re: frogs in hot water, what the people boiling the pot don't realize is that frogs have legs and are amphibious as more and more of us are finding out for ourselves as Ottawa and Brooklyn yesterday would suggest.
re: Hochul's end run around the legislature, it's revealing to see the growing division between political "leaders" deviating from Narrative 1.0 and those who are digging themselves in deeper and deeper. Look closely at the Rumplestiltskin crowd and you will see a bunch of very scared vulnerable people terrified that their ugly secrets are about to be revealed, As just one example, Hochul is up for reelection this year. She sure doesn't act like it. Why? Because she's being blackmailed maybe? Ditto Trudeau and Biden. Just a hypothesis :)
And let's not let her totally illegal unconstitutional ruling get us down. Have you noticed fewer and fewer muzzled people around NYC? Even in the cold? We're going to win this!
Thank you for being a light in the darkness dear Tessa. Your irrepressible spirit, eloquent observations and concise analysis has been a guiding light for many in these times of initiation, awakening and unveiling.
Here are some lyrics to a song I have been listening to a lot recently when I need to dig deep, find joy in my heart and remember why I am doing what I do.
"Well, I no longer fear the unknown
'Cause I know what I am here for
I keep on troddin' on my own path
Keep on learnin' from my present and past, yeah
Well, I no longer need validation
'Cause my story is long and I'm patient
I know that I have lessons to learn
Keep my eyes open, each step I earn, yeah
Well, I know that I was meant to be here
And I know that I was born into fear
But I will stand tall in the lion's den
'Cause I know in my heart I am one of them
There are lies in the facets of everything that we see
That are telling us to be scared, when all we ever are is free
I'm letting go of the things that don't serve me no more
'Cause I am holy, and sacred,
And righteous, and true, and I deserve to be here
And so do you..
The pressure always comes from the outside
I try not to let it in where I reside
Well, this is my heart, my home,
My choice, my love, my life, my path, my voice, yeah
Well, I feel my heart grow with each step
Stand firm in where the path goes next
Well, I know that where it goes is where I need to be
The more lessons rained down, more blessings I see, hey
There are lies in the facets of everything that we see
That are telling us to be scared, when all we ever are is free
I'm letting go of the things that don't serve me no more
Thank you Karen!! I am not Armenian but I have been fond of the Armenian culture since childhood. Such a beautiful culture! This song was taught to me by my friend Anaïs Tekerian. https://tessa.substack.com/p/anais-tekerian
I’m a descendent of genocide survivors. Fortunately my great grandparents on both sides left Turkey for the US IN THE 1890's. But apparently with the current understanding of epigenetics, I’m still deeply wounded by their trauma. So it’s only been recently, that I’ve been able to listen to Armenian music and feel the depth of soul rather than the dispair. Thank you for answering me. What a joy to know there are some of us who will not acquiesce to the madness at hand. By the way, I LOVE the title of your substack.
You nailed it girl. Strongly resonate. And one thing i really hope will come out if this maddness is that people in the anglo world (and especially those who identify with conservative and nationalist sectarian ideologies) will finally realize that what the empire is doing to you now (labeling as "terrorists" those who resist its dictates), it has been doing for decades and decades in the non-anglo world in the parts of the planet that the wealthy class wish to grab the resources of and to impose privitasation on (through debt enslavement mechanisms or through direct military slaughter), calling anyone who dares to stand up to its exploitation, occupation, plundering and enslavement a "terrorist", anyone who dares to put the well being of the people before profits for western (mostly american) corporations and to free themselves from the yoke of empirialist greed, is labelled by the billionaire's empire is an "anti-democratic terrorist or dictator".
Most of the people in the anglo world have been completely oblivious and ignorant of this for decades (thanks to the billionaire's ownership of the entire media spectrum and their intense propaganda machine to keep most if us heavily blinded, dumbed-down and sectarian/anti-wholistic in our mentality).
Not only has most people in the anglo world been nodding their heads in agreement with the bilionaire's empire propaganda machine, but even worse - many (especially those who have been taught to identify with sectarian nationalist, religious and conservative ideologies) have been actively cheering the empire as it is doing this, invoking the name of their sectarian nationalist "god" and urging him to "bless our troops" as the capitalists send them to murder, bomb, invade and plunder another country whose resources they covet (or who dares to stand up to the empire's dictates and dares to not privatise its economy into private hands as the empire demands).
