Good morning world,
In addition to the discussion of astrology and events, we have a topic running below about giving to charitable organizations responsibly. That is to say, knowing who you’re giving to.
Most of the ‘standards’ have massive overhead, lobbying budgets and executive salaries. I have a friend who is nudging me on this point, and I have bumped it up to a top priority in my mind. If we are serious about this evolution and growing up and taking responsibility stuff, we are going to know where our money goes.
If engaging in capitalism as an economic system has any meaning, voting with our dollars is the most significant thing we can do. Most people give to charity out out of concern, and some give out of guilt; but the point is, we want the nutrients to go where they belong, and not be eaten by parasites; by those profiting wildly on disaster.
Speaking of disaster: we are going to be inundated by images of pain and suffering in Haiti for the next few weeks or longer. This poses a problem: it’s not healthy to look at this stuff over and over again. We can only do what we can do, which isn’t a lot; what we can remember is that the condition of the world is frail enough; this is a reminder; let’s take care of our homes and communities and do what we can to weave the world: particularly as we have a potent eclipse on the North Node, which is about dharma: acting as if to hold the world together. Some translations give ‘law’ or ‘duty’ but that’s way to simplistic for Sanskrit.
If you run into a dharma story coming out of Haiti, please post the link in the comments area, or send it to me.
Note that when there is a big global story like this, many other news events tend to get disregarded, and at least under the prior administration, it was prime time to loot the treasury. One of the most important stories of our lifetimes, even if you’re not American, is unfolding before Congress this week as the banking disaster hearings proceed.