For me it is a challenge to be informed and aware of the crummy stuff and also maintain an attitude of awareness that love is the only thing that is truly real. Marianne Williamson….formerly a hero of mine but disappointed me by encouraging the Covid vaccine, often has stated that one should work to be aware of the injustices but not stay immersed in the darkness of those things. It is only from staying above the battle line can action be the most powerful.
I am highly intuitive so I often have trouble describing sensations until much later after they occur. Evidence that virtually everyone is crooked in some way - on the take. Experience that the people I meet are not authentic. Cascading bad news.
Everyone IS crooked in some way! I certainly am!! What differentiates the dangerous crooked person from everyone else is consciousness, and consciousness comes from integration of the shadow, i.e., accepting the shadow as part of who we are as material humans...and integrating it rather than acting it out, or projecting it onto others. I see this concept as an explanation, or another way to look at, original sin (shadow) and integrating it (accepting forgiveness and being conscious of God)
I could never understand the need to issue snarky comments on the way out of a relationship which is essentially what this person did. Maybe you asked why they were leaving, maybe you didn’t. In any event, I see no value in their opinion. The majority here are more than satisfied with your product. Carry on, Todd.
No, actually the person I wrote about left at least a year ago...apparently when people leave they can leave a comment as to why they've left. I should read these comments regularly, but I didn't even know they were there until recently!!! But I found it, and read it...so commented about this in my article.
I agree, but I also think it can be helpful to hear what people do not like, snarky or not. I don't think this person's comment was intended to be snarky, she DID say she liked my writing, but found it too focused on my personal woes...and negativity. Clearly, in my humble opinion, she is denying and is making an attempt to brighten up her world...this is not a bad idea if you are a habitual negative thinker...or fearful...as you know, many people dwell in the negative presentation. My minister used always say, "you can walk through the valley of death, just don't pitch a tent there."
It is sometimes hard to be forewarned but it is always preferable to ignorance. I don't get bummed reading you....I always enjoy your insightful well written essays. I do get depressed reading Mark Crispin Miller's articles about who died this week. So sad. Keep on going, dear Todd. We need you no matter how depressing things get!
Thank you...needless to say, I get discouraged too, I am capable of feeling fear, I do share those moments with my readers. In other words, everything I write is not perfect (void of all fear). I do try...
Oh, Todd, I am so sorry that you have suffered this undeserved calumny!
I have made too many mistakes in my long life that I try not to be judgmental of others. Nevertheless, you don’t deserve nonsense – being blamed by someone not worthy of you. Maybe they were looking for a mummy and daddy to protect and guide them or a quick fix equivalent of purchasing something at the shops.
You always seem to be so thoughtful and considerate that their justification for abandoning ship is thoughtlessly insulting. Bearing in mind this is a military based psychological operation that was deliberately unleashed against the innocent and vulnerable to frighten, impoverish, sicken and kill. But don’t blame the guilty; it’s easier to blame the messenger!
Your disappointed ex-reader might like to consider that they should be so enraged that they demand justice for both themselves and for the victims of the brutal operation. But I wouldn’t be surprised if those who’ve lived sheltered lives and cannot face challenges would really prefer to defer to the elite beasts who obviously don’t regard them at all or if, they do, it’s with complete contempt.
I could ramble on but have too much respect for you and your community to do that. However, I’d like to think that you made one positive suggestion to your ex – whip your clothes off and jiggle your bits at Larry Fink. That should pause their dastardly plans.
Very sweet of you. I think I AM overly sensitive to these accusations...probably because I have devoted a lot of my life to the New Thought concept of "it is done unto as you believe"...but as I have mentioned earlier...I don't think we necessarily live only our "thoughts" ...I do think God has a place in what we experience...and if we SEE darkness, and we are called to point it out, then we are doing what we are supposed to do...our prime goal as human beings should NOT be to live a happy, perfect, positive life for only OURSELVES...I don't think this New Thought teaching is telling us that.
I think it's important to avoid negative reactions to avoid fixating on the negative. My mind only began to see the positive when I became less reactive to the negative. Non-reaction is, perhaps, a skill that must be developed and the unskilled might resort to avoidance of warnings as a defense against negative reactions that they're unable to handle with greater skill. That way leads to wishful thinking and disastrous fantasy.
