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March 27, 2020 at 7:52 PM #308117Steve BeckowKeymaster
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March 27, 2020 at 7:54 PM #308118Steve BeckowKeymaster
Hi, everyone.
This group is intended as a first landing place for anyone using the discussion groups.
Members can use it to post personal news, general comments and stories, discuss any subject of concern or interest to them, etc.
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March 30, 2020 at 5:57 PM #308320Pamela LovejoyParticipant
Hello Steve and Suzanne, and other amazing people at Golden Age of Gaia,
PART ONE: Thank you so very much, Steve, for your amazing website, and your incredible dedication to spiritual enlightenment for yourself and others. I am in awe of the phenomenal books and articles you have written, and which you have so generously shared without copyright or charge. I only discovered your site in the last week or two, and really been appreciating it so much!
PART TWO: Do you have any suggestions regarding the most urgent and important things that lightworkers should be doing this week? I have heard that the 4th of April is a very important portal, and that we should meditate for positive change. Basically, should I tell people about the dark aspects of the current battle for global dominance, or just continue to share positive information? I have been sharing hopeful and encouraging information with people, tailored to their needs and interests, after a very subtle and gentle testing of their current level of knowledge and awareness.Thank you so much for everything you do! Much appreciated, Pamela
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March 30, 2020 at 8:11 PM #308327Suzanne MarescaKeymaster
Hi Pamela,
I think one the most vital things that any of us can do right now is to keep the faith and hold the vision of our beautiful, clean world and experience. Do whatever it is that will help you maintain a high vibe. On some days, that might be just being able to maintain neutrality. When our personal frequency dips below neutral, allow whatever feelings are coming and find a way to step back from them and move on.Keeping our personal vibe and viewpoint a positive one is an important mission. If a portal date feels important to you then by all means do what you’re inspired to do. We can join with others that are in alignment with our mission and purpose with intention. We don’t have to know them or even have awareness of what time they’ll be doing their thing. It’s the cohesive intention that matters.
You’re doing great already!
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March 31, 2020 at 12:49 AM #308335Pamela LovejoyParticipant
Hello Suzanne, Thank you so much for your thoughtful and heartfelt reply. I am truly grateful.
I sent out an email earlier this evening to about 60 people (to whom I had given emergency preparedness information in mid January even before I knew about CV). I chose to keep a high vibe in my email tonight, and a light tone, even though I warned that the Internet and phone service might go down for several days. I suggested that people could use that time to breathe deeply, rest, relax, create art, play music, etc. The most important part of my email was my suggestion that they use the time to imagine and visualize the world they want from now on – such as an equitable access to resources including food and water, clean environment, cherishing animals, freedom, health and happiness for all, and so on. If you are interested, I can send you a copy of my email. I prayed over the email to bless its contents and preserve the positive intent.
I had been wondering if I should give people a short summary of the world battle on at the moment, but I decided not to send people into a state of fear, which would both lower their immunity and possibly make that timeline more likely.
I have just returned home from 19 days helping care for my very ill elderly mother in hospital. It was a wonderful opportunity to be of loving service to my mother, to the kind woman with whom I stayed in that small town, and to all of the hospital staff. I was the most calm and loving that I have ever been, for which I am so grateful. I focused on being an island of calm in the stormy sea. I gave my encouragement and gratitude to all staff I encountered. I even wrote some risk management recommendations to the CEO, which the CEO and HR manager said they were grateful to receive. I wrote information for many individual staff members, based on my private discussions with them, and I listed books, websites, people, on topics of interest for each person (essential oils, crystals, eternal life, spirituality).
I am so grateful that a rather difficult life has been so helpful in, first, developing compassion and empathy for others, and second, in awakening me about two years ago. The timing was perfect! Since my glimmer of awakening, I have worked very very hard learning about the greater reality. I was shocked when I first learned about the dark side, but comforted and inspired by learning about the light side. I am glad that I discovered the light side first!
Thank you, Steve and Suzanne, for this beautiful and inspiring website, and your lifetimes of dedication in preparation for this time! With deepest gratitude, Pamela
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March 31, 2020 at 3:36 PM #308371at1Participant
Hello everyone,
I’m not sure if this is the correct place to post this. then again, I’m not sure it matters ’cause here it comes!
This was sent to me and I thought it was a perfect reminder and point of view mirroring our current state of affairs.Besides, I have an affection for indigenous wisdom.
Love to all!
“This moment humanity is going through can now be seen as a portal and as a hole.
The decision to fall into the hole or go through the portal is up to you.
If you repent of the problem and consume the news 24 hours a day, with little energy, nervous all the time, with pessimism, you will fall into the hole. But if you take this opportunity to look at yourself, rethink life and death, take care of yourself and others, you will cross the portal.
