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babylonsister

(171,065 posts)
Sat Oct 7, 2017, 08:32 PM Oct 2017

Enough

https://www.myss.com/enough/

Enough
Caroline Myss


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This mounting madness is not about guns. The cowardly, money-grabbing, weak, spineless politicians are right about that. Guns are the result of a population that lives, eats, breathes – and believes – the endless diet of fear-based spin it has been fed since 911 about the world “out there” and impending invasions from evil foreigners and propaganda fueling hatred between the various different types of Americans: Black and White, Democrat and Republican, Northern and Southern, Male and Female, Left and Right, Up and Down, Short and Tall – any division you can think of, really. What it amounts to is this is a cracked and broken nation in which brother and sister citizens have been turned against brother and sister citizens. And as Abraham Lincoln so wisely said, “A nation divided against itself cannot stand.”

And in our hearts and souls – we know that. And we feel that fear in our souls, most of all. We are suffering a soul sickness – perhaps soul shock or soul numbness. Or maybe too many people no longer trust that anything changes when they engage the power of their soul. I am not speaking about religion. I no longer deal with religions. The soul is a religion-free force. It has never had a religion. It dwells in a cosmic power zone. But if you don’t know that…well, some people grab their guns to deal with the desperation of powerlessness. Shooting someone – anyone – they believe, will resolve this fear.

But who is out there to inspire the souls of Americans? When is the last time Americans have heard someone speak soul words of inspiration and wisdom?

Let me remind you of the greatness that once came from American leadership:

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
~ Abraham Lincoln

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it we be because we have destroyed ourselves.”
~ Abraham Lincoln

“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
~ John F. Kennedy

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Unless a man is master of his soul, all other kinds of mastery amount to little.”
~ Theodore Roosevelt

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt


American Presidents and social leaders were once known for having souls of philosophers. They were men of courage and vision and the led America from one era into a better one. They inspired and uplifted Americans because grace flowed from them and into the souls of Americans. They seemed to rise out of the soil of our nation when we needed them. They were also a reflection of our collective souls – all of our leaders reflect who we are. All of them speak to us about what we have become – and the choices we must now make as we go forward.

It is clear to me. We must “Make American WHOLE again.” We must retrieve our soul. It is shattered and fragmented from decades of fear. And we cannot tolerate – we must not tolerate – the deliberate, calculated strategies to keep us drugged, shattered, and divided any longer. Politicians are right: Guns are not the problem – THEY ARE.

Enough.
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Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
3. I 've been interested in energy and healing for a long time and have a copy of Anatomy of The Spirit
Sat Oct 7, 2017, 09:26 PM
Oct 2017

I haven't been reading her blog, but I love this.

MO and HRC were both speaking about the need for love and compassion, and community, during the GE. One of the few bright spots in the dismal mess we've been enduring since election day, has been all the ugliness being brought out in the open. As horrible as it is, it's easier to treat a wound once the infection has been found.

byronius

(7,394 posts)
4. Barack Obama has It. Soul of a philosopher, a man of courage and vision.
Sat Oct 7, 2017, 09:41 PM
Oct 2017

So does Hillary. So do Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris and many other Democrats.

The problem is the percentage of the population trapped in utterly destructive information webs created specifically to maintain civil chaos in order to faciliate theft.

Great post.

Duppers

(28,120 posts)
6. Excellent!!
Sat Oct 7, 2017, 10:34 PM
Oct 2017





One tiny caveat - less guns would equal less deaths. But money in politics is indeed the problem.
 

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)
7. You Left One Great Quote Out
Sat Oct 7, 2017, 10:56 PM
Oct 2017

"When you are a star, you can do anything. Grab them by the pussy."
-- Donald J. Trump (aka, The Orange Buffoon)

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