Feel. This is is what is being asked of us now, as a species, more than anything else. Unconscious action (reaction) is rooted in resistance to feeling. Resist anger by striking out at someone. Resist sadness by engaging in addiction, distraction or self-destructive behavior. Emotion is inseparable from our connection to all. When we feel, fully, we spiral into the singularity at the heart of our being. Then we can take action that is rooted in truth and wisdom, action that is aligned with Oneness.

Humanity is experiencing a painful birth because we are holding our breath and fighting the contractions. We are in resistance to thousands upon thousands of years of accumulated trauma and suffering. When a person is in resistance in their own life, it is often not until they experience a crisis that their egoic constructs crumble, that they die into their grief, surrender to their humanity and thus discover what is eternal.

The people of the United States (in my understanding) just chose the path of crisis. That implies that instead of a slow death of the systems of control on this planet, we can expect more sudden shocks and disruptions, a more rapid collapse of the old order. This will be painful. For many this will be an unconscious catalyst, holding the mirror of reality right to their faces, requiring a profound reckoning. But we also have the opportunity to breathe, to experience the unfelt suffering of millenia, not as a new victimization, but in the depths of our soul, and so to liberate the light within. Then we can comfort, then we can lead, then we can shine.