Take care of your homes, take care of your body. Connect with your spiritual House.
When you are taking care of yourselves, you are taking care of everything else. Do not lose the spiritual dimension of this crisis, have the eagle aspect, that from above, and see the whole; see more broadly.
There is a social demand in this crisis, but there is also a spiritual demand. The two go hand in hand. Without the social dimension, we fall into fanaticism. But without the spiritual dimension, we fall into pessimism and lack of meaning.
You were prepared to go through this crisis. Take your toolbox and use all the tools available to you.
Learn about resistance of the indigenous and African peoples: we have always been and continue to be exterminated. But we still haven’t stopped singing, dancing, lighting a fire and having fun. Don’t feel guilty about being happy during this difficult time.
You do not help at all being sad and without energy. You help if good things emanate from the Universe now. It is through joy that one resists. Also, when the storm passes, each of you will be very important in the reconstruction of this new world.
You need to be well and strong. And, for that, there is no other way than to maintain a beautiful, happy and bright vibration. This has nothing to do with alienation.
This is a resistance strategy. In shamanism, there is a rite of passage called the quest for vision. You spend a few days alone in the forest, without water, without food, without protection. When you cross this portal, you get a new vision of the world, because you have faced your fears, your difficulties …
This is what is asked of you:
Allow yourself to take advantage of this time to perform your vision seeking rituals. What world do you want to build for you? For now, this is what you can do: serenity in the storm. Calm down, pray every day. Establish a routine to meet the sacred every day.
Good things emanate; what you emanate now is the most important thing. And sing, dance, be reborn through art, joy, faith and love. ”
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April 4, 2020 at 7:48 AM #308580Pamela LovejoyParticipant
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Hello Steve and Suzanne, Thank you, Thank you,Thank you for posting the information about the meditation for April 4 and 5! I will be sending the link to many many people. I have been following the many groups who are organizing this, and have great respect for what they are doing and have been doing for many years! The leader of the meditation is ‘Cobra’, who posts on 2012portal.blogspot.com. His work is also shared by PrepareForChange.net, Sisterhood of the Rose, We Love Mass Meditation, and others, with which Cobra also does interviews. The information that Cobra has been sharing may seem strange to some (especially people who don’t know about Angelics, ETs, and other things) but the events we have been seeing lately seem to have related well to his forewarnings, and the schedule of events by the White Hats.I have not wanted to share links to the other sites listed above with anyone other than my lightworker friends, because the sites also discuss the dark side. I am trying to bring my friends and family and colleagues into the light, so I am sharing only positive information about creating a new world as we go forward. Your website has, in my experience to date, the highest level of vibration, so now that you have posted about the meditation, I can start sharing the link!!!
I have started sharing a link to the World Peace Group, about the scientific studies on the positive effects of meditation. I think that this type of information is more readily accepted by unawakened people, and is less startling than the spirituality websites. So you might want to check out their website today and post a quick note about their recent article on clearing the corona virus with meditation, so that lightworkers on your site can distribute that link to a wider group.
For my unawakened friends, etc, I have been suggesting that they think, pray, meditate and contemplate the new world they wish to help create.
I have also shared a beautiful video on YouTube of a flash mob performance of John Lennon’s song ‘Imagine’, which seems to have touched many hearts!
Thank you so much! Love and hugs from Pamela 💜🕊🙏
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April 4, 2020 at 7:51 AM #308582Pamela LovejoyParticipant
Hello again! Here is the link to the World Peace Group article on the power of meditation. I am not sure if the link will work in the format of this submission, but at least the information about how to access the webpage is visible.
http://www.worldpeacegroup.org/Can_Super_Radiance_combat_the_Coronavirus_pandemic.html
Thank you so much! Best wishes for tonight!
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April 4, 2020 at 4:57 PM #308600hbailey94Participant
Hi all,
I was sent this petition and thought others may want to sign it aswell. UN Secretary General António Guterres is calling for a global ceasefire.
Here’s the petition and his statement:
https://www.un.org/en/un-coronavirus-communications-team/fury-virus-illustrates-folly-war
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April 5, 2020 at 7:31 AM #308638PathleaderParticipant
I was not aware this petition existed. I signed it. Thank You, HB for sharing. Colleen
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April 4, 2020 at 5:50 PM #308609Steve BeckowKeymaster
Great idea, hb.
