I couldn't connect with the miracle bit, until I read this:
Quote: "Remember when this happened and I couldn’t see any possible way it would work out, and then it did"
This made me realize, I had several miracles, here is one:
It happened on the desert road in Syria, between Deir el Zour and Palmyra. Distance about 120 miles. I decided to arrive at Palmyra at 5:00 pm. For this I had to maintain an average speed of 110 mph.
On this road you can see cars 2 miles away and slow down. On that day to succeed in my challenge, I didn't slowdown. There was a white Hyundai pickup truck coming, when he was about some 60 feet ahead of me, he took a left turn and cut my way. Braking would be useless, natural reaction would be to go extreme right, but I would be off the road = instant death at my speed. My subconscious opted to go left aiming at the 1 foot clearance opening behind the truck. Of course if clearance is not enough or if a car happens to be coming behind the tuck it would be Game Over. The whole thing was a fraction of a second.
Most of my miracles, but not all were on the bike :-)
Your life, from the little I know of it, all seems miraculous Fadi. Certainly you showing up on my blog, with such a similar anti-imperial outlook and so much overlap in areas of research in our books. That's not something I take for granted, finding a colleague. Glad you found that 1 foot clearance!
Actually had a very rich life, mainly due to extraneous factors: Until the civil war in 1975, Lebanon had a higher standard of living than Switzerland, was a center for Arab and international dissidents, intellectuals and revolutionaries, had and still has an extremely weak government ==> unparalleled freedom (in my teens, I was never afraid of the police or army, only of my dad lol). The civil war in 1975 brought it's own experiences and a couple of "miracles" here. Occupation of parts of Lebanon and the successful liberation struggle of Hezbollah. Also our generation's music of the 60s & 70s was probably the best.
The only significant wish that did not come true, was my passing away before Sayyed :-(
I think they're on alternate schedules. I'm going to try counting miracles to go to sleep and see if it affects my dreams.
It's either one of the Tao te Ching or the Sutras that says, "In everything, watch the timing." I feel that's where the miracle is. It's not something crazy good that happens. It's not something bad that doesn't happen. It's in the 'how' and 'when'.
Even my daughter's husband breaking his lifelong cannabis habit and you posting the day after I talked to him was one of those tiny miracles. To ask my question about his new sleep patterns didn't require an internet search. I didn't even have to move my feet. I just held out my hand and the answer dropped into it, like the apocryphal apple dropping on another Isaac's head ;-)
Oh wow, how thoroughly entertaining. What a great subject. Concentrating on the things that go right for us. I open up my email and line after line it's all about doom and gloom. And those who "prep" for disaster - they are doing everything to bring it about because that is what they have actively acted upon and talked about. There is power in our thoughts and actions. Noting the good means we're joining the dots. We are manifesters and this is the formula for it. What stupendous times - everything is changing fast. The good is happening right along with the bad and hard to believe but the direction we take is totally our choice. Thank you Tereza for a very lively podcast.
Thanks for your appreciation, denise. I felt self-conscious posting this because it seemed so lightweight in the face of all the doom and gloom. But I knew that I needed it. It's the only way that I can look at what's happening and not be paralyzed.
Vera's message is "Everyone's a Nazi! We're all Jews now!" (not sure how those are both true) "We're heading into an abyss we can never climb out of." Generalities are being flung left and right to come up with the most horrifying examples and comparisons. "Even the Nazis didn't go this far!" I'm looking with skepticism at those who whip up existential dread.
There's enough that we're dealing with in the here and now without projecting into the future. I'd rather take my small miracles and project them onto situations that seem dire, and hope there are ways things aren't as bad as they seem.
We have to have a light heart even though we are in the midst of atrocity all around us. It's very difficult to live in this twisted world but we also have this great opportunity to build something new. I open my email everyday with nothing but doom and gloom by activists. Open up youtube or Brighteon, Rumble or anything else, and everyone is talking about doom and gloom. I'm not saying we must ignore it but there is NO talk of te simultaneous timeline that's happening along with the doom. I'd like to talk about what we want this world to be like. I know I want clean air, water, soil.. Nobody on my back telling me how I should live my life through such fictions as "law". We can be living in abundance but our economy is based on competition and accumulation of numbrrs. Is this something to build a civilization on? I want a proper consensus system that supersedes such riduclous notions as voting for people (demoncracy) We need to vote for proposals and we need a simple system that enables us to do so. This is not rocket science but we have the thug squads don't we. We also need to talk about snitches because they jeopardise all our lives as they can just call up the thug squad and ruin people's live just like that.
Yes I loved the lightheartedness of today's talk and I love the flowers and your creativity in using them.
"The good is happening right along with the bad and hard to believe but the direction we take is totally our choice"
Exactly that. There is an ongoing choice and big forces attempting to suck you into the fear. I think when we recognize that choice - sure, see what's going on - and then choose something that reminds you of the incredible and precious gift of life that is always present, you grow bigger and more present in direct contrast to the fear-matrix. It's as if the chaos is providing an opportunity to know yourself more deeply.
ah Cumberland MD not far from where I live n Chambersburg PA just north of Hagerstown. Visit me if you are ever in the area! alannahartzok@gmail.com thanks for all your good work.
Hagerstown! My former in-laws live there, I visited several times in my early 20s when I was a newlywed. Beautiful area, nice folks. But too cold in the Winter for my tropical island blood😅
We were in Miami but had to turn around and drive back to the Carolinas on Tuesday because Hurricane Milton was going to be hitting the East side (I95 North) - we were stuck in horrible traffic between Orlando and the Carolinas. The areas we drove thru in NE Florida were hit with tornadoes hours after we left. It's heart breaking to learn of the death and destruction.
Miami had lots of rain but no Hurricane or tornadoes. Our home in the Carolinas had flooding in the back yard, lots of wind and we lost power for a while after Hurricane Helene. Minor inconveniences compared to my niece who lives near Asheville, she has extensive water damage in her cabin but she's grateful to be alive and still have a home.
Thank you for sharing. I love the harmonies of the world! (That's just what I call it) I live to be in them. Its so much fun! As I was watching your video I was thinking how nice to have a little house in Cumberland. Too funny.
What a great phrase "the harmonies of the world!" That's exactly right, it's that resonance being picked up from one note and reverberating. It's spirit adding that little spark of dissonance that makes the resolution all the sweeter.
