By Judith Gayle | Political Waves
We begin this new calendar year in a very different space, personally and politically, than we did our last, although frankly, it may not look like it. The challenges that presented at the end of 2012 are disturbingly similar to the challenges today. To say we’ve come a long way seems somehow cavalier, given the returning themes of government shutdown complicated by austerity measures, Wall Street opulence versus economic disparity, international snafus and environmental emergencies. But the truth is, we are not just treading water: we’ve come farther than we know. That’s an important realization, one that can put some wind beneath our wings.
While it seems clear that there isn’t much we can do individually about the things we consider national or planetary crises, as representatives of the global community we each have individual responsibility to bring our best to the collective emergency. That’s because we aren’t just residents of this time and space, we’re co-creators of it. Such a possibility is scary to most people who would rather think of life as a thrill ride they have little control over. Easier to think we’re just reacting to what comes at us than complicit in its collective creation, but it’s time to buckle up and take responsibility for our share of the chaos. Everything will change when we do.
The metaphysical tag for this concept is one we learn early on the path: “as above, so below,” and “as within, so without.” And while what is ‘above’ may seem airy-fairy speculative and what is ‘without’ can easily be interpreted as the consequence of humankind’s flawed character or thoughtless indifference, it is – rather, and importantly — simply a reflection of our attitudes and choices made manifest. The metaphysical significance of the tag is within the interpretation, of course. Some say this is a reminder that there’s nothing to be done about anything, life is just what has to be lived through for its value as a classroom. A more discerning view might, instead, point to the possibility that such essential power as creation is in our own hands.
This is hardly news. For a decade, Planet Waves has flown a thematic flag that the political is personal and vice-versa. That’s because our ability to make things happen in service to our own as well as the collective good comes with the price of both attention and realization. Does it make sense to ignore the rattler that lives under the porch? Does it make sense to ignore ANYTHING that will impact our reality and our experience on the planet? By now it should be clear that doing nothing about a bothersome (or dangerous) situation is the same as giving permission for the circumstance to continue. And for those who think our little bit may not do the trick so why bother, best to remember that without it, there is no trick at all.
What we ignore despite the obvious truth that our betterment is at stake comes back to bite us. Example? The 2010 mid-terms, which gave us a level of congressional nihilism we’ve seldom seen before. It’s no stretch to imagine that children and old folks would be living easier today, that the unemployed would be better served and the middle class less desperate, that funding for national jobs programs might be flourishing and our infrastructure mending, had the uninterested shown up to vote in November of 2010.
Why, then, should we suppose we’re better off this year than last, given the continued obstruction, the overwhelming amount of lobbying money circulating, or the ever-ticking clock of environmental emergency? Because many of us have stopped being silent witness to the problems at hand and moved into activism. No, not your mom’s brand of activism or your grandpa’s or even HIS father’s, if great-gramps was a union man back when the Feds rode in on horseback, strike-busters carrying rifles. The changes are happening where the problems originate: within us.
I can hear some of you sighing, impatient that all this talk-talk-talk leads to nothing but progress crawling along, snail-like, pushing the boulder up the hill. Others of you are inclined to think that unless we can actually see something happening, nothing is. Still others resent hearing it’s up to them, feeling powerless or reluctant to grab a picket sign when the growing militarization of our police makes that a risky business. But the fact is, close inspection of public perception shows that we now have the necessary consensus of opinion regarding social imperatives that, once embraced, must find acceptance in public policy. And, to quote our Vice President, that’s a Big Fucking Deal.
As Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers write, regarding the work of the late political organizer, Bill Moyer (not the PBS icon,) in instructing those invested in developing social and civil justice movements:
… when a movement is able to mobilize a small minority of the population in support of views held by a majority of the people, they win. In fact, a review of the last 100 years of resistance movements found that the people have never lost in a dictatorship or democracy when 3.5% of the people are mobilized.
Bill Moyer sharpens our task, telling us that many activists mistakenly think when they are protesting their target is the government or a corporation when in fact the target is mobilizing the people. We want to show that there is an effective movement speaking to the people’s concerns and putting forth views that they support. This is especially true in the current stage where our task is to broaden and deepen the movement through talking, often one-on-one, with people in our communities and creating a national consensus in support of our goals.
