@medit8now Morning. Depends on what level talking about. But yes, in the main doing ok. If you mean re the graph, yes. I just found it astonishing.
In terms of what is going on these days? The last few days have been a bit more difficult. Things I have been pondering, & dreading, for
In terms of what is going on these days? The last few days have been a bit more difficult. Things I have been pondering, & dreading, for
@medit8now years are starting to manifest in the daily news. Makes me thoughtful. When I make a note about patterns, or systems, or foundational principles, those are the bones of my concerns.
Even when you "know" what is happening, &/or going to happen, it is not easy.
This outrage I have
Even when you "know" what is happening, &/or going to happen, it is not easy.
This outrage I have
@medit8now 3/ for Trump, and more specifically, Trumpism, is not simply "political". Not "tribal". Not "my team is better than your team".
It is the upset & anguish of watching something beautiful, something possible, begin to be taken over and turned into its worse possible form.
It is the upset & anguish of watching something beautiful, something possible, begin to be taken over and turned into its worse possible form.
@medit8now 4/ And that by such a lout as Trump.
How this has even been allowed to happen is itself a serious & deep question. "Allowed" not being a point of 'permission' but state.
If Trump were just a one off, we could endure it, as we are, and then be done with him. I am concerned
How this has even been allowed to happen is itself a serious & deep question. "Allowed" not being a point of 'permission' but state.
If Trump were just a one off, we could endure it, as we are, and then be done with him. I am concerned
@medit8now 5/ that what has happened in the country is the age old pattern of decline. It is very hard, perhaps impossible, for a country, a society, a social/political system to sustain itself in the spirit of its founding principles & mores.
Fear and greed settle in and begin to their
Fear and greed settle in and begin to their
@medit8now 6/ work. And etc...
When such things become not just fringe, but the center, the final fall is not very long in coming.
For our time, we are in a completely different context than ever before. So *how* this decline manifests is not clear. And we may yet avoid it, I think.
When such things become not just fringe, but the center, the final fall is not very long in coming.
For our time, we are in a completely different context than ever before. So *how* this decline manifests is not clear. And we may yet avoid it, I think.
@medit8now 7/ At least the worse of it. I don't know we will actually end up with a militaristic fascist state. But it seems possible. But if not that, then what form will it take? It may be worse than simple oppression. If for no other reason than the 'tools' available are so much more
@medit8now 8/ capable. And etc. Big themes & thoughts, stretching the capacity of Twitter!
A rather too long, and insufficient reply to your question. Thank you for asking. It is trying to understand these exceedingly troubled & uncertain times, & how to proceed, to act, to be, that
A rather too long, and insufficient reply to your question. Thank you for asking. It is trying to understand these exceedingly troubled & uncertain times, & how to proceed, to act, to be, that
@medit8now 9/ occupies most of my time. Reading, thinking, talking, writing, and etc.
Love in a time of Covid.
Meanwhile... the world turns... and while the worst of who we are is concentrated at the top, the best of who we are is being manifested every day as well.
Love in a time of Covid.
Meanwhile... the world turns... and while the worst of who we are is concentrated at the top, the best of who we are is being manifested every day as well.
@medit8now 10/ This best, this far deeper goodness, stands in unbending rebuke to the hate & emerging evil.
It is because of this deep wellspring of fundamental goodness, & profound spiritual strength, that I think we may yet have a chance to elude the worst of what the "pattern"
It is because of this deep wellspring of fundamental goodness, & profound spiritual strength, that I think we may yet have a chance to elude the worst of what the "pattern"
@medit8now 11/ would decree we are heading for.
I think of the 3rd Ghost. And the great question, 'are these the things that Must Be, or only the things that Might Be?'
I think we are, as Lincoln said, "now engaged in a battle to see if that nation so constituted can long endure...."
I think of the 3rd Ghost. And the great question, 'are these the things that Must Be, or only the things that Might Be?'
I think we are, as Lincoln said, "now engaged in a battle to see if that nation so constituted can long endure...."