Much of my work has involved building or fixing things and it's important to recognize how things fail to build or fix things. My minister used the example of a mathematician who delights in finding errors so the work can progress correctly. I recall that Plato reported Socrates made a similar assertion, i.e., Socrates welcomed correction to spare him the misery of continuing error. My minister asserted that the most important quality to seek in a partner was the willingness to accept correction.
Perhaps a good example is failsafe engineering, a paramount consideration in high-reliability applications like nuclear weapons control systems. When I was shopping for a switch at a manufacturer, a representative bemoaned the poor quality of Russian switches that might result in accidental launch. Is that negative? How about a warning to avoid eating a poisonous plant?
I think many people, those who have not really done the spiritual work, misunderstand this "negative" vs "positive" thinking. Spiritual positivity is NOT denying what appears in your sphere of awareness if it is negative (and the only place negativity, or evil, can appear is in the material realm)...that demonstrates the fact you are then FEARFUL of the thing you are denying...and FEAR is the killer, the true devil...because in God there is no FEAR. Hope that makes sense...
Thank you so very much for these links. I loved the Jung narrative on acceptance of being a fool when pursuing a new adventure. I have been a bit upset over my lack of progress in tai chi… after 3 years… I am definitely still a fool but I am much more accepting of my progress! Such a perfect article for me to connect with. Thanks again!
This is excellent...I remember Jung's circumambulation, but needed a refresher, so thank you for that. Odd that this review was pertinent for me at this point in my life, so thank you again.
I have always loved the "drunkard's search" story and have used it often. I have not yet applied it to our current situation until you brought it up, so thank for that as well!!
Keep telling us as it is Todd, don't be bothered by those who feel uncomfortable when they are faced with the truth. Real Shrews are grateful to be forewarned. That's where our strength lies.
Agreed...it is tough when you are trained in a spiritual paradigm that claims the world is as you see it...and if you focus on the positive, then the world manifests the positive. There are some really wonderful perspectives on this way of thinking that cover what we do...we are not focusing on the negative as being REAL, we are only SEEING it, just as seeing the devil and warning others of his presence...we don't sit in the fear of it, we know God has all of the real power.
Another timely article Todd. Maybe for some people they feel the urgency is behind us and that you should be painting rainbows and unicorns but in reality, we are just stepping into the reality of what the goal is. We can not sugarcoat what is happening and what has been happening especially since 2020. With all this artificial intelligence and digital this and that, we are going to find ourselves locked into a hell, in my opinion. As with everything that has happened in the last 5 years and for many not being able to see the dangers of the jabs and the uselessness of the one way arrows, masks, and social distancing - it is many of those folks who can't see the next step into a hell they are creating. I don't dwell on this stuff all day but like you, I want to have my head out of the sand, to see what I can do to avoid it all, if possible. For the odd reader who leaves, it is their choice. Don't worry about it (I'm not suggesting you are lol).
Well, as they say, you can't sugarcoat a turd. I think once you see it is a turd, and someone tries to coat it in sugar, you still know it's a turd. Even though sheep never saw it as a turd to begin with, we did, and even though we have less reason to blab about the turd, because it is covered, we still know it is a turd.
Very good article. It is interesting, because being a "doomsayer" appears not to be necessarily correlated with being a "sheep" or a "shrew'. One of the problems that I have frequently seen with sheep is precisely that they tend to be "doomsayers": the "virus" is out there, so we need to wear masks and get "vaccinated" every 4 weeks; the CO2 level will increase from 0.4% to 0.5% so we have to prevent cows from farting; for 50 years they have predicted that Florida will be under water within a decade... Then shrews can be terrified of "the agenda" controlling us. I personally try to avoid living in terror about anything. I am 72 and have lived through so many predictions of the end of the world, and I am still here.
That said, I enjoy your writing a lot. Your articles contain a lot of truth; I will keep reading although I choose not to be a "doomsayer". Like Mary R said: Be awake... do not despair.
At a very fundamental level the sheep are nearly 100% driven by fear…that is why they project that “doomsayer” nonsense onto us. Remember the Kamala Harris campaign of “happy, happy, joy, joy”…that was no mistake. That sort of position attracts those who have buried their fear in their unconscious and thus then project it out on us and figures like Trump. They believe the solution to their fear is compliance to the all knowing “joyful” authority. It is subtle, if you’ll remember, the Fauci’s spewed out fear but WITH A SOLUTION…”just comply and all will be fine”…the sheep are utterly terrified, but their fear is repressed with the happy, joyous, stance of the authority, but always letting them that if they don’t walk the straight and narrow the disease will mutate and kill them. The fear is both mongered and pushed into the unconscious with the happy and positive thinking authority. So that suppression is projected as hate onto authority they believe is NOT “happy happy joy joy”…(currently Dontald Trump, and his cronies).