Just 3.5 percent. Gives us a different way to think about the Hundredth Monkey, doesn’t it? Is there any question in our mind that 3.5 percent of the world population has ALREADY embraced a desire for more civil, equal or compassionate existence, not just for themselves but for all of humankind? With a growing consensus for collaborative living pushing out into the morphic field that Greg Braden calls the Divine Matrix, is there any doubt that the material plane must eventually respond?
The question is, are we doing our share to assist this internal movement? Are we contributing our focus and our passion? Are we hitting on all possible pistons, and if not — here in a nation where materialism demands allegiance at every turn — how do we get a tune-up? And, one last query: do we even need to go out of our way to get one?
Me, I think we’re smack in the middle of a Hell Freezing Over moment. From what I see and hear around me, whatever we’re currently doing has sprouted unlikely seeds of personal enlightenment. Our individual interests are pushing us toward unexpected revelation. Our behaviors are changing in stunning ways. People who have spent a lifetime dense as bricks are suddenly sharing insights and beaming Light, even — and this is no small example, given the collective disdain of modernity here — in the Pea Patch.
For instance, those who haven’t shown any regard for the political aspects of food are suddenly interested in knowing what they’re eating, in buying locally to protect against harmful additives. I’ve seen examples of people who spent a lifetime taking advantage of others surrender to some sort of come-to-Jesus moment, either by illness or circumstance, and shift their attention to become thoughtful, grateful contributors to others’ well-being. There are reports of similar highly-unlikely behavior shifts from around the country.
Things that we may have spent a lifetime thinking, feeling, doing, suddenly just feel “wrong.” This year, in the Pea Patch, hunters seemed less enthusiastic to kill. In a bloody month when I am usually sickened by sights and smells, this year I didn’t see a single dead deer. Not just that, but those with chronically difficult life-scripts are suddenly cleaning up their acts, eager to find an easier path, asking for a helping hand, seeking renewal. And — don’t choke, now — I think this is all due to the advent of End Times.
No, not the fundy End Times scenario, with the flying Jesus and the fiery Archangels. You know me better than that! There’s another way to look at this end-of-an-era stuff, one I became familiar with back in the 60s while leading an Edgar Cayce Search for God group. Cayce devoted some of his readings to the last book of the Bible. Revelations is said to be the charismatic work of the apostle John, a man over 90 and a political prisoner on the penal island of Patmos, prophesying about the end of the world.
Unbelievers have suggested that this was done in a state of dementia, delirium or possession, while true believers are kept in line by the dire prophetic possibilities. As you are surely aware, fundamentalists who take this vision seriously have assigned modern enemies to mythical figures in this nightmarish symbolism, and televangelists rake in the big bucks promoting it. The nation that early on separated religion from government now finds itself skidding along on the fear promoted by those who believe a literal version of Revelations. Hard to believe we take pride in being this simple-minded, but we do, and hard to understand, this possibility has seeped into the bones of the nation as an inevitable punishment-consciousness that is at the core of our current nihilism.
We are invested in the polarity of right/wrong, in good/bad. We have not understood the neutrality of learning, the wisdom of experience or the love lavished on every soul from our all-accepting, nonjudgmental Source. And yet all of us, even those stuck in the darkest projections, are beginning to vibrate more quickly, throwing off what is simply no longer our truth. Can we forgive ourselves our ignorance and move forward? Can we surrender ourselves to this process when we consider it only takes 3.5 percent of us to change everything?
Cayce would tell us we can. His conception of Revelations was that it was not just a compilation of historic symbolism that — no surprise — might easily overlay much of what we experience a couple of thousand years later, but that it was pure alchemy: a map of how our chakras would be energized in a spiritual renaissance to bring in an individual experience of the Christ Consciousness. At the “end,” then, a renewal of who we were must inevitably morph into who we must become in a new era.
