Post by Sowelu on Jan 23, 2009 23:12:13 GMT -5
A Time To Lead[/b][/size]
By Daniel Jacob
Hello Friends,
Many thanks to those who you who responded back to our "Witness to the Fire" Newsletter. The Inauguration of President Obama certainly IS a bonfire of hope, love, and determination, is it not? At least it's a bonfire for those of us who resonate to the tones he is choosing to represent.
Check out these newspaper headlines, from around the nation and the world: benwikler.com/news21all.html
There are those who think of Obama as the "Anti-Christ," because he weaves together so many of those "melting pot" elements which have been judged and disowned throughout the ages:
1. He is dark-skinned, which many light-skinned folks feel is a sign of "evil." If they see dark-skinned people walking towards them on the sidewalk, they change sides of the street.Many of you who have read my articles know how firmly I believe that our Next Generations carry a powerful "seed" of change and expansion that previous generations do not yet comprehend. Even though Indigo, Crystal, and Star Elders can access this change by receiving energetic "upgrades," our Next Generations come already wired for new ways of living, straight from the factory!
2. He is a LIGHTER version of black skin, which many find beautiful.......which can also make him a "suspicious element" for both whites AND blacks. They wonder: "Where do his loyalties lie?"
As I mentioned in one article, early on..... Obama is really a HYBRID, which makes him attractive (and fearsome) for "purebreds" on either side of the divide. His joy is INTEGRATION. For more info on that, you can go to:
www.reconnections.net/playing_race_card.htm
3. Obama is black, but is also highly literate and well-spoken. Traditionally, black folks who talk well and write well are thought of as "uppity." He has been accused of this by certain elements of BOTH the white and black races. Another friend openly stated, quite independent of racial considerations...."America, as a whole, doesn't like to elect people who are smarter. We feel that gives them too much power over us."
4. He is liberal, but his expression of that is proving to be more CENTRIST in nature. Polarizing individuals on either side of the aisle will call this "wishy washy." Unifying individuals will tend to think of him as a BRIDGE BUILDER.
5. Obama is male, which suggests that he could possibly continue the Patriarchal Legacy a bit longer. But he is also happily married to a strong and expressive woman, and he has two little girls who command his attention. A male who lives in a house full of women (with his mother-in-law, no less!).......is a Patriarch who is trying hard to integrate the Feminine Perspective into his life.
6. Obama is young as opposed to older (and more experienced). To polarizing individuals, he is "wet behind the ears." To unifying and adventurous individuals, Obama represents our NEXT GENERATION as they eagerly (and rightfully) begin to exert their influence on world affairs.
I once did a study on all these "suspicious" attributes, and I called the study "Evil Peeple." Also included in that study were FEMALES (who have been supressed throughout the ages), MYSTICS (who can be earnestly sought after, but eventually get killed and persecuted if they move too hard against the traditional religious grain). Remember how the Reagans were persecuted by the media for soliticing the advice of Astrologers during their tenure in the White House?
The Obamas are STYLISH and GOOD LOOKING, which many Conservatives consider an alarm point. Movie Star Status is useful in some social circles, and a hindrance in others.......as we saw in the election recently. Fortunately, they are also strong on "Family Values," which has the power to cancel out most of those concerns.
In enumerating all these points, I am merely summarizing some of the feelings that are being expressed as this new Star Ship, called THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA takes off for points unknown. In so doing, I haven't really even begun to touch on the entire spectrum of feelings. I'm hoping that many of you will write in with expressions of the view from YOUR place in the Circle.
READY TO LEAD, BUT WHERE?
The other day, I received a powerful letter from a very articulate friend of mine in England. She had taken in all the events of Obama's Inauguration, was warmed and impressed by them.........and she added the following insights to the process, as only a non-American might see things:
Dear Daniel,
I've been checking all evening for your views on the great moment, wondering what it is within me that feels this sense of trepidation about Obama's talk of pushing forward as "our forbears" did, in order to reach Greatness again - without aknowledging the mistakes that were made in that enduring push to reach their goals. As he was speaking I could not shake the memory of the Native American Indian and the Buffalo who were all but wiped out in that move to be "great."
But of course Barack spoke about humility, and restraint, and responsibility, and integrity, and doing things differently.
I think, for me, real change will be effortless when people realise that our evolution to date is rooted in unintelligent thinking - feeling - bloodshed - that, now we know so much better, we can do infinitely better - and with no sense of needing to defeat anyone or anything - or maybe I am still one jump ahead of the game.
And, yes, of course there is much to be hopeful about in this speech. The spoonful of hope would just have been more precious and effective, for me, if, in the context of this particular theme, the real forebears of America had been acknowledged and honoured in some way. Does that make sense?
