I sit silently after I have showered and dressed. I am having clear insights into the death of American democracy. “I’ve seen the nations rise and fall; I’ve heard their stories, heard them all, but love’s the only engine of survival.” (Leonard Cohen, “The Future.”)
I stand as a lighthouse of sorts. As the lighthouse keeper, I live in darkness just like everyone else, for it is the Light of Pure Consciousness that offers us any solace at all.
I write and post essays and send them out to a handful of people that can handle the truth. Were it not for the death of my child and husband, I would not be keeping this lighthouse. My son lives with me, but we seldom share our innermost thoughts. That is what the lighthouse is for.
I have been caught up in the hope that America will survive; now I am not so sure. Whatever happens, the lighthouse will go on. The Light cannot die.
Human beings are seldom aware of the light that they are capable of carrying, for it is not mental light. And it is certainly not emotional in nature. Clear seeing happens when the time is right and we human beings are not responsible for that. As Gurdjieff said, “Man cannot do.”
I have completed my mental education of the spiritual realm. There is nothing left to learn. There are no more rocks to look under. Bookstores are going out of style anyway, just as democracy is.
I do not know the next step that I will take, for the ladder is hidden from view. All I can know is that I must keep the Lighthouse lit as far as I am able to do so. May God help us all.
Vicki Woodyard
Beautifully written…
Something of a devine nature will have to give. Anything we (humans) attempt to do won’t make a wit of difference…if the will has been set. My son and I talked on the phone for an hour the other night on the future of America. He thinks the shift has already occurred. That we are merely playing out the last few notes of a terribly sad song. The music swells, fade to black. His optimism is mostly gone…but then again, he’s 43 and thinks he’s old, ha😉.
Thank you Vicki for keeping the lighthouse lit. Our power has been off for the last 23 hours (big storm). Generator has me still connected to the rest of the world…and your light. The candles and I are ready to fend off the darkness if need be.
🕯😘,
Tami
I agree with your son; we cannot get back to where we were. Too many gullibe people believing too many gullible ones. Garland won’t be tough enough, sad to say. My son disagrees with me on that. All we have to do is take a step back and see we are going down, not up. Families are pitted against themselves, which happens in these cases. I have a relative that worships Trump.Mary Trump knows the score; most intelligent people do!
Oh wow Vicki, I have some relatives who are in the Trump Cult too. I will never fully understand it. But most assuredly, these are the people that are facilitating our (America’s) demise. And yes, Garland (nice guy)…frustrating that he won’t just put the hammer down, swiftly and surely.