My prayer is that the fact the empire now sets is eyes on plundering and enslaving the anglo world as well (and not just the non anglo world as it has been doing for many decades), will finally open people's eyes to the nature of the empire (especially those who have fallen for nationalist, religious, conservative sectarian ideologies, who have been unwittingly siding with the american corporate empire in its wars with very little critical awareness till now).
My prayer is that our call for "freedom" will NOT be just a hollow empty slogan becasue of its sectarian nature ("freedom for me and those who believe in my god and nation. The rest are evil infidels and freedom does not apply to them. Our brave troops can continue attacking those evil non-believers and non-capitalists"), but will be a true call for wholistic freedom, not just a sectarian nationalist so-called freedom for those who share my religious/nationalist belief system), a true awakening to the wholistic nature of life on earth and to the FACT that the sectarian mentality (religious, nationalist) can NEVER EVER bring about the freedom security and safety that so many desire (and erroneously believe they will find it through the division and exclusivity of sectarian separative religion or nationalism), but actually brings about the exact opposite, brings about INSECURITY and eternal divison and conflict.
To say it more clearly - TRYING TO CREATE SECTARIAN SECURITY AND PROSPERITY (SECURITY AND PROSPERITY ONLY FOR THE PART, ONLY FOR ME AND MY GROUP, AND TO HELL WITH EVERYONE ELSE) IS THE VERY THING THAT BRINGS ABOUT INSECURITY FOR THE WHOLE.
My prayer is that this pivotal moment will be a true turning point, a true awakening and the dawn of a holistic humanity thst works together and is no longer divided and pitted against each other along the lines of religious and national sectatianism to perpetuate the empire's push for nonstop hostility, division, antagonism, sectarian hatred and war
Plenty more to say about all of this of course, i just barely touched the tip of the iceberg here of what i actually want to say but this comment is already very long so I will leave it at that :-)
Thank you Dan! I also pray that a lore more people realize that the trick they try to play on the people today is the same trick they played on the people before, and both had the goal of taking away the freedom from the people who didn't ask for it. History walks in circles, and I think we will break out of it when people stand up for each other's dignity in earnest.
While you're at it, I would also very highly recommend this short essay https://oneworldrenaissance.com/2022/02/12/nation-states-nationalism-and-the-common-good/ that deals with the macro national and global level, the level that i think most of us never deal with in our personal lives, and yet, something in me is really touched and moved by the vision shared here, as I see the wisdom and brliiance of it and what a truly profound difference it can make for life on this planet. Truly a whole new way, a mature, joyous and sane way of relating and existing.
It shows how it is possible for nationalism and patriotism to function NOT as destructive egoic unintelligent murderous force that inevitably leads humanity into a mentality of dog-eat-dog competition, sectatianism, antagonism and conflict, of one nation destroying others for its egoic "national interest" (which is the way our immature world currently functions), but rather how to create the structural conditions that will transform nationalism from a source of conflict into a source of enrichment, that will turn nationalism and patriotism from such a destructive sectarian anti-wholistic murderous unintelligent dividing separative force, into a force that enriches and contributes to the wellness and prosperity of humanity, NOT destroy humanity (as it does now).
In other words, it shows what are the structural conditions necessary that will turn national uniqueness from a force of antagonism, rivalry, sectarian aggression and exploitation into a force of contribution to the well being of the whole, to the richness of the human experience.
To say it differently - just like a wholistic framework (called the united states of america) prevents any particular state from declaring war and attacking another state, becasue they have been bound together in the same framework and the same destiny and are demilitarised. No state is attacking, bombing, invading, plundering and exploiting another state, because they are bound together in one framework, in one federation, a state does NOT operate as an atomised selfish unit that is completely separate from other units and so attacks other states and tries to grabs as much for itself (for its "national interests") at the expense of other units (states) in the greater whole (which is called 'the united states'). It doesn't do that becasue it is an equal part of a greater whole, of one federation, and so the other states are not its enemies but are its allies inside the same whole that they are both part of. Like two cells operating inside the same body.
In the exact same way, a wholistic framework that encompasses all the world's nation states will transform their relationship FROM being atomised egoic units who are antagonistic to each other and in competition with each other and who try to grab as much as possible for their own selfish "national interests" at the expense of others, INTO a relationship of friendly entities who are part of a greater whole, a greater federation, and who do NOT have antagonistic and conflicting interests, becasue the interests and well being of the whole is their own well being.
It completely changes the rules of the game from a immature egoic one in which one unit feels that it must destroy others in order to secure its "national interests" , into a mature relationship in which the uniqueness of each nation does not need be in competition to other nations but are working together in cooperation because they are part of the one whole, of one wholistic human federation of the earth.
