Troubled

Hi Kathy-

I totally relate-  surprised you didn't mention Fukushima - that's what got me full of despair. But I totally relate about feeling despair about ANOTHER war - I only haven't processed feelings about that yet as I'm already on overload.

We, all of us US citizens that is, must do whatever we can to avoid taxes and avoid buying from large corporations. I've asked for a 4 day work week. This is something a lot of bosses these days will buy with the economic downturn going on. At least it's something to do about it all, although it doesn't feel like much - we really need to do our best to bring on the bankruptcy of the US and end this evil empire. Time to birth this baby and end the labor pains (I have a good friend due any day now!)

Take care Kathy - hope we both feel better soon.

Wendy

Hi Kathy,

I'm sorry you're feeling so torn up by everything that's going on.  But if it helps to hear it,  I've been feeling similarly and so has my family and several friends.  I think it's pretty widespread.  It's a combination of the state of the world and the state of our lives.  I know I'm facing bigger obstacles, personally, than I can remember.  And I've gotten very anxious and depressed at times (briefly, thank God).  But then I remember the open sky the big space outside -- and inside -- and then that trumps all the dark stuff.   Not that the dark stuff goes away, but it isn't primary any more.  A wise woman once counseled people to be "on top" of things rather than "beneath" them; she was talking about the proper place of the spirit with respect to what life/the world throws at us.  Actually that advice has saved me a number of times.

I don't know if you do any meditation (the kind that opens you up and expands you), but if you don't, going out into nature does the same thing -- at least for me.  The natural scene is a direct manifestation of the Divine; it's a great teacher.  It can heal you and reconnect you to a bigger Self. 

Just a word about Ho'Oponopono...  I don't think it calls on us to feel guilty.  To take responsibility in very large sense, yes, but not with personal guilt.  The words can be said with love, nothing more -- as if by that bigger Self.  (I find that works.)  If you can't find that Self, imagine it.  Imagine that you're an angel or other wise celestial being, saying those words.  (That imagining is pretty close to the truth.)

I don't know if this sounds nutty to you, but you could try it.  It works for me.

With my best wishes and love,

Bob

[PS- I posted the above before reading FFG's comments about going to Nature.  Yes!]

Hi Kathy, hang in there, there's no ascension minus chaotic transition mode, at least not for the "us" we are on this particular planet with this much baggage and repeated history over so many eons of time.

I look at this the same way I looked at funnel clouds in the sky (during tornado warnings in Missouri) when I was a kid.  Everybody else downstairs huddled against a concrete basement wall and I am outside looking at the sky with such a sense of excitement.

I highly suggest you read, or at least begin to read George Green's first book of his recent trilogy (has been posted recently by Noa and I).  This will help you feel much better about the part you play and can play with the control of your thoughts in line with the Divine way things work without force or exhausting effort.

Force and exhausting effort are our ego's creations to dramatize a process that should and can be much less taxing than we make it out to be.  We have free will as Sovereign Beings, so the Divine Cosmos honors our way of going about this, even when it is a more difficult way, or one that has us unnecessarily spinning our wheels for some self-appointed duration.

George Green's ET guides have done an excellent job of conveying a better understanding of this right from the introduction of the first book....

Hang in there dear beloved...

Greet all thoughts and feelings you have in the Love and Light of the One Infinite Creator and remain calm and ready, willing, available to receive information through this very powerful protective filter where powers and principalities around you can do only good or nothing at all...

The process was never supposed to be as difficult as we are making it, but then again, that is the trademark of our ego centric left brain interpreter habitual stuck in the muck for muck's sake collective position of humanity right now.

It reminds me of what they told us when we were young.  If you get lost in the shopping center, don't get scared running around looking for your parents.  Stay still, right where you are and help will come to you...  good advice to this day....

Kathy, I so appreciate all that you do to support others and help our world to transform. I'm sorry you have been feeling down and even feeling shame for your role in all that is happening. Please forgive me for my role in your shame. I very much love you and pray that once your shame serves its purpose, you might transform it to find the deeper love that is always there.

I feel very lucky that I was born with a deep trust that the universe is ultimately a divine, loving place. I have always known that the darkest clouds and heaviest storms bring needed rain to fertilize the land. So despite all the apparent darkness, my optimism about love and life continues unwavering, and in fact continues to grow. 