As Eric and Len and others here at the Planet Waves community have suggested, we are at a remarkable point in history. The mix of energies this year — and right now, specifically — is rare and unusual, uncharted even among those of us who chart everything. We come to this period (with or without our active awareness) as spiritual activists participating in an influx of energy gathering to manifest a healing outward experience, one small step at a time. Keeping ourselves apprised of what is needed — giving us the ability to contribute our assistance by intent, thought and action — is vital to a positive, egalitarian outcome, if that is our desire.
Even now, as we come to the end of decades actively pursuing individualism, we find ourselves greatly in need of group dynamics to reestablish and balance our collective power. This is yet another example of so within, without — so above, below. Another of Cayce’s psychic interpretations had to do with the ongoing pattern of experience within our soul process of the collective vs. the individual. According to the readings, the whole of creation has to do with the individuating of the whole of the God-head, which sought an experience of Itself. That would be us. God’s godding. Light reflecting.
And again and again, according to Cayce and surely our experience confirms it, this business of evil vs. good — or wakened vs. unawakened — plays out in order to reveal the entirety of the mundane possibilities. In Cayce’s conception from the Akashic records, individuals contributed their experience to the group understanding, while the group itself was simply part of the greater whole. One and the same, particle and wave, pre-discovery of quantum physics. The Great Circle of creation.
From a spiritual point of view, the channels I frequent all view this new year as ripe with possibility, as prepared to spill out overflowing good, as we accept and work with the incoming energy. They speak to a renewed understanding of ourselves, an activation of DNA codes and a regeneration of ancient wisdom, long forgotten. A re-membrance of purpose and intent. If the ascension process is real – if this insistent and profound Knowing within us, shaking us awake, is as powerful and profound as we think it is — then we are well on our way.
This year, the prods will come from the inside out. This is a year in which our internal discoveries will change our behaviors for the better, or reveal us in ways the collective will refuse to support (and give us ample reason to reconsider). We would do well to remember — from the We Are All One playbook — that we cannot establish for ourselves what we would refuse another, nor create new solutions using old ideas or frames of reference. No new wine in old wineskins.
If you are enthusiastic about the inevitability of progressive social engineering — NOT a dirty word or hateful concept, by the way — you may want to get a sense of Bill Moyer’s “vision of a new culture emerging through the cracks of a declining empire.” Watch his final presentation here. Or, if you’d rather cut to the chase and be encouraged by a quick summation of what’s been accomplished in 2013, watch this brief message from Robert Reich.
There are many ways in which we may participate in changing reality, in renewing our humanity. They’ll come to us in what we read, in what we dream, in thoughts that make us newly uncomfortable with old habits. This year, the quest comes to us.
In years past, I would give my Course in Miracles groups a metaphysical list of things to keep in mind. One of them was “the answers to your questions are always right under your nose.” We don’t have to quest for truth; it’s within us. I think this is the year we find out how profound an experience that really is.
Jude, I’ve been efforting at being quiet for awhile wanting to let the holidays affect me rather than the other way ’round. But your mention of Pluto sparks such an energy in me – transformation itself is something that is transforming – as you have indicated.
With natal Pluto opposing Natal Sun I launched a constant search for peace with the underworld years ago, the underworld which seemed always to shadow me. Progressed Sun is trining progressed Pluto – both having moved into different signs in the progression. Perhaps it is the trine that dissapates the tension and gives room for acceptance. Anyway – all this and more is being remarkably and hugely aspected – and all I can say is “yes, yes and yes!” I continue to be the experience of all you speak. I thank you for your words, often just having the experience/s without the words leaves one/me without grounding….your words – as always – are like a lightening rod.
Thank you; and Joyful New Life to us All.
Joining the topic, Patty and Diva, in the last two years I’ve seen a good many young and old leave the planet and, while sometimes shocked, have not been surprised; channels in the 90s warned that this would happen as the changes came on. Lately, however, there’s been an influx of information that we can change our ‘life script’ if we wish.
The late Sylvia Browne often talked about “exit points” in a lifetime blueprint, that we’d put them in to give us options about when to leave. Now the channelers are saying whatever the end point, those exits can be erased for a more open-ended “finish line,” if we feel we have more to do or want to stick around awhile.