In my view, this is the application on the macro level of the same wisdom of maturity that many of us have already realized on tne micro level of personal relationships (that an immature psychologically-stunted ego who acts to benefit only his/her "personal interests" with complete disregard of the damage and suffering he/she is causing others, will inevitably create nothing but havoc, destruction, trauma and suffering all around him/her self) . Isn't it time that we applied what is obvious in personal relationship also to the macro level of the national ego, and stop acting like murderous sociopathic narcissists also on the national level?
In my view, what is suggested here will create the structural conditions that will allow for such maturing of the dysfunctional sociopathic nationalist ego and will create a PROFOUND DIFFERENCE in today's fragmented warring anti-wholistic sectarian dog-eat-dog divided world.
I was at the rally yesterday, and thank you for sharing a moving speech about experiences that all of us could identify with. That people showed up in snow and cold to what was for many a far-flung Brooklyn neighborhood, and passers-by in cars honked, waved, raised their fists in solidarity, with some even stopping and rolling down their windows to listen to the speakers, is an indication that we have far more support in this city than TPTB would have us believe. It's time for those on our side to come out and join us in this fight to regain a society and a world in which love, health, and joy flourish. Thanks for this ode to such a world.
"The future is the same as the present. You are born, you bring with you a magical connection to the universe, your unique feeling that you vividly remember when you are a kid–and then forget–your purpose, your unique sound, your version of love.
You are born, like a song of uttermost beauty – and then the people who have been traumatized before you, try to shame you out of remembering your song. Most of them are not bad human beings, they simply forgot, and they want you to be an important practical goose, for your own good." - Tessa Lena, I am an Outsider: A Story of Freedom
I am not a practical goose. I haven't held a job since my early thirties; haven't wanted to hold one since my teens. I knew shame, but it didn't stop me. I forget what being a child is like, although I am more of a child than a practical goose. My childhood was about being in nature, writing short stories, and daydreaming. And figuring out how to please my parents. I believe that was what school was for: pleasing parents and teachers. As a bonus, I had the opportunity to learn things I was interested in learning. That other stuff was called work.
Must do what you like daily on the wakeup, and dream outloud about being paid for it-
I also hav had about fourteen years difficulty with employment minus the money problems that usually accompany regular knot work prollem- had prollems prior to CS degree and thereafter so education didn't actually cure the needy emotional and domestic security that to be genuine can never be a forced security borne on a worry intent lest one loves the circular crash usually blamed on all else minus self-
Still largely existing on funds earned prior to 2009 big loss, and since then did knot endeavor at all to work any longer for crazy egoic laden SMB people who own and run businesses with a near total ignorance or want to understand importance of IT systems and who is charged to run their gizmo systems-
So n o w I do what I like and slo ly universe has decided that what I like to do :: free of the psycho thought of time in mind aka angre and/or worry, can andis often a paid service to others if patient and ask properly always maintaining the order of things-
I like to grow stuff so I do that, but presently bad governor does knot like what I do and would totally send bribed goons to kill and restrict in a supernegative manner I if I did it to survive, in spite of present law-
I like to run more than anything else in life, and I hav been paid while running!!! I was paid to run to neighbor and shovel their driveway and then ran back- I am paid in infinite love looping 31.2 within pemi wilderness- greatest job is to please creator who I heard speak within me on bond cliffs under the moonlight-
Love guitars and hav a couple things I hold closely, only whispering to universe about them because some of the content is about an obsession around here people local and from far away hav about a Gerl who died after being very foolish in winter time here in White Mountains- fbi dot gov just decided to investigate the crime from February 9th in 2004
Favorite job of all was paper boy, 45-50 years ago- matched symbolism in time map EXACT for service and while formal adult jobs matched symbolism also, it was the spirit inherent in the boy, and who the boy served that causes the job to be a best resultant experience of entire lifetime- plus the god of creation provided that job and couple others out-of-blu so kno that can happen at any moment to you especially when you believe by knowing in subtle way it already has-
So n o w I kno I must do everyday what I love and allow universe to decide how what I love becomes service-
Phun and easier n o w because I watched AltiyanChilds tell all and I know who-what-why regard ing joyless haters spewing the falseness- inverted crosses and tru intent within a peace sign symbol will be their undoing-
I enjoy reading the feedback here from everyone :: definite ly bob inclusive-
Universe is so happy I kept Tessa in inbox that I bet it is trying to find a service to others to oblige andso I wrote to bob while coffee went cold-
Favourite job was working with a man in his seventies doing outdoor manual labour. We cleaned up wood piles, scrap piles, fixed washouts on a private road, and even dug out a crawlspace together by hand. When you work with someone you get along with, it doesn't feel like work, or for the purpose of earning income.