It almost feels unfair how much I get to enjoy life while so many around me seem filled with anguish and apprehension. I do my best to have compassion, yet I have to admit I am very excited about both my personal life and what's happening in the world. If you really look around and pay less attention to the mass media, you will see there are soooooooo many inspiring things happening in the world around us! And I'm loving the beautiful, powerful challenges that I'm being presented with in my life. I can clearly see how they are helping me to grow in remarkable ways.

I offer one thought here. Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional. My own deep desire is that all beings only suffer as much as is necessary to help them to realize that they don't need to suffer any more. There is always love available everywhere, no matter how dark it may seem around us. Thanks, Kathy, for tapping into our collective sacred love in the midst of your own dark days. I feel so blessed to feel deeply connected with you and others here through the sacred love that interconnects all of our hearts. Take care, and may you find ever more joy in your journey.

With deep love, support, and gratitude,
Fred

Dear Kathy:

I too, felt overwhelmed by responsibility for what ails the world when I first started doing Ho'oponopono.  What helped me was realizing that there's no right or wrong way to do it.  I found a level of understanding that worked for me.  When I say "I'm sorry" I'm sometimes apologizing for humanity or for my role in a series of lifetimes that has brought the world to this point.  That which once felt like guilt now feels more like compassion.

What has brought me the greatest relief is when I stopped trying to wake up and save the masses and fight against the evils of the world.  I accepted the dark stuff as part of the divine plan -- realizing that without it, we have little motivation as a species to change the unsustainable patterns of behavior we've accepted for so long. 

Our pain is a way of bringing humanity closer together, so we can realize that we are truly one people whose survival depends upon us working together as brothers and sisters.  I love what Fred said, "Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional."

Here are a few things that have worked for me...

• Recognize when it's time to take a break from the bad news and allow yourself to do something happy or relaxing.
• Observe that even with the onslaught of pollutants and abuse inflicted on the Earth, the plants are still green, the birds still sing, and the sun still shines deliciously warm.
• Love and appreciate all that is right with the world.  Nature loves a lover and responds in kind to loving thoughts.
• Do whatever you can to raise your vibration and stay heart-centered.  This expands the light and  diminishes negative energies.
• Join with others in person or online who are meditating and visualizing planetary healing.  There are countless groups uniting across the globe. 

To have beautiful roses, it is necessary to first prune the bush.  This is the time for cutting back the overgrown branches in order to make way for the new, tender buds.

We chose to be born at this pivotal time for a reason.  We are witnessing the birth of a new world...one which is more beautiful than anything we can imagine.

Loving blessings of courage and hope,

Noa

I like to think of our being here as all part of the Divine Plan - and that as Noa suggests, our higher selves have placed us here for a reason at this juncture. Beyond that though, I choose to believe that the two things we do not have any free will about are both the location and time of our births, and the location and time of our deaths. This makes a lot of sense to me - as we are here to experience what these changing energies are creating and to interact with them for the learning and experience that our higher selves can take from it. So in that way - there are no good or bad experiences to the higher selves who are here participating. That means that taken from a higher perspective, it's all good - no matter what the tragedy, and that while we may experience pain from something that affects us directly, we will not and can not die before our time - no matter what happens to us.

Our higher selves are that powerful. There are countless stories of people who should have been killed in some incident who came out without a scratch. And countless more where people seem to have died "before their time" who were perfectly healthy etc. We all have our times and circumstances - and we needn't feel bad that anyone has passed on from here - as it is all by Divine Order.

While not everyone will accept such a philosophy - I find that it helps put things into perspective when trying to make sense of it all. We don't need to stress out about whether we will get cancer from radiation or anything else. Our higher selves can (and do) counteract such things when necessary to implement our continued experiences. Likewise - when our time is "up" no amount of preparation will prevent our passing. 

As Bashar is fond of saying - the purpose of life is to simply live it! How we do that and what we do while doing it is totally up to us - so might as well have fun while were here and do what feels right for us, regardless. We adjust, we adapt, we learn a little more, we grow a little more and we live one more day. Then we do it again tomorrow!