Well my whole end of the block in Cumberland is up for sale. The little house next door, where my aunt used to live, has been restored in its original style. He's asking $149K although I think that's overpriced by 10-20K. My neighbor Robbie, who I grew up with, is selling the family 4BR home on his adjoined property. An agent gave him comparables at $170K, although he thinks that's a little high.
I see young people moving who want to put in the sweat equity, like the son of the Arkansas couple who's staying at my place now. He doesn't have a functioning kitchen, so he really appreciated some mom-cooked meals from mine. And then I see closer to my generation--women who lost the big city home in the divorce or retirees. Some, like the curmudgeon up the street wants the affordable home but looks down on all the people he sees as beneath him. But we outnumber him!
Between my 11:11 diary (inspired by Katie) which I started on November 11th of last year and my 3-6-9 N. Tesla diary, I could use a miracle diary too, actually. I’ve really taken in Cassandra’s “What’s the best that can happen?” as I try to use it as a launch pad in the morning before I get out of bed to align my day in the direction I would like it to go. I’ve noticed that whenever I’ve woken up into chaos (say, my youngest has a bad dream and wakes the house prematurely or when the dog barks at something) I spend the day reacting to things instead of surfing on the waves of events.
I’m wanting to do a post about synchronicities and ask people to share stories (as you have done in your video which I have to watch to find out but can’t do until later, tease!) so we can see how common miracles actually are. I have a few I want to share myself.
I wanted to find the time to also comment more eloquently on your last post but didn’t come around to it. But I had a thought about a meme based on your definition of good and evil and suffering and enabling healing/suffering. Perhaps Amy would be down to create an AI render based on it and you can find to say it pithily and we can help proliferate it into the world. Mathew did a locals podcast yesterday talking about demons too and his interpretation of Moloch reminded me of your quote in an indirect way.
I love the image of you surfing on the waves of events, Tonika. I'll let Cassandra know that her question has found a home with you. I know she'll be honored.
I think of you as living in the miracle. Goddess knows, not because your circumstances are easy. Rather because you keep answering your circumstances joyfully, like your life is a dance partner who's initiating some intricate steps, knowing that you can keep up.
When I came to UC Santa Cruz, the professor I came to study with was intrigued by synchronicities. Despite having invented my own major in the Psych of Creativity, a field he'd founded, and that he graduated from my small Catholic college in Philly, I didn't get it. I thought he'd done too much acid in his research with Timothy Leary. He died decades ago, so I figure he's hearing my apology.
I'd love to see that meme and I'm sure Amy would be down. She's gently nudged me on the OMGdess trifecta and I've realized I'm making too big a deal of it and it's paralyzing me. I need to record something wholly inadequate so I can get that ball rolling.
A visual definition of good and evil would, I think, be a powerful thing to proliferate into the world and our thinking. I'd distinguish that doing better is enabling people to alleviate suffering--their own or others--but evil isn't enabling people to cause suffering. No one, imho, wants to cause suffering. Our desire to help others is so strong that it takes the combined force of religions, politics, education, 'healthcare', media and economics to force us to override our basic nature. That's why I think we'd rebound like a rubber band if we pried their fingers off.
Thanks for the energy and great ideas! Curious about Mathew's take on demons and Moloch.
I haven’t read Franklin’s post but I am saving it to return to (and not only because my son has the same name. 😂) Cassandra’s question sits well with me because, even though I had never quite framed it like this, ever since I was a child, I think I had the ability to nudge events in the direction that I wanted until one day I thought my nudging (by wishing for what’s the best that could happen FOR ME 😂 I was like 9) caused lots of damage. I’ll save the story for the post (whenever I get the chance to write again! Sheesh!)
Of course you had a prof who did LSD! 😂 I bet he had some wild stories!
No worries and stress on the Goddess project. It’ll come when it needs to come. Perhaps it’s biding it’s time because it’s waiting for something to unfold. You know Amy and I will be here to tap into it whenever.
If Mathew posts the video on Rumble, I’ll come back and post a link. I don’t want to misrepresent what he said but it sounded a lot like incentives driven and not actual demons and it reminded me of your quote.
Speaking to yr 9 yr old little adorable self, the Course says that we can't know how everything that happens will affect everyone else. But spirit does. The spirit of wholeness can blend and choreograph all events so they have the best possible outcome for everyone. So you don't need to nudge, because you don't know. At the same time, your nudging can't hurt because it's only when it's joined with the will of God for everyone's good that it has power. Otherwise, it's just an idle wish.
When you and I ask, 'What's the best that can happen?' it's generally something where what's going to be best for everyone isn't obvious. I have those conundrums. And globally, we're certainly in one of those conundrums now. Writing a script that makes it all turn out okay has power because it shows that possibility. Even if something different works out, it changed the inevitability that things would stay the same. For all the insanity, I'm glad things are changing that I never thought I'd see in my lifetime--even for the worse because it shows they can change for the better.
I really appreciate you saying that. Actually, I’m going to save this comment to include in my story (whenever I get around to writing it, and if you don’t mind) because this explains and frames a miracle’s journey in a way that makes sense but also in a way that amplifies intention. My intention is never to hurt anyone or cause damage. The dance with the universe/god/source is a more mature understanding than what I had as a child where the story of separation has you thinking you’re not part of the entire cosmic whole, but just a lonely wizard doing magic thing TO instead of WITH. Thanks, T. 🤗
"Logic can extend intuition into new realms of possibility. It’s not a gatekeeper." And thanks for stating that so clearly. I do think it's the logical part of us that's been targeted for hijacking, (the heart is far more powerful in its EMF and reach so if we can keep people in their heads they are instantly less powerful as frequency beings) and if we reside solely or even mostly there we'll be led to insane inverse illogic in the name of it. "Trust The Science" and "Censor to Protect Democracy" kind of thing.
Always some kind of balance required and we each have to figure that out. Nature always reorients for me and humbles me and gratitude just naturally shows up when I abide there.
Thank you so much, Kathleen. As I said on Rumble, it always gives me courage to know that you'll be watching because I know you'll get it and welcome both the intuitive and logical.
Although I don't voice it, the phrase that keeps coming back to me in Santa Cruz is 'mushy liberal'. A neighbor said recently, "I just think everyone who wants to live in SC should be able to." That includes students, homeless, immigrants, tourists. Everyone except our kids.
What I see being targeting in liberals is the heart. Everyone deserves food, education, housing. Meanwhile, an angry homeless guy walked between rows of traffic, coming up to driver windows and yelling at them. Then my daughter and I walked into a store where a woman was ranting and crying. We were the only customers and, as we were checking out, the young salesclerk told her she needed to leave. I think she wanted us there in case anything happened.
