Believe this: scientists say we have 5 years to reverse our carbon output or we condemn ourselves and our descendants to a future with irreversible consequences to our environment. We've known this for years, but Americans especially haven't taken these facts seriously, sitting back while our corporations spend millions of dollars to block all attempts to reverse environmental damage.
The one thing we are all dependent on is the health of our environment. The Earth is the living organism we all depend on for Life! We westerners don't respect Mother Earth's cycles and rhythms, but if we really want to change the way humans do "business' with Earth's resources, perhaps the Occupy Movement can lead the way by listening to Earth's wisdom. We're not just "saving' Mother Earth -- She's saving us too!
When we take Mother Earth as our ally and listen to her Wisdom, she will give us direction. Earth's season of winter is upon us in the USA; it is a time to go within, a time when plants and animals withdraw their life energy from the surface of things and bring that energy to the core of their being, to sustain life over the long, cold winter months. We can take a page from Nature's book and withdraw from our very public presence to take a time out to re-assess what to do next.
This season of greatest darkness is a good time to retreat and disappear. Step back. Go within. Rest. It's time to celebrate our victory! This issue of the 99% is in the forefront of people's consciousness. People all over the world agree that we have to stop these financial criminals and change the world economy. So, why not step back and leave space for new ideas to be born on how we can take it to the next level. We need many strategies to take this movement forward into an election year here in the US.
Winter is a good time to grow the Movement. Like yeast in bread dough, we can go back home and grow the movement to bring in more people willing to take a stand with us.
Taking the Occupy Movement to Main Street
While the collective protests of the Occupy movement are vital to our revolution, we can re-direct some of our energy to Main Street. This is not a call to give up the protests, but rather a call to shift gears and take the protests to our local communities -- to Main Street: to our Town Councils and Mayors, and to our State Houses. When you show up at your Town Council meeting and participate in your local decision-making, you are changing the world. We are a bottom-up movement, and the first way to change society is to convince your own town to make changes. The more people we inspire in our communities to actively support the Occupy Movement in their own town, the more solid the change will be.
I have to put on my astrologer cap here for a moment and let you know that the heavens are supporting our revolution with their time-honored messages. Certain planetary aspects that were active in the 60s have been reactivated again, but in a more stressful way. And this 60s energy of revolution and evolution is still building, and won't even come into play until next year. This is only the lead-up to more stressful confrontations and these energies will be in play until 2015 and beyond. We have to be ready for the long haul. But the question remains -- will it be a peaceful, creative revolution or a violent one?
Part 2: How the Arts Can Occupy Main Street is a call to all artists - writers, storytellers, dancers, visual artists, photographers, fire spinners, magicians, actors and directors - to unite to bring stories of our times to our people on Main Street this summer. What would you like to do to bring inspiring stories to your community? Where is your tribe of artists? Occupy Main Street with your vision. Besides being fun and creative, we'll be doing our part to Occupy Wall Street! Watch for Part 2 Thursday night at the Solar Eclipse.
Cathy Pagano, trained at the C.G. Jung Institut-Zurich, is a mythic storyteller, astrologer and teacher. Her storytelling website is http://www.starofthebards.com
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