Thank you for that,
Steve
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April 7, 2020 at 6:43 AM #308778Tom KParticipant
The past 3 weeks or so I’m really struggling with my daily meditations. I usually start the day with silent meditation where I dont do anything except breathe and still my thoughts. A month ago I was managing to do this for up to 2 hours, now I can barely manage 20 minutes, and its a real battle to keep my mind quiet. The only thing that has changed, as far as I can tell, is all the stuff that is supposed to be happening “out there” that I read about, though that is not usually what distracts me. I’ve now gone back to using guided meditations on youtube, which helps a little.
I’m not sure if this is just part of the territory, that my experience of meditation wont necessarily progress in a linear way, and that therefore I shouldnt worry about it and just keep trying, or if I should try more radical things, like changing my diet for example , to see if that makes a difference.
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April 7, 2020 at 7:37 PM #308828Catherine VielModerator
Hi Tom, I can understand being perturbed when an activity that previously required a routine amount of effort or self-motivation gets squirrelly on you.
My sense is that anyone with an average amount of awareness and involvement with the world is going to be freaking out. At least a little. Maybe a lot.
So wherever we are on the spectrum—don’t watch the news, barely aware anything’s going on, all the way up to full-blown panic because THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END—we’re affected. Like it or not.
It sounds like you’re not real happy with the change in your ability to meditate (for 2 hours!!), but to offset that, you’ve found alternate tools and/or routines to at least get some meditation happening.
My two cents’ is to be gentle with yourself, be merciful, be loving with whatever you do and however you cope. Not just now, not just with the current situation, but always.
Way easier said than done, which is why I’m only charging two cents.😘
Best of luck,
Love to all!
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April 7, 2020 at 7:59 PM #308830at1Participant
Hi Tom,
I can appreciate the difficulties mentioned here.
There have been times for me, as well, where my meditation practice has been thrown off , and for a myriad of reasons.
One aspect I’ve noticed: when the energies are spiking it’s very difficult to calm the body and hence, still the mind.
Using the breathe usually helps but there are days where all I feel is the effort underneath. That’s when I stop. If I’m efforting I walk away and try again later.
Sometimes I need to remember to ask myself, “Where’s the focus?”
Energy flows where intention goes so if the focus is on events/circumstance that do not support general well-being then look to refocus on something more pleasant. Draw, create a music playlist or anything that leads away from the original distraction.
It sounds trite but there’s so much to be said about following your bliss, your joy.
There’s solid wisdom in the phrase: “If it doesn’t feel good, don’t do it!”
Baby steps. One at a time, move away from what feels uncomfortable towards something that feels better until the heart begins to open. Breathwork really helps.
There are days that a nap or early to bed is the only thing that helps.
Mixing the routine up a little bit is helpful as well.
While I find meditating after waking a good way to “pave the day” before the discursive mind has a chance to activate, I also find it supportive to do what I call, “stop and drop.”
Throughout the day I just stop what I’m doing and drop into a peaceful place.
That way instead of relying on a particular time of day to refresh, if you will, doing it many times a day gets the body/mind used to that heart-space with more regularity.
It’s easier to connect without placing demands or creating expectations.
I’ve noticed that striving for the same results using the same approach doesn’t always yield the same outcome. That’s where effort surfaces. Efforting creates its own distraction.
Demanding results is harsh. Be kind to yourself.
I’ve found that moving towards a plant based diet has helped me but that diet isn’t for everyone if they’re not used to it.
Ask your body what it wants. What makes if “feel “ aligned with your desire to be at ease.
It stands as sound guidance to Remember that mixing effort with intent is counterproductive.
Intending to gently reacquaint yourself with your “natural state” , the Buddha mind, if you will , where everything’s already perfect, is only a breath away.
The Buddha mind acknowledges that you are already accomplished, just as you are.
The misinterpretation of perception makes stepping out of the body/mind and into the heart zone difficult.
Remember, all circumstances are neutral until a tag, a label or a judgement is placed onto it. Judging, etc. honors the critical body mind and interrupts the natural “flow” of energy.
When not allowing circumstance to “just be” energetic “flow” stops dead in its tracks.
I hope that these words help in some small way.
Place your hands over your heart and just breathe into the heart zone without demanding anything of yourself.
Use the breath to find a gentle approach with yourself.
We’re all being assisted according to our needs.
Love and Light, brother.
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April 8, 2020 at 5:37 AM #308840Tom KParticipant
Dear Catherine and Bob,
thanks so much for your replies! You’re both making sense. Yes its been frustrating. I will let go the need to force myself and find something more constructive and peaceful to do. I just found a free training on Zoom about Vedic meditation – I think I will give that a try too. Feeling better already.Thanks again 🙂
Much love,
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April 8, 2020 at 8:24 PM #308896Catherine VielModerator
You’re welcome, Tom.
