Hi Peter,
I think many people would have read and been outraged at the post you are referring to, but have chosen not to give energy to it because it empowers it.
Branka is a wise Meshugenah.
We know the cause and effect universal law of our actions and that they
will return and we may never personally see the consequence of that in
others lives, but we need to trust that there is a Divine reasoning.
I would like to share part of a newsletter I received today from Dr. Caroline Myss and I hope it uplifts your spirit, you have many more beautiful things and people to give your Meshugenah energy to.
Shalom Gerri"Here’s a pause for thought: I remember studying the texts of the
mystical apparitions from Fatima and Lourdes and other well known sightings of
the Madonna. They intrigue me for many reasons, not the least being the pattern
behind those apparitions. Consistent with her messages to the visionaries was
always the urgent plea to tell people to pray. The apparitions of the Fatima
Madonna, which occurred in 1917, included the prediction of yet another world
war that would eclipse World War I in size and horror, which, of course, World
War II did. That early exposure to “messages from above,” so to speak, set me on
a path of wondering for years, if “heaven” already anticipated such horror, why
didn’t heaven just stop it? What’s with telling us to pray? Why not just stop
all those evil Nazis and Hitler and Stalin? How could a good and just and loving
heaven and God permit such nightmarish suffering? To say that I struggled with
this question as a child and young adult is a masterpiece of understatement. The
study of the Holocaust consumed me from the age of thirteen as did the study of
war, which still consumes me, always looking for the root of that point of evil.
But finally, in my own way, I understood a small piece of this
mystical dictate about the power of prayer. That power represents the
counter-power to psychic free radicals that also must find an avenue of physical
expression in the form of events in the physical world. Psychic free radicals
are generated by the negative thoughts, words, and deeds of humanity, and these
gather in the collective unconscious, generating pools of energy that look for
vessels of expression. Wars, turbulence, terrorism, violence, greed, and all the
shadow characteristics of humanity thrive off of psychic free radicals. That is
simply the law of manifestation expressed at the level of the collective
unconscious, and we are the ones in charge of how well we learn to work with
these laws. The law of manifestation is not just for creating personal wealth,
as it has been introduced in popular culture. This is a major cosmic force that
functions on multiple levels, including the collective, creating events that
affect the collective and reflect the quality of consciousness as a whole. We
are either subject to them or we work within them, which is the essence of
mystical reasoning. This is what Buddha realized along with Jesus and all great
spiritual masters. The turning of the tides is done from above and from within.
It is you who must learn to work with the power of your interior forces, to
scaffold your inner consciousness and build a soul with stamina, so that when
chaos abounds around you, you can see through it rather than be consumed by it.
We can look at this time as a nightmare of chaos or we can look at
this time as that which we have prepared ourselves for during these past many
years, working on our health and on becoming more conscious individuals. If this
isn’t the time to put all that you’ve learned about being a conscious person
into action, then when would be that time? Ask yourself, “Why have I worked so
hard on myself?” Was it just to process the wounds from your childhood? Well, if
it was, be done with that and get on with the business of thinking, living,
acting, and perceiving the world around you through the lens of a mystic. This
is the time to apply all the laws of the cosmos to every one of your challenges,
to approach every problem through mystical reasoning and not that of ordinary
reasoning, which will draw you backwards and into your history. Looking
backwards at what you used to do or how you used to do something will not work
anymore.
So many people have contacted me to discuss what they should do
next, because their lives are melting down around them. And my counsel to them
is yet another mystical law, which is, “Learn to think in paradox.” That is,
paradox is one of the fundamental expressions of the Divine. What looks like an
ending is really a beginning; what looks safe is really your fear talking; what
looks riskiest is really the way to go. Paradox is a mystical force and when it
is present in your life, rest assured that the Divine is equally present in the
event.
To me, this is a time of great hope because when chaos abounds, so
does opportunity. It can look as if the field of opportunity is bleak, but that
is simply not true. As I teach my students, whether you are healing an illness
or maneuvering through change, you must keep your attention in the present in
order to “perceive” intuitive instructions. These will rarely speak of what you
have already done. Rather you have to be prepared to do what you have not done
before, as your intuition will always direct you to draw on new inner resources
as opposed to relying on the old and familiar.
The power of grace is yet another mystical resource, and not grace
in general, but specific grace. In my upcoming book, I elaborate extensively on
how to call upon your intimate graces. You have to learn how to use each grace,
to become familiar with its power and presence. The grace of Wisdom is
especially useful in times of darkness, because this grace gives you the
capacity to discern truth in the midst of chaos, however that chaos manifests in
your life. The presence of grace is realized when your aptitude for discernment
or wisdom becomes heightened, serving you as a candle in the night. Turn to
Wisdom writings, either the sacred scriptures of the world or the writings of
all the great mystics, as a way of putting their vocabulary in your head and
reminding yourself of the value of wise truth.
Wisdom teaches us, for example, that if all we thought was stable
evaporated so easily, it can all be replaced just as quickly. Chaos is as much
an illusion as stability. What is not an illusion is truth. Truth is the one
constant. Look at whatever is happening in your life and remind yourself that if
it is chaotic, there is something old that must be surrendered. Look to your
interior and listen for guidance. Remind yourself that you are alive at this
time because you are meant to maneuver through these changes. Move forward, ever
forward. And think like a mystic!
Our time has come. We are no longer “waiting” for the era of
consciousness to begin. We are that era. We must now put to use all that we have
prepared ourselves to be and to do through these years. The world is now the new
monastery in the most cosmic meaning of that term and you are a mystic out of
the monastery, who has the potential to be a force of great change in your
personal life, for your family, your friends, and your community. We are indeed
all in this together – and thank God for that.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
Caroline"