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In this week’s episode I talk about the unfolding crisis in Ukraine.
As we look at this graphic and tragic display of the illusion of separateness, what is it asking of us as those who have chosen to anchor the consciousness of Love?
How is this an opening for us to quit war at every level, including the pattern of war wherever it plays out in our own minds.
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This short video from the head of the School for Spiritual Science in Dornach, Switzerland, resonates with your podcast.
https://youtu.be/OPSTSZ6aVQg
Thanks so much, Mark. I really appreciated the depth of his understanding of what has led to this moment, and am inspired by his vision for Europe. 🙏
Thank you for this podcast, Patricia. This essay by Charles Eisenstein echoes many of your insights. https://charleseisenstein.substack.com/p/the-field-of-peace?s=r
Thanks, Debra. I have great respect for Charles and his work, and I appreciate you passing it along.
Here’s a video that I think everyone needs to watch. It is amazing!
https://www.facebook.com/100003394321627/posts/4595975780525521/?d=n
This is SUCH a powerful video, Steve. Thank you. 🙏
I am in alignment with this/your broadened awakened view. This perspective became clear to me many years ago when the Boston Marathon bombing occurred. Viewing this event from a higher perspective/consciousness I saw and felt that there is neither good nor bad but rather a depth of suffering/separation within ourselves and God that has caused this act of humanity to play out for eons. Bless us all.
Thank you, JoAnne. I had a similar experience after the Boston Marathon bombing in which I felt compelled to pray for the perpetrators. I wrote about it in a blog post, Love’s Marathon. Your comment brought it to mind again. ❤️
I would like to share this poem/prayer
If Peace begins with me
If peace begins with me
then war must also begin with me
Beloved One, please help me
Where my mind holds conflict
may I calm my thoughts
and welcome stillness
Where there is tension in my body
may I breathe light into every cell
and welcome healing
Where there is war in my heart
may I breathe forgiveness
and welcome peace
Where my soul is restless
may I remember love
and welcome grace
May I be love
may I be light
may I be forgiveness
may I be peace.
Amen
Rev Susanna Michaelis
Beautiful, Cathy. Thank you. 🙏
This Jungian, archetypal perspective by Michael Meade is insightful.
“Putin and other would be autocrats can be seen to be caught in the archetypal patterns of the “negative senex,” the sick and dying old king. In mythology, this dark side of Saturn or Cronos appears as the oppressive autocrat who exploits every crisis precisely to acquire more power. The shadow side of this psychological complex appears in the crushing patriarchal figures who seek to cling to power at any cost, just as Cronos ate his own children in order to avoid losing power and control.
Throughout history, autocrats have sought to manipulate and control a fearful populace with promises to restore idealized conditions of the past, while restricting freedoms in the present. Tragically, mass communications and weapons of mass destruction have made the powers of manipulation as well as the levels of destruction much greater.
Psychologically, the negative old ruler represents a dominant position in consciousness which has outlived its usefulness and has become an obstacle to, and even an enemy of, a greater sense of consciousness. There is a symbolic coincidence in which Putin individually represents the archetype of the sick, reckless, autocratic ruler; while at the same time, the negative side of the archetype manifests in other would be rulers and in extreme political parties.
Part of the darkness of these dark times involves the negative patriarchal energies that threaten the health and safety of the entire world. This cynical senex energy rejects the feminine capacity for relatedness as weakness, as it has lost touch with intimate feelings and all sense of human compassion and love. The absence of the feminine can be seen and felt in the dryness and coldness of a consciousness that only wants to be in touch with power, while increasingly becoming out of touch with life itself.
And yet, the archetype of the controlling and dividing ruler can be initiatory, in the sense that it indicates the nature of changes trying to happen in the human psyche as a whole. The dark side of Saturn-Cronos, with its willful lust for and abuse of power, challenges us to connect with our own deepest feelings of nobility, unity and care for the earth we share.”
– Michael Meade, “Living Myth Podcast #269”
Thank you for posting this, Dianne. As someone who values the Jungian perspective, I found it intriguing. I especially appreciated Meade’s statement that “the archetype of the controlling and dividing ruler can be initiatory, in the sense that it indicates the nature of changes trying to happen in the human psyche as a whole.” I believe we truly are in the midst of a planetary initiation.