2020 - THE OUTBREAK THAT CHANGED THE WORLD!

Everything is weird! Have we switched dimension? Perhaps CERN should stop smashing atoms. The energy is dense. People are depressed. Fear is on the rise. The world has gone mad. We are living in strange times. This year is shit! A few of the opinions I have heard from people I have spoken to since the beginning of this outbreak. 

Many have lost their jobs, numerous companies have closed down, heaps of people are in financial trouble, our social lifestyle and daily routines disturbed, our desire to travel overseas restricted, our need for closeness suppressed. Our right to breathe freely outlawed and our every move scrutinised through our phones. Fear has contaminated millions of minds. But should we quit? No way! We are HUMANITY and just like the saying goes: “They tried to bury us, but they didn't know we were seeds”! 

 

LIFE, THE UNIVERSE, GOD, NATURE, whatever you want to call it has tossed a stick in the ants’ nest. But instead of standing together, we’re being divided. Social distancing is one thing, but what is it doing to our lives and our trust in each other? Most governments are failing to handle the current crisis with efficiency and love. The measures put in place to save the elderly and people at risk are medieval and ineffective. Trying to catch the invisible man is not all fun and games but is fear and limitation necessary -- is chaos really the answer? 

“Turning on each other is not a game we want to play!” 

This virus is real and you might, or might not, catch it. However, this is not the first time humanity has experienced such a thing and it won’t be the last. In 1918 we had Spanish flu, in 1997 bird flu, in 2003 SARS, in 2009 swine flu, and in 2012 MERS -- all causing many deaths. But, the 14th century faced way worst with the black death which caused a death toll of over 75 million or half the population of Europe. Did we stop living then? No. COVID deaths are approximately one ten thousandth of one percent (0.00001%) of the global population! More people have died of flu and pneumonia than of COVID this summer! 

The only way to face this outbreak is together and united! Life must be revived, love and hope must be bigger than our fears. This virus is challenging us to be in better shape, better health, have better minds, live better lives. So get in shape now, not tomorrow – do it now! Don’t wait for the new year to make a new resolution. Add supplements to your diet, refrain from eating junk, work out, spend more time outdoors, dose up on fun, so your mind and body become a shield of health. You need to laugh and love more, as they’re the best medicine to heal any infection you might face. The stronger you are, the higher your chances of facing this virus head-on with no problems. 

We need trustworthy people, from scientists to politicians, to take a stand and tip the balance back towards freedom. Locking people in their homes is not the answer. A home should not be a prison or a grave! More humane methods exist to protect us all and maintain our freewill to live life fully. 

Humans are designed for motion. We must engage in a huge number of physical activities throughout the day as this is tremendously important to the survival of our species. We must keep on living life but keep caution in mind. Perhaps this crisis is a good reminder for basic hygiene, to wash our hands frequently, and sneeze in a tissue or in our sleeves. We should always respect other people’s space. However, we shouldn’t live in a disinfected bubble 24/7, as we need bacteria to build up our immune systems. Research says that the immune systems of our ancestors were strengthened by a multitude of microbial interactions. Now, there aren’t enough, the immune system will start to age making it more likely that we’ll have a huge response to a simple allergen, let alone a virus. 

 “Sterilising your home like a hospital could lead children to have a severely hyper sensitised immune system leaving them open to allergies and asthma. Many think that all germs are bad, this is not true. Most will stimulate your immune system and make you actually stronger”. 

Prof Gilbert says. 

The last 6 months have been tough on so many people and far too many have lost hope. The fear of what tomorrow might bring is on many peoples lips, and our governments are changing the rules far too often depriving us of stability. It feels like we’re playing Simon says! Enough damage has been done to the world’s economy and people. The astronomical debt that has been created for future generations to pay is unacceptable. This carnage must stop as the consequences are tragic for too many people. Alcohol consumption has increased during lockdown due to stress, and anxiety and depression have spiked, pushing many countries into a mental health crisis. But what did we expect? Taking away people’s freedom is ripping them away from their life’s purpose and destroys their will to go on. 

“Drugs, alcohol, or any other form of dependency won’t help you, as you wake up the next day your life’s challenges are still there. The result is continuous damage to your body and mind. The disbelief that you cannot overcome your current situation by yourself is just a story you repeatedly tell yourself, you can choose to change your story.” 

We’ve all felt the dense energy all around us. The negative vibrations can be sensed even by less sensitive souls, repressing positivity and hope. For those who are sensitive and feel deeply - it’s unbearable. Nevertheless, we must believe that we have what it takes to help each other towards positivity and brighter days. We must look after ourselves in the best way possible and keep hope on our horizon. Put your oxygen mask on before helping others. You are no good to no one if your heart is broken, or your mind is tuned to pessimism, and you have given up on tomorrow.

