This post is excerpted from another recent post I wrote: https://mollystrongheart.blogspot.com/2019/04/part-i-reflections-and-request.html. The below is but a snapshot into the larger picture of my perspective of how we got to where we are today. And it's actually about much more than just what "tanked" the last election. I also believe it important to add this article and brilliant video to the conversation: https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/this-talk-between-aaron-gabor-mat%C3%A9-is-the-best-political-video-ive-ever-seen-c8caf4dd7a46. There are so many layers to uncover. A rule of thumb that I embrace for myself is that there is always more to see and understand beyond what I am aware of today. This keeps me curious and seeking to lift yet another layer of my illusions. Meanwhile, there has been a lot going around that may unintentionally serve to try to keep us quiet and not seeking the deeper layers and roots behind where we find ourselves at today. Yet, I believe that it is exactly the truth that shall set us all free. Otherwise we will continue in the spiral of repeating the same unlearned lessons over and over again. And there is no time left to continue on the road we've been on for so long. It is leading humanity off a cliff and taking all of life's inhabitants with us. Another world is possible. Let us work together to birth her. — Molly
My
own ongoing process of awakening leads me each day to greater conscious
awareness. This has certainly been true in my understanding of what
actually "tanked" the last election. I have found that the answers are
many layered and interrelated. Among
them is 40 years of neoliberalism that has poisoned our political
system, our media, our nation and planet, and disillusioned so many potential voters who chose to
stay home rather than vote. (Please go here for my most recent blog
post on neoliberalism and watch Part I of the video series: http://mollystrongheart.blogspot.com/2018/12/we-live-in-world-that-has-been.html.)
In his latest excellent documentary, Michael Moore also addressed some
of the tragedy
behind why so many who voted for Obama became deeply disillusioned with
Obama and the power structures and betrayals of our political system
and did not vote. (Please go here
for the trailer if you've missed it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRQv9xMQ3E0.) In addition, there’s the
electoral college and voter suppression and disenfranchisement. And there
were the influences of Russia, misogyny, racism, right wing propaganda,
ignorance and brainwashing, DNC propaganda and the corporate Democrats'
actions to crush Bernie Sanders, the corporate media’s spin and complicity and near blackout in
reporting about Senator Sanders, the DNC’s insistence on putting
forth a “moderate” who would continue the status quo and whose record on
policies was deeply flawed and disturbing, and on and on. There are
many layers of what brought us Trump, some of which go back decades.
So these
and other issues are not separate but rather are all woven together in a
great tapestry which brings to us in vivid color what it is that is working and what it is that is absolutely not working — and
hasn't been working for a very long time. We need to recognize the
large financial power structures that are behind those who want us to believe "anyone
but Trump" and that the low bar of "better than Trump" is acceptable.
These corporate interests tell us to shut up! and not expose the
truth about any potential candidate's corporate ties. We are to shut up
and definitely not follow the money. We are to be loyal to the
Democratic Party — the old guard of corporate democrats —
and to not "disparage" anyone who is plans to challenge Trump. (This is
code for don't speak the truth or do anything that would threaten the
enormous financial interests which have completely taken over the
Republican Party and most of the Democratic Party. Although that is changing!) We
are to speak for the powerful rather than hold the powerful
accountable. This old story completely misses the larger picture that
this exact
belief system is part of what puts us at the greatest risk of ushering
in
another horrifying four more years of this profoundly dangerous
demagogue.
At the same time, we
are fed information that we Americans are supposed to care only about
issue A, B, or C, which completely misses the truth that our individual
and collective hearts, minds, spirits and souls are big enough to
contain it all. We can Think Big and work together to address all the
interlocking pieces of what is the root of our national and global
trauma and peril. We can work together as a national and planetary community to expose and transform all that threatens us —
which, again, is so much more than Mr. Trump alone. Each and every one
of us can commit to exploring what is our part in the unfolding Great
Awakening? What will we do (me and you and all of us)? How will
we grow wise, informed, and conscious enough to know which road we are
choosing?, and especially given the critical nature of the crossroads we
are at? We are indeed standing now where two roads diverge and our
choices and the ripples we create with our choices matter. They matter
greatly.
In the process of increasingly connecting with the wisdom of our greater Selves and the Web of Life, we come to know that it is not possible to extract one issue and focus on it without focusing on all the others, too. There is a connecting thread that weaves together the trajectory that we have been experiencing over time, linking together all of these issues and beyond into one big Whole — the Whole of our planetary existence together and whether or not we are caring for ourselves, each other, and our planet.
Riane Eisler, author
of the internationally renown and life changing book The Chalice and the Blade (https://rianeeisler.com/the-chalice-the-blade-highlights-of-international-impact/)
and many other books, brilliantly and masterfully speaks to this when
she talks about Dominator Culture and Partnership Culture. (Please go
here for an excellent article about breaking out of the domination
trance: https://www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/breaking-out-of-the-domination-trance-building-foundations-for-a-safe-equitable-caring-world/.)
And, of course, Indigenous Peoples worldwide have always known and
honored the Web of Life. To our great and tragic peril, we have ignored
the wisdom of Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples worldwide for far
too long.
It is time to choose the road less traveled. There is no time left to do otherwise if we are to take the actions needed to preserve our Earth.
Bless us all,
Molly
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