A few days ago, on my walk with puppy Shadow I passed by a masked mother hurriedly rushing her masked child into a nearby day care facility. The little boy yelled out to me, a big, friendly hello! I was astonished, and of course yelled out a big friendly hello back. Unlike his friends, unlike his mother, he was not letting the mask deter his own eagerness for a life shared with others. I was stunned. What a strong character this little one has, so strong inside himself that he does not even need permission from my facial expression to yell out his greetings!
Oh wait! I was not wearing a mask! And that excited him! Of course, that’s why, despite his mask, he could yell out so triumphantly! Duh!
Went to Aldi’s this morning, and unfortunately, I was the only maskless one in the store. THE ONLY ONE. A few weeks ago — pre-omicron? — I would always be joined by at least several non-compliant shoppers. It does seem that the Covid mass formation hypnotic spell has grabbed hold ever harder here, and what struck me most today was a man with whom I shared, for one long agonizing moment, eye contact. And what I picked up from him was an intense, sustained loneliness, desolation, verging on despair. As always, I then smiled and wished him a good morning, assuming (and knowing full well that my assumption was likely incorrect) that underneath the mask, he smiled back. No matter. I will keep spreading kindness, cheerfulness, LOVE for my fellow human beings, no matter what the occasion.
For what I feel is equally intense, a near-overwhelming compassion verging on unification. I know this man. He is me, in another lifetime, another phase of this lifetime. He is me, engaged on his own difficult journey through the lessons of embodiment, on this dear home planet, during this strange extended climactic moment in his-story when the human race will either WAKE UP or extinguish itself. And not “die trying” either, just die. Let go.
For some of us this letting go will be a release, a surrender to larger life, knowing that we have, as Leonard Cohen cried, in his very broken Hallelujah, “Well, I’ve done my best, I know it wasn’t much . . .” and yet, recognizing also, that we were born for this moment. That those of us who are AWAKE are to remain centered and grounded, no matter what, so that we may function as calming beacons of light and love for others during this long dark night of our collective soul.
For others of us, the letting go will be a giving up. Signaled likely, by a further deepening into the spell-bound oblivion of mass formation, rather like an unconscious lapse into amnesia, or anesthetization, by drugs, alcohol, even the jabs themselves. Might they actually drive out the soul from the body? Remember Rudolf Steiner’s prophecy.
And if yes, then might this be an opportunity for another soul to enter the vacant body, and thereby alter the personality either subtly or blatantly, in ways that friends and family might even fail to recognize the one they used to know? It’s possible. This substitute, for those interested, is known as a “walk-in.” (Search “walk-in” on duck duck go; lots of entries.) And though the astrological pattern would not change, the manner of utilizing it could.
(Wow: so now we can add walk-ins to clones and actors in the ever-morphing chimera we used to call “reality”?)
BTW: As always, how we utilize the astrological pattern we were born with (or another soul walks into our emptied body) depends on the age of the soul, and thus the possibilities for evolutionary advance. For example, I am a double Sagittarian, and thus subject to a decided tendency towards fury, dogma, judgment. This tendency in myself, I am constantly processing, noticing how I still do it on occasion, and working to shift into a continuously expanding world-view that includes all and everything, without judgment.
This morning, as usual, I checked the number of covid-related stories in the local Herald-Times, and, as usual, there were many, including the top front page story “‘Hundreds’ can’t get surgeries: IU Health’s hospitals understaffed, flooded with Covid-19 patients,” And, of course, claiming that most of the patients are not vaxxed. Plus, an interesting editorial from the new editor, declaring that she is going to police letters to the editor from now on more rigorously:” . . .this time of misinformation and fallacy is dangerous and the newspaper should not publicize it.” Here we go! I did see one hopeful story, also front page, right hand column: unions representing firemen, policemen, and other city workers are suing the city of Bloomington, claiming that “vaccination, testing, and masking policies established in December violate union contracts and are illegal.”
Meanwhile, I’ve been wondering just how what percentage of the nation’s children from 5-11 are getting vaxxed. I was so hoping that this “opportunity” would be the tipping point, given how parents have been standing up to local school boards. Might protecting children from the vax be crucial to clearing the air of the mass formation poison?
According to this data tracker, 16.7% of children 5-11 are fully vaxxed. That’s 16.7% too many. However, hopefully, it represents most of the parents who are still “excited” at any covid vaccine opportunity, and will not climb much from here.
Looking at where Indiana is in terms of statewide vax rates, I’m happy to announce that only Idaho (52%) and Wyoming (56%) have rates lower than Indiana’s 58%. By the way, I grew up in Idaho, and spent 23 years in Wyoming, so hurray for them! Louisiana ties Indiana with 58%, Alabama and Tennessee each have 59%. Interesting. Areas in the south, this midwestern state, and what I call the “deep west,” are all showing up as less susceptible to mass formation. And I bet that if I checked rural vs. urban within all states, there’d be an decided difference, with rural more freedom-loving. That’s certainly the case here. Academic Bloomington is seemingly completely spell-bound, but travel just outside, and nobody even wears masks.
BTW: Indiana University is going to begin the second semester full-on, without resorting to remote learning. Good for them! I figure that’s due to the new president, Pamela Whitten, who, from the beginning, has appeared considerably less susceptible to mass formation than her predecessor.
I’ll end with an amazing little speech from a home-schooling dad, addressing his local school board.
https://djhjmedia.com/steven/savage-dad-berates-beta-school-board-with-perfect-comedic-timing/
Notice that he identifies the fact that he operates his own business as crucial in allowing him to preserve his freedom. YES! Pay attention to this fact, if you are a young person just starting out in life.