Small things can help, wear light perfumes, as scent is processed in the olfactory bulb which has direct connections to the amygdala and hippocampus. These parts of the brain provide emotional reactions and memories. Smile at people who cross your path - facial expressions have an impact on our feelings. Wear clothing or bags with encouraging messages - we’ve all heard of synchronicity. The right person will read it at the perfect time. Your mind is an incredible receiver and will tune into the right vibes if you just decide to open up to the impossible. Speak with people you love as often as possible - keep in touch! Say "I love you" more, we’re so constipated with those words, yet we need to hear them more than ever. Say “I love you” to the people you love every time you see them. Say it and mean it, the words are precious as they magnify the energy of love within. We shouldn’t wait for the first signs of the apocalypse to express our love to our loved ones.

"Time waits for no one."

- Yasutaka Tsutsui -

If you are blessed to have positive people around you, who have faith that this world chaos will pass, cherish them, uplift them, we need more of those souls around us. Pessimism isn’t the way forward, the media are doing a marvellous job with their headlines, feasting on this pandemic like vultures on a carcass, layering fear through speculation. How about focusing on how many have survived? How many caught it but had no symptoms? I guess good news is for Care Bears, it doesn’t fit the harsh and cynical world of grown-ups. ‘News’ is a business, and like most businesses they need to make profit. Stay away from the negative headlines. Instead do some research and make up your own mind, find the middle ground. Think for yourself! 

 - THE METAPHYSICAL SIDE OF THIS PANDEMIC AND 2020 - 

It is said that our incarnation is no accident. Theoretically, we choose our time in the history of humanity to experience life. Let's face it, this incarnation is quite something. Some of us feel they have a specific purpose. It may sound insane, but it’s a strong feeling for many. This incarnation has a vibration opposite to matter, it affects the planet and the human body. Many souls are feeling drained and unmotivated at the moment. Is the SHUMANN resonance to blame? Possibly as it’s thought that the SHUMANN resonance has an effect on the human bioregulation, and it has increased to 7.83Hz. 

Have we really crossed to a new dimension? The spiritual people of our time say we’re moving into a new dimension. A crazy concept to get your head around but our reality is weirder than science fiction! Just listen to quantum physicists or read about the Higgs Boson. You might blast a few neurons! Individuals who are sensitive to the ‘subtle worlds’ are picking up information, feeling very strong emotions, and at times unbearable sensations. Dolores Canon wrote a book called "The 3 Waves of Volunteers and the New Earth" describing what we’re experiencing. We are all harmonising to Earth’s new dimension, the 5th dimension. Are we perhaps coming to the end of a cycle? The end of the material world? The end of capitalism? The transmutation of our governments? I believe so. 

The vibes we are currently experiencing are tuned towards forgiveness and compassion. "I don't just think about me", "I move towards love", "I help others". For those who are not aligned with these vibrations yet, the frequency of the heart, they might have a rough time, their body may not take the constant resistance and misalignment. Everyone needs to work on their fears and traumas. 

Many feel the opening of their chakras. This can raise some deep emotions to the surface such as being overly critical of self or others, isolation, lacking empathy, demanding of others, feeling abandoned, losing a sense of personal boundaries, and sleep issues. If this sounds like you, try to meditate as often as possible in order to regain calm. And for those who prefer to pray -- pray! A prayer has a very high vibration when done with love, you can pray to whatever you believe in: God, your guides, mother nature, or the universe. The important thing is to act and give yourself strength and faith that you’re going to be fine. You should also talk to someone, someone you love and trust. A badly incarnated body is not at its full power to enjoy life. You may also experience fast changes to your emotions, faster manifestation of your thoughts, the feeling that time goes by so much faster than before, and vivid dreams. 

"Everyone on earth is in the process of cleaning up their KARMA, it’s like if we were all washing our dirty laundry at the same time." 

Reconnecting with our inner-child will help our body and mind. It will lighten us up and bring us a state of joy. We need to STOP taking everything so seriously. Many are feeling lonely, especially women, you need to keep strong, your unease is due to the purification of the sacred feminine, women have been martyred for far too long, in religion, in education, and in many cultures and countries. The sacred feminine is regaining its power. 

Our bodies need to purge in order to reconnect with intuition. To be whole we need both intuition and logic, the feminine and masculine principles. Having structure supports our intuition as it is possible to become delusional. We’ve been cut off from our heart intelligence for too long. All we have currently is this rational, logical, egoic mind which is the path of error, but gratefully we’re slowly returning to that path where people are listening to their inner voice. This process is also affecting men as they too are made of feminine energy. 

