Guest Post by Martin Armstrong
The political world is melting down. The press is so bought and paid for and lost all sense of impartial reporting just the news, all I can say is this is beginning of the end. Rejoice – you have a front row seat to witness the decline and fall of the West. It’s only fair. All empires, nations, and city states die. One must consult the history books to gather the evidence of how such things unfold.
Guest Post by raven
For what it’s worth.
https://www.rt.com/usa/335569-clinton-election-bias-google/
The article will not be news to most of you. It’s important, but serves more as a starting point to the following thoughts, which have been bouncing around in my head for quite some time now.
Sometimes I feel like many today, and me especially, spend entirely too much time ranting about the darkness, and don’t spend nearly enough time and energy highlighting the signs of renewal happening simultaneously and all around us. I’d rather light a candle than curse the darkness, but the darkness is so darned alluring! I need a sharpening focus and attention on using my time and energy in the service of renewal. Enlightened elders, many of you fall into that category, are indispensable to me, as your distilled understanding and support, accelerates my understanding, clarifies my vision and emboldens me to take action.
I’ve already arrived at the finish line, as have nearly all of us here, in terms of a decent understanding of where we’ve come from and where things are going, yet I largely continue to harp about and expose the why’s and how’s in the battle of darkness and light, which appear salient in the moment, yet are ultimately irrelevant, because it contributes little to securing the future. Understanding the “why” of current events is hugely important, but equally important, and maybe more so, is actioning a clear vision of the path ahead, and working diligently to secure a future worthy of our loved ones. I feel like I (we) don’t have a unified vision of our future. We don’t have a battle plan. Perhaps it’s just too soon as the full scope of the storm is not yet clear. Even still, a lot of energy is spend exposing and excising the cancer, all good stuff, and so very little is clear or energized about what’s needed to heal. Doesn’t that leave us all vulnerable to the worst of the fates before us?
As I look to our future, I have to be able to discern between the innumerable options, avoid the distractions, step forward with faith and confidence, grasping with both hands and making my own, a vision of hope for our wounded world.
Thanks for listening.