light and color. Watching it is such a nice way to start the day.
Don’t know if you walk barefoot on the ground much but I have taken it up over the past year and feel more calm and energized when I do. Growing up at the beach we went barefoot all the time but in the Midwest not so much. Grounding to the earth is supposed to balance our bodies electrical system.
I feel you! Agreed!!! Reminds me of a podcast I listened to yesterday (while I was gardening).. Homesteading feels like a big trend just gaining momentum. And the person who was talking about it called it the modern 'Ark'. Yeah, like Noahs Ark. That analogy seems really accurate.
That doesn't resolve my desire to have a milk cow, which I would like! And I'm no farmer but willing. We have our own water and some solar power. Nature is real. Nature is complicated. Nature is God, or actually a gift from God - whatever and however one wants to describe it.
Thank you for putting into words how I have been feeling lately.
Here's something we can all do from the Tao Chapter 35:
Hold the great image
All under heaven will come
They come without harm, in harmonious peace
I'm sure we all have some image in our minds we would call the "great image", Pray for it. Sometimes, maybe most times, that's all we really can do.
And on Saturday, May 6, 2023, World Labyrinth Day, walk a local labyrinth holding the single intention of peace and reconciliation. "Walk as One at 1" local time. It will be a rolling wave of energy passing from one time zone to the next around the globe. Do it! What? you got something better to do??
Nice piece. I read your's and 3-4 other substacks and that's it. I don't know the daily headlines and insane nonsense going on unless one of you reference them. Nature, good friends and family, support local stores and people, especially the young, as much as possible. Get close to our Creator, who loves us. Nothing is happening that He is not aware of. In the end, He wins. Why get riled up anymore? Just stop paying attention and life is better. It's not being a sheep. I KNOW what's happening, I just choose to live in the 1970s instead lol. I've even begun watching Family Affair on Pluto. (mute commercials). It's great to be stress free.
I’ve reached the same point that you speak of.
I am tired of witnessing it, tired of reading about it, yet still here every day thinking some bombshell occurrence will signal the end of our fellow humans being ‘nice’ as they hide from it all. What more shocking event or suddenly recognized lie will awaken the walking wounded mind, and or body !
Hope springs eternal as I wait and wonder.
Your beautifully written piece here is settling.
Your reminder to seek out the truth of nature in our midst is sage advice, if even for a moments reprieve.
Thank you for finishing this one.
I suspect it perfectly sums up what many of us are thinking at this unfortunate time.
Nevertheless, chin up to all ! ….every new day holds infinite possibilities within it.
A grand awakening could be in the works.
We are complicit in our silence. Yet how crazy are we willing to sound? The truth is captured here with us, the awakened. Bouncing off of the walls of the truth bubble we find ourselves in. Sometimes truth is annoying, nature allows us to get away from all of it. Being a seeker of truth is lonely and unrewarding, this is why we lean on each other and continue on.
Kennedy, too me, is the perfect mechanism to add more confusion to our fog, another character we get to watch being eaten alive by the Deep State. It does add the new flavor, a Democrat eaten alive....and the polls are telling us 41% of Democrats will still vote for Biden. Kennedy does give the captured media someone new to chew on, as Trump is now successfully tied up to fighting his legal battles.
The awakened does not go back to sleep. This is our world, our truth bubble is expanding as we watch the world in disbelief. How can there be so many sleeping?
Truth rises to the top. Every time.
Thanks for this.
This made me hoot: " I’m sure Elon has said something interesting that we should all spend time deciphering."
PS Silence has its powers, too.
Your piece (peace) made me want to stop talking...for awhile. I’m going to think about 2 days, then maybe a week. But, it’s not “polite” to not speak. Maybe I will have cards made to hand to people--“keeping the peace by keeping silent--no words but love” Once, in my inner city classroom, a fight between two girls broke out. My only response was to go silent to restore peace. I consulted my principal about it, and he supported it. So the next day I invited my students to be silent with me to restore our classroom. A national Day of silence...I have platform tents on our wooded 27 acres. We could start there some spring weekend.🪺🌳
Well done! Nature is a beautiful healer. This coming from someone whose “man cave” is open air on 2 sides.
Our issue in finding a voice is not for lack of ideas. The message is hidden from sight. Disposed.
The locus of control is in serious need of a change. We seem on balance to reflect an external locus of control. Made easier by the day by the small communication device in me pocket. Inside is where it’s at. Inside us. Each one.
My intuition is screaming at me these days. Much love!
I want to tell you what recently happened to someone. A drag queen show for children was coming to their town, paid for by the taxpayers. This person could not get anyone to care - no one would speak up, the Christians were hiding in their churches, the Muslims didn't repond. A lone local politician asked polite questions but didn't get anywhere. But this person didn't quit. They emailed the town, alerted the authorities, and quietly persisted. Alone. The day before the show, knowing that women would be bringing their innocent children as sacrifices to be offered on the altar of BE KIND, this person said "Lord, I have run out of ideas. Please help. I don't ask for much. Actually...nothing. I just ask that you recognise my works."
The event was cancelled due to inclement weather. Amen.
I am with you. I have no hope any of this can be turned around It's too far gone. I hate living among it all. It's too depressing to deal with.
It's a good time to question officials.
You said it, now it's cool to consider conspiracy theories.
This is what makes groups like the wef tremble. They had a whole thing on how to regain trust.
Jimmy Dore reported that 49% of Americans are independent, 25% team blue and 25% team red.
The times are ripe for reform.
The systems and rules already exist for accountability. It's the leadership that ignored these systems and twisted the rules to do horrible things.
RFK Jr is smart to speak from the middle, bringing up the common issues of both sides of many topics, not just politics.
