We’re stirred up, disquieted, on edge, and uncertain about the
future. Everything seems political when it doesn’t have to be. We can’t agree
to disagree. We have to begin a campaign saying that Black Lives Matter when it
should have been a given. We’re worried that we might catch some dreaded virus.
We’re concerned that the cure might be worse than the disease. We worry that
inoculations might be mandated. We argue over whether the world is getting
warmer when the winter zooms past us so fast it makes our heads spin. There is
little we can trust. We believe we have honest elections, and then someone
wants to overturn them. We want to know the “truth,” but truth depends on the
ones saying it. We can’t rely on the media to separate “news” from propaganda.
Censorship is running rampant. We realize now that a foreign country might not
have directly interfered with a past election, but they interfered with our
psyches, about the same as now—they kept us stirred up.
Keep the people in a state of frenzy, and you can get them to do
just about anything.
Daughter dear told me a Media student said, “That’s what they
taught us in school.”
A former KGB agent said that one way to brainwash a country is
to keep them from coming to a logical conclusion.
That’s the bad news.
Now for the good news:
“The beauty of the present moment is a powerful tool in
any uncertainty.”-- Dezmein
Bluray
What if we took our attention off the bad news and decided that
we are the ones to make a brighter day?
Bullies crumble when you ignore them.
Our founding fathers set up a system that is working.
Be grateful.
If water, rice, and plants respond kindly to love over anger,
think about what kind thoughts and positive belief in a grand future would do
for people.
Don’t believe that plants, water, and rice respond? Check it
out. (Daughter and grandson are setting up an experiment. I’ll let you know how
it turns out.)
The Anthropologist Margaret Mead said,
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed
citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever
has.”
I’m counting on you guys.
There is a phenomenon among people that they get bored and want
an Adrenalin rush to get them stirred up.
We remember mountain top experiences, our first crush, first
kiss, weddings, births, deaths. Most everyone old enough to know John F.
Kennedy remembers the day he was shot. Mothers remember evens according to their
kid’s ages—“When Johnny was 6, we went to Yellowstone Park, and so on.”
Why do we need a marker in time to change how we look at the
world with a new set of eyes?
Is that what this lock-down is, a marker? We will remember the
year 2020. I’ll remember the fashion statement of the time was, “Oh, darling, I
love your mask.”
I have never put much stock in Astrology—I like to read Rob
Brezsny
for he is so clever,and gives good advice. But do the planets
and stars affect our bodies? I don’t know. [At this point, my computer
froze, and I had to close down and reboot. Was it trying to tell me something?]
Okay, I’ve done the rebooting, and now I’m back (with the question
of, “Can my emotions affect my computer?”) As I was about to say:
On December 21, the winter solstice, there will be a Great
Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn that hasn’t been seen for 800 years. At exactly 05:00 PM - 05:45 PM Pacific Time.
they will be at their closest, only 0.1 degrees.
And the wonder is, WE WILL HAVE A CHRISTMAS STAR!
That is from our perspective as the two planets become close they
will appear to us as one gigantic star. Some think this was the star of Bethlehem.
I don’t know if the conjunction will affect our body. It could have
some magnetic, electrical affect. I don’t know. We’ve evolved on a planet that
is a magnet; perhaps slight changes do affect us.
Daughter dear and I decided to do something special on December
21. I don’t know what it will be, light a menorah maybe, although we are not
Jewish, we want to honor those courageous souls. Smoke a peace pipe—that would
be honoring other souls. (What shall we put in the pipe?)
We need rituals to mark days and to keep us from wandering off
track.
Suppose you are a believer in the Law of Attraction. In that
case, you know that being lazy with our thoughts, observing what’s happening
out there, will bring more of what’s happening out there. Play the ain’t it
awful game and we get more of Ain’t it Awful. And that pushing against
something only causes something to push back. (Our cat is an excellent example
of that. Try to move him, and he becomes cement.
The real work is changing our thoughts.
“Wayne Dryer said, “You’ll see it when you believe it.”
Here’s to enjoying winter’s great high holidays.
Love,
Jo
“We are the children,
we are the ones to make a brighter day, so let’s start livin’.”
To view the Conjunction
of Jupiter and Saturn on December 21, look to the Southwest sky one hour after
sunset. If you have a small telescope so much the better. Don't expect it to be as large as the picture above unless you take a rocket ship out of the atmosphere, or looking through a telescope on Mt. Palomar.
