Hone your energy. Contain it through meditation, quiet sitting in stillness, in positive reading, and then use it in subtle and meaningful ways. Contained energy may be used in dreaming, in good intentions, and for the greater good. Rather than squander your thoughts direct them in sending loving kindness, that not only you may profit from their positiveness but the world at large as well. Even one positive and helpful thought may be of benefit. You may not see its effect immediately but eventually you will realize that a mass of positivity does have a good overall effect. Do not give up on the power of positive thought. At times it is all you have and it is enough.
With heart centered intent and the impeccability of a warrior, fight for stability, for calmness, for sense and sensibility so that all may be safe, contained and, foremost, healthy, so that this time of major change may be weathered through with the utmost amount of loving kindness, and so that compassion may remain imbued at the core of every decisive action. These simple acts, loving kindness and compassion, must remain central and all will be well. With calmness in your heart keep this in your mind and it too will remain calm.
The inevitable cannot be stopped. It can only be prepared for, with integrity, and hope for the best. Precautions can be taken, preparations done, and yet when something is set about by nature not even the most powerful and great are in any different shoes than the rest of humanity. Something unseen has no enemies; it infiltrates where it pleases, finding its way into every corner of the globe, shared equally by all. And yet, there is the equal sharing of love, kindness, and compassion that may be the only balance to the inevitable unseen challenge of nature. Don’t forget to keep the love alive and well, in sickness and in health it must never die.
Your personal power lies in your own intent to change, encapsulated inside you, unused for the most part. Take it back. Use it for good, for saving yourself so that you may be available for creating a better and more just environment for all beings. In your own small and positive ways you can have an impact, but it takes effort to change, one day and one small step at a time, until you have reached your goal, until you have taken back your personal power from wherever it has gone, and begun a new journey down a path of power and intent. It all lies within you, waiting for discovery and release. Change the self, change the world.
The collision of parallel worlds… – Photo by Jan Ketchel
I told Jan that the next time we head up North, I’d like us to see Girl from the North Country, the new Broadway musical that juxtaposes Bob Dylan classics with Depression-era Duluth, MN in 1934. What is the impact of these two parallel worlds intersecting? Is their synchronistic value in their collision?
We are currently experiencing the intersection of parallel species in the worldwide human encounter with coronavirus. Beyond the obvious war humans must wage to neutralize this virulent microbe, we might study the impact and possible meaning of this encounter, beyond mere coincidence.
Thus far, this tiniest of microbes has nearly shut down our expected way of life, imposing massive quarantines on the world’s favored group activities. The future of cruise ships clearly hangs in the balance. Sporting events, even the Olympics, may be played to empty stadiums.
Travel, particularly in the closed space of airplanes, is severely restricted. Though clearly not as deadly as a plague, this virus has caused us to stay local, to rely more heavily upon local resources, as well as to engage in solitary activity.
The world’s financial systems are experiencing a dramatic impact, particularly in the decreased demand for fossil fuel, a major bulwark of the stock market. Our financial stability may require a major revamping, with the positive side-effect of reducing the carbon load that currently threatens environmental survival.
Human communication is favoring more remote connectedness in this time of high contagiousness. The rush to physical contact, even a mere handshake, is discouraged. Our ultimate human resource, as beings of energetic connectedness, is an avenue of exciting possibility, as our attachment to physical objects and physical contact between people must be approached with great caution.
Reluctant as countries might be to cooperate with each other as they address their national concerns, the truth is that the entire planet is in this together. No policies or walls can fully insulate anyone from the possibility of infection. It’s a worldwide, borderless concern.
The actual necessity of the world’s many component parts—all countries—to come together to address the crisis is a fundamental shift from isolationist policies that tend to obscure the interconnected needs of the whole. The nature of the crisis might demand such a shift.
Whether Bernie Sanders becomes the ultimate Democratic nominee may become a moot point, as the needs of the world in this crisis might result in the necessity of certain social policies that address the basic needs of all, with equanimity. No one in the human hierarchy is immune from this virus, and all of us could potentially be a carrier of it. All must be cared for, for the good of all. No ‘left wing’ social agenda here but merely medical necessity.
As we live our way through this greatest of challenges to our normal human way of life, may we incorporate the changes that truly shift our world onto more solid footing.
Be safe, loving, and resourceful in these most awesome of times. Try deepening your dreaming awareness, for remote energetic contact with all you hold dear.
