the peace movement
Watching the news leaves me blinking in disbelief. It takes real consciousness to choose the lighter path in this time of little shop of horrors.
Every chakra is engaged, starting with the head – enlightenment or confusion, the throat –clear voice or stifled silence, the heart- love or hate, solar-plexus open creativity or rigid righteousness, and finally the root chakra – feeling safe and open to our passions or fear, insecurity, and pent-up. Maintaining a calm center and energy flowing is like swimming upstream against a waterfall. Let’s face it – we’re traumatized.
In this time of upheaval, we must remember that we are meant to be here. What we do and feel is essential. If we want peace, we must find it within ourselves. If we want harmony, we can’t fight for that; we must live it. If we want justice we must insist on it again and again. It is the ultimate challenge – how to live in chaos and not engage-enrage but heal and deal. From Jesus to Nat Chit Hung to the Black Panther, this is what every inspiring story is about.
Each one of us has to decide what’s in our hearts. Do we want revolution, resolution or retribution? Each of these paths is very different. What we hold as a vision guides our actions. Maybe there is even a third option that we haven’t even thought of yet, for we are in the Age of Aquarius; it’s not just about long hair and drugs; it’s about testing every boundary and every idea of normal. This time is characterized by extreme ideals, with the side effect of making it difficult to relate on a personal level. Dig it, we’re there.
We are adrift into a future we cannot rely on. So, all we have is this moment. This is it. This is life. Throw ourselves onto the steps of the Wit Howse, protest, and post signs, but part of the solution is also snuggling our cat, playing with our children, swimming in a river, or also humm… chocolate and wine? Can’t undo it all. Folly has been part of the human condition since day one. Our own happiness can’t be contingent on the outside world.
At every moment we are given an opportunity to live with integrity, uphold our values and nurture our relationships. The simple moments build a life. As the end line of the movie Don’t Look Up says, 'We had everything.' We must savor our scraps of freedom as they are being thrown away with this Idiocracy.