The argument that Trump et al are part of the agenda holds as well. The agenda needs an object of projection, because as long as the unconscious shadow fear has an object to project upon, then it never gets integrated…sheep don’t integrate their shadow. Shrews for the most part do…
Yes. That is the modus operandi, as far as I have seen. The world will come to an end, or humanity will die, unless of course we abide by their solution, and everybody complies (everyone needs to get jabbed, or eat bugs...) The problem is that their "solutions" so often do not make sense. Like, we are all going to die if the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere increases from 0.4% to 0.5%; the solution, apart from the "Green New Deal" is to give biĺlions of $ to NASA so they can take us to Mars, with an atmosphere 95% CO2... Brilliant!!
Great article ! I think the “ challenge “ through this maze is to be awake , acknowledging the realities of what is in front of us while not succumbing into despair …..not easy
For me it is a challenge to be informed and aware of the crummy stuff and also maintain an attitude of awareness that love is the only thing that is truly real. Marianne Williamson….formerly a hero of mine but disappointed me by encouraging the Covid vaccine, often has stated that one should work to be aware of the injustices but not stay immersed in the darkness of those things. It is only from staying above the battle line can action be the most powerful.
I am highly intuitive so I often have trouble describing sensations until much later after they occur. Evidence that virtually everyone is crooked in some way - on the take. Experience that the people I meet are not authentic. Cascading bad news.
Or seeing each person as truly good beyond their appearance or actions.
Everyone IS crooked in some way! I certainly am!! What differentiates the dangerous crooked person from everyone else is consciousness, and consciousness comes from integration of the shadow, i.e., accepting the shadow as part of who we are as material humans...and integrating it rather than acting it out, or projecting it onto others. I see this concept as an explanation, or another way to look at, original sin (shadow) and integrating it (accepting forgiveness and being conscious of God)
Got it.
Just an idea!
I could never understand the need to issue snarky comments on the way out of a relationship which is essentially what this person did. Maybe you asked why they were leaving, maybe you didn’t. In any event, I see no value in their opinion. The majority here are more than satisfied with your product. Carry on, Todd.
No, actually the person I wrote about left at least a year ago...apparently when people leave they can leave a comment as to why they've left. I should read these comments regularly, but I didn't even know they were there until recently!!! But I found it, and read it...so commented about this in my article.
I agree, but I also think it can be helpful to hear what people do not like, snarky or not. I don't think this person's comment was intended to be snarky, she DID say she liked my writing, but found it too focused on my personal woes...and negativity. Clearly, in my humble opinion, she is denying and is making an attempt to brighten up her world...this is not a bad idea if you are a habitual negative thinker...or fearful...as you know, many people dwell in the negative presentation. My minister used always say, "you can walk through the valley of death, just don't pitch a tent there."
Great quote!
It is sometimes hard to be forewarned but it is always preferable to ignorance. I don't get bummed reading you....I always enjoy your insightful well written essays. I do get depressed reading Mark Crispin Miller's articles about who died this week. So sad. Keep on going, dear Todd. We need you no matter how depressing things get!
Well said and I so agree!
Thank you...needless to say, I get discouraged too, I am capable of feeling fear, I do share those moments with my readers. In other words, everything I write is not perfect (void of all fear). I do try...
Oh, Todd, I am so sorry that you have suffered this undeserved calumny!
I have made too many mistakes in my long life that I try not to be judgmental of others. Nevertheless, you don’t deserve nonsense – being blamed by someone not worthy of you. Maybe they were looking for a mummy and daddy to protect and guide them or a quick fix equivalent of purchasing something at the shops.
You always seem to be so thoughtful and considerate that their justification for abandoning ship is thoughtlessly insulting. Bearing in mind this is a military based psychological operation that was deliberately unleashed against the innocent and vulnerable to frighten, impoverish, sicken and kill. But don’t blame the guilty; it’s easier to blame the messenger!
