 The Color Purple
I have been thinking about the color purple In particular this quote from The inimitable and amazing Alice Walker: “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.” Purple is a secondary color Meaning it is made by blending Two primary colors in equal portions 50% RED Plus 50% BLUE Equals 100% PURPLE In the United States The Country is 50/50 And now The Senate is 50/50 So we are no longer Republican Red And/or Democrat Blue Now, WE LITERALLY ARE PURPLE And, like all secondary colors Our existence is dependent upon The balanced blending Of the two primary colors From this point of view We The People Are actually meaningless without the polarity There is a dynamic equilibrium That is the essence of secondary colors Understanding this Is the way forward “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.” So let’s begin 2021 Noticing Purple…. The purple of bruises The purple of bravery (as in the Purple Heart) The purple of nobility The purple of calming energy The purple of the crown chakra That allows us to access higher consciousness We are in the crucible Of learning how to relate In a new way To our selves And to each other Let’s embrace purple Let’s notice what we have in common Rather than what divides us The magic of Purple And all secondary colors Is that when you blend them WITH the primary colors You get tertiary colors Which opens an unlimited spectrum of colorful possibilities Here’s to Purple And the collective power of POSITIVE Society Building in 2021! “Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.” “Propaganda is amazing. People can be led to believe anything.” “When the ax came into the forest the trees said the handle is one of us.” "There are ways that the spirit can be mended just as there are ways that the spirit can be broken." “As long as the Earth can make a spring every year, I can. As long as the Earth can flower and produce nurturing fruit, I can, because I’m the Earth. I won’t give up until the Earth gives up.” All quotes by ALICE WALKER  As the Sun moves farther away from the Earth
As we live more in darkness than in light The unknown becomes potently felt Which amplifies our vulnerabilities Our worries and our fears Evolutionary change is upon us And in order to master our lessons And move on We must overcome the limitations The vanities The divisiveness Imposed upon us By the system of patriarchy Esoteric mystery Teaches of the Ring-Pass-Not “A confining barrier which acts as a separator or a division between a system and that which is external to the system… The ring-pass-not acts only as a hindrance to that which is of small attainment in evolution, but forms no barrier to the more progressed.” 1 This Halloween As the Moon In her fullness Reflects The Light of the Sun We are reminded that We are both dark and light And that when we live In the small mind We are in the system And when we live In the expansive mind We are external to the system 2020 is a time of reckoning It is a time of accepting Our essential goodness Despite our failures Despite our traumas In this time of transformation We have a golden opportunity To self confront in order to see Whether or not We have what it takes To become a scout To become a pathfinder In the uncharted territory of what comes After the patriarchy Humanity needs scouts Scouts who understand that the shadows we cast Connects us to the Earth Scouts who are fearless in believing That there is a place at the table for everyone Scouts courageous enough To walk their talk as they Learn to live from love Abundantly Humanity needs scouts For they will become the emissaries of the future Leading us out Of the holding patterns Of patriarchal retribution and Into a place of Unity and community A place where Love of self And Love for other Reside harmoniously This is the time of our Ring-Pass-Not The time to embrace the cosmic truth That far from being a place Of death and endings The Dark is a place Rich with the potential for change Rich with the potential for hope The Dark is place to DREAM To Imagine To Plan To Begin LOVE is external to the system LOVE is the constant LOVE is the foundation LOVE is the liberator The spirit talks in spectrums He talks to mother earth to father sky Self indulgence to self denial Man to woman Scales to feathers You and I Eagles in the sky You and I Snakes in the grass You and I Crawl and fly You and I Oh, you and I, you and I, you and I By the dawn's early light You and I, you and I You and I, you and I Oh, you and I Joni Mitchell, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter 1 PONDER ON THIS from the writing of Alice A. Bailey  “You will be whole… there is a precious jewel within you that was never crushed. Cherish it. Cleanse it. Bathe it in the river of Love.” ---Starhawk Humanity has been