This man was always busy, starting new projects and never quite finishing all of them. Last time I saw him, he was clearing brush on a piece of property he owned. His intention was to open a bird sanctuary. I had my night job at the hotel then... will never forget the rush of nostalgia that morning when I gave him a lift to his latest project, and saw the work he was doing. I'd have helped him for free just to relive the old times...
Much more I could write in response to your letter. The hotel I worked for used a mechanical register for their transactions. I knew enough about computers to write them a program to handle this more efficiently, but they would have none of it. Their business, their way. I never got excited about anything work-related thereafter. Practical geese forfeit excitement for regular income, no matter how meaningless the job.
Nowadays I like to run... on my bicycle. The freedom of the road, or the path, because paths are better. I have ridden a bike more often in my 50s than I did as a child, or during the decades when I had a car. I'm considered disabled (in the head), but I still see myself as a 'useless eater'. Society's expectations never go away, but my sense of self-preservation was never strong enough to change the course I'm on.
I'm blessed to meet you, in a fashion, in today's electronic world.
Likewise; riding fills the oiltank of spirit necessary to burn the proper light to hav presence and awareness moment lily like the 9 guy who holds a lantern from beautiful tarot-
Ride all day long and the eating is never evah useless... no?
Necessary !!!
Btw the job description written is beautiful- outside labor recollections bring salt scent of tru sweat back into present moment- rumination on the positive will help in the present IF knot turn into lament-
I used to bitch about the child labor aspect of paper delivery in Eddington Maine circa nineteen seventies at 4:30 AM with 50 or so "Tessas" to deliver ... age 9 till senior in high school...
N o w I realize what provided that job to this rural kid had it all well in hand and so glad knot trading places today with madman from dead broadsheet industry; rather lather rinse repeat paperboy love, even when I ride with a pro friend he says "paperboying" uphills in sun is allowed, as long as we listen for the cars, knot on the playlist :: coming unawares downhills
They're willing to mask your kids in order to save a tiny amount of political face.
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The winter wave is over (exactly when the seasonality theorists predicted — again), and even if we tried we couldn’t reverse the downward trend of the next couple months. Yet the ‘leaders’ are still willing to mask your children for a few more weeks to save a little political face. They can’t quite come out and say ‘it’s safe’ today when they were saying ‘it’s not safe’ yesterday. They need some sort of buffer to make it look like they know what they are doing. (For the first time in the last couple years)
These are the people who have been wrong about everything. They shut down your businesses. They literally killed grandma. They ruined your children’s education. They violated your civil rights. And they did it all while ignoring their own rules.
Yet these people have the nerve to stand up and demand students continue to wear masks that even the covid-crazy know don’t work.
I'm afraid the cult's roots are deep and lie in the culture of neoliberal capitalism--the abstraction, decontextualization, and monetization of all of Nature. It's no accident that Scientism is their religion. It's no accident they hate individual freedom and creativity. It's no accident that the world they control is rapidly devolving into a Hieronymus Bosch painting.
How did the vote go?
re: cults I strongly recommend the work of Steve Hassan https://freedomofmind.com/resource-links/
re: frogs in hot water, what the people boiling the pot don't realize is that frogs have legs and are amphibious as more and more of us are finding out for ourselves as Ottawa and Brooklyn yesterday would suggest.
re: Hochul's end run around the legislature, it's revealing to see the growing division between political "leaders" deviating from Narrative 1.0 and those who are digging themselves in deeper and deeper. Look closely at the Rumplestiltskin crowd and you will see a bunch of very scared vulnerable people terrified that their ugly secrets are about to be revealed, As just one example, Hochul is up for reelection this year. She sure doesn't act like it. Why? Because she's being blackmailed maybe? Ditto Trudeau and Biden. Just a hypothesis :)
And let's not let her totally illegal unconstitutional ruling get us down. Have you noticed fewer and fewer muzzled people around NYC? Even in the cold? We're going to win this!
woops re: Hochul I should have said election, not reelection. She was never elected
Lovely song! Thank you xx
Thank you!!
Thank you for being a light in the darkness dear Tessa. Your irrepressible spirit, eloquent observations and concise analysis has been a guiding light for many in these times of initiation, awakening and unveiling.