So there's no logic, no thinking through of policies and their consequences. If someone is twisting logic, it gives you an opening to show why it's illogical. But if they're twisting their heartstrings and people don't want to think about it, they just want you to DO SOMETHING, it makes this town easy prey.
You know after I wrote that - on the mental being more easily hijacked - I was reflecting on it. Yes emotions so key, laid bare with the masks, jabs and open borders, etc. So I agree.
With Covid when I would attempt to bring that basic logic into it, I was instantly dismissed (often with anger, not concern) because EVERYONE knew masks worked and what was wrong with me not wearing one - clearly I didn't care.
I saw that as a mental capture - authorities and experts knew better than me. Many people simply couldn't access their own minds to stay in conversation, their emotions (not the same as heart really) hijacked but only because they accepted those external authorities who were directing them outside logic, directing them away from their own ability to think.
It's both then but which came first? I'd say the mental first, since we are a materialistic society that dismisses intuition, that elevated scientists, doctors and experts, and relied on them to steer us. If what I think and know doesn't have a place in navigating my choices, that puts me a very vulnerable place. Out-of-control really and outbursts of emotion will likely follow. Emotions are like children in need of attention, feelings are our teachers. (Forget where I read that.)
The virtue signalers may well have been worried about granny, but they had no compassion for the non-compliers. That's an emotional hijack, based on an acceptance of external authority first.
More deeply, based on a separation between the world and us. We're not part of Nature, we're separate and can't trust life.
When we actually utilize our hearts, we have room for all of life, can include logic, and know something intelligent and loving is behind all this.
Don't know if you watched the Dr. Jack Kruse I had included in my last post but in it he discusses the new iterations of MK Ultra and how universities are where they mainly utilize it. It's a full-on take-over program and we've all seen how successful it is. Sigh.
Thanks Tereza, helpful to think through these elements.
You help me too, Kathleen, to think through these elements. It's not simple figuring out how they've pulled this off. Especially if you don't dismiss everyone who fell for it as stupid sheeple who are greedy, lazy followers. Listening to Meryl and Vera in the video I linked in one comment was just sickening. They're so smug in their moral superiority to everyone else. Tessa just looks uncomfortable but goes along. If there was any question in my mind about them, it settled it.
Everything we're talking about is a metaphor so, in a sense (the sensory world), it doesn't disagree. I've just found it impossible to change someone's emotions except through logic--and even then ... as we both know. Every person who was afraid for their own health or a loved one won the argument over masks, isolation, social distancing, vaccines. It didn't matter how many facts were on our side.
I think fear puts people in a place of accepting authority, which is why liberals were able to be herded even though they're usually cats with as many agendas as there are people in the room. I didn't watch the Kruse video but I'll go back to it. That makes an intuitive and dismal sense to me. Thanks, Kathleen!
The following summarizes some of my experiences and observations in reacting to Helene in the first few days afterward. And the point I want to make is that the local communities stepped up and did what needed to be done. And are still at it today. I will post this on multiple stacks as I know there are a lot of questions and theorizing going on.
Although widespread throughout the region, damage is localized based on various causes. One must keep in mind that the area is mountainous and heavily forested. That means high elevations, deep ravines, and valleys with varying sizes of streams and rivers. Infrastructure was taken out by micro wind burst (common in the mountains), tornadoes (not common), and heavy rain up to 20inches over 12 hours in the mountain and forest watershed (probably 3-4 times what a typical “bad” storm would be). It was a generally pleasant and dry ish summer although it had been raining before the storm arrived. So the ground was pre- saturated. Isolation resulted from trees across roads and power lines, mud slides, and bridges washing away. Cell service was down although EMS told us you could still dial 911 so I suspect the towers were either running on generators and restricted in power, or they just plain throttled service.
In my area the roads were blocked by trees, bridges washed out, and mountain-side roads washed away. My wife was at the house during the storm but I was away. A neighbor with satellite internet and a generator informed me the wife and house were okay. The house has a unique vantage point to multiple elements of the storm and the aftermath. It sits at a mid elevation deep in a cove on top of a ravine within 50 ft of a year round stream. It was dark and she heard the trees crashing and boulders rolling down the stream but otherwise did not feel threatened by the havoc happening outside.
It took me 2 days to figure out how to get in the area. I had to bypass a highway patrol roadblock and hike 2 miles across the only bridge still up. A train trestle. By the time I got there the neighbors had cleared a single lane through the main community road and my driveway in case my wife wanted to get to the valley floor to evacuate. She chose to stay because she had water, food, and viable shelter where she was. When I arrived I found a tornado had landed 50 feet from the house and cut a 90 degree arc along the cove ridge north of the house. 100foot high oaks and maples were tossed around like match sticks. A dozen or more fell on the driveway. Amazing nothing hit the house. There were 2 vehicles in the driveway and trees fell front and back but not on them. Clearing the road was a huge task but the locals did it on their own. The local EMS were awesome and on top of things. Checking in on each home. To my knowledge there were no deaths in the area. Then Immigration and Border Patrol and FEMA arrived and things went to shit. Local official help withdrew.
So why were they there? The locals were coping just fine. Fords were being constructed. Chain saws buzzing. Water being distributed. Quad based evacs being offered. People helping people. When I went to retrieve my truck a few days later I noticed many Border Patrol vehicles and military looking agents in new blue uniforms riding around on new sport utility vehicles but not many supplies in them. The National Guard had arrived in blackish camouflaged vehicles. Odd coloring I had never seen before. All NG personnel I saw were foreigners. I thought NG was a cross section of the US population? After about 4 days the locals apparently had enough. FEMA rode around with armed guards in tactical gear. The next day, poof. Border Patrol and FEMA gone. At best they were relocated to worse areas. At worse they were doing survey and recon.
I have many speculations. But that’s all it is. Also have many lessons learned for another time.
I'm honored that you shared your personal story here in my stack. A miracle indeed! Many many miracles with every person helping. I have friends who moved their heirloom seed company to Weaverville, NC: https://www.livingseedcompany.com/pages/about-us. They told me the same thing, that they have a very sweet community that's pulled together. So even though they've been without power and communications, they're all doing okay.
With the so-called Lightning Fires here, where we've never had lightning before or since, one community stayed to fight the fires. They tried to force them to evacuate, but they showed that they had a back route out, and they'd used bulldozers to create a firebreak. Some of my neighbors had their sister's family staying there and I had an extra 300 sq ' chicken coop so I housed their chickens and the goats stayed a few blocks away. The kids came over every day to feed them. That was the only community that kept their homes.
