Thank you for this post and the upcoming meeting on Dec 16. Too, your nondefensive, open modeling of a heart with the spaciousness to embrace the whole which allows for true, transforming dialogue, modeled right here in these exchanges!
Singapore is one of the most expensive countries in the world in which to live. A person is also fined for littering, spitting, and singing in public. Maybe this country isn’t the best comparison?
It's also horrible on the subject of drugs. I wasn't posting about Singapore as a perfect place, just an example of certain issues dealt with more consciously. In other countries they talk about the United States as a country of extreme violence, a horrible opiod addiction, out of control militarism, and inadequate healthcare. But they still talk about great stuff in America too.
Having said that, I get your point. I could have found a better place to talk about. I had just read an article and it intrigued me...
"In other countries they talk about the United States as a country of extreme violence, a horrible opiod addiction, out of control militarism, and inadequate healthcare."
Ours is a nation of extraordinary contrasts, a play of shadow and light. Of despair and promise. Of extraordinary wealth, and crushing poverty. Of Faith and Fury.
I understand, at a visceral level, why this bothers you so.
And it's Ok with me that you see nuance in how this nation goes about its business.
I've wondered if you were planning to say something about the shooting of the UHC executive. The incident tells such a complex story about America, especially at this point in its history. And our health care "crisis" - which, just as our border "crisis" is a DELIBERATELY manufactured problem designed to cause maximum fear and frustration in the nation so a handful of greedy someones can continue to grab for public recognition, power and prestige.
Reading that story, and some of the general postmortems on the election, I am struck by many of the things you said on your presidential campaign. It turns out you were right about some things for which you may not have received enough credit. I say that thinking of myself (yeah, looking at me) as well as others.
I still don't think you're the right person for *that job, but on your campaign, you had a job to do, and as you did it you repeatedly raised serious issues and invited people to talk about them in a serious, compassionate way.
I hope at the end of this year you can take some solace in that.
Coming from me, and knowing me, may these words bring you comfort.
Yes! We can take the best qualities from all we see and apply to our own life. This world has too much criticism without offering positive constructive alternatives. Creating peace, being peace, living it. Thank you for your continual creative emergence, sharing, and daring for truth!
Dark can’t transform dark, only light gives heart to go on! Thanks again, love on, truth roots a real gardens of friends!
A couple of weeks ago, I listened to a talk of the late Terence McKenna, "No One is in Control", and left this post, which fits with the general idea of, "The world will change when we’re more focused on creating the world we really want."
23:33 "If the world is made of language, then why isn't it the way I want it to be?"
"I've heard Terence pose this question several times, and I've thought about it. I think the probable answer is that the vast majority of the language that's spoken, heard and thought describes the way we do not want the world to be. And Terence is one of relative few who actually does language how he wants the world to be, in addition to deep-dive articulating the problems. He has also said several times something to the effect that if we can't name it, language it, it can't happen."
Someone responded to me with this: "Can’t help but feel like most languages were designed that way with dual connotations and colloquialisms. Language is alive and morphing with age, but in whose favor?? It’s important to chose your words wisely for this reason, but even so, have we been set-up for failure from womb? Can any amount of discernment and integrity and conscious verbiage produce the desired world the way you want it to be??"
And I responded with this: "A simple example. We say, 'We don't want war.' We don't say, 'We want peace.' This is why Mother Teresa never attended anti-war rallies, only peace rallies."
Exactly. I remember when i was younger I thought we could make the world right, and I remember as I got older the realization that it wouldn't all be done in our lifetime. That's a point of maturity, I think.
When I see you focus your work on building a more peaceful, more Beloved Country I am reminded of why I fell in love with your books many years ago. This is such a good project for you. I wish you the greatest success in this endeavor.
Ps. I continue to read the page of the day from A Year of Miracles. To refer to Everyday Grace when I don't know how to proceed with difficult moments in my life. And to go through the pages of Illuminata whenever I need to pray or find an inspiration to write my own prayers.