Much love back at ya,
Catherine
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April 8, 2020 at 8:22 PM #308895Catherine VielModerator
Bob, so much gentle wisdom packed into one post. Thank you! Ah…deep breath…better already.💓
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April 8, 2020 at 8:13 AM #308851OneRayLoveParticipant
Great input Catherine and Bob!
Thanks for creating this Love Space to rise to the surface Tom.
Love you all
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April 15, 2020 at 7:13 AM #309238AnninaParticipant
Steve and Suzanne,
Is it normal that I sometimes have trouble loggin-in? I klick the link to sign in but sometimes the original mask shows up where I have to “state my humanity” (I’m pretty sure I’m still wearing my human body given all current Ascension symptoms ^^ ).
Moreover, when I use my mobile phone to log in I’m not able to see all responses in big discussions (like sharing etc). Is there something you could do about it…?
Thank you so much 🙂How are you doing everyone?
Easter was weird for me. The days heading up to the weekend I felt great but on Easter sunday the energies must have shifted or altered (?) again significantly. I guess it’s got to do with me being an empath and feeling all the collective fears and uncertainties again… quite a bumpy road.
Have you experienced/Do you experience the same?Lots of love to you beautiful lights 🙂
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April 15, 2020 at 8:05 AM #309243Tom KParticipant
hi Annina,
I had a similar experince over easter. Sunday felt like a big void for me – as if some pressure on me had disappeared and I was left floating, calm but not knowing the direction. Since Sunday I’m still trying to get back on my feet. -
April 15, 2020 at 11:07 AM #309252tesmareeParticipant
Same for me. Easter sunday was terrible. Can’t even describe it. I haven’t experienced something like that for years. Monday the same.
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April 16, 2020 at 11:20 AM #309288Pamela LovejoyParticipant
Hello Steve and Suzanne,
Could you please advise me if the GCR/Reval information on the website IntelDinarChronicles.blogspot.com is real and reliable? Is this information about the source of funding to which you refer in your articles under the category of ‘Reval/GCR/Stewardship/Abundance’? I am planning to establish an alternative healing centre, with a library, and a number of community programs, plus make anonymous donations to various charities. Your insight and guidance would be much appreciated!
With gratitude, Pamela-
April 19, 2020 at 12:04 PM #309421GoldJubileeParticipant
Hi Pamela,
Not part of staff, but…
The information on that particular blog comes from many different sources, so I don’t believe they can vouch for it en masse, but based on the postings from the GAOG blog, I’d have to say that they agree that there is something to the general concepts of RV, at least for Iraq, if not GCR.
Regarding “source of funding”, it is my impression that there are additional potential sources beyond GCR/RV, including St. Germain’s trust that could potentially eventually fund the GOAG Hope Chest.
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April 19, 2020 at 11:26 AM #309420HeyJudeParticipant
Hello Everyone,
I just wanted to make a quick comment about the 11:00 meditation this weekend. One of the comments made by I believe, Dr. Buttar, surprised me. He was talking about the “action” part of the creation formula. It has never occurred to me that action meant any physical activity. I always thought the action was an action related to the intention. Wow! Any insights from others regarding this?
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April 19, 2020 at 12:12 PM #309423GoldJubileeParticipant
Hi HeyJude,
Don’t be surprised that creation takes action. Remember: God said let there be Light, and there was light… Action -> Creation.
I recall the Sheldon Nidle channelings from the 90’s detailed that rituals were important in manifesting your desired creations. A ritual is an action, performed in the physical world. Intention is important, but the Universe responds to intention plus actions. Actions reinforce your intention and make it more powerful, it shows to the Universe that you are “putting your money where your mouth is”, so to speak.
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April 19, 2020 at 1:30 PM #309428HeyJudeParticipant
Thanks for your reply. No, I understand that creation takes action. What I was surprised with is that it was indicated that ANY physical action would do. He suggested doing push ups or walking as the “action”. I have never entertained the idea that the action part is not directly related to the intention. So for example if my intention is to get a new job and I visualize and include emotion, I thought the action would be something like sending out resumes. He indicated that the action to set the intention could be any type of action(physical movement).
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April 19, 2020 at 7:47 PM #309443GoldJubileeParticipant
Great point, thanks.
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April 21, 2020 at 4:34 AM #309516OneRayLoveParticipant
How about “accepting” what you have. Be or Become “grateful”. Letting go of “lesser dense truth” to increase your light frequency and make room to “receive”. Furthermore to “hold on” to your visions and “expressing” them out to the universe.