May I tell your story in another post? So glad that you and yours are safe, Mike.
You may use but please emphasize the community response. The residents in the immediate community stepped up although many are elderly. The local EMS was on the other side of the river but they managed to get into the area using local earth moving equipment. NC DOT got going right away on the roads and smaller bridges. The power company (a coop) did the impossible. New poles, reset wire and we had power back last Tuesday night. I would have figured weeks. Spotty cell service the next few days but now better. I must admit I really enjoyed the lack of phone and internet. Life moved at a different pace.
I’m still trying to parse the government actions. Initially they were pushing evacuation. The first day our, and our neighbors water tanks were mysteriously drained. And the way they tried to restrict access to residents initially. The Border Patrol was totally uncalled for. Military type guys riding around in new sport utility vehicles. Foreign NG in black camouflaged trucks. FEMA with armed escort. It was quite a display. Never saw any of them with supplies. Except for one packed with beer! I was concerned they might use the event do a land grab for their agenda. The wife had similar vibes so she was not going to leave. After a few days the locals let it be known they could handle the situation, weren’t going anywhere, and any move that way would not be met passively. Message sent and apparently received. I’m sure we got a special mark on the op map. We were fairly prepared as were the other full time residents. Kind of comes with the territory when you live in the boonies 20 miles from shopping.
Yes, the community response is exactly what I want to emphasize, for you and my friends in Weaverville. It's a very inspiring story and I feel other people are going to want to (need to) hear it.
"The miracle isn’t something we cause, it’s something we recognize." Yes! And I think that our very belief in the presence and inevitability of miracles CAN cause them to occur. Not that I can prove it...🤓
I love that you dance from one brain hemisphere to the other; your unique tango is beautiful to behold, Tereza. Thank you for including me in the dance! 💕
Dance from one brain hemisphere to the other! Hahaha! Here's a serendipity--I first wrote hermisphere. Should the other be himisphere?
It's such a tricky thing to untangle but I think it's important to recognize that nothing we do or don't do causes the miracle. Otherwise it gets into magical thinking, and even blaming ourselves when things go wrong and, even worse, blaming others for their misfortunes. Do you know Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed? I think she died not too long ago. She has a book called Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. I once interviewed her and we had a great discussion.
Veronica also talks about how the 'positive thinking' paradigm makes it hard for people to prepare themselves and others for their deaths because it's seen as 'giving up.' And I know that's not what you mean.
Here's how I'd do it, if I were God(dess): the more that you recognize and come to expect the miracle, the more they happen to other people, maybe halfway around the world who you'll never meet, maybe your inner circle. It creates a miracle ripple. It doesn't mean bad things won't happen to you, as our little group well knows. But nothing will happen without meaning. And that meaning includes your greatest happiness.
Do I need to say what a miracle you are to me? Yes, yes I do. What a miracle you are to me!
Tereza, I started listening the other night whilst in bed to the YouTube version but I must have fallen asleep as I didn’t recall any of the details of your small miracles. Yes we need to keep track of these events. I used to. And will start again.
Such an epic talk yesterday! I forgot to tell you about a HUGE small miracle my mum & I experienced together the other day. Sending love from LDN 💕
Wow!!! These are beautiful word Tereza. When you put moments in perspective life is more… peaceful and contentment is more abundant. My journey yesterday was full of those moments but I approached the setbacks with a thankful heart and we had a great day! 🙏
I watched your video yesterday on YouTube, I enjoyed the ride! As I followed your stories an old memory popped in my head. A former client, a young, mega wealthy Jewish guy who introduced me to a disciple of the Dali Lama, who was a guest at his Miami Beach home, lectured me once about serendipity and how it kept happening with me. He said it was my being "open" and allowing the universe to do it's job. He's an energy healer and a doctor of Chinese Medicine, super duper woowoo.
That's what kept popping in my little brain - serendipity because you were open to allowing the universe/God to work its magic and everything fell into place. Miracles happen if we surrender to the higher power.
I love your combination of making fun of the guy, who seems quite full of himself, and accepting the credit because you were a natural magnet for serendipity. And what a great word that is, eh?
I like to believe that miracles are happening all the time, even when people are fighting them tooth and nail. When people are dead-set (there's a word!) and determined to be miserable and see themselves as victim, God can't interfere with their will. But spirit can work a little mischief and poke a few holes in their gloom and doom, showing they're in 'light abundant, unaware' to quote my own poem: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/p/happy-rising-day.
"I cover these from a feminine perspective of seeking to understand why people do things."
I'm glad you're doing this, because the "why" of things puzzles me endlessly and frustratingly. I seem to remember a conversation we had about the Scamdemic psyops where you said I should focus on the "what" more than the "why". Lately, I've even started to lose interest in the "what" of the Scamdemic (beyond what affects those close to me), and have been returning to nature and music, my primary sources of joy.
Thank you, Mark, and I know you won't be offended when I say you take a very feminine perspective yourself. You go between logic and intuition, and always show an appreciation for the human side, the relationships.
I remember that conversation. I think what I meant was in trying to convince other people. In my experience, they're always wanting to go towards, "Why would they be doing [this]?" with This being a variable that changes daily. So for those people, I try to stick with what's happening and see if they'll acknowledge it, without supplying all the reasons you and I know well.
For us, we're stuck with brains that are always going to try to figure out why. But I agree about losing interest in the exact 'what'. You and Kathleen have in common that return to nature, and you and Amy share the return to music as a place of grounding. Good company to be in.
I couldn't connect with the miracle bit, until I read this:
Quote: "Remember when this happened and I couldn’t see any possible way it would work out, and then it did"
This made me realize, I had several miracles, here is one:
It happened on the desert road in Syria, between Deir el Zour and Palmyra. Distance about 120 miles. I decided to arrive at Palmyra at 5:00 pm. For this I had to maintain an average speed of 110 mph.
On this road you can see cars 2 miles away and slow down. On that day to succeed in my challenge, I didn't slowdown. There was a white Hyundai pickup truck coming, when he was about some 60 feet ahead of me, he took a left turn and cut my way. Braking would be useless, natural reaction would be to go extreme right, but I would be off the road = instant death at my speed. My subconscious opted to go left aiming at the 1 foot clearance opening behind the truck. Of course if clearance is not enough or if a car happens to be coming behind the tuck it would be Game Over. The whole thing was a fraction of a second.