There’s also been a lot of commentary on how difficult it would be for some of those that are firmly stuck in archaic belief systems to surrender them, they might simply break before they’d be able to bend; taking an exit point is ‘better part of valor’ under those circumstances. I comfort myself, always, that the Soul knows what it’s doing; that we are about the Soul’s business here, even when it doesn’t seem to make sense.
When talking about how we, ourselves, sometimes think it might be good to “move along,” Patty, I think we also have to factor in the Pluto Effect. Whenever Pluto shows up, death and dying (whether literal or figurative) isn’t far from mind. With Pluto part of the cross, this kind of energy figures in to the whole of our internal and external conversation. Some of us are of an age when we think we should tie up our affairs, just in case, and that always seems reasonable to me. Still, everybody is feeling some of this “closure” stuff, thanks to Pluto. (Why they demoted the Big Guy is STILL beyond my ken!) It’s End Times, one way or another!
Thank you, DivaCarla for the compliment and as well, my heart goes out for your families’ loss. So difficult.
Be, the Cheney’s are “one of those families,” like the Bush’s and Kennedy’s. Cayce [again] said family is the most Karma we’ll experience, and these highly visible families have been identified as political “repeat players.” Sometimes I think that Uncle Dick got somebody else’s heart so he could support his gay daughter and break the hard-core conservative line; perhaps now that that’s no longer necessary, neither is Dick. Sooooo interesting! And having Liz off the ticket means one less clown in the clown car (gratefully!)
Patty, guess I shuda “refreshed” the screen before I sent that last comment since I didn’t see your 10:28 comment (sooo many interuptions). I’m inclined to think that your “cleaning out” is more about detaching from everything (stuff, people, beliefs. . ) that is no longer serving a purpose; repeated advice from the channellers these days. I too have felt that imperative to clean up my act so, rather than physical death, I believe it is a harbinger of (as you say) new attitudes, new perspectives, perhaps even a new place to call home. Not that some of the happenings of the last couple of years haven’t just about killed me in a physical sense. Still, as the planet we live on is going through changes physically, so are we. I’m inclined to be a doubter about most things that sound too good to be true, but there have been many, many Burning Bush experiences that have made me a diehard believer of a major major upgrade in our dimension of experience taking place now. So keep on celebrating the “now” (big Christmas dinner) as you see yourself in others and continue to prepare for what awaits us. Blessings. . . .
be
Hi Patty, thanks for catching that “11:11”. I’m a big believer in clock-talk and hadn’t heard that “completion” was associated with that number, although I knew it was a highly spiritual number. Like Diva, I’ve also read, but can’t remember where, that more souls would be leaving their bodies (than usual) rather than go forward with ascension in-body, as part of their “script” or agreement.
Anyway, I was curious about the Apophis and Waldermath (or Dark) Moon Lilith being conjunct with natal and/or transiting Pluto in the chart of the man who died. I know Apophis (Egyptian deity) did his dirty work at night and Waldermath is associated with toxins as well as catharsis, which might be a clue as to how, when or why he died. However, those two transiting or natal symbols would, by themselves, not be able (symbolically) to end someone’s life I’m sure. Perhaps they (natal Waldermath Moon and transiting asteroid Apophis) aspected other major points in the man’s birth chart, along with trans. and natal Pluto, that would lend a more comprehensive understanding of why he died. I’m no expert on the subject but have noticed that trans. Jupiter is often prominent in a natal chart at the time of death.
be
P.S. Liz Cheny dropped out of her race today citing family concerns as Mercury sextiled Saturn (father), Pallas-Athene (born from father only) stationed retrograde, Mercury squares Eris (discord), Venus squares Ceres (lost child) and the Moon leaves Pisces (her father’s Sun sign) for Aries. That should make an interesting chart study Jude!
Hi Diva,
What is strange is that the feeling came to me at about the same time that my old co-worker died that I’ve been here long enough and it is time to go. It doesn’t feel macabre :), but it simply came to me that I didn’t have much time left, so I’ve been cleaning out. I even typed a new list of all passwords since I do everything on line and invited everyone for a big Christmas dinner. I know of several newborns that died recently too. If that isn’t a message to us I don’t know what is. If I don’t pass away, at least my old attitude is passing away and that is cause enough to celebrate with a funeral mass. 🙂 LOL. In fact, my spouse’s old attitude did in fact pass away too about the same time, come to think of it, and he seems to be a new person. Have to start writing these things down and think about the other people our age who are going through similar changes. He is 69, and last year finally visited a counselor to work through Viet Nam grief. I think our whole generation needs to let go, but the younger generation especially needs to stand up with their votes and voices. I’ve seen the Ron Paul photo that’s going around FB where he is reminding everyone how they could have voted. He might be a nut, but I believe he would have brought all troops home.