Today’s children are the key, they know things we have forgotten, they have a lot to teach us, they’re connected to a truth adults no longer perceive. Let them speak, they have messages we need to hear. 

 "DON'T LOSE HOPE. WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN, THE STARS COME OUT."

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‘FAMILY’ - RETHOUGHT

We are all the products of our environment. Our early conditioning at home has a huge impact on who we become, and the people we grow up with will impact our lives in a way that no one else can. We will absorb their way of dealing with stress, their daily routines, their political views, their spiritual belief, and their social behaviours. That said, many choose to recondition their mind at a later stage in life, especially if their upbringing doesn't align with their true-self. They will either rebel, or learn a new way of life, but the old conditioning cannot be completely cut from their mind, it will remain in some way!

“I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I didn’t really appreciate life the way I should have, but fortunately I woke up.” 
- Johnny Depp -

EXPECTATIONS:

There are heavy expectations when it comes to family, often movies and commercials portray family as loving and respecting one another, supporting each other’s dreams and ambitions, a picture of perfect harmony despite the differences in personalities and ambitions! 

Happy families do exist, but perfect families are simply a MYTH! Every single family on the planet has problems, ranging from mild disagreements to abusive behaviour, and sadly even barbarity! I believe we need to redefine the word ‘FAMILY’ to improve our lives, and the lives of families that come after ours. 

We must all understand that parents are just people with their own problems. Gratefully, some are more enlightened than others, but they all still have issues and fears. They are not gods, or wizards with magic wands, they don’t have answers to all our problems, especially if they grew up with limitations and fears themselves! They too come from another unit with their unique story! We must accept that sharing DNA with another person does not make us exactly the same or confer ownership of them. The true duties of family members towards each another are love and support, if they can manage it! Many cannot as they have not received it themselves and this is where many problems start. Think about it for a minute, if you’ve never been loved, guided or encouraged, how could you then pass that onto others? You cannot love if you don’t have love for yourself first!

CONSEQUENCES: 
Many people by the age of 40 will give up on their physical, emotional and mental health, barely thinking of their spiritual needs. They’ll fall onto a limited path, following the limitations of their negative mindset and experiences, without ever finding a way out. 

“A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another.”

- Buddha -

BALANCE:

The main reasons why people cannot get better are the absence of self-belief for self-healing, and the lack of enriching experiences for personal growth. The cycle of broken people repeats itself, recycling negative childhoods for the next generation. The statistics show problems with children who have grown up with fear; poor self-esteem; inability to self-heal; poor education; absence of love; and physical or mental abuse. They all sadly struggle to cope with life as they grow older as they have no foundations to fall upon when faced with the harsh moments of life. Strong foundations are vital to become a balanced individual, so we should hope this truth becomes a reality for future generations to come.

TEACHING: 

Love, kindness, compassion and perseverance must be taught from childhood. We’ve all been taught to treat a cut on our finger with antiseptic and a plaster to help it heal. But, the internal scars and bruises as we grow up have never been spoken of, never healed, never dealt with. Once the child becomes an adult, if the healing of these hurts have not been dealt with, he or she becomes a monumental emotional mess, often angry, negative, misunderstood or anti-social, and unable to reach enlightenment which is the ultimate development of one's inner potential as a human being.

“Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home.” 
- Anthony Liccione -

ESCAPISM:

Unfortunately, we live in a society where no one has time to listen, to feel, or to understand. Instead we seek advice from our friends Jack Daniels or Bud Weiser, and they usually sooth us with some temporary escapism. Others prefer to lose themselves to chemical oblivion, but the return to reality is much harsher, and often dangerous or addictive! They are all soothing  temporarily but they don’t really heal anything. They just keep you numb stealing the sensation of being alive! When you wake up, the problem, the pain or whatever you are attempting to escape from is still there. 

WE ALL HAVE FAMILY PROBLEMS: 

Every single one of us has family issues, from the small and insignificant to genuinely painful situations. But now more than ever it is time to heal our bodies, spirits and minds, we all have what it takes to decide that we’re no longer victims of our experiences and to aim for a brighter life.

We must stop making broken people. The next generations must be raised with love, balance, knowledge and education, but also with a deep understanding of themselves through learning about their own emotions. Teaching mindfulness will help the next generation benefit from controlling their thoughts.

Family feuds have damaged minds and broke many hearts! We are all born into families, but before we call it family, we must learn how to respect each others life choices, beliefs and to make allowances for each other’s faults. I’m not saying that will be easy(!), but we must believe it is possible to take the first step! For many there is a reasonable chance to make amends with your family and find love.

However, some families are beyond repair as no love is present. Protecting our happiness from those who haven’t learnt from their life journey is essential as we are all here to experience our own lives in the most blissful way.