Here are some lyrics to a song I have been listening to a lot recently when I need to dig deep, find joy in my heart and remember why I am doing what I do.
"Well, I no longer fear the unknown
'Cause I know what I am here for
I keep on troddin' on my own path
Keep on learnin' from my present and past, yeah
Well, I no longer need validation
'Cause my story is long and I'm patient
I know that I have lessons to learn
Keep my eyes open, each step I earn, yeah
Well, I know that I was meant to be here
And I know that I was born into fear
But I will stand tall in the lion's den
'Cause I know in my heart I am one of them
There are lies in the facets of everything that we see
That are telling us to be scared, when all we ever are is free
I'm letting go of the things that don't serve me no more
'Cause I am holy, and sacred,
And righteous, and true, and I deserve to be here
And so do you..
The pressure always comes from the outside
I try not to let it in where I reside
Well, this is my heart, my home,
My choice, my love, my life, my path, my voice, yeah
Well, I feel my heart grow with each step
Stand firm in where the path goes next
Well, I know that where it goes is where I need to be
The more lessons rained down, more blessings I see, hey
There are lies in the facets of everything that we see
That are telling us to be scared, when all we ever are is free
I'm letting go of the things that don't serve me no more
'Cause I am holy, and sacred,
And righteous, and true, and I deserve to be here
And so do you ❤ " from "I Am" by Satsang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX5GpicCZLE
Much love from the north! <3
Your comparison of COVID mitigation measures with abusive behavior of cult leaders is spot on!
Oh my goodness, you’re Armenian? As am I. It’s think I found you on a Dr. Joseph Mercola post. Blessings.
Thank you Karen!! I am not Armenian but I have been fond of the Armenian culture since childhood. Such a beautiful culture! This song was taught to me by my friend Anaïs Tekerian. https://tessa.substack.com/p/anais-tekerian
I’m a descendent of genocide survivors. Fortunately my great grandparents on both sides left Turkey for the US IN THE 1890's. But apparently with the current understanding of epigenetics, I’m still deeply wounded by their trauma. So it’s only been recently, that I’ve been able to listen to Armenian music and feel the depth of soul rather than the dispair. Thank you for answering me. What a joy to know there are some of us who will not acquiesce to the madness at hand. By the way, I LOVE the title of your substack.
History can be so dark... and the courage of our ancestors inspires us. I feel what you are saying, thank you for saying it!
Hugs!! And Vera Sharav is so beautiful! Love her.
You nailed it girl. Strongly resonate. And one thing i really hope will come out if this maddness is that people in the anglo world (and especially those who identify with conservative and nationalist sectarian ideologies) will finally realize that what the empire is doing to you now (labeling as "terrorists" those who resist its dictates), it has been doing for decades and decades in the non-anglo world in the parts of the planet that the wealthy class wish to grab the resources of and to impose privitasation on (through debt enslavement mechanisms or through direct military slaughter), calling anyone who dares to stand up to its exploitation, occupation, plundering and enslavement a "terrorist", anyone who dares to put the well being of the people before profits for western (mostly american) corporations and to free themselves from the yoke of empirialist greed, is labelled by the billionaire's empire is an "anti-democratic terrorist or dictator".
Most of the people in the anglo world have been completely oblivious and ignorant of this for decades (thanks to the billionaire's ownership of the entire media spectrum and their intense propaganda machine to keep most if us heavily blinded, dumbed-down and sectarian/anti-wholistic in our mentality).
Not only has most people in the anglo world been nodding their heads in agreement with the bilionaire's empire propaganda machine, but even worse - many (especially those who have been taught to identify with sectarian nationalist, religious and conservative ideologies) have been actively cheering the empire as it is doing this, invoking the name of their sectarian nationalist "god" and urging him to "bless our troops" as the capitalists send them to murder, bomb, invade and plunder another country whose resources they covet (or who dares to stand up to the empire's dictates and dares to not privatise its economy into private hands as the empire demands).
My prayer is that the fact the empire now sets is eyes on plundering and enslaving the anglo world as well (and not just the non anglo world as it has been doing for many decades), will finally open people's eyes to the nature of the empire (especially those who have fallen for nationalist, religious, conservative sectarian ideologies, who have been unwittingly siding with the american corporate empire in its wars with very little critical awareness till now).