Your disappointed ex-reader might like to consider that they should be so enraged that they demand justice for both themselves and for the victims of the brutal operation. But I wouldn’t be surprised if those who’ve lived sheltered lives and cannot face challenges would really prefer to defer to the elite beasts who obviously don’t regard them at all or if, they do, it’s with complete contempt.
I could ramble on but have too much respect for you and your community to do that. However, I’d like to think that you made one positive suggestion to your ex – whip your clothes off and jiggle your bits at Larry Fink. That should pause their dastardly plans.
Stay strong, Todd. We need you.
Very sweet of you. I think I AM overly sensitive to these accusations...probably because I have devoted a lot of my life to the New Thought concept of "it is done unto as you believe"...but as I have mentioned earlier...I don't think we necessarily live only our "thoughts" ...I do think God has a place in what we experience...and if we SEE darkness, and we are called to point it out, then we are doing what we are supposed to do...our prime goal as human beings should NOT be to live a happy, perfect, positive life for only OURSELVES...I don't think this New Thought teaching is telling us that.
Well said, Todd and thanks for replying.
Wishing you and yours a wonderful week.
Thank you, you too!!
I think it's important to avoid negative reactions to avoid fixating on the negative. My mind only began to see the positive when I became less reactive to the negative. Non-reaction is, perhaps, a skill that must be developed and the unskilled might resort to avoidance of warnings as a defense against negative reactions that they're unable to handle with greater skill. That way leads to wishful thinking and disastrous fantasy.
Much of my work has involved building or fixing things and it's important to recognize how things fail to build or fix things. My minister used the example of a mathematician who delights in finding errors so the work can progress correctly. I recall that Plato reported Socrates made a similar assertion, i.e., Socrates welcomed correction to spare him the misery of continuing error. My minister asserted that the most important quality to seek in a partner was the willingness to accept correction.
Perhaps a good example is failsafe engineering, a paramount consideration in high-reliability applications like nuclear weapons control systems. When I was shopping for a switch at a manufacturer, a representative bemoaned the poor quality of Russian switches that might result in accidental launch. Is that negative? How about a warning to avoid eating a poisonous plant?
So well said.
I think many people, those who have not really done the spiritual work, misunderstand this "negative" vs "positive" thinking. Spiritual positivity is NOT denying what appears in your sphere of awareness if it is negative (and the only place negativity, or evil, can appear is in the material realm)...that demonstrates the fact you are then FEARFUL of the thing you are denying...and FEAR is the killer, the true devil...because in God there is no FEAR. Hope that makes sense...
So well said.
I view belief in God and theology, even theodicy, as often a useful heuristic to cope with processing of life-threatening perceptions that might otherwise be impaired by negative emotional reactions like anger or fear, fight or flight. That correlates to the popular dual-process model suggested by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow My activity appears described as Jungian circumambulation briefed by https://mailchi.mp/jordanbpeterson.com/canada-day-1550881-xa3r5x2maj-8299858, if not https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetlight_effect
Thank you so very much for these links. I loved the Jung narrative on acceptance of being a fool when pursuing a new adventure. I have been a bit upset over my lack of progress in tai chi… after 3 years… I am definitely still a fool but I am much more accepting of my progress! Such a perfect article for me to connect with. Thanks again!
This is excellent...I remember Jung's circumambulation, but needed a refresher, so thank you for that. Odd that this review was pertinent for me at this point in my life, so thank you again.
I have always loved the "drunkard's search" story and have used it often. I have not yet applied it to our current situation until you brought it up, so thank for that as well!!
Actually you are spot on most of the time, that's why I link you so much @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/ .
Us 🐀s have to stick together. Good read and good work as usual!!!
Thank you!!!
Keep telling us as it is Todd, don't be bothered by those who feel uncomfortable when they are faced with the truth. Real Shrews are grateful to be forewarned. That's where our strength lies.
Agreed...it is tough when you are trained in a spiritual paradigm that claims the world is as you see it...and if you focus on the positive, then the world manifests the positive. There are some really wonderful perspectives on this way of thinking that cover what we do...we are not focusing on the negative as being REAL, we are only SEEING it, just as seeing the devil and warning others of his presence...we don't sit in the fear of it, we know God has all of the real power.
The watchman on the tower has one job-to sound the warning. It’s not his (yes, his) job to provide the battle plan. He warns about what he sees.
