Caitlin's Blessing
On 9/24, my e-mail contained a "New post on Caitlin Johnstone" which was
A Blessing For Anyone written by Caitlin Johnstone, which I found to be quite interesting. Sufficiently so that I actually printed a copy to hang on my office wall. Insofar as anyone is arguably everyone, and insofar as all of her work is in the public domain, I decided to republish it here. If you haven't already read it, give it a look; it is not, imho, "may you live in interesting times" but it isn't treacle either. Like a box of rain; Believe it if you need it,
If you don't just pass it on ...
May all of your illusions be shattered beyond your ability to reassemble them.
May you learn quickly from your failures and successes.
May life treat you how you treat life.
May you reap swiftly that which you sow, and may it be highly educational for you.
May all of the hidden parts of yourself enter the light.
May all of your unfelt feelings be felt.
May you have a crystal clear glimpse of your own boundlessness.
May you have a crystal clear glimpse of your own insignificance.
May your inner monologue cease and may you experience stillness.
May you experience the beauty of each moment that the babbling mind eclipses.
May you uncover the mystery that hides behind the veil of separation.
May you know true courage.
May you know true wisdom.
May you know true humility.
May you know true truth.
May you know yourself intimately, without disguises or distortions.
May you meet the world lucidly, without projections or prejudices.
May you perceive the world clearly, without filters or fantasies.
May your delusions disappoint you and may authenticity astonish you.
May everything you have constructed in untruth crumble before your eyes.
May life conspire to unmake every false object you have made.
May you live each moment fully, not for the goal of grandiose achievement, but for living itself.
May you truly, deeply see yourself, and find there what you've always been looking for.
May you be truly, deeply seen by someone else. May you let yourself be seen by them.
May you end your war against the feminine.
May you finally let in the enormity of what your mother did for you.
May you find a home in your body.
May your body feel at home on this earth.
May the earth feel your sorrow.
May you feel the earth's forgiveness.
May the earth feel your gratitude.
May the earth feel your love.
May thrum of the earth dance through you.
May you fall in love with that dance.
Amen.
Comments
Bless her for her blessings for us /nt
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Wow
That is one helluva blessing. Caitlin is very talented. And not just as a political blogger.
Reminds me a little of how I feel when I listen to Alanis Morissettes song, Thank You. Re-building your world view, and yourself, has it's benefits.
Thank you for passing this one on; it's a keeper.
Thank You, by Alanis Morisette
How 'bout getting off of these antibiotics
How 'bout stopping eating when I'm full up
How 'bout them transparent dangling carrots
How 'bout that ever elusive kudo
Thank you India, thank you terror
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you frailty, thank you consequence
Thank you, thank you, silence
How 'bout me not blaming you for everything
How 'bout me enjoying the moment for once
How 'bout how good it feels to finally forgive you
How 'bout grieving it all one at a time
Thank you India, thank you terror
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you frailty, thank you consequence
Thank you, thank you, silence
The moment I let go of it
Was the moment I got more than I could handle
The moment I jumped off of it
Was the moment I touched down
How 'bout no longer being masochistic
How 'bout remembering your divinity
How 'bout unabashedly bawling your eyes out
How 'bout not equating death with stopping
Thank you India, thank you providence
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you nothingness, thank you clarity
Thank you, thank you, silence
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
To Caitlin I'd add
May you end your war against the masculine.
May you appreciate everything your father did for you.
???
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
I'm curious, too
maybe we'll find out.
@Shahryar she says may you end
she says may you end your war against the feminibe. May you finally let in the enormity of what your mother did for you.
I felt she forgot to say may you end your war against the masculine (don't pretend for one second there isn't one) and appreciate what your father did for you.
I don't get why anyone has an issue with that. Aren't you for equality? If my words upset you frankly I find that sexist.
Here's my question for you
In the entire 32 lines of her poem, you took issue with two of them. But rather than absorb the poetry of the 30 other lines, along with the rest of us, you decided it was worth the effort to focus in on what you objected to and post your quibbles in a thread that was honoring the sentiment of the entire message.
I think that says a lot more about how you filter the world around you, than it does Caitlin's.
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
sorry but this sounds like "All Lives Matter"
you know, how some people were offended by "Black Lives Matter" and missed the point that black people get shot by the police. Of course all lives matter but some white people act like that's not true, that black lives don't! Thus it's pointed out that, in fact, black lives do matter! But it still doesn't register for some people.
Well, on several levels "the feminine" is disrespected (to say the least). Besides the fact that women are uncomfortable walking down the street because of unwanted advances or previous attacks, besides the fact that women are considered inferior by many men, there are also societal traits that can be considered male or female. War is masculine. Those school shootings are masculine. A dog eat dog world is masculine. Art is feminine....except for Hemingway or Mailer or Pollack. By the way (as Bernie would say) this is an old concept. Ares, the god of war, Aphrodite, the goddess of love.
Our culture pushes the destructive elements while pooh-poohing beauty. That's what I think Caitlin is saying.
Standing Ovation for that beautiful comment
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
Outstanding comment!
Thanks for saying what you did.
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
@Shahryar she says may you end
she says may you end your war against the feminibe. May you finally let in the enormity of what your mother did for you.
I felt she forgot to say may you end your war against the masculine (don't pretend for one second there isn't one) and appreciate what your father did for you.
I don't get why anyone has an issue with that. Aren't you for equality? If my words upset you frankly I find that sexist.
@Battle of Blair Mountain what are you talking
what are you talking about?
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
May you reread this and see what you missed
This is what you got from reading what Caitlin wrote? SMDH...
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
Maybe we can start our own blessing
For the interpretively challenged?
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
Good idea..I'll start
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
Maybe we can be even more forgiving,
even when we don’t understand the reasoning of another, knowing that we are all humanly flawed.
Nice Janis
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
; )
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