I deeply admire Marianne Williamson and her teachings. I also truly appreciate the thoughtful dialogue shared here. The insights from everyone are so valuable, and I learn so much from these discussions. However, I found it disheartening to experience the negativity and vitriol from some of my Democratic "friends" when I shared that I had written in Marianne Williamson as my choice.
As Tina Rhoades aptly points out in her comment below—though we may not see eye-to-eye on everything—"the Democratic Party’s failure to address fundamental pocketbook issues affecting working-class Americans", combined with their unwillingness to allow a truly open primary (a concern Marianne has consistently raised), has contributed to the current predicament.
My hope is to foster a pathway to a better, more compassionate future—one rooted in love, forgiveness, and understanding, which are the cornerstones of Marianne Williamson's message. Wishing peace and goodwill to all of you.
Not keeping the Peace is what this paragraph describes, "The problem we have in America is that our economic system does not always support the vision of a happier, more peaceful society. A morally neutral economic system is inherently violent, viewing war, prisons, and the destruction of the earth as economic incentives."
100% agree with the point made by MW here. Why do we have a rotting democracy? Its rotten because people dont do even the smallest thing to keep it alive: they dont vote, 50% of the pop. didnt vote notwithstanding there were real alternatives like Jill Stein and Cornel West .
Más allá del ejemplo de Singapur, hermosa reflexión sobre la paz como construcción consciente y colectiva. Tengo la impresión que si asumimos de forma consciente el vínculo con el medio ambiente, con los otros/as en su diversidad enriquecedora y, al mismo tiempo, con nosotros mismos en tanto sujetos espirituales más que individuos destinados al consumo, le estamos dando sin dudas, un lugar a la paz. Bendiciones infinitas en este cierre de 2024!!
In other words, we have to cultivate love to have peace. They are byproducts of one another.
We need to act from a place of love.
My husband and I had a stark realization last winter holiday season in discussing social consciousness with family.
Despite the fact I am now an elder, I naively believed that if people knew that workers were underpaid and mistreated, those same folks would be willing to to boycott bad corporate actors.
But I was wrong. Our family members said it was ok to under pay and mistreat workers because the workers "agree," to the conditions.
If people do not have food to eat for themselves or their children due to inadequate wages, will some not then be willing to violently break in somewhere to get food?
Treating others unjustly in order to attain economic gain does not create a peaceful environment.
Perhaps the "golden rule," that Jesus of Nazareth taught about means that love is more valuable than gold.
Sadly in that moment, I felt like that our family's interpretation of the golden rule was that gold was more valuable than love.
In my opinion, the United States is going to be in for a tough ride over the next four years if the proposals to eliminate worker safeguards, cut social safety net programs, and violently remove even citizens from the United States through a zealous deportation program, become policy.
Even Ronald Reagan's economic whiz kid, David Stockman, admitted that what "trickles down," ain't the gold. We all know what runs downhill.
So yes, peace without economic and social justice, seems impossible.
I love everything you write about and your ideas, I think there all correct. But 52% of this county voted against all of the very things you're advocating for. For whatever reason they voted against them, lack of real information, lack education the price of eggs or just plain racism, we at a very, very different place right now in this country. And the failure to recognize this fact, will most likely mean we will never have the opportunity to implement the needed changes, you advocate. Your thoughts.
While I agree with much of your comment, I would argue that only about 34% of this country voted against those things. Sadly, only 64% of registered voters actually voted in the presidential election--so, a little more than half of those voted for Trump. But to be clear, disinformation, the economy, racism, misogyny, and the Dems failure to address basic pocketbook issues of working class Americans all played a part.
Thank you for this post and the upcoming meeting on Dec 16. Too, your nondefensive, open modeling of a heart with the spaciousness to embrace the whole which allows for true, transforming dialogue, modeled right here in these exchanges!
Singapore is one of the most expensive countries in the world in which to live. A person is also fined for littering, spitting, and singing in public. Maybe this country isn’t the best comparison?
