They rejected the left..Policies....Name Calling...Judicial abuse...the border issue..inflation effect on the everyday people.....I could go on and on......
I’m curious which policies the PEOPLE were voting FOR? Beyond mass deportation of course. Anxious to get a look at that health care policy. Calling the Democratic nominee “trash” also seems to qualify as name calling. Projection, projection. Sheesh.
This piece was not written for those whose preferred candidate won the election or who are otherwise pleased with the outcome. And because I happen to know who you are, I know it was not written for you, either. Please re-read that this was offered by someone (me) and FOR anyone "who believes an old, dying consciousness is giving way to a new one, from the place of one who advocates passionately for that highly-functional, multi-racial, multi-cultural American (and global) society that works for and welcomes everyone, and I do so as one who was an enthusiastic Harris-Walz supporter." Anyone is, of course, welcome to read. But it was not written for everyone, which is why your comment feels so discordant to me.
Thank you Steven. There’s a lot to absorb here and at least one more reading will help me process both the content and the events of the last couple of days.
Sharing your personal ongoing experiences makes it that much more meaningful.
Thanks for sharing these thoughts Steven. I have allowed the sadness and sorrow to wash over me so what emerges from it will authentically reflect the depths of my soul. I need to “feel” what I feel.
I noticed that part of my grief was focused around my desire to inspire a new consciousness gloriously and collectively that addresses the “urgency” of our social and planetary issues - my desperation to “see” a new day. That desire - that hope - felt squashed. I felt, and feel, an incomprehensible lack of understanding of the mindset that would support a person of such moral and ethical deficiencies, who represents and projects some of our worst attributes as humans; who even articulates the worst aspects of an old consciousness.
So my heart was drown to your examples of urgency, internalized desire, and the “how.” In the early morning hours in between sleep and wakefulness an image of creating enclaves of new consciousness whatever the context and whatever the size, starting with myself (your idea of purifying intention) but extending that in tangible ways to friends, family, work contexts, organizations, new enterprises, and new imaginative models. This was true before but there was a latent desire to “change the system”or the larger consciousness that supports it. Margaret Wheatley has been writing lately about creating what she calls islands of sanity. I don’t really like her metaphor of “islands”or find the word “sanity” useful but there is a sense of focused isolation but with collaborative arms outstretched for others that shows itself to me.
Anyway this is where I am right now. Sorry for being so lengthy. And thanks again.
This entire project, Sam, is about sparking conversation, "engagement" as the kids call it, and I get excited when I see "lengthy" comments following any published piece, especially such thoughtful and heartfelt ones like yours. Thank you for taking the time; it's an honor.
As it happens, I was actually thinking of YOU since publiishing this particular piece. I was feeling all Robert Muller-like (can't link from here, but I would) with his "4,000 Ideas and Dreams for a Better World," something I am constantly "mulling" as one who 1) believes wholeheartedly in the importance of focusing on what's wanted and 2) often sees our human shift in consciousness -- well underway -- as similar to the transformation of the caterpillar to a butterfly wherein "imaginal cells" of the butterfly begin to swarm the sticky, messy chrysalis until they take over.
So I was just beginning to think (and have not yet crystalized any of it) of ways to highlight -- in congressional districts and cities writ large, here in the U.S. and everywhere, "imaginal cells" of non-MAGA governance and policies and programs that may run the gamut from being developed to being fully operational. It sounds quite similar to what you are saying ("enclaves of new consciousness") and to what you say Wheatley (new to me) is advocating. There is no question that non-MAGA policy ideas and programs are popular, in and of themselves. Turning our attention to how and where they're actually playing out would simply be "good conscious practice" and your comments here demonstrate that that idea is resonant if you and me and Wheatley are, apparently, thinking so similarly at this moment.
Your "desperation [heartfelt desire?!] to see a new day" that, perhaps, you believed would be brought about or, at least, greatly enhanced with a Harris win this week will be brought about, now, in a different way or, more likely, in different ways. [ "Let go of how."] I trust you will not feel squashed forever and commend your willingness to be in whatever feelings you're having. I also trust that you will find a way to keep your compassionate heart open and your giant visions expanding. No pressure, but it's what we all need right now. :)
Thank you!! Once the initial shock had settled it was time to "go with the flow"....a message sent and so the time is now to move forward and listen and learn and not let the sadness of defeat drag us to the point of nothingness. Thank you, as always , for your thoughts and reality.
Thanks for your thoughts, Mallory. Envisioning improvement and optimal healing is about intentions in our parlance. It starts with a recognition that the law of attraction is always on and there are some mechanics, when it comes to creating, generally speaking, what's wanted from within a soup of what's not wanted, to practice in service of cultivating/attracting what's wanted. It's precisely the kind of thing we talk about at our Free Monthly Trainings so perhaps we'll see you there (see below) if you'd like to discuss this in further detail. Thanks for reading AND commenting. :)
Well said my friend!! A great reminder for today. I always bristled at “when we fight, we win” . Will be sharing…
Thank you for a very helpful perspective...it's hard to make any sense of things sometimes. Letting go is always a good step.
I guess you didn't hear the voice of the PEOPLE.