"There is no winning with words anymore." How true. I've certainly reached the point where I feel the same. I can see the grade of deception all around me, yet I feel there is nothing left to say.
Meredith Miller writes on her substack: "Together we can witness what's happened and happening. We can put words to our experiences and call things for what they are."
I truly believe this is crutial to build and maintain our community. I know it feels like a (virtual) bubble, but still, this is a connection. Here in Austria I know many people who are feeling alone, without like-minded close friends who they could call when they're sad. Your and other's substack give us this spark of hope, that we are not alone. I hold on to this feeling as I know positive thoughts and social connection is the key to my sanity. Your writing is powerful, Kathleen. Please never underestimate that.
I find that I can get pulled in so much to the polarisation and the fear that then I become paralysed and can't be a full human. This I think is part of the plan, so back to nature I go and focusing on what I can do and remembering to always come back to that quiet place.Thank you.
This post truly inspired me. Im not a gifted writer but I will try just for you. I have this vision of myself walking through a golden wheat field and in the center is a giant oak tree, when I get to it I laydown under it and watch the clouds for a spell. I do not know where it came from but the memory is more vivid than anything in the waking or dream world to me. I sometimes let my mind drift to that place when this world rejects me.
You are looking for answers in the wrong places. The word of God is law. God's laws are literally written into the fabric of the universe. His word is absolute. The law of God is also written on our hearts, this is the true meaning of conciousness. When we acknowledge this as truth and call out to Jesus as Lord something special happens. The source or oneness is the Holy Spirit, God with us. The truth of the Bible as the word of God is obvious. One need only spend a few minutes in nature to literly feel his presence. This is the ancient calm you feel, is the literal presence of God (his spirit imparts his thoughts to us). This is the living seal of god spoken of in revelation, the holy spirit is the source of all truth. When we listen to him and act in step with his will, we prove to whom we belong. God doesn't just choose you, you also have to choose him back. Predestination and the theology of the elect is butchered by organized religion. God doesn't change. You suffer so because you are spiritually healthy in a world of people who are terminally sick. Your nature demands you help heal it, but you cannot help those who do not want to be helped. This is the cause of your grief. I feel it too. You have to let it go.
All systems of men will fall because they challenged Gods sovereignty. Jesus is called King of Kings and Lord of Lords for a reason. If you issue a challenge to his sovereignty, you essentially declare war against him. You are wasting your time trying to redeem a system that's at war with God. Let what God deems unworthy fall and follow his will when we rebuild. Its inevitable at this point. All of creation waits in eager anticipation and groans for the manifestation of the sons of God and the return of the King. God is doing a new thing, rejoice and keep watch.
#teamjesus
Another beautiful reflection. Thank you.
In the presence of death, and bearing witness to cruelty, reaching for a returning to the living is natural, and healthful. Nurturing little things that grow, finding fleeting beauty, are like mouthfuls of water in a dessert. Still, sometimes those things are not enough.
It’s in the presence of older, more ancient webs of life, where we can find a deeper resonance. Surfers find it in the ocean. Hikers can find it in the woods. With practice, it can be found in a fall of rain, the song of birds, the passing wind, or in a beam of sunlight. Wherever we find it, if we’re open to it, the web pulses and fairly throbs. Old trees are wonderful centers, a nexus of life and memory.
I once would visit an old Birch in the woods near where I lived once. It was old, and strangely familiar, even on first meeting. When once I had a near-death occurrence, I experienced a kind of amnesia for several days. I visited that old Birch everyday, sitting in its company in silence. Gradually, in its presence, every memory returned. I can still see that tree in my mind.
Connecting to everything that surrounds us is powerful medicine. And essential for balancing the chaos that rumbles through us.
Beautifully written. I agree that we just need to tune out the noise. There is an unbelievable amount of nonsense and psychological warfare going on right now, so just don’t take it in.
For me its like going back to the 90’s when I was in my twenties and did not own a tv, I just listened to music and made art and I was happy.
I also take solace in nature, especially the trees and the birdsong we are so fortunate to have in our neighborhood full of mature trees.
I mostly paint abstract art but have been thinking of painting the trees recently. Every morning the way the light falls across the patch of woods in my neighbors yard is like a little miracle of light and color. Watching it is such a nice way to start the day.
Don’t know if you walk barefoot on the ground much but I have taken it up over the past year and feel more calm and energized when I do. Growing up at the beach we went barefoot all the time but in the Midwest not so much. Grounding to the earth is supposed to balance our bodies electrical system.
Thanks again for a heartfelt and resonate post.
I feel you! Agreed!!! Reminds me of a podcast I listened to yesterday (while I was gardening).. Homesteading feels like a big trend just gaining momentum. And the person who was talking about it called it the modern 'Ark'. Yeah, like Noahs Ark. That analogy seems really accurate.
That doesn't resolve my desire to have a milk cow, which I would like! And I'm no farmer but willing. We have our own water and some solar power. Nature is real. Nature is complicated. Nature is God, or actually a gift from God - whatever and however one wants to describe it.
Thank you for putting into words how I have been feeling lately.
Here's something we can all do from the Tao Chapter 35:
Hold the great image
All under heaven will come
They come without harm, in harmonious peace
I'm sure we all have some image in our minds we would call the "great image", Pray for it. Sometimes, maybe most times, that's all we really can do.
And on Saturday, May 6, 2023, World Labyrinth Day, walk a local labyrinth holding the single intention of peace and reconciliation. "Walk as One at 1" local time. It will be a rolling wave of energy passing from one time zone to the next around the globe. Do it! What? you got something better to do??
www.worldlabyrinthday.org