This topic only comes up because of the words Obama chose to speak - words that create a gap I feel - like a wound was left covered up with old sticky plaster instead of opening it up and allowing the air of this brand new day to get in and work It's miracle.
I look forward to your view.
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From: Melody Wood [melodywood@keme.co.uk]
HOW I SEE THINGS
I am grateful to Melody for her articulate and caring expressions here! As requested, here is a little bit of my "take" on the situation:
In the wake of a dead Bush Presidency, Obama is declaring: "America is ready to LEAD once more." As he said it, I could almost HEAR George Bush mumbling to himself: "What the HELL are you saying? I HAVE been leading......."I am eager to hear your thoughts and feelings during this powerful time. If you write me, and you DON'T want me to publish snippets from your letters, please tell me so at the time they are sent. Or, tell me if you wish to simply remain anonymous. I may not be able to respond to all mail, but I will surely read and take in what you have to say. Soon, I may put together a collection of ideas from Reconnections Folks around the world, so we can benefit from each others' process.
What Bush failed to notice was: People stopped FOLLOWING him quite awhile ago. People of the WORLD, I mean. We could have been called a "laughing stock" by the rest of the world, if our actions hadn't made so many people cry. In the same way our HUGE BANKS capsize a lot of little banks when they sink..........so does America send "ripples" out across the world when we hit moral icebergs.
A TIME TO MOURN
I predict that, before long, America will be SERIOUSLY GRIEVING......as a whole. We're weeping for joy now, because a measure of justice has been done through electing this fine man to lead our recovery. But there is more weeping to come. Melody certainly has a point there. Many of our empaths and seers are feeling the sadness already.
We KNOW that serious injustices were perpetrated in our name, and many of us are sorely concerned about what to do about it. What's more, we've been so paralyzed by the NATURAL CONSEQUENCES of Capitalist Greed and Harshness that it will take us quite awhile to catch our breath, let alone make amends for what's been done.
And while we're at it, I would say that the whole concept of "amends" must be replaced by some serious SHADOW WORK, on both "sides" of these issues. Where sensitive people will feel the urge to weep for a season, our nation (and the world) is still populated by a host of folks who are NOT SORRY.......people who have effectively RATIONALIZED our need for aggression in recent days. If we wait around for these folks to "come to their senses," we may be waiting around for a long, long time.
Those who enslave or swindle others in order to advance their own interests are actually CHEATING THEMSELVES out of the love and community which flows from genuine kindness and caring for one's neighbors. The HARDNESS OF HEART which results from unethical behavior is, in many ways, its own punishment.
A HOUSE DIVIDED
Regardless of what many feel, as they see 1.8 million Americans gather to see our next President sworn in (an awesome sight, to be sure).......we are STILL not functioning on a full internal mandate for change. At its core, America remains seriously divided. The Power Shoe is simply on the Other Foot now.
Conservatives are sweating bullets, because they believe that Obama is going to use this current financial crisis to smuggle in a political "Trojan Horse" of entitlements, which will change the structure of America forever. They fear the gradual development of a socialistic, welfare state.
I find this fear a bit amusing, since those same folks used September 11th to smuggle in a HERD of Trojan Horses---trampling Constitutional Rights under the guise of National Security, and declaring War on the Middle Class by leveraging fiscal advantages in favor of Corporate Interests and the rich. Instead of Socialism, we gravitated towards Feudalism and Aristocracy for 8 years. Is this type of society what we expected to create when we came to the New World?
But all that aside. America---and the World, for that matter---cannot abide another full "swing" of the pendulum, in retaliation for misdeeds of the past. We must find a peaceful coexistence for BOTH SIDES of the Money Issue, or neither side will get what it wants.
The very HEART of Metaphysical Truth is found in this: YOU CREATE YOUR OWN REALITY. Until we can truly swallow that....."Balls to Bones" (as the Oracle put it, in "The Matrix")......we're going to continue floundering in Separation and Dysfunction.
If, indeed, we have chosen HOPE OVER FEAR, it isn't because our Politicians are more adept at what they do. Politics has NEVER been the answer. But it can be a REFLECTOR of the answer, if we learn how to read the metaphors of life.
A Welfare State and an Aristocracy have one thing in common: Both systems are created by people who want to sit back and let others do the work. Isn't that why most people want to strike it rich? So they don't have to go to work every day?
A HIDDEN NEMESIS: THE WORK ETHIC
The "Work Ethic," which everyone continues to extol these days, is actually a neurotic affect.......left over from the first Great Depression. Back then, people had to "roll up their sleeves," face their troubles and tough things out. If they didn't, they wouldn't survive (or so they believed).