These all seem very powerful “actions” to me 🙂
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April 21, 2020 at 6:13 AM #309518Pamela LovejoyParticipant
Hello all, and thanks to Steve, Suzanne, (and to GoldJubilee for a specific reply re Reval)
I really appreciate the support and upliftment of this wonderful website! It is helping me deal with the dark news. It is enormously helpful in supporting me in holding love, light, calm and hope for my friends and other Lightworkers. I am very grateful for Forum, to feel a sense of community and to have a meeting place for exchange of ideas and questions.
Thank you, Steve, for your extraordinary leadership and guide books. I am filled with awe and gratitude for the role that Lightworkers are playing, and I take my responsibilities very very seriously.
Love and light to all, Pamela 💜🕊🙏🌈💕
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May 13, 2020 at 2:17 PM #310340AnaelTheRoseAngelParticipant
I just bought a Lemurian Plug. It arrived in the mail today, and I was wondering if any of you have firsthand experience with this product or know of others who have used it. I took a risk buying it because I had some extra money. Does this plug work?
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May 14, 2020 at 3:04 AM #310355tesmareeParticipant
Hi Anael : – )
I just googled the Lemurian Plug. Usually I am not interested in healing or energy work based on technological gadgets. I rely on plants, sun and crystals. But this one catched my interest. I read the whole website and now I’m curious about your experience.
I feel that the Lemurian energy is much higher and finer than what we have in most places on earth. If something like that plug works, it would be of great benefit in order to raise vibration.
Unfortunately I live and work in places with extremly low vibration. I have finally made up my mind to move away. But until I find my next home I will keep on trying to raise the vibration of this place.How are you doing by the way? With your job especially…
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May 14, 2020 at 12:41 PM #310360AnaelTheRoseAngelParticipant
Thank you for asking about my wellbeing. Right now I am working 8 hours, 5 days a week, against my wishes. However, I am only working in the kitchen for 2 hours every day, which is much better for my stress levels than the 4+ hours that I was working beforehand.
For the first 3 hours of my shift I get prep done and take my 30 minute break. Then I work in the kitchen for the next 2 hours, and for the last 3, I go around the whole restaurant and sanitize surfaces that get touched a lot.
Despite wanting to work fewer hours, this is a very good compromise. The cleaning is very boring, but it is not stressful at all so I tolerate it.
I wish I could listen to music while I clean but one of the managers, Heather, never allows anyone to listen to music. She irritates me greatly because she is a very by-the-books kind of rule follower and enforcer.
She is the greatest source of stress for me at my work, and I wish she would just never come back to our store. She isn’t always there though because she is a higher up who visits several stores in our franchise to make sure they are following standard procedures.
I get that it’s her job to make people follow rules, but it feels to me like she cares more about rules than people’s physical or emotional wellbeing.
She is absolutely brainwashed by this country’s depraved work culture, and I can’t stand it. And McDonald’s is just a corrupt, greedy corporation anyway. If they could pay us employees less, they would jump on that in a heartbeat.
I had to demand a raise just to get one, even though at the time I had been working there for 2 1/2 years, way longer than the typical employee (I will be reaching year 4 in August). I never call out, I arrive on time every day, I get a doctor’s note if I get sick, I make sure to request days off if I go on a trip, etc.
Those are quite basic examples of a good work ethic, but if you’ve ever worked at a fast food restaurant, you know they are full of teenagers who don’t understand the value of a job, and who will continuously break those rules.
I guess my point is that I am a good worker, and I don’t feel like Heather truly appreciates me. I am looking forward to the day that I receive a basic monthly income and I can quit that job, whenever that may be.
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May 14, 2020 at 11:09 AM #310358OtterParticipant
Today’s advice from GAOG:
Feel the power of my love for you. You are my child, for I bear you as a mother. I want you to experience and accept me as a supporting energy in your life, but to not do that through your head and the thinking processes that you have been taught.
If we are to ascend with bodies this time, it might be nice to take my mind along for the ride. Although I must admit I feel like I’m losing mine trying to keep up with events and what to do. Do we forgive and send love to the Cabal, no, they are being killed as we write, depending on the day or channel speaking.
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May 15, 2020 at 10:59 AM #310389Shayne LaughterParticipant
Hello, Everyone,
I have a couple of articles that might not be appropriate for the GAoG main page, but I would like to share them for those interested. They have helped me detach from the vitriol-flinging in alt-news circles.
First, this is an astrologer, Gary Glynn, who lives in my town and publishes a blog/newsletter called astroblogick.com. Here is his report on the time (May 13-June 25) of Venus Retrograde. He covers personal work, systemic changes from CV-19, and politics. (The second article will be posted separately.)
