The Eve of Destruction

Sometimes it is hard to remember that posting on social media is like yelling down a well. What we get back is an echo of our own voices. Consequently, it can seem as if the whole universe is in agreement. I recently joined Twitter (@HillOat)so that I could get current news and headlines from a variety of major news outlets, senators, congressmen and a few writers that I esteem. I am following Fox news as well as Breitbart. It is eye opening!

Trump's approval rating, just updated, is 44%. In spite of my obvious shock that our country is being driven on the fast track toward fascism, it seems a lot of people approve of Trump's actions. In contrast, "before Hitler seized power (in 1933) only 850,000 out of 66 million Germans were card-carrying Nazis. After the Nazi seizure of power, there was a big surge in membership. At its peak, Party membership reached 8 million out of 80 million Germans in 'Greater Germany' or about ten percent of the population." (historyplace.com) We all know the impact that Nazi Germany had on the world.

So what does this mean? It means we need to listen to more than just our own voices. It means we need to start looking at the bigger picture. It means we need to channel our anger and outrage away from destruction. How do liberal, democracy loving, "snowflakes" survive in this climate? Perhaps, and we talked a bit about this in our mediation group last night, it is by answering the questions posed in the Hopi Elder's Prophecy:
Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
Where is your water?
Know your garden.
It is time to speak your truth.
Create your community.
Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for your leader.

What is happening in the US is representative of what is going on in the world. It is a phenomenon, one that I believe has a greater meaning that just election disatisfaction or sour grapes. Fear is rampant. War, anger and hatred is everywhere and escalating as I write this. I wonder if there isn't some greater

process going on. Is it the human condition? Has the population reached a certain point where we lose our collective minds like lemmings running off a cliff? Is it the pervasive electromagnetic radiation our brains and nervous systems are bathed in causing a short circuit of reason? Is it Monsanto poisoning our kibble? Or is it entropy, we just get restless with order and need to destroy it. Steve Bannon (I never thought I would be quoting him!) believes that all dynasties fall, and he's right. Maybe it is our time.