My prayer is that our call for "freedom" will NOT be just a hollow empty slogan becasue of its sectarian nature ("freedom for me and those who believe in my god and nation. The rest are evil infidels and freedom does not apply to them. Our brave troops can continue attacking those evil non-believers and non-capitalists"), but will be a true call for wholistic freedom, not just a sectarian nationalist so-called freedom for those who share my religious/nationalist belief system), a true awakening to the wholistic nature of life on earth and to the FACT that the sectarian mentality (religious, nationalist) can NEVER EVER bring about the freedom security and safety that so many desire (and erroneously believe they will find it through the division and exclusivity of sectarian separative religion or nationalism), but actually brings about the exact opposite, brings about INSECURITY and eternal divison and conflict.
To say it more clearly - TRYING TO CREATE SECTARIAN SECURITY AND PROSPERITY (SECURITY AND PROSPERITY ONLY FOR THE PART, ONLY FOR ME AND MY GROUP, AND TO HELL WITH EVERYONE ELSE) IS THE VERY THING THAT BRINGS ABOUT INSECURITY FOR THE WHOLE.
My prayer is that this pivotal moment will be a true turning point, a true awakening and the dawn of a holistic humanity thst works together and is no longer divided and pitted against each other along the lines of religious and national sectatianism to perpetuate the empire's push for nonstop hostility, division, antagonism, sectarian hatred and war
Plenty more to say about all of this of course, i just barely touched the tip of the iceberg here of what i actually want to say but this comment is already very long so I will leave it at that :-)
Thank you Dan! I also pray that a lore more people realize that the trick they try to play on the people today is the same trick they played on the people before, and both had the goal of taking away the freedom from the people who didn't ask for it. History walks in circles, and I think we will break out of it when people stand up for each other's dignity in earnest.
I believe I am here because of him and I quit him and zillion others to quiet stuff down...
Tessa made the big cull because of the inspiring nature in vibration of the delivery and Matt is so well fed says the always quiet guide-
Thank you!!!!!!! You are so kind :)
And for anyone interested in a deeper dive into the source of where the sectarian anti-wholistic mentality came from, I very very highly recommend this truly profound essay https://oneworldrenaissance.com/2021/01/23/holism-fragmentation-and-our-endangered-future-a-new-vision-and-a-new-hope/
As well as this shorter but very deep reflection on what 'sovereignty" actually means https://oneworldrenaissance.com/2020/12/18/reflections-on-sovereignty-by-zen-scholar-masao-abe/
Thank you, I will look!
While you're at it, I would also very highly recommend this short essay https://oneworldrenaissance.com/2022/02/12/nation-states-nationalism-and-the-common-good/ that deals with the macro national and global level, the level that i think most of us never deal with in our personal lives, and yet, something in me is really touched and moved by the vision shared here, as I see the wisdom and brliiance of it and what a truly profound difference it can make for life on this planet. Truly a whole new way, a mature, joyous and sane way of relating and existing.
It shows how it is possible for nationalism and patriotism to function NOT as destructive egoic unintelligent murderous force that inevitably leads humanity into a mentality of dog-eat-dog competition, sectatianism, antagonism and conflict, of one nation destroying others for its egoic "national interest" (which is the way our immature world currently functions), but rather how to create the structural conditions that will transform nationalism from a source of conflict into a source of enrichment, that will turn nationalism and patriotism from such a destructive sectarian anti-wholistic murderous unintelligent dividing separative force, into a force that enriches and contributes to the wellness and prosperity of humanity, NOT destroy humanity (as it does now).
In other words, it shows what are the structural conditions necessary that will turn national uniqueness from a force of antagonism, rivalry, sectarian aggression and exploitation into a force of contribution to the well being of the whole, to the richness of the human experience.
To say it differently - just like a wholistic framework (called the united states of america) prevents any particular state from declaring war and attacking another state, becasue they have been bound together in the same framework and the same destiny and are demilitarised. No state is attacking, bombing, invading, plundering and exploiting another state, because they are bound together in one framework, in one federation, a state does NOT operate as an atomised selfish unit that is completely separate from other units and so attacks other states and tries to grabs as much for itself (for its "national interests") at the expense of other units (states) in the greater whole (which is called 'the united states'). It doesn't do that becasue it is an equal part of a greater whole, of one federation, and so the other states are not its enemies but are its allies inside the same whole that they are both part of. Like two cells operating inside the same body.
In the exact same way, a wholistic framework that encompasses all the world's nation states will transform their relationship FROM being atomised egoic units who are antagonistic to each other and in competition with each other and who try to grab as much as possible for their own selfish "national interests" at the expense of others, INTO a relationship of friendly entities who are part of a greater whole, a greater federation, and who do NOT have antagonistic and conflicting interests, becasue the interests and well being of the whole is their own well being.