They rejected the left..Policies....Name Calling...Judicial abuse...the border issue..inflation effect on the everyday people.....I could go on and on......
I’m curious which policies the PEOPLE were voting FOR? Beyond mass deportation of course. Anxious to get a look at that health care policy. Calling the Democratic nominee “trash” also seems to qualify as name calling. Projection, projection. Sheesh.
This piece was not written for those whose preferred candidate won the election or who are otherwise pleased with the outcome. And because I happen to know who you are, I know it was not written for you, either. Please re-read that this was offered by someone (me) and FOR anyone "who believes an old, dying consciousness is giving way to a new one, from the place of one who advocates passionately for that highly-functional, multi-racial, multi-cultural American (and global) society that works for and welcomes everyone, and I do so as one who was an enthusiastic Harris-Walz supporter." Anyone is, of course, welcome to read. But it was not written for everyone, which is why your comment feels so discordant to me.
Thank you Steven. There’s a lot to absorb here and at least one more reading will help me process both the content and the events of the last couple of days.
Sharing your personal ongoing experiences makes it that much more meaningful.
We have to have hope for the future!
Thanks for sharing these thoughts Steven. I have allowed the sadness and sorrow to wash over me so what emerges from it will authentically reflect the depths of my soul. I need to “feel” what I feel.
I noticed that part of my grief was focused around my desire to inspire a new consciousness gloriously and collectively that addresses the “urgency” of our social and planetary issues - my desperation to “see” a new day. That desire - that hope - felt squashed. I felt, and feel, an incomprehensible lack of understanding of the mindset that would support a person of such moral and ethical deficiencies, who represents and projects some of our worst attributes as humans; who even articulates the worst aspects of an old consciousness.
So my heart was drown to your examples of urgency, internalized desire, and the “how.” In the early morning hours in between sleep and wakefulness an image of creating enclaves of new consciousness whatever the context and whatever the size, starting with myself (your idea of purifying intention) but extending that in tangible ways to friends, family, work contexts, organizations, new enterprises, and new imaginative models. This was true before but there was a latent desire to “change the system”or the larger consciousness that supports it. Margaret Wheatley has been writing lately about creating what she calls islands of sanity. I don’t really like her metaphor of “islands”or find the word “sanity” useful but there is a sense of focused isolation but with collaborative arms outstretched for others that shows itself to me.
Anyway this is where I am right now. Sorry for being so lengthy. And thanks again.
This entire project, Sam, is about sparking conversation, "engagement" as the kids call it, and I get excited when I see "lengthy" comments following any published piece, especially such thoughtful and heartfelt ones like yours. Thank you for taking the time; it's an honor.
As it happens, I was actually thinking of YOU since publiishing this particular piece. I was feeling all Robert Muller-like (can't link from here, but I would) with his "4,000 Ideas and Dreams for a Better World," something I am constantly "mulling" as one who 1) believes wholeheartedly in the importance of focusing on what's wanted and 2) often sees our human shift in consciousness -- well underway -- as similar to the transformation of the caterpillar to a butterfly wherein "imaginal cells" of the butterfly begin to swarm the sticky, messy chrysalis until they take over.
So I was just beginning to think (and have not yet crystalized any of it) of ways to highlight -- in congressional districts and cities writ large, here in the U.S. and everywhere, "imaginal cells" of non-MAGA governance and policies and programs that may run the gamut from being developed to being fully operational. It sounds quite similar to what you are saying ("enclaves of new consciousness") and to what you say Wheatley (new to me) is advocating. There is no question that non-MAGA policy ideas and programs are popular, in and of themselves. Turning our attention to how and where they're actually playing out would simply be "good conscious practice" and your comments here demonstrate that that idea is resonant if you and me and Wheatley are, apparently, thinking so similarly at this moment.
Your "desperation [heartfelt desire?!] to see a new day" that, perhaps, you believed would be brought about or, at least, greatly enhanced with a Harris win this week will be brought about, now, in a different way or, more likely, in different ways. [ "Let go of how."] I trust you will not feel squashed forever and commend your willingness to be in whatever feelings you're having. I also trust that you will find a way to keep your compassionate heart open and your giant visions expanding. No pressure, but it's what we all need right now. :)
Thank you!! Once the initial shock had settled it was time to "go with the flow"....a message sent and so the time is now to move forward and listen and learn and not let the sadness of defeat drag us to the point of nothingness. Thank you, as always , for your thoughts and reality.
Thank you Steven. That is a powerful metaphor, parallel, the idea that the fracture needs to break to heal better.
I wonder about the fractures we are living with now. How do I envision improvement, optimal healing. Food for thought.
Thanks for your thoughts, Mallory. Envisioning improvement and optimal healing is about intentions in our parlance. It starts with a recognition that the law of attraction is always on and there are some mechanics, when it comes to creating, generally speaking, what's wanted from within a soup of what's not wanted, to practice in service of cultivating/attracting what's wanted. It's precisely the kind of thing we talk about at our Free Monthly Trainings so perhaps we'll see you there (see below) if you'd like to discuss this in further detail. Thanks for reading AND commenting. :)
Great piece, Steven.
Thank you.