Jude, you inspire me again. Almost every paragraph has a keeper, and none of it is new. That is a compliment. The tug to forgetfulness is so strong that every reminder of ancient truth and universal law is as refreshing and welcome as a sunrise. That’s why community is so important, so we don’t forget ourselves. And so we can see the gathering of the “critical mass.”
Be, thank you for bringing Sedna and the Oceans into awareness. A careful study of her myth will give us all insight in our own way of how to use our energies.
Patty, you are right about so many dying, young and old, and suddenly, after a brief catastrophic illness, or by accident, or their own hand. Even the unborn. My fourth grandchild died last month before ever drawing breath. Several I know have made that choice. And yes, I believe it is a choice, a soul choice, not always conscious to the person.
Welp, we’ve work to do, let’s get on!
Hi Jude and Be,
Jude did you notice the time you posted? 11:11 is a number of completion, or so I have been told. I’ve noticed everyone is being a lot more neighborly in my area, trying to help each other and inquiring after everyone’s needs. It’s been going on for awhile now, but this weather has made everyone open their hearts. The other thing I’ve noticed in the last several months is that so many people seem to be dying. Last week on one day the church prayer list came out with 5 death notices. Are they making a choice, or is it chance? A man with whom I worked a couple of years ago died in October. I looked and found transiting Pluto conjunct his Waldemuth, and transiting apophis conjunct the natal pluto. I found it so sad because he would have been eligible for retirement on January 1, 2014. He was a picture of good health. Then again, maybe his life was truly complete. I wondered about the two transits, and obviously not everyone dies during those transits or we’d lose entire generations of people at the same time.
Gosh, be, sounds like YOU’RE channeling the Cosmic Gods! Hopefully, to Heaven’s ear! We’re being given so MUCH energetic assistance, being offered so many CLEAR signals tracking us back from effect to cause. SUCH an encouraging projection, complete with profound Sabian’s — thanks so much for keeping at it and filling in the blanks.
Song and poetry are Divine options to add Light with, nilou, and you DO, here at PW blog. What comes naturally, as GaryB suggests — that’s the perfect choice for each of us, finding that thing that we KNOW is ours to do because it fills our hearts and impacts the whole world when we aren’t looking! Thanks for your comments, and Gary and Hazel as well.
I’ve neen fighting implications of weather all day, like many of you, I suspect. I hope the denier’s are taking all this in — the obvious must become MORE so, and this is a pretty dramatic example of what happens to the jet stream when the ice caps melt.
I was listening to pundits discuss special ops in Afghanistan and Somalia today and thinking that the common denominator for both actions was that we had boots on the ground far from home, minding business only barely our own. I’d like to think we’d stop doing so much of that at some point, there’s certainly little public appetite for it. The conversation seemed to light up the dots that connect back to empirism, especially now that Iraq is exploding with its — obvious and inevitable — civil war.
As Moyer said, this is the time to talk with people, they’re ready to hear it. The “easy” options that never did play out are gone, and now is the time to talk about how we can help one another.
Stay warm, everybody; be safe. And thanks for playing this weekend!