“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” 
- Henry Ward Beecher -

LET’S CREATE FAMILIES WITH BEAUTIFUL VALUES AND LOVE, 
FOR A BETTER FUTURE AND WORLD.

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INDIA THROUGH THE EYES OF ANON - "Guest post by ANON"

"One can become a strange mixture of East and West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere; or being still oneself, one can learn to find oneself ‘in place’ anywhere and ‘at home’ everywhere, in the profoundest sense a citizen of the world". - A.K Coomaraswamy. -

I recently returned from a three month trip in India. As an Indian brought up in England, I have always been encouraged to have a voice, to have a career of my own and to be my own person. So for me, when I go back to India and see the life that women have to subscribe to, I can’t help thinking how different their life and choices are. Perhaps the word I am looking for is limited. And so I am going to illustrate this point with two examples of real-life situations. 

The first example involves a young lady. Let us call her Anjali. Anjali is a bright, articulate young lady. She has had all the privileges of a middle class upbringing in India and even completed her Masters degree overseas in Australia. She can speak at least three languages fluently and her spoken English is so clear and grammatically correct, one hardly notices her Indian accent.

Now Anjali is quite capable of working and is encouraged to work in professions such as IT or the family business. At home, Anjali excels in many hobbies which she loves such as needlework, classical music or dance.

She is in fact an all-rounder. She loves her fashion, she’s constantly on WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram and has a “real joie de vivre”. Of course Anjali is free to socialise and go out, go to movies, have dinner with friends but it is very unusual for her to go out on her own, and one would certainly never see Anjali hanging out with a boy. (I am not saying people in India don’t date, of course they do, but lets’ say they do it in a more discrete manner. For example, you very rarely see couples holding hands – the beach may be the only exception where this is seen – you certainly don’t see people kissing in public and in a nightclub it is highly unlikely that you would get some drunken, sweaty-faced guy who grabs you on the dance floor and lunges at you in the hope that your lips might lock!).

As Anjali approaches her mid to late 20s, she knows it will soon be time for her to get married. Her husband to-be is chosen by a word-of-mouth, a carefully researched, pre-selection process by her parents and extended family.

Anjali may be told she has the final say but the reality is that the pre-chosen match is the husband for her. And then comes the marriage. In some cases, the husband may be happy for her to continue working but in other cases, the husband may expect her to give up work, which Anjali will have to comply with, if the marriage is to be successful. And then the young married couple are very much expected to have a child within the first year of marriage – I know this for a fact because from my cousins who have all been married in the last ten years or so, contraception is not advised and in some cases forbidden. So what, I ask myself is the point in giving Indian girls a decent education, sending them abroad for further studies, only to encourage them and subscribe them to a marriage where they are taught to accept that the husband’s choice, his say: to accept that he is King? What happened to the Queen? The second example involves a young woman, which we will call Suetha. So Suetha got married to a very handsome, professional young man. Yes, her parents had chosen him as a suitable partner for her: all was good. They had three beautiful children together. All was going well. Suetha was absolutely devoted to her husband and family. They lived in a fabulous house, had lots of friends and generally were very happy together. 

But then after 20 years of marriage, her husband had an affair. This affair went on for many years. Suetha felt helpless. She could not really divorce him, because her main concern, living in a traditional Indian society, was that she wanted to get her children married and well settled in good families and she knew she would not be able to do that if she was a divorcee: it would reflect badly on her and on her family. In essence, her standing in the community would be tarnished. 

So Suetha decided to take no action and waited in the hope that her husband would ‘return’ to her. The husband in the meanwhile, became so brazen about the affair that he actually moved out of home, bought a new house with the mistress, who by the way, knew he was married with three children, and essentially lived with her as man and wife for about five years. The husband told his wife that the mistress ‘brought light into his life’.

Suetha decided to speak to her in-laws, in the hope that he could be persuaded to see sense and return home. Suetha was told by her father-in-law that her husband, his son, could do as he pleased. Suetha was expected to put-up and shut-up. Eventually, after some more ‘talking’ between the in-laws, the husband and Suetha, the husband did eventually decide to return home. He realised he missed his wife and children and ‘could not live without them’. However, before he returned home, Suetha was made to ask her parents-in-laws for forgiveness! Quite remarkable! For the sake of her children, Suetha did this. 

The family are now back together. It has not been a straightforward journey but they are a family once again, living under the same roof. It is not for me to comment on whether Suetha was right or wrong in her course of action. But what I do want to say is that the in-laws are the most hypocritical people on the planet. It seems that Indian society always blames the woman for a failing marriage. Period.

So, while the rest of the Western world is demanding that women should have equal pay in the workplace. I say that in India, women should have EQUAL place in the home and in a marriage.

ANON.


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