We are evidently entering a new era on planet Earth.
That the Alberta provincial government is making societally- and ecologically-altering decisions behind closed doors is more the behavior of secret societies than of democratic government, elected by the people. It has become vividly clear that the current Premier is not serving the populace of Alberta. Rather she is bowing to the sole interests and exploits of the oil and gas elite.
That the newly elected President of the US is not fulfilling his election promises-to-the-people is not at all surprising. That the rapidly emerging oligarchy is becoming so visibly present makes clear that his agenda is to serve the exclusive interests of this elite, including him.
In the world of secret societies and oligarchies, life is a game. ‘Monopoly’ is a mere intro course. The Game of War is the handbook. Any perceived opposition is immediately assumed to be a threat. There is absolutely no psychological space for ‘failure’. And so the ante for victorship is upped, at all costs.
It is vital for us to remember that the ‘costs’ of dictatorship and tyrannical leadership barely touch these ‘leaders’ themselves. It is not their pawns who are their own children.
The games are childish. “I’m the king of the castle, and you’re the dirty rascal”, and ‘Capture the Flag’ are utmost among them. Chess is a foundational game board.
Our greatest hope – for all of humanity, in and beyond the borders of the US, Canada, Mexico, and the world, and for all life upon this delicate and only planet that is our home – is for the bickering and bidding for ‘who has the most power’ within the rapidly emerging debacle in the US ‘leadership’ to collapse from the inside. Let’s hope. From my humble perspective, of the damage that any aggressive disagreements cause, this would be the outcome with the least ripples-to-all-that-is-innocent.
In the interim of the ‘story’ clearly showing us all its trajectory, we must remember that no one has our power unless we give it to them. Now is the time to do our personal healing, our deep reflecting, and our aligning within ourselves with the greatest tenets of all historical leaders who have hailed in and brought about peace. Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and the likes.
I continuously sense that psychology plays a pivotal role here. How to relate to tyrants and dictators – ‘false’ leaders – in nonviolent ways that prick a hole in their bubble. Words and ways that defuse their self-entitled sense of ‘authority’.
Rutger Bregman gives us a seminal clue in his brilliant book Humankind – A Hopeful History. The !Kung tribe is one example of a peaceful society in our own human history. “We refuse one who boasts, for someday his pride will make him kill somebody. So we always speak of his meat as worthless. This way we cool his heart and make him gentle.”
De-Investing tyrant’s and dictator’s power – via withdrawing our energy from them (thoughts, feelings, actions), and re-directing our own vital energy toward that which is life-giving – holds the power to regain sanity and balance within this teetering human world.