You’re doing your job
Wow...that's very well put! Thank you!
Another timely article Todd. Maybe for some people they feel the urgency is behind us and that you should be painting rainbows and unicorns but in reality, we are just stepping into the reality of what the goal is. We can not sugarcoat what is happening and what has been happening especially since 2020. With all this artificial intelligence and digital this and that, we are going to find ourselves locked into a hell, in my opinion. As with everything that has happened in the last 5 years and for many not being able to see the dangers of the jabs and the uselessness of the one way arrows, masks, and social distancing - it is many of those folks who can't see the next step into a hell they are creating. I don't dwell on this stuff all day but like you, I want to have my head out of the sand, to see what I can do to avoid it all, if possible. For the odd reader who leaves, it is their choice. Don't worry about it (I'm not suggesting you are lol).
Well, as they say, you can't sugarcoat a turd. I think once you see it is a turd, and someone tries to coat it in sugar, you still know it's a turd. Even though sheep never saw it as a turd to begin with, we did, and even though we have less reason to blab about the turd, because it is covered, we still know it is a turd.
It is very hard to pretty it up (the turd I mean). :)
Oh, Todd, I am so sorry!
I have some urgent stuff to do now, but I hope to return soon with some positive (or perhaps very rude!) thoughts.
Stay strong.
You're OK - it's 'them!'
Thank you....
Very good article. It is interesting, because being a "doomsayer" appears not to be necessarily correlated with being a "sheep" or a "shrew'. One of the problems that I have frequently seen with sheep is precisely that they tend to be "doomsayers": the "virus" is out there, so we need to wear masks and get "vaccinated" every 4 weeks; the CO2 level will increase from 0.4% to 0.5% so we have to prevent cows from farting; for 50 years they have predicted that Florida will be under water within a decade... Then shrews can be terrified of "the agenda" controlling us. I personally try to avoid living in terror about anything. I am 72 and have lived through so many predictions of the end of the world, and I am still here.
That said, I enjoy your writing a lot. Your articles contain a lot of truth; I will keep reading although I choose not to be a "doomsayer". Like Mary R said: Be awake... do not despair.
Oh my thanks for pointing out that often it is the sheep that are the doomsayers ,so true and obvious but I had not thought this through…….
At a very fundamental level the sheep are nearly 100% driven by fear…that is why they project that “doomsayer” nonsense onto us. Remember the Kamala Harris campaign of “happy, happy, joy, joy”…that was no mistake. That sort of position attracts those who have buried their fear in their unconscious and thus then project it out on us and figures like Trump. They believe the solution to their fear is compliance to the all knowing “joyful” authority. It is subtle, if you’ll remember, the Fauci’s spewed out fear but WITH A SOLUTION…”just comply and all will be fine”…the sheep are utterly terrified, but their fear is repressed with the happy, joyous, stance of the authority, but always letting them that if they don’t walk the straight and narrow the disease will mutate and kill them. The fear is both mongered and pushed into the unconscious with the happy and positive thinking authority. So that suppression is projected as hate onto authority they believe is NOT “happy happy joy joy”…(currently Dontald Trump, and his cronies).
The argument that Trump et al are part of the agenda holds as well. The agenda needs an object of projection, because as long as the unconscious shadow fear has an object to project upon, then it never gets integrated…sheep don’t integrate their shadow. Shrews for the most part do…
Yes. That is the modus operandi, as far as I have seen. The world will come to an end, or humanity will die, unless of course we abide by their solution, and everybody complies (everyone needs to get jabbed, or eat bugs...) The problem is that their "solutions" so often do not make sense. Like, we are all going to die if the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere increases from 0.4% to 0.5%; the solution, apart from the "Green New Deal" is to give biĺlions of $ to NASA so they can take us to Mars, with an atmosphere 95% CO2... Brilliant!!
Ha!! That's funny...why doesn't everyone see that logic??
I have been feeling the expression of the shadow deeply these past few weeks.
How? I don't mean to question the fact it is clearly there, but for you specifically, how has the shadow been expressing itself?
Great article ! I think the “ challenge “ through this maze is to be awake , acknowledging the realities of what is in front of us while not succumbing into despair …..not easy
No, it isn't easy, but following truth typically is not easy. The "instant gratification" folks want NOTHING in life to be the least bit difficult.