Breaking up with the patriarchy For decades There comes a point In all break ups When the list of grievances is long When defensiveness is the norm When tensions only escalate When resentments become The common ground And every effort made To get back to A place of harmony Fails There comes a point In all break ups When the wisest course of action Requires the greatest courage There comes a point In all break ups When the ending becomes the beginning This is the point of transformation This is the point of sacred evolution This is the point of opportunity Humanity has arrived at this point Courage, my friends, courage It is time to recognize that Despite its power ending The patriarchy Is unyielding It is time to accept that To relentlessly fight For patriarchal change Is fruitless Which leaves us in the Bardo The In-Between Where it is dark And we are unmoored Unrecognizable even to ourselves Because the patriarchy shaped us all And even its death throes Impacts us still Catalyzing this collective identity crisis Who are we now? Who will we become? Courage, my friends, courage The beginning is in the ending There is a surrender that is righteous A surrender that allows the focus to shift From fighting to healing From killing to creating From destroying to rebuilding This is the road less travelled This is the journey of Higher Consciousness And it is now solidifying Beneath our feet Showing us the way forward If we but choose to Set foot upon this path Despite our seeming lack of control We have the agency To recognize the fact that under the patriarchy We are all wounded We are all traumatized We have the agency to ignore The patriarchy’s habitual Siren calls And break the endless mental loops that Limit our capacity for Love and Community We have the agency To embrace this Once in a lifetime Cosmic opportunity To create light from darkness By employing the The greatest healing balm of all Forgiveness Forgive everything Choose a fresh start Choose to live in the good reality Choose to be a maker, a shaper Of this new reality Where LOVE is the guide Love of Self AND Love of Other Let it all go And know that Every time you falter Every time you get stuck Every time you fall down Every time you lose your way Because the rage is overwhelming And the despair debilitating And the anger depressing And the resistance frustrating You have the agency To find your way back to The Path This next part of the journey Is not about being right Or being perfect It is about course correction Because we learn by making mistakes And then trying again and then again and again It is about course correction Because we have the agency To take the gut-wrenching pain Of breaking up And transform it into the fuel needed To propel us forward It is time to turn the shit to compost It is time to take the frayed ends Of the cords that the patriarchy Used to bind us And tie them together So we can weave a new vision A collective vision In which there is truly a seat at the table for everyone We have the agency The path is before us Courage, my friends, courage The beginning is in the ending  Breathe
Exhale Inhale Breathe For the next 3 weeks we will be navigating choppy cosmic waters People will get frustrated People will get angry Likely causing more agitation And more frustration None of which will help to solve any problems For the next 3 weeks Be extra kind to yourself… and to others Pace yourself, reducing pressure where you can SLOW DOWN Seek balance between work and play Get rest and exercise There is a lot going on right now Balance is needed so you do not deplete yourself Or make rash (wrong) decisions Especially if you find yourself faced with a do over Breathe, and take the opportunity to start again Without self-crushing Without regret Without blame Breathe Evolutionary change is not like turning a light switch on and off It is slow and cyclical With multi-layered lessons And while we may not tangibly see or experience How all of this hard energy Is positively impacting our consciousness The seeds of transformation have already downloaded And, as weary as we may be We can rest assured That life renews itself from what is hidden Our mantra for the next three weeks: Patience, Patience, Patience Our mantra for the next three months: Trust, Trust, Trust The promise ahead is not a mirage We WILL emerge From the shadows of uncertainty and despair Into a new cycle That will have more clarity More direction More HOPE… Breathe Exhale Inhale Breathe Blessed Be!  What are we going to do…