It completely changes the rules of the game from a immature egoic one in which one unit feels that it must destroy others in order to secure its "national interests" , into a mature relationship in which the uniqueness of each nation does not need be in competition to other nations but are working together in cooperation because they are part of the one whole, of one wholistic human federation of the earth.
In my view, this is the application on the macro level of the same wisdom of maturity that many of us have already realized on tne micro level of personal relationships (that an immature psychologically-stunted ego who acts to benefit only his/her "personal interests" with complete disregard of the damage and suffering he/she is causing others, will inevitably create nothing but havoc, destruction, trauma and suffering all around him/her self) . Isn't it time that we applied what is obvious in personal relationship also to the macro level of the national ego, and stop acting like murderous sociopathic narcissists also on the national level?
In my view, what is suggested here will create the structural conditions that will allow for such maturing of the dysfunctional sociopathic nationalist ego and will create a PROFOUND DIFFERENCE in today's fragmented warring anti-wholistic sectarian dog-eat-dog divided world.
I was at the rally yesterday, and thank you for sharing a moving speech about experiences that all of us could identify with. That people showed up in snow and cold to what was for many a far-flung Brooklyn neighborhood, and passers-by in cars honked, waved, raised their fists in solidarity, with some even stopping and rolling down their windows to listen to the speakers, is an indication that we have far more support in this city than TPTB would have us believe. It's time for those on our side to come out and join us in this fight to regain a society and a world in which love, health, and joy flourish. Thanks for this ode to such a world.
Thank you Martha!!! Yes, it was so beautiful, thank you for being there yesterday! xo
happy valentines day Tessa !!!
Thank you Joe, you as well! Hugs!
Thank you for the song, Tessa; I am half-Armenian and found it very affecting.
Thank you Jimmy!!
The continued masking of children is the epitome of cowardice. They know the rules don't work but will force them on your children anyway.
Yes, and also so wrong. Children ultimately adjust to whatever the adults are asking of them, and this is just wrong, wrong, wrong!!
Wow- best yet- certainly certainTy might hav been meant in the flawless ness words presented...
Thank you!
I don"t understand the language but the song is beautiful. Your voice is such that even without understanding the words the song was felt. Thank You!
Thank you so much!! xoxo
"The future is the same as the present. You are born, you bring with you a magical connection to the universe, your unique feeling that you vividly remember when you are a kid–and then forget–your purpose, your unique sound, your version of love.
You are born, like a song of uttermost beauty – and then the people who have been traumatized before you, try to shame you out of remembering your song. Most of them are not bad human beings, they simply forgot, and they want you to be an important practical goose, for your own good." - Tessa Lena, I am an Outsider: A Story of Freedom
I am not a practical goose. I haven't held a job since my early thirties; haven't wanted to hold one since my teens. I knew shame, but it didn't stop me. I forget what being a child is like, although I am more of a child than a practical goose. My childhood was about being in nature, writing short stories, and daydreaming. And figuring out how to please my parents. I believe that was what school was for: pleasing parents and teachers. As a bonus, I had the opportunity to learn things I was interested in learning. That other stuff was called work.
Must do what you like daily on the wakeup, and dream outloud about being paid for it-
I also hav had about fourteen years difficulty with employment minus the money problems that usually accompany regular knot work prollem- had prollems prior to CS degree and thereafter so education didn't actually cure the needy emotional and domestic security that to be genuine can never be a forced security borne on a worry intent lest one loves the circular crash usually blamed on all else minus self-
Still largely existing on funds earned prior to 2009 big loss, and since then did knot endeavor at all to work any longer for crazy egoic laden SMB people who own and run businesses with a near total ignorance or want to understand importance of IT systems and who is charged to run their gizmo systems-
So n o w I do what I like and slo ly universe has decided that what I like to do :: free of the psycho thought of time in mind aka angre and/or worry, can andis often a paid service to others if patient and ask properly always maintaining the order of things-
I like to grow stuff so I do that, but presently bad governor does knot like what I do and would totally send bribed goons to kill and restrict in a supernegative manner I if I did it to survive, in spite of present law-
I like to run more than anything else in life, and I hav been paid while running!!! I was paid to run to neighbor and shovel their driveway and then ran back- I am paid in infinite love looping 31.2 within pemi wilderness- greatest job is to please creator who I heard speak within me on bond cliffs under the moonlight-
Love guitars and hav a couple things I hold closely, only whispering to universe about them because some of the content is about an obsession around here people local and from far away hav about a Gerl who died after being very foolish in winter time here in White Mountains- fbi dot gov just decided to investigate the crime from February 9th in 2004
Favorite job of all was paper boy, 45-50 years ago- matched symbolism in time map EXACT for service and while formal adult jobs matched symbolism also, it was the spirit inherent in the boy, and who the boy served that causes the job to be a best resultant experience of entire lifetime- plus the god of creation provided that job and couple others out-of-blu so kno that can happen at any moment to you especially when you believe by knowing in subtle way it already has-
So n o w I kno I must do everyday what I love and allow universe to decide how what I love becomes service-
Phun and easier n o w because I watched AltiyanChilds tell all and I know who-what-why regard ing joyless haters spewing the falseness- inverted crosses and tru intent within a peace sign symbol will be their undoing-
I enjoy reading the feedback here from everyone :: definite ly bob inclusive-
Universe is so happy I kept Tessa in inbox that I bet it is trying to find a service to others to oblige andso I wrote to bob while coffee went cold-
Favourite job was working with a man in his seventies doing outdoor manual labour. We cleaned up wood piles, scrap piles, fixed washouts on a private road, and even dug out a crawlspace together by hand. When you work with someone you get along with, it doesn't feel like work, or for the purpose of earning income.
