Each new day seems to bring ever new developments that cause disbelief and wonderment; albeit not of the spiritual type.
The speed with which the population has seemed to slip back into a continuation of their civil war (at least ideologically so far) never entered this observers head 2-3 years ago.
What an irony, falling prey itself to the core technique used by it to topple other governments around the world that do not lay down and betray their people and sovereignty under the yoke of the “American Empire”.
A betrayal of trust by the ruling classes is not just about massive financial sector fraud; collapse of the health and education systems to adequately service the 65%; the diversion of gargantuan amounts of the country’s spiritual, social and physical capital to the military and continual war;
No, its the betrayal of TRUTH.
And to most Americans it seems, their God (TRUTH) is America itself. Who can withstand the death of their God in the blink of an eye and not be destroyed? Look back in history to the dark ages to start to attune oneself to likely trajectories.
Do you think that the “Cosmic Consciousness Mystery” (Yahweh, God, Allah) might look at the current state of affairs, as in Genesis, with delight?
If you can find the time, re-screen the motion picture “A Prairie Home Companion”. A more powerful ode to an America that once was is hard to find. Given the current state of American culture and society, this film may be almost unrecognisable to most. If it wasn’t for the sheer brilliance of the performers, writers and production crew, it would be too painful to watch.
The loss of a dream has too cathartic an effect.
So much for America. But what about the rest of us, particularly those of the Eurocentric world?
Everywhere one looks, the Buddhist classic “three fires of destruction”, greed, hatred and ignorance are on the rise. Is it too much to say that there is a catastrophic breakdown in morality and ethics?
What is to become of us?
Could the new shoots of Anatheism starting to appear be a small hope? If it is, will it arrive early enough to avoid further massive destruction and pain?
One sometimes gets the feeling that the Gods aren’t too confident of that happening. And given the ever rising level of anxiety one can sense in society, like the Gods, neither are we.
Hence the import of Ms. Johnstone’s downloadable piece. A call for new ideas is critical, and ideas can come from all of us now, because the story tellers from the elite classes have finally been stripped of their clothes. BUT. That means that we have to put personal time and effort to the enterprise. Perhaps we can start by changing that inane “have a nice day” to ………….