And the winds shall rise

"Fear is the mind-killer" Frank Herbert (Dune)
More & more spirit has been reminding me that there are only two emotions or forces that influence humanity: Love & Fear. They cannot occupy the same space.

When I think back to where I was 13 years ago, I can see evidence of that truth for fear was my primary emotion and my reality reflected that power back to me many times over. More than a decade of subsistence living taught me a great deal about the power of fear as a catalyst. Living below the poverty level, I remained embedded in the "poverty consciousness" that holds people captured in a worn-out paradigm. However, by the grace of the Goddess, I was able to step out of that place of fear and into the space of Love that had been held for me. Now I see a world enslaved by artificial values and I know that our world stands at the threshold of change. Moreover, I see the desire for change manifested in so many hearts.... more and more I witness people opening up to the idea that they hold the power to shift this beautiful world from greed and power-over to a space of Love and power from within.
Fear is the patriarchal weapon of choice.... It is the tool of those who would enslave others; it is the weapon being used by the media every day. It's a far swing of the pendulum from the matriarchal rule of our humble beginnings as field dwellers who looked to the cycles of the seasons for our sustenance. Now the cycles we follow are the swings of the stock market, the real estate market and the price of crude oil. And the cycle within that cycle is about to come full circle as we face a rapidly collapsing economy and a failed experiment in government. And in the face of this current and pending adversity, we cannot allow fear to influence any part of our lives... nor can we allow blissful ignorance to chart the course to our future. It is time, my friends, to step into the power we have held within our hearts for so long. We are, indeed, the ones we've been waiting for. This time is why we were born, why we agreed to touch, to meet and to align ourselves with each other. And now is the time to organize.
Many of you may have already read the articles about the new military brigade scheduled to begin a tour of duty within the US borders on October 1. For those of you who have not read about this links to Army Times and an article by Salon.com are listed here:
Army Times: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/ Salon.com http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/09/24/army/index.html
Additionally, there is an article from 2006 that suggests that this door was opened by fine print legislation that altered the Insurrection Act, a 200 year old Congressional act which limited the President's power to use armed forces within the borders of the US; this now allows for the use of martial law.
CQ.com: http://public.cq.com/public/20061201_homeland.html
Now don't get me wrong... I am not writing this from a place of fear, I am writing from a place of complete outrage!!!!!!!! Anger has been an emotion I have long been acquainted with but it is no longer one I will turn on myself. It is now an ally that provides fuel for action.
It has further come to me, by means of the "six degrees of separation" that the current cost of economic recovery is damn near "incalculable" and at best, we may only be 3 months away from a complete collapse. What better reason to clear the way for martial law? Wamu was just the beginning! The "new world order" needs a new world bank and JP Morgan/Chase is the bully on the block. Wamu's $300 billion in assets were seized and subsequently purchased by JP Morgan for a mere $1.9 billion. The CEO of Wamu, who had been in that position for only 17 days, may receive a severance package of $60 million. Sign me up!!!!

So what can we do??
Spirit has put it in my head to "learn to teach".... by this, my guides mean that we are to each learn something about survival at a very basic level and then teach it to others. Community building is of paramount importance.
Today, as I sat writing an agenda for the next Powerful Human meeting, an agenda that speaks to this very idea... a new client sat at my table for a reading. She's a software engineer, a woman in her 40's who eats only meat that she hunts and fishes for herself. How's that for spirit sending someone to affirm my ideas? We spoke about the current state of affairs and my PH agenda; I gave her my card... I asked if she would teach me about fishing the lakes around here and she said she'd be more than happy to do that.
The agenda is going to address the establishment of a small co-op to buy bulk beans, rice and Quinoa. We'll talk about how to grow and preserve food.... not out of some sense of fear, but out of a desire to forge a new future built on love and mutual respect. I will teach people how to make cordage from plant fibers. Leslie will share what she knows about growing and canning food. Both of us will teach what we have learned about making healing salves, lotions and soaps. The possibilities are endless.
And all along we will pray that the circumstances of this change will be gentle, that as more and more people wake to their own power, we may not need the dramatic shift that many fear.
For now, let me leave you with some word play I love so much...
We currently live in a "society" and for me, that breaks down to a Sniveling Organism Creating Inferior Ethics That Yoke
Let's build a new "culture" which I define as Communities Utilizing Love Trust Understanding Respect & Enlightenment
Until next time... may the breath of Oya blow gently in your life!
Be Blissed for you are Love!
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