There are Children in Cages

I'm not going to suggest I have all the answers. I don't. Let's face it, it is hard not to notice the fact that the U.S. is holding children in cages that look like dog kennels. But here's the rub - I believe we get what we focus on and I know I'm not alone. So, by that measure, we shouldn't be focusing on kids in cages - except it's happening. Pretending like it isn't seems disconnected, if not irresponsible.

And let's be real, it's not just kids in cages. That's just one thing in a whole stew of things going on in our world that seems very dark, very wrong, absolutely unimaginable. The unthinkable is the new norm.

Nuclear weapons are a thing.
Summits with human rights abusing dictators are happening.
There's the whole Palestine / Isreal mess.
There is racism rearing it's very ugly head for all the world to see.
And then there's Russia, Russia, Russia - will we ever have another free election??

It's easy to get lost because God knows we don't want to create more of it by giving it our attention. However, for the love of Goddess and all things holy, sometimes love says no, fuck no, this is not acceptable and love is the most powerful force in the Universe.

I am an activist at heart. I'm an activist who believes in the power of focus to create reality. Sometimes those two things do not mix well. I am not afraid to admit I've lost my way and myself in my passion for justice. I've poured myself and my soul into social justice issues where in hindsight I have to admit my attention on the injustice didn't create justice. I'm a very good organizer, maybe one of the best. But the truth of the matter is you can't organize your way out of the dark by focusing on the dark.

However, pretending like everything is fine when you know it isn't is the very definition of spiritual bypassing. Spiritual bypassing has become a marketing catchphrase for people who are angry with the deliberate creation community for putting a smiley face over some really dark shit. However, as liberally as that phrase is misused, it does happen. We do at times use spirituality as an excuse to bury our heads in the sand when we need to get our heads up and take notice.

So, there are kids in cages and if you're sickened by that it's too late to put a smiley face on that reality.

I've noticed a phenomenon recently I'd categorize as "the calling". Lightworkers and spiritual seekers are getting pulled hard by the pain in the world. It might be those kids. It might be the children in the bomb zone in Palestine. It might be the sickness of racism in our streets. It's not the same for everyone.

Lots of us are feeling our hearts swell with pain over things happening in the world - very specific things. And lots of us are resisting the primal urge to react to that pain because we've been trained not to give our attention to things we don't want to create.

However, I believe if you're feeling it, you've been called. There is a precarious balance of energy in the world between light and dark, love and hate. If something has your attention I believe that is your calling to shower it with love and pour all the light in your soul in the direction of that pain. Not to sound like a Starwars meme, but the force requires balance and where there is so much darkness, it is our job to bring the light.

So, yeah, if you've got money to donate, you should probably send some over to the ACLU to help fight for children to be reunited with their parents. However, we've all got love to give and I believe many of us are being called to focus that love on pre-tending family reunions and imagining those detention centers torn down. Call your representatives and demand justice AND use every ounce of your being to create brighter desired outcomes for those who are suffering by visualizing it.

I don't think we're feeling the pain because we're weak. I think we're feeling it because we're called. We're not being called to feel sorry for those in suffering. We're being called to hold them in the light of "all is well". Taking that one step further, if you're holding them in the vibration of all is well, and then feel inspired to take some sort of other action, you should absolutely do that.

We are human. It's not our nature to look away in the face of suffering. It is our job to not feed that suffering with despair. It is our job to acknowledge what is wrong and then hold it in the light of perfection with every once of our awareness.

We are a powerful tribe of miracle makers and the world could use some miracles right about now. We know anything is possible. So, you don't have to be afraid of being afraid, or angry, or shocked. When you're called it's ok to feel the feels, and then transmute that emotion because that's the foundation of pure magic.

Someday we will look back on this period in history and stories will be told about the Light Bringers, Freedom Fighters, and Magicians that stoked the fires of change and rebellion. There are lots of ways to be on the right side of history and lots of ways to do something about kids in cages. Let's start by seeing those babies in the arms of their parents, safe and sound, loved and protected. All change always starts in the imagination.

You are more powerful than the fear.
It's safe to answer the call.
Deliberate creation can be a potent act of recreating what's gone terribly wrong.