Venus Retrograde: The Summer of Our Discontent
Astroblogick Special Report
May 14, 2020
By Gary Paul GlynnIt’s hard to imagine life becoming any more challenging than it already is during our ongoing pandemic, yet with Venus stationary retrograde Wednesday morning, it’s soon to be revealed how much work still needs to be done with regard to our finances, relationships, modes of beauty and entertainment as well as our future expectations. Against the backdrop of the novel coronavirus threatening to burn its way through the global population, Venus retrograde takes on greater meaning and significance than it would have a year ago.
Venus is the planet most closely associated with our relationships (intimate, professional and casual) and the capacity to relate to others. Venus is the planet of love, romance, beauty and sexual attraction as well as our individual ways of compromising and balancing differences in tastes and values within the context of relationships. Venus speaks to the value and significance we place on money, assets, talents and abilities as well as how we choose to creatively express and share these gifts.
Gemini Love
When a planet is transiting any one of the zodiac signs, the planet’s symbolic function is colored by the sign in which it is moving. The relational aspects of Venus find greater mental expression in Gemini, often translated into wanting greater, or better communication and articulation within a relationship. It should also come as no surprise that this planet-sign combo has a tendency for too much thinking and talking within or about the relationship. This in turn could cause interpersonal tensions, particularly for couples cohabitating during the extended lock-down in cramped quarters during the pandemic.
Keeping this in mind, Venus retrograde in Gemini suggests a quieter tone, less of a need for constant comment and conversation, perhaps a time to simply be. This might result in a more reflective state of mind and being open to listening, really listening to our significant other, or to anyone else for that matter. By holding space for each other, this can be a prime time to connect with our partners, moving past the images we unconsciously project in order to see them for what they really are.
Of course, this might also mean we’ll come to the conclusion that the relationship isn’t viable or that the person we’ve been locked-up with for two months isn’t who we thought they were. Quarantine will do that, even when Venus isn’t retrograde; but when it is, we see more clearly and deeply than when we’re in a state of distraction and desire.
Another way to look at the romantic angle of Venus retrograde involves the fact that the coronavirus has led to the closing of bars, clubs and restaurants, which means the options for meeting and dating have become seriously reduced while hookups have been largely confined to Zoom and Skype. Online dating has taken off while also offering the benefit of more time to get to know someone before going to bed with them, and with CV-19, who knows when that might be. So, there’s that. Yet even though Venus in Gemini is all about communication, I think we’ll be feeling a lack of hugs and nonverbal interactions even more strongly during Venus retrograde.
It should also be noted that with the wedding season upon us, Venus retrograde is the fly in the ointment of happily ever after and is considered inauspicious for exchanging vows. Having said this, I know many happy, long-married couples who tied the knot during Venus retrograde, although some will also admit that it was far from easy getting there. Still, I would caution people about putting anything on the line that needs to last while Venus is retrograde, be it marriages or investments. And for those of you disappointed that you had to postpone your wedding ceremonies, take heart, you might have dodged a bullet, here. Venus retrograde is good for testing and tasting, but not signing a lease for life.
Summertime Blues
And no, it really doesn’t get better, and with the return of warmer weather our typical summer fare of outdoor concerts, baseball games, pools, street dances, block parties, barbecues and farmers markets are conspicuously absent in the face of the pandemic. For some folks, Venus retrograde only adds to a sense of loss and a desire for a semblance of summertime normality which in turn could lead to risky social behaviors
This is why it’s important for us to be mindful that when Venus is retrograde, there are things moving under the radar for six weeks that may not be revealed until afterwards. Without the damn tests, we’re flying blind and the fact most states are reopening their economies even before seeing infection rates decrease is troubling on many levels and with Venus retrograde, this could go any number of ways.
Your Money or Your Life
The pressure to reopen the economy without any significant testing and tracing protocols in place is definitely aligned to the financial side of Venus in Gemini, so we can only hope that during retrograde there will be greater care and closer observation in order to pull back if another wave begins to surge. The only problem with this is that it will take a while to see whether we’re in the clear or the infection is spreading which means in some cases, a complete loss of control.
Requiring workers to return to their minimum wage jobs in unsafe environments in order to keep pushing profits to the top of the food chain is a false choice. The health of the population is directly tied to its economic well-being, not the other way around. I’m hoping that on the positive side, Venus retrograde will help slow our rush toward what passes for normal long enough for us to contain the spread of the virus in order to bypass the nightmare scenarios being described even as we throw the doors open.
Uncertainty Factor
Understandably, the collective response to the fallout from CV19 largely tends toward fear, frustration and aggravation; of not having a job to go to, a daycare center to drop the kids off at, or how on Earth we’re going to put food on the table and keep the lights on. There are no easy answers here, and Venus retrograde might have us looking deeper into our situations than we might wish to go, but this is what she’s asking us to do. Venus asks: What do you value? What do you desire? What are your alternatives?
