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What's REALLY Going on in Our Nation? Evolution and Devolution Simultaneously. What to Do About It [1]

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Date: 2022-07-28

In this post I will discuss the forces that seem to be pulling us apart and some solutions, including some that are spiritual in nature, that we might employ to change things.

Sometimes it is very difficult to understand what’s going on in the world. These days it seems like events, the public discourse, politics and people, in general, have become unhinged. And that there is a lot of flailing about going on.

This morning Lynne and I had a wide-ranging discussion about personal things that then moved over into societal issues. In the community of people who care about such things, there is a lot of discussion about this time as being a difficult time of rapid human growth and why people are acting so crazy. An insight came.

The insight was that it seems that there are two countervailing forces in operation among humans. One in which there a certain portion of the population that seems to be waking up and becoming more aware. And more loving and compassionate, as well as more concerned about the future of the Planet. It seems that there IS a distinct leap forward in human consciousness underway as we become united around issues like Climate Change, for example. We are beginning to see that we are more alike, One, as a species more than we are different. That we are growing and evolving in important ways.

On the other hand, it seems there is an equally large segment of the population that seems to descend into the darkness of racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, religions struggling with each other, political parties at war witheach other, national political ideologies at war, physically and psychically, with each other, and more. Accompanied by a clear movement toward authoritarian governmental rule and away from democratic rule.

This darkness is one of fear, distrust, tribalism, and the willingness to commit violence against others in our community and the world. An emphasis on US verses THEM. An insistence of the assertion of my rights but the disregard of the rights of others. A devolution of the species if you will.

Those of us in the Lightworker Community are concerned about those who seem to be devolving. Who seem unwilling or unable to stay in tune with the assent of man. Who seem stuck in the past when things, for them, were better than they are now. Who seem to be scared of the rapidity of change that is occurring, which, to some degree is flummoxing us all.

Some of these folks are family members, neighbors, friends, national leaders, and international political allies. Some are becoming dangerous to themselves and us. We hate to see them suffer so and have a hard time understanding the mindset that insists we return to the 1950s or the 1850s or the 1450s (the time of the Inquisition which began in the 12th Century andlasted for several hundred years.)

Other Forces at Play

I think there are other forces at play, as well:

· Change and resistance to change. Change has always been at the core of the human experience. In Planetary time, humans, homo sapiens, have existed for a very brief period of time. The Planet is 3 billion years old, and humans are said to have differentiated as a species only 200,000 years ago. It has not been that long ago that we lived in caves and were easy prey for our bigger, fiercer four-legged neighbors. Personal “survival” and the stimulation of our reptilian brains are very much a part of our everyday human experience.

· Change is occurring at an increasingly rapid rate. In 1982, futurist and inventor Buckminster Fuller estimated that up until 1900, human knowledge doubled approximately every century, but by 1945 it was doubling every 25years. Human knowledge now doubles every 12 hours. Such change can easily strain our nervous system. And can make us very afraid of “what’s next”.

· The outer limit of the capacity of the human species to survive and thrive is being undeniably threatened. From our collective ability to feed, water and house ourselves, to our ability to survive the coming climate disaster that seems inevitable, to our ability to cope with the strain on our nervous systems that the rate of change is causing we are struggling.

· Our tribalism is no longer limited to small groups with crude weapons squabbling over territory but has expanded to nations armed with nuclear weapons squabbling over territory. And our tribes overlap depending on what race, religion, news network, sports team, political affiliation or governmental system we identify with.

· Our lifestyle in aggregate is unsustainable. We cannot, simply cannot, continue to consume energy at the current rate with the current technology we have. And the hope for a breakthrough in technology to save us is a pipe dream and denies the reality of the world as we know it.

Any observant person knows this to be true and in the back of our minds, in our subconscious mind, this gnaws at us every time we allow ourselves to seriously think about it. In psychology, this is called “cognitive dissonance”, mental conflict. This causes a low to medium level of stress and anxiety. Leading those of every political persuasion to adopt denial as a way to cope and not accept the reality of the future we know is coming.

Some Creative Ideas to Reverse Course

· Let’s get comfortable with change. Perhaps we need a Department of Change in the US or at the United Nations. Certainly, we need change management education, and critical thinking skills, in our school systems and in our businesses. And need to learn that change is constant and collectively as well as personally learn to manage change in our lives.

We must welcome the change that is occurring in our rapidly evolving world as it unfolds moment by moment. Let’s accept that such change can be trusted and that we can be trusted to handle change appropriately and skillfully.

· Let’s recognize the dynamic of what’s going on. When it becomes clear that the problem is evolution and growth, and the resistance to evolution and growth, we can begin to address the problem from a more compassionate perspective.

· Let’s ramp up our mental and emotional health systems. The source of extremism is often a sense of loneliness, loss of control, and a willingness to give our loyalty to others who claim to have all the answers but who are just using us for their own selfish purposes.

· And lastly, let’s learn to address our challenges and fears with clear-eyed pragmatism and collective creative problem solving rather than putting our heads in the sand or worse, lashing out at others who are not the source of our discomforts.

More Importantly, Here are Some Spiritual Solutions

First, we must begin by working on ourselves. MOST importantly it is crucial that we look within and find a place of peace and abide there. In my experience, I can have the greatest impact by becoming more awake and aware myself. And can be of service to my fellow humans by becoming an interested, non-judgmentalWitness to the goings on around me. In my neighborhood and in my world.

Meditation is THE best way to develop our ability to be silent and bless the appearances of good as well as darkness as it appears before our very eyes. Meditation quietens the mind that tends to judge and condemn the behavior of others that we don’t like. Even when it is despicable behavior. My meditation process, Higher Consciousness Meditation, is one of the best ways to develop this skill. It bypasses mind training and goes straight to peaceful awareness. Even a sense of Illumination. A good way to “pray for thy enemies”.

Another way to pray for our enemies is to cultivate the ability to observe others and see past their humanness to their divine essence. I call this SacredSeeing in my best-selling work The Meditation Book available at Amazon Books. Practice this when you go to the grocery store, for example, and shift your focus by squinting your eyes, and open yourself to seeing the Souls of your fellow shoppers. It’s a bit startling at first but quickly becomes satisfying experience. It lifts you up, as well.

Additionally, encourage those who seem the be surrounded by darkness or behaving badly to put aside their fears and their desire to inflict harm, mentally, emotionally, or physically, on others. This can be difficult to do because you might be justifiably concerned that they might turn their anger on you. If you can’t do this verbally, do it mentally and, again, shift your focus to “see” them as the Eternal Beings they truly are rather than the rageful humans they may have become.

Also, encourage all leaders with whom you are acquainted to begin to accept the notion that what is best for any of us is what’s best for all of us. And to work toward lifting up those who seem to be struggling as it will benefit the whole. Emphasizing our oneness, not our divisions. And vote for office seekers who seem more enlightened, no matter what the party.

Next, reflect on what’s really going on (see paragraph 4 in this piece) in the world. That we on this Planet are going through a transition from a lower octave to a higher octave. That we are making the transition from 3-dimensional homo sapiens to 5-dimensional “homo spiritus” beings. That our innate EternalBeingness is being summoned by the natural unfolding of the Universe in its ongoing arc toward growth and evolution. Let’s grow up and not resist the transition that is inevitable.

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Blair Abee is an author, poet, YouTuber, and ordinary mystic. His 5 award-winning books are available at Amazon Books, and his YouTube videos at Blair Abee Higher Consciousness Meditation.

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