These Could Be The Best Of Times
Mutterings And Murmurs . Social Studies
There has always been criticism of parallel societies that exist within the society or culture they were born into or a society or culture that welcomed them. They continued their cultural norms, established parallel economies and societies because they had the freedom to do so. The phenomenon does not encourage assimilation but rather a divisive component of a healthy multicultural nation.
There is now an emerging culture of people who are being forced to develop parallel societies because the one they have lived in previously is being forced into separation by a very real existential threat. A deadly war was declared against them by malevolent forces that wish harm and extinction on the majority of the worlds population. Many people have given up and allowed fear to take them. They have given up and given in to the malevolent forces. They have been lulled into mass formation psychosis and distraction and amusement. Those that have not given up and given in are preparing themselves physically and spiritually for what will come. They will, sooner than later, return to simpler, more practical ways of thinking and doing things that might sustain life and humanity.
Listen.
An old man stood before a group of distressed people.
He said :
You have been telling people that this is the eleventh hour, now you must go back and tell the people that this is the hour, and there are things to be considered.
Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in the right relation?
Where is your water?
Know your garden.
It’s time to speak your truth.
Create your community.
Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for your leader.
Then he clasped his hands together, smiled and said,
“This could be a good time!”
There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and so swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know the river has it’s destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water and I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate. At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally, least of all ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey come to a halt.
The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves! Banish the word ‘struggle’ from your attitude and vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration
We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.
- Hopi Elder’s Prophecy, June 8, 2000
From Howard:
“What were once believed to be primitive pagan beliefs and customs are gaining acceptance during this time of great upheaval and existential threat. Other religions or systems of belief seem to have failed their own believers and the rest of the world or have given in to greater powers, evil or otherwise, meant to sow fear, disbelief, demoralization and confusion. Some have separated from the secular world to prepare for some form of rapture or redemption in the promised afterlife.
It cannot be an accident that traditional wisdom, tied to spirituality and the earth are taking hold. It cannot have been an accident that native or indigenous peoples that possess this lore and belief system were oppressed, repressed and forced into living in poverty and despair while those who, past and present, wanted and still want to rule the world. Those that want to reset the world and decimate it’s people are committed to this war. The people must be committed ten and twenty fold.”
Almost every culture had a place for reverence of the Earth as their maternal source and provider. Even before ancient Romans referred to the Earth as Terra Mater (Tellus) or the Hopi called Her Tuuwaqatsi, the agrarian cultures of our history honoured and sometimes deified the Mother Earth. Their existence was intricately tied to the cycles of nature and they were acutely aware of their dependence on the Earth’s resources. Historical evidence suggests that during this time the Divine was referred to as a feminine force.
Define MAN, WOMAN and CHILD.
Find your water.
Plant your garden.
Prepare.
Prepare for the worst.
Live your best life.
These could be the best of times.
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