I guess I don't know why you're leaving but it's your choice.

We are all going to be affected by this virus, whether we catch it or not - someone we know will have it, so we will be affected.

Understand, too, that we are going through a societal change that can only happen with a pandemic. Mother Nature is doing a correction since earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes have had no effect on our behavior. We are going through a collective rite of passage where every person must face their deepest fears. We must journey into ourselves.

I've mentioned the shift in consciousness which began in 2012. Here we are, 7.5 years later, and this shift has taken on real meaning. We cannot get to another level of consciousness going through life in a trance, which is what the world has been doing. We are in a trance over war, which we cannot bring ourselves to stop. We are in a trance over consumerism, which many cannot stop themselves from buying the next shiny new object (think of those fools sleeping on the street for an iPhone - insanity). We are in a trance over oil, which means we cannot buy hybrid cars (I don't have one) and we fly everywhere because we are a hedonistic society.

Our values are shifting. Lots of things are being exposed. The way we engage in value exchange, the way we talk about societal structure, the things that are important to us that were always there (trains, airplanes, our jobs, etc.), has shifted. Our reality will be reshaped and how we define ourselves. It's a completely new pattern.

Right now, we are witnessing the oppression, the structure of our society, the collective through this we exist by and agree to unconsciously is all being exposed, all of it is coming to the surface, and all of the fabric, the structure of everything, like an earthquake, is bringing instability, and that uncertainty permeates into our awareness as fear or stress. Come back to your center.

A revolution is coming.

We see problems acutely. But that's why we see them first and can write about them. We can't expect everyone in a progressive community will agree with us, or see what seems to be obvious to us. I like what you write and your analysis. I saw very many really talented writers leave Daily KOS on a regular basis. In fact I would say that was the rule. But KOS is run by a self aggrandizing, dictatorial egomaniac who chases away his best members of his community. I don't see that here at all. I would like to see you stay and contribute. Please!

Good luck. See you on the flip side.

who doesn't know the difference between reality and Reality.
Not a clue.
Must be very irritating to someone who does.

makes a point of discussing quantum theory at the dinner table.

Opinions of points unknowable makes for great conversation.

I hope your reality will always support, and even enhance your life in the ways that you wish for.

Thanks for your often enlightening point of view, I appreciated it.