Most of my miracles, but not all were on the bike :-)
Your life, from the little I know of it, all seems miraculous Fadi. Certainly you showing up on my blog, with such a similar anti-imperial outlook and so much overlap in areas of research in our books. That's not something I take for granted, finding a colleague. Glad you found that 1 foot clearance!
:-) yep and we are about same age too....
Actually had a very rich life, mainly due to extraneous factors: Until the civil war in 1975, Lebanon had a higher standard of living than Switzerland, was a center for Arab and international dissidents, intellectuals and revolutionaries, had and still has an extremely weak government ==> unparalleled freedom (in my teens, I was never afraid of the police or army, only of my dad lol). The civil war in 1975 brought it's own experiences and a couple of "miracles" here. Occupation of parts of Lebanon and the successful liberation struggle of Hezbollah. Also our generation's music of the 60s & 70s was probably the best.
The only significant wish that did not come true, was my passing away before Sayyed :-(
I had a similar podcast!!! Why we should journal our miracles: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/why-you-need-to-journal-your-miracles
I'd say 'What a crazy coincidence!' but clearly, neither of us believe in those. Thank you, Franklin, for sharing that!
I now have both a dream diary and a miracle diary on my to-do list!
I think they're on alternate schedules. I'm going to try counting miracles to go to sleep and see if it affects my dreams.
It's either one of the Tao te Ching or the Sutras that says, "In everything, watch the timing." I feel that's where the miracle is. It's not something crazy good that happens. It's not something bad that doesn't happen. It's in the 'how' and 'when'.
Even my daughter's husband breaking his lifelong cannabis habit and you posting the day after I talked to him was one of those tiny miracles. To ask my question about his new sleep patterns didn't require an internet search. I didn't even have to move my feet. I just held out my hand and the answer dropped into it, like the apocryphal apple dropping on another Isaac's head ;-)
Oh wow, how thoroughly entertaining. What a great subject. Concentrating on the things that go right for us. I open up my email and line after line it's all about doom and gloom. And those who "prep" for disaster - they are doing everything to bring it about because that is what they have actively acted upon and talked about. There is power in our thoughts and actions. Noting the good means we're joining the dots. We are manifesters and this is the formula for it. What stupendous times - everything is changing fast. The good is happening right along with the bad and hard to believe but the direction we take is totally our choice. Thank you Tereza for a very lively podcast.
Thanks for your appreciation, denise. I felt self-conscious posting this because it seemed so lightweight in the face of all the doom and gloom. But I knew that I needed it. It's the only way that I can look at what's happening and not be paralyzed.
Since writing that article on the Cull-de-Sac, I've been looking more at whether fear is being hyped by those on 'our own side.' For the purpose of analyzing propaganda, I'm watching Meryl, Vera and Tessa in Edge of the Abyss: https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/chd-tv/shows/good-morning-chd/edge-of-the-abyss-with-dr-meryl-nass-and-vera-sharav/.
Vera's message is "Everyone's a Nazi! We're all Jews now!" (not sure how those are both true) "We're heading into an abyss we can never climb out of." Generalities are being flung left and right to come up with the most horrifying examples and comparisons. "Even the Nazis didn't go this far!" I'm looking with skepticism at those who whip up existential dread.
There's enough that we're dealing with in the here and now without projecting into the future. I'd rather take my small miracles and project them onto situations that seem dire, and hope there are ways things aren't as bad as they seem.
We have to have a light heart even though we are in the midst of atrocity all around us. It's very difficult to live in this twisted world but we also have this great opportunity to build something new. I open my email everyday with nothing but doom and gloom by activists. Open up youtube or Brighteon, Rumble or anything else, and everyone is talking about doom and gloom. I'm not saying we must ignore it but there is NO talk of te simultaneous timeline that's happening along with the doom. I'd like to talk about what we want this world to be like. I know I want clean air, water, soil.. Nobody on my back telling me how I should live my life through such fictions as "law". We can be living in abundance but our economy is based on competition and accumulation of numbrrs. Is this something to build a civilization on? I want a proper consensus system that supersedes such riduclous notions as voting for people (demoncracy) We need to vote for proposals and we need a simple system that enables us to do so. This is not rocket science but we have the thug squads don't we. We also need to talk about snitches because they jeopardise all our lives as they can just call up the thug squad and ruin people's live just like that.
Yes I loved the lightheartedness of today's talk and I love the flowers and your creativity in using them.
"The good is happening right along with the bad and hard to believe but the direction we take is totally our choice"
Exactly that. There is an ongoing choice and big forces attempting to suck you into the fear. I think when we recognize that choice - sure, see what's going on - and then choose something that reminds you of the incredible and precious gift of life that is always present, you grow bigger and more present in direct contrast to the fear-matrix. It's as if the chaos is providing an opportunity to know yourself more deeply.
Exactly 💯.
ah Cumberland MD not far from where I live n Chambersburg PA just north of Hagerstown. Visit me if you are ever in the area! alannahartzok@gmail.com thanks for all your good work.
Howdy, neighbor! I drive past you on my way to and from BWI. Next visit!
Hagerstown! My former in-laws live there, I visited several times in my early 20s when I was a newlywed. Beautiful area, nice folks. But too cold in the Winter for my tropical island blood😅
Yes, I can see that. Wow, you married young. Are you in Florida, Vilma? Are you doing okay?
We were in Miami but had to turn around and drive back to the Carolinas on Tuesday because Hurricane Milton was going to be hitting the East side (I95 North) - we were stuck in horrible traffic between Orlando and the Carolinas. The areas we drove thru in NE Florida were hit with tornadoes hours after we left. It's heart breaking to learn of the death and destruction.
Miami had lots of rain but no Hurricane or tornadoes. Our home in the Carolinas had flooding in the back yard, lots of wind and we lost power for a while after Hurricane Helene. Minor inconveniences compared to my niece who lives near Asheville, she has extensive water damage in her cabin but she's grateful to be alive and still have a home.
Grateful for the important things in life!
Thank you for sharing. I love the harmonies of the world! (That's just what I call it) I live to be in them. Its so much fun! As I was watching your video I was thinking how nice to have a little house in Cumberland. Too funny.
What a great phrase "the harmonies of the world!" That's exactly right, it's that resonance being picked up from one note and reverberating. It's spirit adding that little spark of dissonance that makes the resolution all the sweeter.
Well my whole end of the block in Cumberland is up for sale. The little house next door, where my aunt used to live, has been restored in its original style. He's asking $149K although I think that's overpriced by 10-20K. My neighbor Robbie, who I grew up with, is selling the family 4BR home on his adjoined property. An agent gave him comparables at $170K, although he thinks that's a little high.