The frantic attempt to shore-up broken systems that were already in a state of neglect, decay and collapse is a fool’s errand on a grand, collective scale although we should expect to see our so-called leaders try to Frankenstein the economy back onto its feet. Financial markets have largely been whistling past the graveyard in hopes that a recovery is imminent, but as we watch the demise of an out-of-balance capitalistic system, it should become apparent that there is no going back. Oh sure, there will still be pockets of fiscal normalcy, at least for a time, but as we’ve held back the rising tide of inequities and inhumanities for so many years, it appears logical that we’re at the edge of a global depression unlike anything we’ve seen before.
Hopefully, Venus retrograding in Gemini will give us a glimpse into ways in which to grow and prosper without it coming at the expense of others. A redistribution of resources will be absolutely necessary as the pandemic continues to stymie business as usual and what I think will bring the progressive model of democratic socialism to the foreground. A time to begin reconsidering and reconfiguring our economic model to address the inequities and imbalances inherent in the decaying capitalistic, winner-take-all economy. Of course, this isn’t going to happen over the next six weeks, or even the next six months, but Venus retrograde in Gemini might provide the insights we need to begin charting a new course.
April 11: Venus enters retrograde shadow
May 3: Venus square Neptune #1
May 13: Venus stationary retrograde (21Gem50)
May 20: Venus retrograde square Neptune #2
June 3: Venus-Sun conjunction (13Gem30)
June 25: Venus stationary direct (05Gem20)
July 27: Venus square Neptune #3 (final)
July 29: Venus exits retrograde shadowVenus in the Swamp
The impact of Venus retrograde on dysfunctional and corrupt governmental bodies that are endangering citizens cannot be underestimated, particularly in the face of economic collapse and a global depression. Here in the States, where we have a real mess on our hands, we’re still looking at the usual cast of incompetent leaders, sycophants and cronies messing-up even the simplest things, further endangering the American people by simply not caring enough. This will become even more apparent to the Average Joe during Venus retrograde, when a nation of unhappy campers is watching everything their leaders do with careful observation. The techniques of distraction don’t work as well when people have plenty of time on their hands to see which cup the ball is hidden under.
As to the passage of bills and other crisis legislation involving relief money (Venus), there is some possibility that bills passed, signed and enacted will be seriously flawed in some way if put together during Venus retrograde. This isn’t to say that they won’t happen, just that there will be more stupidity and delays to contend with. Although we’re dealing with the serious urgency of this emergency, in some respects, careful consideration will ultimately speed up whatever is needed to provide relief and assistance to millions of Americans.
Looking more specifically at Venus retrograde with regard to the rogue’s gallery of charts, we see a number of significant features. At the top of the list is Venus stationary retrograde conjunct Donald Trump’s Sun-North Node in Gemini: something involving discoveries and/or inquiries into his power-base and sketchy financial associates. Keep in mind that Trump was born during a fated, total lunar eclipse, so Venus is also stationing opposite his Moon and South Node in Sagittarius. There is a karmic event unfolding for Donald Trump between now and August, especially when Venus crosses his natal eclipse over the first three weeks of May and again in the final week of July. Anything that turns-up now during Venus’ station will become objectively manifest just before it leaves its retrograde shadow. I’m inclined to think that this, in addition to a number of other astrological hits to his chart will result in his exit before the November election.
On a side note, as of May 12, when Venus was stationary, yet before turning retrograde, the Supreme Court took up two challenges regarding the release of Trump’s financial records (Venus-Gemini). The court isn’t expected to make a final ruling until June or July, which means their review will last through most, if not all of Venus’ retrograde. Making a wild guess, we’ll be looking at August 1 when Venus makes its third and final pass over Trump’s natal eclipse that we may see the levy burst and the nasty truth spill out into the light of day.
Looking at the chart of Trump’s loyal lap-dog, Mike Pence, whose natal Mercury is conjunct Trump’s Sun-Node-Eclipse point, has Venus stationary retrograde on his Mercury at the same time. This might be about Pence being briefed and prepped (Mercury) to take over in the inevitable event of Trump’s absence, but this is a stretch. More likely still, Pence will be held to account (Venus) for information (Mercury) he has shared with Trump (Sun) in the past (retro). I’m also getting a pull that this might involve Mike Flynn, and the likelihood that Pence did in fact know of Flynn’s connections with the Russians when he was on Trump’s transition team, but testified that Flynn lied to him. We could also speculate that the reason for their about-face over Flynn might lie in the potential threat that Flynn would sing if they didn’t find a way to nullify his guilty plea. I don’t have Flynn’s chart, so this is simply a wild, yet plausible guess.