Blow it out or let it burn? Oh, the anxiety! Oh, the despair! We are living in unprecedented times… Wait, are we? History is littered with times just like this: epidemics, pandemics, genocides, wars, unfettered violence, oppressions, racial discriminations, sexual discriminations, exploitations, slavery, misogyny and on and on and on… Well, today In light of current events I invite you to join the vanguard I invite you to re-frame the human condition Essentially, it really is simple: Love your self and love each other. Simple And yet, not so simple to live from this truth Because centuries of the “human condition” Have traumatized us all The Patriarchal abuse of power Has cowed our spirits And stripped us of our inalienable rights Yes, those rights… The founding Of the great experiment That is the United States Was truly visionary… In practice, sadly, it was more than seriously flawed And mournfully impossible to birth without horrific compromises: Math that dehumanized Rules and ideas that crushed, oppressed, and diminished Anyone “other” (Our brothers and sisters) And that legacy continues What are we going to do… Blow it out or let it burn? It is time to choose the higher vibration of Love over Hate And commit to living from that place of love Through words and deeds In the microcosm of your life EVERY DAY Which in turn will naturally Contribute to the expansion of Love over Hate In the macrocosm of the world EVERY DAY It is time people Let’s refuse to doom ourselves To another repetition of the past Let’s reject another empty Never Again Let’s get it right this time around We CAN change the course of history We have the power We have the agency Let’s break the cycle The tactics are there for the taking Blueprints are there to guide us Proof upon proof exists demonstrating that One person can change the world Let’s follow in the footsteps of the Brave heroes and heroines who Stood up to vile status quos And changed the world In no order (And definitely an incomplete list) With deep gratitude I offer the names of these great souls To inspire you to take up your agency NOW: Galileo Dietrich Bonhoeffer Martin Luther King Ruby Bridges Nelson Mandela Mahatma Gandhi Mother Theresa Rosa Parks Eleanor Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Joan of Arc Cleopatra Helen Keller Wilma Rudolph Socrates Winston Churchill Muhammad Ali Dalai Lama Jesus Moses Harriet Tubman Abraham Lincoln Jesse Owen Frederick Douglass Michelle Obama Plato Oprah Winfrey Albert Einstein Malcolm X Maya Angelou Sojourner Truth Amelia Earhart Frida Kahlo Anne Frank John Lennon Benjamin Franklin Betty Friedan Jane Goodall Katherine G. Johnson Shirley Chisolm Francis Bacon George Washington Malala Yousafzai Greta Thunberg Let’s join this esteemed vanguard To break the patterns and shatter the legacy Let’s finally do the right thing Love your self And love each other It's time!  So Interesting…
So interesting… The facts of Covid Compelled us to act In the best interest of others Which simultaneously meant In the best interest of ourselves So interesting… The facts of Covid Compelled us to make the choice To confine ourselves at home To protect others Which simultaneously meant To protect ourselves So interesting… This pandemic Showing us The best of humanity And The worst of humanity So interesting… Mother Earth doing well Appreciating the lighter touch Humanity is having on her While we remain home Feeling exhausted From over stimulated senses In confinement So interesting… Our frustrations And our anxieties and fears Rooting us in stagnation And maybe apathy Or in home baked goods Eating our emotions As the saying goes… So interesting... This helplessness We feel Over our lack of control But wait Didn’t we just make a choice? A choice that led to action? Yes Indeed We did Individually And Collectively We chose We acted And we had an impact WE slowed the spread of Covid We are not helpless… we have agency! So here we are Faced with the truth Of the power of our agency Here we are At this crucial, critical time Confined With limited escape From this reality We are not helpless… we have agency! But… It is easier to avoid To resist To be cynical To passively fall in line When the crisis abates To drift along with whatever the Next normal will be… Passivity wins Chalked up as human nature But is it human nature? Or Is it habit and societal pressure? We are not helpless…we have agency! In fact, now, Each of us is LIVING PROOF That our choices And our actions Impact THE WORLD The Universe is giving us a lesson A collective, shared experience So that we know UNDENIABLY KNOW IN OUR BONES The simple truth of existence: By acting in the best interest of others We are taken care of too By taking care of ourselves We are taking care of others So on this May Day As NEW LIFE Bursts forth in nature Let Cabin Fever Become Spring Fever Which is the IMPERATIVE for A NEW CYCLE REBIRTH REGENERATION CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND THE CELEBRATION OF THE JOY OF BEING ALIVE In these dark times On this May Day Reclaim your agency Embrace your power And recognize The unprecedented opportunity For renewal That is staring you down DARING YOU TO MAKE A DIFFERENT CHOICE THIS TIME In these dark times For those we have lost For those who are suffering For those who are taking care of us We must engage our agency And shine our light We must live from our hearts From LOVE Because we KNOW that By acting in the best interest of others We are taken care of too By taking care of ourselves We are taking care of others Ask yourself: What can you do now that you could not do before? Ask yourself: What WILL you do now that you did not do before? Give yourself permission Choose and Act You are not helpless… you have agency! “You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” A.A. Milne “Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable” Mary Oliver  So much grief