I see young people moving who want to put in the sweat equity, like the son of the Arkansas couple who's staying at my place now. He doesn't have a functioning kitchen, so he really appreciated some mom-cooked meals from mine. And then I see closer to my generation--women who lost the big city home in the divorce or retirees. Some, like the curmudgeon up the street wants the affordable home but looks down on all the people he sees as beneath him. But we outnumber him!
Between my 11:11 diary (inspired by Katie) which I started on November 11th of last year and my 3-6-9 N. Tesla diary, I could use a miracle diary too, actually. I’ve really taken in Cassandra’s “What’s the best that can happen?” as I try to use it as a launch pad in the morning before I get out of bed to align my day in the direction I would like it to go. I’ve noticed that whenever I’ve woken up into chaos (say, my youngest has a bad dream and wakes the house prematurely or when the dog barks at something) I spend the day reacting to things instead of surfing on the waves of events.
I’m wanting to do a post about synchronicities and ask people to share stories (as you have done in your video which I have to watch to find out but can’t do until later, tease!) so we can see how common miracles actually are. I have a few I want to share myself.
I wanted to find the time to also comment more eloquently on your last post but didn’t come around to it. But I had a thought about a meme based on your definition of good and evil and suffering and enabling healing/suffering. Perhaps Amy would be down to create an AI render based on it and you can find to say it pithily and we can help proliferate it into the world. Mathew did a locals podcast yesterday talking about demons too and his interpretation of Moloch reminded me of your quote in an indirect way.
I love the image of you surfing on the waves of events, Tonika. I'll let Cassandra know that her question has found a home with you. I know she'll be honored.
I think of you as living in the miracle. Goddess knows, not because your circumstances are easy. Rather because you keep answering your circumstances joyfully, like your life is a dance partner who's initiating some intricate steps, knowing that you can keep up.
When I came to UC Santa Cruz, the professor I came to study with was intrigued by synchronicities. Despite having invented my own major in the Psych of Creativity, a field he'd founded, and that he graduated from my small Catholic college in Philly, I didn't get it. I thought he'd done too much acid in his research with Timothy Leary. He died decades ago, so I figure he's hearing my apology.
I'd love to read your post and your accounts. And I don't know if you saw Franklin in the thread, who also posted https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/why-you-need-to-journal-your-miracles. Is that a miracle or what?
I'd love to see that meme and I'm sure Amy would be down. She's gently nudged me on the OMGdess trifecta and I've realized I'm making too big a deal of it and it's paralyzing me. I need to record something wholly inadequate so I can get that ball rolling.
A visual definition of good and evil would, I think, be a powerful thing to proliferate into the world and our thinking. I'd distinguish that doing better is enabling people to alleviate suffering--their own or others--but evil isn't enabling people to cause suffering. No one, imho, wants to cause suffering. Our desire to help others is so strong that it takes the combined force of religions, politics, education, 'healthcare', media and economics to force us to override our basic nature. That's why I think we'd rebound like a rubber band if we pried their fingers off.
Thanks for the energy and great ideas! Curious about Mathew's take on demons and Moloch.
I haven’t read Franklin’s post but I am saving it to return to (and not only because my son has the same name. 😂) Cassandra’s question sits well with me because, even though I had never quite framed it like this, ever since I was a child, I think I had the ability to nudge events in the direction that I wanted until one day I thought my nudging (by wishing for what’s the best that could happen FOR ME 😂 I was like 9) caused lots of damage. I’ll save the story for the post (whenever I get the chance to write again! Sheesh!)
Of course you had a prof who did LSD! 😂 I bet he had some wild stories!
No worries and stress on the Goddess project. It’ll come when it needs to come. Perhaps it’s biding it’s time because it’s waiting for something to unfold. You know Amy and I will be here to tap into it whenever.
If Mathew posts the video on Rumble, I’ll come back and post a link. I don’t want to misrepresent what he said but it sounded a lot like incentives driven and not actual demons and it reminded me of your quote.
Speaking to yr 9 yr old little adorable self, the Course says that we can't know how everything that happens will affect everyone else. But spirit does. The spirit of wholeness can blend and choreograph all events so they have the best possible outcome for everyone. So you don't need to nudge, because you don't know. At the same time, your nudging can't hurt because it's only when it's joined with the will of God for everyone's good that it has power. Otherwise, it's just an idle wish.
When you and I ask, 'What's the best that can happen?' it's generally something where what's going to be best for everyone isn't obvious. I have those conundrums. And globally, we're certainly in one of those conundrums now. Writing a script that makes it all turn out okay has power because it shows that possibility. Even if something different works out, it changed the inevitability that things would stay the same. For all the insanity, I'm glad things are changing that I never thought I'd see in my lifetime--even for the worse because it shows they can change for the better.
I really appreciate you saying that. Actually, I’m going to save this comment to include in my story (whenever I get around to writing it, and if you don’t mind) because this explains and frames a miracle’s journey in a way that makes sense but also in a way that amplifies intention. My intention is never to hurt anyone or cause damage. The dance with the universe/god/source is a more mature understanding than what I had as a child where the story of separation has you thinking you’re not part of the entire cosmic whole, but just a lonely wizard doing magic thing TO instead of WITH. Thanks, T. 🤗
Yes that's exactly what I meant! All permissions granted, all the time!
I love all this, Tereza. :-)
"Logic can extend intuition into new realms of possibility. It’s not a gatekeeper." And thanks for stating that so clearly. I do think it's the logical part of us that's been targeted for hijacking, (the heart is far more powerful in its EMF and reach so if we can keep people in their heads they are instantly less powerful as frequency beings) and if we reside solely or even mostly there we'll be led to insane inverse illogic in the name of it. "Trust The Science" and "Censor to Protect Democracy" kind of thing.
Always some kind of balance required and we each have to figure that out. Nature always reorients for me and humbles me and gratitude just naturally shows up when I abide there.
Appreciate the shout-out. Appreciate you. xoxo
Thank you so much, Kathleen. As I said on Rumble, it always gives me courage to know that you'll be watching because I know you'll get it and welcome both the intuitive and logical.
Although I don't voice it, the phrase that keeps coming back to me in Santa Cruz is 'mushy liberal'. A neighbor said recently, "I just think everyone who wants to live in SC should be able to." That includes students, homeless, immigrants, tourists. Everyone except our kids.