It's also horrible on the subject of drugs. I wasn't posting about Singapore as a perfect place, just an example of certain issues dealt with more consciously. In other countries they talk about the United States as a country of extreme violence, a horrible opiod addiction, out of control militarism, and inadequate healthcare. But they still talk about great stuff in America too.
Having said that, I get your point. I could have found a better place to talk about. I had just read an article and it intrigued me...
"In other countries they talk about the United States as a country of extreme violence, a horrible opiod addiction, out of control militarism, and inadequate healthcare."
Ours is a nation of extraordinary contrasts, a play of shadow and light. Of despair and promise. Of extraordinary wealth, and crushing poverty. Of Faith and Fury.
I understand, at a visceral level, why this bothers you so.
And it's Ok with me that you see nuance in how this nation goes about its business.
I've wondered if you were planning to say something about the shooting of the UHC executive. The incident tells such a complex story about America, especially at this point in its history. And our health care "crisis" - which, just as our border "crisis" is a DELIBERATELY manufactured problem designed to cause maximum fear and frustration in the nation so a handful of greedy someones can continue to grab for public recognition, power and prestige.
Reading that story, and some of the general postmortems on the election, I am struck by many of the things you said on your presidential campaign. It turns out you were right about some things for which you may not have received enough credit. I say that thinking of myself (yeah, looking at me) as well as others.
I still don't think you're the right person for *that job, but on your campaign, you had a job to do, and as you did it you repeatedly raised serious issues and invited people to talk about them in a serious, compassionate way.
I hope at the end of this year you can take some solace in that.
Coming from me, and knowing me, may these words bring you comfort.
And maybe a little bit of Joy. :)
Much love to you, beloved Marianne. <3
Yes! We can take the best qualities from all we see and apply to our own life. This world has too much criticism without offering positive constructive alternatives. Creating peace, being peace, living it. Thank you for your continual creative emergence, sharing, and daring for truth!
Dark can’t transform dark, only light gives heart to go on! Thanks again, love on, truth roots a real gardens of friends!
A couple of weeks ago, I listened to a talk of the late Terence McKenna, "No One is in Control", and left this post, which fits with the general idea of, "The world will change when we’re more focused on creating the world we really want."
23:33 "If the world is made of language, then why isn't it the way I want it to be?"
"I've heard Terence pose this question several times, and I've thought about it. I think the probable answer is that the vast majority of the language that's spoken, heard and thought describes the way we do not want the world to be. And Terence is one of relative few who actually does language how he wants the world to be, in addition to deep-dive articulating the problems. He has also said several times something to the effect that if we can't name it, language it, it can't happen."
Someone responded to me with this: "Can’t help but feel like most languages were designed that way with dual connotations and colloquialisms. Language is alive and morphing with age, but in whose favor?? It’s important to chose your words wisely for this reason, but even so, have we been set-up for failure from womb? Can any amount of discernment and integrity and conscious verbiage produce the desired world the way you want it to be??"
And I responded with this: "A simple example. We say, 'We don't want war.' We don't say, 'We want peace.' This is why Mother Teresa never attended anti-war rallies, only peace rallies."
There is no perfect Country and no perfect person … What’s important is the efforts that are made.
Exactly. I remember when i was younger I thought we could make the world right, and I remember as I got older the realization that it wouldn't all be done in our lifetime. That's a point of maturity, I think.
Thank you Marianne for going straight to the point. Peace is the only path. Love is the only answer. This is our function on this planet. 🌎❤️🙏
When I see you focus your work on building a more peaceful, more Beloved Country I am reminded of why I fell in love with your books many years ago. This is such a good project for you. I wish you the greatest success in this endeavor.
Ps. I continue to read the page of the day from A Year of Miracles. To refer to Everyday Grace when I don't know how to proceed with difficult moments in my life. And to go through the pages of Illuminata whenever I need to pray or find an inspiration to write my own prayers.
I just keep going back to the basics, Marianne.