So much sorrow So much fear So much loss So much anxiety So much uncertainty So much anger So much frustration So much confusion So much despair So much death And so much life As we look from the windows of our contained lives Nature is blooming When have we ever witnessed the cycle of life so profoundly? The Solar Year began on the Spring Equinox The Sun entered Aries, the point of all beginnings The point of initiation for the New Year’s life force vitality And in the season in which we usually venture forth To enjoy the sunshine and growing longer days We are sheltering in place Frightened for the well being of our loved ones And ourselves Helpless as familiar life is decimated And we are forced to feel The fragility of existence The synchronicity Of our collective pause With the start of the Solar Year Is not random We are in the early stages… Not only of Covid19 But of a whole New Age The Age of Aquarius The Age of the Collective United Life is fragile in the early stages Think of the newborn infant Requiring non stop care Think of the exhausted first caregivers Offering non stop care Think of the newborn infant Who does not receive the care, the nourishment, the love And thrives none-the-less Life is tenacious Life endures Life continues Ever cycling and recycling And as the Sun moves into the sign of Taurus Plowing the springtime Earth Making it ready to receive the seeds Of this new way of being We engage our senses Sight, Smell, Taste, Hearing and yes, Touch We engage our intuition The Body’s GPS To observe, explore, create, and ultimately understand This changing, new environment And our place in it The Divine Spark of life in Aries Is made manifest in Taurus What surges in Aries Stabilizes in Taurus What originates in Aries Concentrates in Taurus Together They share the same directionality: New Growth We are on a path of growing light 6 months of increasing vitality And rising consciousness 6 months under the protection of Aphrodite Pandemos Aphrodite of the People Aphrodite who became Venus The ruler of Taurus Goddess of Love, Beauty, Creativity, Fecundity, Sensuality And the ONLY Greek God to possess the alchemical power of transformation She alone has the ability to make mortals AND gods Fall in love to conceive new life The synchronicity of the Covid19 pandemic During the energetic time of Aphrodite Pandemos Is not random Aphrodite Pandemos Embodies The transformative, Creative Power of LOVE Who better to guide us through these unprecedented times? PAUSE
Patriarchal Authority Unilaterally Suppresses Ego (as in I and Self) PAUSE Perpetual Anxiety Undermines Self Expression PAUSE Prevent Anxiety by Unlearning Self-Crushing Emotions PAUSE Pandemic Assault Undoes Societal Exclusionism PAUSE Pay Attention Ubiquitous Symbolism Enlightens PAUSE Please Allow Unity Consciousness Space to Emerge PAUSE Pluto And Uranus Serving and Saving Everyone and Everything Pluto in Capricorn The main planetary energy Currently dominating Life on planet Earth Pluto in Capricorn Forcing collective awareness Teaching the importance of ethics and honesty Of respect and accountability Pluto in Capricorn Bringing death to structures that no longer serve The greater good of all Bringing Resurrection - New structures that WILL serve The greater good of all Pluto in Capricorn Thoughts are things… Do not underestimate the power of your thoughts Do not underestimate the elasticity of your mind Uranus in Taurus Another powerful planetary energy Dominating life on planet Earth At this time Uranus in Taurus The Rule Breaker In the sign of the physical world Uranus in Taurus The Liberator In the sign of our physical bodies and our senses Uranus in Taurus The world turned upside down Uranus in Taurus Each day In front of our eyes The world is ending and beginning And while we may feel Completely helpless And vulnerable We must be courageous And remember That the beginning is in the ending And with Consciousness and Love We must midwife ourselves And the world As both are reborn PAUSE Powerful Alignments Unite Societies Everywhere |
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