What I see being targeting in liberals is the heart. Everyone deserves food, education, housing. Meanwhile, an angry homeless guy walked between rows of traffic, coming up to driver windows and yelling at them. Then my daughter and I walked into a store where a woman was ranting and crying. We were the only customers and, as we were checking out, the young salesclerk told her she needed to leave. I think she wanted us there in case anything happened.
So there's no logic, no thinking through of policies and their consequences. If someone is twisting logic, it gives you an opening to show why it's illogical. But if they're twisting their heartstrings and people don't want to think about it, they just want you to DO SOMETHING, it makes this town easy prey.
Much much appreciation!
You know after I wrote that - on the mental being more easily hijacked - I was reflecting on it. Yes emotions so key, laid bare with the masks, jabs and open borders, etc. So I agree.
With Covid when I would attempt to bring that basic logic into it, I was instantly dismissed (often with anger, not concern) because EVERYONE knew masks worked and what was wrong with me not wearing one - clearly I didn't care.
I saw that as a mental capture - authorities and experts knew better than me. Many people simply couldn't access their own minds to stay in conversation, their emotions (not the same as heart really) hijacked but only because they accepted those external authorities who were directing them outside logic, directing them away from their own ability to think.
It's both then but which came first? I'd say the mental first, since we are a materialistic society that dismisses intuition, that elevated scientists, doctors and experts, and relied on them to steer us. If what I think and know doesn't have a place in navigating my choices, that puts me a very vulnerable place. Out-of-control really and outbursts of emotion will likely follow. Emotions are like children in need of attention, feelings are our teachers. (Forget where I read that.)
The virtue signalers may well have been worried about granny, but they had no compassion for the non-compliers. That's an emotional hijack, based on an acceptance of external authority first.
More deeply, based on a separation between the world and us. We're not part of Nature, we're separate and can't trust life.
When we actually utilize our hearts, we have room for all of life, can include logic, and know something intelligent and loving is behind all this.
Don't know if you watched the Dr. Jack Kruse I had included in my last post but in it he discusses the new iterations of MK Ultra and how universities are where they mainly utilize it. It's a full-on take-over program and we've all seen how successful it is. Sigh.
Thanks Tereza, helpful to think through these elements.
You help me too, Kathleen, to think through these elements. It's not simple figuring out how they've pulled this off. Especially if you don't dismiss everyone who fell for it as stupid sheeple who are greedy, lazy followers. Listening to Meryl and Vera in the video I linked in one comment was just sickening. They're so smug in their moral superiority to everyone else. Tessa just looks uncomfortable but goes along. If there was any question in my mind about them, it settled it.
Everything we're talking about is a metaphor so, in a sense (the sensory world), it doesn't disagree. I've just found it impossible to change someone's emotions except through logic--and even then ... as we both know. Every person who was afraid for their own health or a loved one won the argument over masks, isolation, social distancing, vaccines. It didn't matter how many facts were on our side.
I think fear puts people in a place of accepting authority, which is why liberals were able to be herded even though they're usually cats with as many agendas as there are people in the room. I didn't watch the Kruse video but I'll go back to it. That makes an intuitive and dismal sense to me. Thanks, Kathleen!
Speaking of miracles.
The following summarizes some of my experiences and observations in reacting to Helene in the first few days afterward. And the point I want to make is that the local communities stepped up and did what needed to be done. And are still at it today. I will post this on multiple stacks as I know there are a lot of questions and theorizing going on.
Although widespread throughout the region, damage is localized based on various causes. One must keep in mind that the area is mountainous and heavily forested. That means high elevations, deep ravines, and valleys with varying sizes of streams and rivers. Infrastructure was taken out by micro wind burst (common in the mountains), tornadoes (not common), and heavy rain up to 20inches over 12 hours in the mountain and forest watershed (probably 3-4 times what a typical “bad” storm would be). It was a generally pleasant and dry ish summer although it had been raining before the storm arrived. So the ground was pre- saturated. Isolation resulted from trees across roads and power lines, mud slides, and bridges washing away. Cell service was down although EMS told us you could still dial 911 so I suspect the towers were either running on generators and restricted in power, or they just plain throttled service.
In my area the roads were blocked by trees, bridges washed out, and mountain-side roads washed away. My wife was at the house during the storm but I was away. A neighbor with satellite internet and a generator informed me the wife and house were okay. The house has a unique vantage point to multiple elements of the storm and the aftermath. It sits at a mid elevation deep in a cove on top of a ravine within 50 ft of a year round stream. It was dark and she heard the trees crashing and boulders rolling down the stream but otherwise did not feel threatened by the havoc happening outside.
It took me 2 days to figure out how to get in the area. I had to bypass a highway patrol roadblock and hike 2 miles across the only bridge still up. A train trestle. By the time I got there the neighbors had cleared a single lane through the main community road and my driveway in case my wife wanted to get to the valley floor to evacuate. She chose to stay because she had water, food, and viable shelter where she was. When I arrived I found a tornado had landed 50 feet from the house and cut a 90 degree arc along the cove ridge north of the house. 100foot high oaks and maples were tossed around like match sticks. A dozen or more fell on the driveway. Amazing nothing hit the house. There were 2 vehicles in the driveway and trees fell front and back but not on them. Clearing the road was a huge task but the locals did it on their own. The local EMS were awesome and on top of things. Checking in on each home. To my knowledge there were no deaths in the area. Then Immigration and Border Patrol and FEMA arrived and things went to shit. Local official help withdrew.
So why were they there? The locals were coping just fine. Fords were being constructed. Chain saws buzzing. Water being distributed. Quad based evacs being offered. People helping people. When I went to retrieve my truck a few days later I noticed many Border Patrol vehicles and military looking agents in new blue uniforms riding around on new sport utility vehicles but not many supplies in them. The National Guard had arrived in blackish camouflaged vehicles. Odd coloring I had never seen before. All NG personnel I saw were foreigners. I thought NG was a cross section of the US population? After about 4 days the locals apparently had enough. FEMA rode around with armed guards in tactical gear. The next day, poof. Border Patrol and FEMA gone. At best they were relocated to worse areas. At worse they were doing survey and recon.
I have many speculations. But that’s all it is. Also have many lessons learned for another time.
I'm honored that you shared your personal story here in my stack. A miracle indeed! Many many miracles with every person helping. I have friends who moved their heirloom seed company to Weaverville, NC: https://www.livingseedcompany.com/pages/about-us. They told me the same thing, that they have a very sweet community that's pulled together. So even though they've been without power and communications, they're all doing okay.