Speaking of the Flynn business, the potent midpoint of the Venus retrograde period is the Venus-Sun conjunction on June 5 (13Gem30) which is often known as an “ah-ha!” moment when discoveries, revelations and fresh understandings explode on the scene. The Venus-Sun conjunction forms a square aspect with the Neptune placement in the chart for the Department of Justice – potentially exposing cover-ups, deceptions and redactions. This same aspect also tags William Barr’s natal Saturn – the planet of truth and consequence, so watch what goes down in early June – perhaps a resignation will be in order.
Venus retrograde also forms a square aspect to the Sun-Venus-Neptune conjunction in the chart for the Republican Party, suggesting a contraction of overly-optimistic thoughts about maintaining control over the Senate, let alone the presidency. Trump’s natal eclipse contacts this weak spot in the GOP chart (hence the groveling), as goes Trump, so goes the Grand Ole Party.
Lastly, and perhaps most troubling, we find Venus stationary retrograde while joined with the Mars square Neptune placement in the United States birthchart, the national Achilles Heel which has given us unending wars and violent, xenophobic attitudes. Venus retrograde on this aspect calls these matters into question, perhaps by way of ineffective actions – the modus operandi of Trump Co. in deflecting blame and responsibility onto others. Even his base might wake up long enough to really look at what’s taking place before going right back to sleep and the business of making America great again.
In Conclusion
When all is said and done, Venus retrograde in Gemini offers us an opportunity to turn our focus inward, to take stock of our gifts and our liabilities in the face of the pandemic. We’re always in such a hurry to get to the next thing that we rarely stop to appreciate what we do have, here and now. This is a time when we’re being asked to think of new approaches, new ways to connect and fresh avenues of creative expression as we move through this dark time in human history. The world is changing and the lights are coming on, and as they do, our shadows appear starkly contrasted against the backdrop of truth and grace. This is a time of transition and the only reality we should be concerned with lives inside the mystery of our beating hearts and the eternal presence of love.
Copyright 2020 Gary Paul Glynn
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May 15, 2020 at 1:46 PM #310394Shayne LaughterParticipant
Hello Again,
The second article I want to share is about Socialism. What it is and is not, according to Economics Professor Emeritus Richard D. Wolff. Cold War mainstream American news & political language conditioned us to fear socialism. Wolff reveals that “socialism” is a term that has been hijacked over and over until it is like “Christian,” meaning whatever you need it to mean as a weapon, a placebo or a hiding place. I think as readers of GAoG we can agree that “making a world that works for everyone” means facing and removing exploitation from the planet — whether it’s exploitation of workers, children, women, or Nature. At core, Socialism was conceived to eliminate exploitation from the workplace, from the economy, and from society at large. We who are preparing to be New Humanitarians need not use the term “Socialism” re our projects and visions, but it might help us to think about the history of the concept and be able to discuss it from time to time. The link to YES! Magazine:
From what I read in alt-news/Reval circles, “Socialism” is erroneously conflated with “Communism” and “Nazi,” and the way these terms are used indicates that the user has an emotional picture of the terms and little understanding of the socio-political historical systems’ intent or reasons for failures.
The TL:DR on Dr. Wolff’s article:
1. Socialism is a yearning for something better than capitalism
2. Socialism is not a single, unified theory
3. The Soviet Union and China achieved state capitalism, not socialism
4. The U.S., Soviet Union, and China have more in common than you think
5. Thank American socialists, communists, and unionists for the 1930s New Deal
6. If 5 was news to you, that’s due to the massive U.S.-led global purge of socialists and communists after WWII
7. Since socialism was capitalism’s critical shadow, it spread to those subjected by and opposed to capitalist colonialism
8. Fascism is a capitalist response to socialism
9. Socialism has been, and still is, evolving
10. Worker co-ops are a key to socialism’s futureThank you for your attention.
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May 18, 2020 at 4:55 AM #310445OtterParticipant
A humble suggestion to the IT guy at GAOG.
Whoever came up with the idea to list forum responses in reverse chronological order was misguided.
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May 20, 2020 at 6:15 PM #310497hbailey94Participant
Does anyone know anything about a plan of heaven, for angels, and possibly e.ts, to mate with humans to alter the DNA of humans?
Any information on this?
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May 30, 2020 at 4:21 AM #310793OtterParticipant
Today’s GAOG reported a letter from Zimbabwe that read:
14 months ago when the Zimbabwe government converted all our US dollars to Zimbabwe dollars at the rate of one to one….
Why wasn’t this revaluation reported on. Does that mean my trillion Zem note makes me super rich? Have any other currency holders cashed in theirs?
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