Limitless discoveries seem possible regarding the May 2014 events surrounding the subtle influence of Mars novile Saturn (2 and 3) but the only one I’m going to add now is that transiting Sedna of the (seemingly) limitless deep sea is at 23+ Taurus, where the Sun will be when the May Scorpio Full Moon takes place. By then Sedna will have moved to 24+ Taurus and her Sabian symbol will be of A Vast Public Park. Here Dane Rudhyar says “. . we witness the positive and impressive results of man’s collective endeavor to live in peace and to enjoy moments of relaxation.” I suggest we meditate a while on what Sedna’s symbol represents now and what we will learn from her as we move forward. Think about what suffering her society’s expectations (and demands) caused her, how her family put traditional values over her freedom and what that resulted in. Think too about what is happening to the Earth’s waters and the creatures that live there. Sedna is at work now and tonight I saw (TV) the place where the 2016 Olympic games will take place and the water is full of waste; where if the competitors fall in they will get sick. She is speaking to us now of a movement to heal the water of the world. In years to come Sedna will be related to many more movements for change, fairness and equality. Sink to the bottom of your heart and soul and let her speak to you too.
be
. . . . . . . . and you may think it is Just By Chance that transiting Chiron in Pisces will complete a grand trine with transiting Saturn and transiting Jupiter in this repeat performance of their December trine, but the presence of the divine healer in harmony with the two planets that symbolize human culture and society is way more than chance. It is the yellow brick road.
Sabian symbol for Jupiter: A Priest Performing A Marriage Ceremony, which Dane Rudhyar refers to as Sanction.
Sabian symbol for Saturn: A Parrot Repeats The Conversation He Has Just Overheard, and as Rudhyar reminds us, birds are symbolic of spiritual forces at work, and he reads this picture as Channelship.
The Sabian symbol for Chiron when he trines Jupiter and Saturn is: In A Gigantic Tent, Villagers Witness A Spectacular Performance, for which Rudhyar gives the keynote phrase. . The collective appeal of a well-staged and exciting display of skill and/or oratory. He says it “subtly strengthens the communal spirit directly or indirectly.”
We will be ready for UFO landings by then? I like to think so.
be
Jude, now having more time to digest your words (and after reading Eric’s “Mars Effect” today), the importance of the concept of “attitudes and choices made” appears to be a function for Mars in Libra. Last weekend I commented on a minor aspect within the U.S. Sibly chart between Chiron and Nessus (and transiting Chiron) called a novile of 40 degrees, and how it was a higher harmonic of the trine aspect, although more subtle. What I didn’t realize then was that there was a transiting novile between Mars and Saturn taking place that perfected on Saturday and which the transiting Scorpio Moon intensified. Only hours later, transiting Mercury was conjunct the transiting Sun, all under the auspices of that mystical and harmonizing influence of the Mars-Saturn novile. I’ve no doubt there was a conscious pull experienced by humanity toward reestablishing the “balance of our collective power”. What’s more, that novile energy will be repeated by Mars and Saturn – TWICE – next May, just before and just after Mars stations direct. It may be subtle energy, but we’re talking Mars and Saturn for Pete’s sake. How straight-forward can you get?
Because this repeat performance happens on either side of a Scoprio Full Moon (with a super-strong stationing Mars) in which trans. Pluto exactly opposes the U.S. Sibly Sun and trans. Uranus (with trans. Venus) exactly opposes the U.S. Sibly Saturn, Americans will confirm their attitudes and choices publically (trans. Mercury will trine U.S. Saturn and the Full Moon in Scorpio will trine the U.S. Sibly Mercury).
Noting that this Full Moon opposes the Sun in Taurus which is only 1 degree from where Jupiter and Saturn were conjunct in 2000, and that the exact (3rd) novile between trans. Saturn and Mars happens the day before the exact trine between trans. Saturn and Jupiter happens, and that trine between Saturn and Jupiter will happen in the same degree that it happened on December 12, 2013 (only weeks before the 1st novile between Mars and Saturn), precludes any reservations regarding the values (Taurus) the American people hold and expect their government to deliver on. God’s godding. Making the “quest” visible for all the world to see. Wonder who will claim to be the 100th monkey!
be
Thanks Judith
Very Powerful! Makes me think how appropriate the beautful flowers pushing up this April during this epic Grand Cross. Time to put forth what comes naturally.
Thank you, Judith. On reading this I am reminded of the comment of Arendt that
“We humanize what is going on in the world and in ourselves only by speaking of it, and in the course of speaking it we learn to be human.”
For me, poetry and song are wonderful ways of learning to speak a new language. Received with much gratitude and appreciation. nilou
Thanks Jude, great job here – as always!/be
Wow. Thank you!