Is it possible that we have re-created ANOTHER Great Depression, so we can go back and re-do this faulty attitudinal framework, allowing Planet Earth to grow beyond our fundamental fear of survival?
The urge to sit around while others work is a REBELLION against this old-guard, Depression-Based Work Mentality. It isn't a key element for living a happy life. Without something meaningful to do in life, most people stagnate and die. But work for work's sake is NOT meaningful. It's just a hampster wheel of activity, going round and round and round.
THE WAY FORWARD
As more and more "jobs" evaporate, people will be forced to deal with what it is that truly EXCITES THEM, versus what simply sustains them in their daily routine. The Reconnections define "work" as "that which you do when you would rather be doing something else."
Instead of merely "hanging in there," many folks will find themselves wanting to DIG DEEP in their hearts to ask: "Who am I now? What can I do with my time that TRULY REPRESENTS who I am today?"
These are the types of questions which ONLY Baby Boomers and Children of Baby Boomers dare to ask. We are removed enough from that original SHOCK of losing everything in 1929, and the subsequent pride pattern which developed from learning how to TOUGH THINGS OUT. We tasted the sweet nectar of MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR in the Sixties, and we still hold to those ideals.....deep in our hearts.
The real prize goes to those who work SMARTER, not harder. Many of those who are weeping over their loss of "things" and "steady jobs" today will be LEAPING FOR JOY tomorrow if they use today's experience to DIG DEEP INSIDE and GAIN INSIGHT, rather than lose hope and quit on life.
A New Economy lingers on the Horizon for all of us. It is the dawn of the AGE OF PLORK (the hybrid mixture of work and play)......which will replace our former prostitution of mind and soul in the name of financial gain and temporal security.
THE DEFINITION OF SUCCESS
Success is NOT defined by how much we own, or how much money we take home. It is defined by how many hours of the day we spend LOVING LIFE......caring about others and doing what we truly enjoy.
And I do realize that money and tangible resources are required to accomplish certain things. But far too many of us have allowed ourselves to put the cart before the horse........to seek money and security FIRST, before we began giving and receiving love. And now our transcendant money and the security seem to be GOING AWAY, are they not?
It's almost as if our transforming world is saying to us: If you won't reach for the "good stuff" FIRST, then you don't get to have the "other stuff" either.
There is much, much more to say about all this. Those who haven't had a chance to review my series "Shifting Energies, Shifting Values" may want to do so now.
www.reconnections.net/shifting_values_index.htm
Stay warm, but act cool! Hang tough, but always keep a tender spot open so love can occasionally penetrate your armor and nourish the Grand Soul who dwells therein! And by all means.......after all my wrangling about the "meaninglessness of money," I must continue to thank and encourage those who support this work through your faithful contributions. God-Us Bless!
www.reconnections.net/contributing.htm
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FROM THE RECONNECTIONS........
"If a bridge is to serve its proper purpose, it must be firmly anchored on BOTH SIDES, so as to present a stable means of crossing for those who venture out upon it. This means that you must have access to tools and resources, so as to adequately operate in the World of Form, and you must also be able to traverse easily through the highways and byways of the Multiverse, so you have something new to offer the transforming people of Earth.
Money is a symbol of one's connection within a world system--and its usage is a contract one makes to honor that system, so long as it also honors him. Remember, you were born to be a Sovereign. So was your neighbor, whether he realizes it or not. Give honor only to that which honors you. To the rest, simply grant an allowance of being, and place an internal inquiry concerning what Shadow Lessons their reflections bring. End of story. Use what you can, and let the rest pass.
One could say the same thing of money that we might say about breath (oxygen). When you breathe in and breathe out, you are making a contract with Earth's systems--freely receiving a measure of support, to sustain life, while giving back a measure of support in return.
If the giving and receiving of love constitutes the interface of Spirituality and Sex, then the giving and receiving of physical substance and support constitutes the divine interface between Spirituality and Bucks. Do you see?" <end excerpt>
Be Well and Happy,
Daniel Jacob
www.reconnections.net
www.thestarchildren.com
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"I think continually of those who were truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul's history
Through corridors of light where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition
Was that their lips, still touched with fire,
Should tell of the spirit clothed from head to foot in song.
And who hoarded from the spring branches
The desires falling across their bodies like blossoms.
The names of those who in their lives fought for life,
Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.
Born of the sun, they traveled a short while towards the sun,
And left the vivid air signed with their honor."
--Stephen Spender
received in email from Daniel Jacob[/blockquote]