With the so-called Lightning Fires here, where we've never had lightning before or since, one community stayed to fight the fires. They tried to force them to evacuate, but they showed that they had a back route out, and they'd used bulldozers to create a firebreak. Some of my neighbors had their sister's family staying there and I had an extra 300 sq ' chicken coop so I housed their chickens and the goats stayed a few blocks away. The kids came over every day to feed them. That was the only community that kept their homes.
May I tell your story in another post? So glad that you and yours are safe, Mike.
You may use but please emphasize the community response. The residents in the immediate community stepped up although many are elderly. The local EMS was on the other side of the river but they managed to get into the area using local earth moving equipment. NC DOT got going right away on the roads and smaller bridges. The power company (a coop) did the impossible. New poles, reset wire and we had power back last Tuesday night. I would have figured weeks. Spotty cell service the next few days but now better. I must admit I really enjoyed the lack of phone and internet. Life moved at a different pace.
I’m still trying to parse the government actions. Initially they were pushing evacuation. The first day our, and our neighbors water tanks were mysteriously drained. And the way they tried to restrict access to residents initially. The Border Patrol was totally uncalled for. Military type guys riding around in new sport utility vehicles. Foreign NG in black camouflaged trucks. FEMA with armed escort. It was quite a display. Never saw any of them with supplies. Except for one packed with beer! I was concerned they might use the event do a land grab for their agenda. The wife had similar vibes so she was not going to leave. After a few days the locals let it be known they could handle the situation, weren’t going anywhere, and any move that way would not be met passively. Message sent and apparently received. I’m sure we got a special mark on the op map. We were fairly prepared as were the other full time residents. Kind of comes with the territory when you live in the boonies 20 miles from shopping.
Yes, the community response is exactly what I want to emphasize, for you and my friends in Weaverville. It's a very inspiring story and I feel other people are going to want to (need to) hear it.
"The miracle isn’t something we cause, it’s something we recognize." Yes! And I think that our very belief in the presence and inevitability of miracles CAN cause them to occur. Not that I can prove it...🤓
I love that you dance from one brain hemisphere to the other; your unique tango is beautiful to behold, Tereza. Thank you for including me in the dance! 💕
Dance from one brain hemisphere to the other! Hahaha! Here's a serendipity--I first wrote hermisphere. Should the other be himisphere?
It's such a tricky thing to untangle but I think it's important to recognize that nothing we do or don't do causes the miracle. Otherwise it gets into magical thinking, and even blaming ourselves when things go wrong and, even worse, blaming others for their misfortunes. Do you know Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed? I think she died not too long ago. She has a book called Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. I once interviewed her and we had a great discussion.
Veronica also talks about how the 'positive thinking' paradigm makes it hard for people to prepare themselves and others for their deaths because it's seen as 'giving up.' And I know that's not what you mean.
Here's how I'd do it, if I were God(dess): the more that you recognize and come to expect the miracle, the more they happen to other people, maybe halfway around the world who you'll never meet, maybe your inner circle. It creates a miracle ripple. It doesn't mean bad things won't happen to you, as our little group well knows. But nothing will happen without meaning. And that meaning includes your greatest happiness.
Do I need to say what a miracle you are to me? Yes, yes I do. What a miracle you are to me!
Tereza, I started listening the other night whilst in bed to the YouTube version but I must have fallen asleep as I didn’t recall any of the details of your small miracles. Yes we need to keep track of these events. I used to. And will start again.
Such an epic talk yesterday! I forgot to tell you about a HUGE small miracle my mum & I experienced together the other day. Sending love from LDN 💕
I told my daughter Veronica that we must have talked for 3 or more hrs. And it flew by!
I'm sure my small miracles influenced your dreams. Next time tell me about the HUGE one.
And I love getting comments from Neshma Incognito on YT ;-)
Wow!!! These are beautiful word Tereza. When you put moments in perspective life is more… peaceful and contentment is more abundant. My journey yesterday was full of those moments but I approached the setbacks with a thankful heart and we had a great day! 🙏
You are well named, Hope. Your comment is gorgeous and says it so well.
I watched your video yesterday on YouTube, I enjoyed the ride! As I followed your stories an old memory popped in my head. A former client, a young, mega wealthy Jewish guy who introduced me to a disciple of the Dali Lama, who was a guest at his Miami Beach home, lectured me once about serendipity and how it kept happening with me. He said it was my being "open" and allowing the universe to do it's job. He's an energy healer and a doctor of Chinese Medicine, super duper woowoo.
That's what kept popping in my little brain - serendipity because you were open to allowing the universe/God to work its magic and everything fell into place. Miracles happen if we surrender to the higher power.
I love your combination of making fun of the guy, who seems quite full of himself, and accepting the credit because you were a natural magnet for serendipity. And what a great word that is, eh?
I like to believe that miracles are happening all the time, even when people are fighting them tooth and nail. When people are dead-set (there's a word!) and determined to be miserable and see themselves as victim, God can't interfere with their will. But spirit can work a little mischief and poke a few holes in their gloom and doom, showing they're in 'light abundant, unaware' to quote my own poem: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/p/happy-rising-day.
Thanks for sharing the ride with me, Vilma!
Great idea, I just wish the suggestion had come my way in my youth.
We are indeed all miracles and for sure would not be here is is was not an intentional part of the plan!
Thank you so much, KW, I completely agree.
"I cover these from a feminine perspective of seeking to understand why people do things."
I'm glad you're doing this, because the "why" of things puzzles me endlessly and frustratingly. I seem to remember a conversation we had about the Scamdemic psyops where you said I should focus on the "what" more than the "why". Lately, I've even started to lose interest in the "what" of the Scamdemic (beyond what affects those close to me), and have been returning to nature and music, my primary sources of joy.
Thank you, Mark, and I know you won't be offended when I say you take a very feminine perspective yourself. You go between logic and intuition, and always show an appreciation for the human side, the relationships.
I remember that conversation. I think what I meant was in trying to convince other people. In my experience, they're always wanting to go towards, "Why would they be doing [this]?" with This being a variable that changes daily. So for those people, I try to stick with what's happening and see if they'll acknowledge it, without supplying all the reasons you and I know well.
For us, we're stuck with brains that are always going to try to figure out why. But I agree about losing interest in the exact 'what'. You and Kathleen have in common that return to nature, and you and Amy share the return to music as a place of grounding. Good company to be in.
"I think what I meant was in trying to convince other people."
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.