Hope in a time of tragedy.

I do not often write about politics let alone the 'world' as I am mostly interested in the unseen world as it is a lot easier for me to navigate.  It is not difficult to sense negative or dark energies in old buildings or creepy feelings from a place where tragedies have happened for those of us who have a sensitive awareness.  Or the beautiful, calm and loving presence of  higher beings in beautiful places.. But in the past there have been times where I was unable to sense the diabolical natures of humans, and have assumed someone was really nice to find out they were not really who they said they were.  In my line of work I have honed the ability to read body language and the warning signs of extremely dysfunctional people and while I have compassion for them as they are not well, I steer clear of adding them to my inner circle of intimate friends or even working with those I know I can not help.. With this said I have had a foreboding feeling for a long time about President Trump.  He is more concerned, I feel, about his own bottom line than remotely helping our country.  We are a means to and end for him and those he helps, the 1%, with tax reductions and more loop holes than a crocheted blanket. So when I see the comments and rhetoric regarding police brutality towards our minorities I am not surprised but definitely disturbed by the amount of blatant and uncensored racism in his addressing this systemic issue of our beautiful country and all it's citizens.  And when I see the recent ban on app.'s such as Tik Tok and WeChat from the US and the apparent connection Trump has to the top brass of Oracle, Larry Ellison; who according to Kristen Martin, professor of technology ethics at the University of Notre Dame, in an article by NPR is trying to 'save' the app. from this ban, what I see is blatant, albeit hidden participation in a corporate take over of these Chinese owned companies by our President.  So once again he is involved with lining his own pockets, conducting personal business acquisitions instead of the business of our nation while our countries people die from a pandemic and people are protesting the deaths of colored people all over the country from a predominantly white and racist conditioned police force..  Just another day in America, just another nail in the coffin of our future, just another day as our natural environment  is decimated by the dismantling of years of ecological protections by previous presidents.  All I see is the blind ambition of one man for himself and those who contribute to his financial well being and ironically I think to myself this is what our commitment to capitalism has gotten us.  This rampant perspective of individual achievement and survival of the fittest, keeping up with the Jones next door and everything pointed at our success by how big our houses are or the cars we drive or the amount of things we posses.  We are suffering our own demise from greed and competitive conditioning.  We start them young, soccer with Dad's on the sidelines screaming and yelling or football at age 4 where we have them look for the weaker kid to knock down.  These are the ways in which we create humans focused not on helping each other but knocking each other down. Instead of fostering cooperation and working together to solve everyones problems, we laugh and make fun of the weakest individuals of our society.  So many other countries have had to deal with this particular point in their history where they made choices to stand up for the weakest and took over the powers that be, and not in too nice a way if A Tail of Two Cities teaches us anything.  How can we rise up and once more take over our beautiful country and it's diverse rich culture of world citizenry?  I say we simply do that, rise up and take over the country, they say we vote with our dollars so stop spending money on random things. Be happy with what you have and if we all came together or the majority of us stopped spending our money on every new gadget that comes out or new television or gaming system. or new car we just might be able to turn the tide of this country through economics.  If we just all said I am not buying anything else for a month but food and gas our country would move into a huge crisis.  Wall street depends on random spending and we underestimate our ability to control the outcome but the masses are what keeps it going and especially American spending because it is so rampant. Economics is how world wars are waged now, back room world politics are more about making money for a few individuals than about helping any one group with health care, financial assistance, education, clean water or safe roofs overhead.. We are the worker bees that sustain a corrupt and dysfunctional system.  We are the ones who can stop this but are we willing to address our own dysfunctional habits of spending and stop.  A new system of economics must take the place of consumer based capitalism.  We are killing ourselves with money and I am hopeful that if the pandemic taught us anything it is that the simple pleasures are the most fulfilling, Spending time with loved ones, eating a great meal made together.  Singing on balconies, learning a new hobby, knitting, crocheting, painting, planting gardens or home renovations.  We are so talented but without time to explore it because we were chasing dreams of being better than or more financially successful than the neighbors or even our friends was a race that was sending us to an early grave.  How many of us planted gardens this year that had always wanted to but never had the time?  How many of us had to ask for help from family or friends or strangers?  We are stronger when we come together and consider teaming up, we do not need to divide but unite in a common endeavor of being sustainable again.  Being a good force to be reckoned with in the world.  Being number one in ecological energy choices.  Being the leader in compassionate treatment of all it's citizens not just the white ones but the beautiful diverse and culturally rich ones that make up this amazing country and that makes us Americans.  The world sees us as the bullies that we have become but if we begin to turn the tide of this epidemic of consumerism and competition to a more compassionate and emotionally healthy people that can change we could be an amazing force for good in the world. I am hopeful and see just how connected we are with our love for this amazing bright and colorful country that holding that vision for a future of equality and sustainability feels possible!  So if you are inclined hold that vision too, America as a place of beauty and compassion for all; that we become known as the helpers of mankind and the builders of dreams and the hope of our beautiful world.  People can change and that is what countries are, a large group of people., not a government but people who have shared values and common goals.  Coming together to find these is the challenge, and I do think our forefathers were daunted by different challenges and succeeded so I think that we can do the same even if the odds seem against us just look at what a few people did to start this country and with some luck and Divine timing were able to accomplish.  So with the same can do attitude and some Divine intervention I believe we can create a new vision of our country.  I will hold this vision and I hope you will too.

Blessings,
​AnnKathleen/Annapurna Devi