This man was always busy, starting new projects and never quite finishing all of them. Last time I saw him, he was clearing brush on a piece of property he owned. His intention was to open a bird sanctuary. I had my night job at the hotel then... will never forget the rush of nostalgia that morning when I gave him a lift to his latest project, and saw the work he was doing. I'd have helped him for free just to relive the old times...
Much more I could write in response to your letter. The hotel I worked for used a mechanical register for their transactions. I knew enough about computers to write them a program to handle this more efficiently, but they would have none of it. Their business, their way. I never got excited about anything work-related thereafter. Practical geese forfeit excitement for regular income, no matter how meaningless the job.
Nowadays I like to run... on my bicycle. The freedom of the road, or the path, because paths are better. I have ridden a bike more often in my 50s than I did as a child, or during the decades when I had a car. I'm considered disabled (in the head), but I still see myself as a 'useless eater'. Society's expectations never go away, but my sense of self-preservation was never strong enough to change the course I'm on.
I'm blessed to meet you, in a fashion, in today's electronic world.
Likewise; riding fills the oiltank of spirit necessary to burn the proper light to hav presence and awareness moment lily like the 9 guy who holds a lantern from beautiful tarot-
Ride all day long and the eating is never evah useless... no?
Necessary !!!
Btw the job description written is beautiful- outside labor recollections bring salt scent of tru sweat back into present moment- rumination on the positive will help in the present IF knot turn into lament-
I used to bitch about the child labor aspect of paper delivery in Eddington Maine circa nineteen seventies at 4:30 AM with 50 or so "Tessas" to deliver ... age 9 till senior in high school...
N o w I realize what provided that job to this rural kid had it all well in hand and so glad knot trading places today with madman from dead broadsheet industry; rather lather rinse repeat paperboy love, even when I ride with a pro friend he says "paperboying" uphills in sun is allowed, as long as we listen for the cars, knot on the playlist :: coming unawares downhills
David Pugliese versus a tickling feather - who will win?
I don't know what else to do with people like that...
Send Tessa with feather in hand and the infectious smiling intent...
I feel that they [the cult] are going. But they will hang on. They are the ego, and they don't want to lose face. They think it makes them happy.
They're willing to mask your kids in order to save a tiny amount of political face.
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The winter wave is over (exactly when the seasonality theorists predicted — again), and even if we tried we couldn’t reverse the downward trend of the next couple months. Yet the ‘leaders’ are still willing to mask your children for a few more weeks to save a little political face. They can’t quite come out and say ‘it’s safe’ today when they were saying ‘it’s not safe’ yesterday. They need some sort of buffer to make it look like they know what they are doing. (For the first time in the last couple years)
These are the people who have been wrong about everything. They shut down your businesses. They literally killed grandma. They ruined your children’s education. They violated your civil rights. And they did it all while ignoring their own rules.
Yet these people have the nerve to stand up and demand students continue to wear masks that even the covid-crazy know don’t work.
I'm afraid the cult's roots are deep and lie in the culture of neoliberal capitalism--the abstraction, decontextualization, and monetization of all of Nature. It's no accident that Scientism is their religion. It's no accident they hate individual freedom and creativity. It's no accident that the world they control is rapidly devolving into a Hieronymus Bosch painting.