Everything builds from the basics.
What if enough people playing a game could heal that which divides us and create Peace on Earth? Peace2030.earth
I deeply admire Marianne Williamson and her teachings. I also truly appreciate the thoughtful dialogue shared here. The insights from everyone are so valuable, and I learn so much from these discussions. However, I found it disheartening to experience the negativity and vitriol from some of my Democratic "friends" when I shared that I had written in Marianne Williamson as my choice.
As Tina Rhoades aptly points out in her comment below—though we may not see eye-to-eye on everything—"the Democratic Party’s failure to address fundamental pocketbook issues affecting working-class Americans", combined with their unwillingness to allow a truly open primary (a concern Marianne has consistently raised), has contributed to the current predicament.
My hope is to foster a pathway to a better, more compassionate future—one rooted in love, forgiveness, and understanding, which are the cornerstones of Marianne Williamson's message. Wishing peace and goodwill to all of you.
Not keeping the Peace is what this paragraph describes, "The problem we have in America is that our economic system does not always support the vision of a happier, more peaceful society. A morally neutral economic system is inherently violent, viewing war, prisons, and the destruction of the earth as economic incentives."
Marianne,
You are still one of a kind.
It is your wisdom that brings hope and a vision for a better future.
The miracle is still in reach!
100% agree with the point made by MW here. Why do we have a rotting democracy? Its rotten because people dont do even the smallest thing to keep it alive: they dont vote, 50% of the pop. didnt vote notwithstanding there were real alternatives like Jill Stein and Cornel West .
Más allá del ejemplo de Singapur, hermosa reflexión sobre la paz como construcción consciente y colectiva. Tengo la impresión que si asumimos de forma consciente el vínculo con el medio ambiente, con los otros/as en su diversidad enriquecedora y, al mismo tiempo, con nosotros mismos en tanto sujetos espirituales más que individuos destinados al consumo, le estamos dando sin dudas, un lugar a la paz. Bendiciones infinitas en este cierre de 2024!!
In other words, we have to cultivate love to have peace. They are byproducts of one another.
We need to act from a place of love.
My husband and I had a stark realization last winter holiday season in discussing social consciousness with family.
Despite the fact I am now an elder, I naively believed that if people knew that workers were underpaid and mistreated, those same folks would be willing to to boycott bad corporate actors.
But I was wrong. Our family members said it was ok to under pay and mistreat workers because the workers "agree," to the conditions.
If people do not have food to eat for themselves or their children due to inadequate wages, will some not then be willing to violently break in somewhere to get food?
Treating others unjustly in order to attain economic gain does not create a peaceful environment.
Perhaps the "golden rule," that Jesus of Nazareth taught about means that love is more valuable than gold.
Sadly in that moment, I felt like that our family's interpretation of the golden rule was that gold was more valuable than love.
In my opinion, the United States is going to be in for a tough ride over the next four years if the proposals to eliminate worker safeguards, cut social safety net programs, and violently remove even citizens from the United States through a zealous deportation program, become policy.
Even Ronald Reagan's economic whiz kid, David Stockman, admitted that what "trickles down," ain't the gold. We all know what runs downhill.
So yes, peace without economic and social justice, seems impossible.
I love everything you write about and your ideas, I think there all correct. But 52% of this county voted against all of the very things you're advocating for. For whatever reason they voted against them, lack of real information, lack education the price of eggs or just plain racism, we at a very, very different place right now in this country. And the failure to recognize this fact, will most likely mean we will never have the opportunity to implement the needed changes, you advocate. Your thoughts.
... and look up how many didnt vote all.
150 million voted for no one.
50% didnt vote.
Twice what Trump got.
While I agree with much of your comment, I would argue that only about 34% of this country voted against those things. Sadly, only 64% of registered voters actually voted in the presidential election--so, a little more than half of those voted for Trump. But to be clear, disinformation, the economy, racism, misogyny, and the Dems failure to address basic pocketbook issues of working class Americans all played a part.