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Before I went to sleep last night, I tuned into the planet,
my clients and the community. I knew I had to get real clear, real fast
about the election results. I needed to fully align with spirit, truth, and
love immediately, to ensure that I could be as supportive and helpful as
possible when the fallout of this election began to rain down...
Here are the things that came to me in meditation, and I
share them with you. They apply today, and they need to be practiced for the coming weeks, months or years.
1. Stay in PRESENT TIME. Stay in the NOW.
We need to manage our anxiety, and not let
fear overtake us. Anxiety feeds off of future-tripping, ruminating and dwelling
on the past. If we are totally, 100% in the Now, there is immediate seeing that
the Self, in the Ground of Being, is OK. Even if there is crisis afoot, the
Self in present time will be able to make healthy, wise choices. No matter
what, there is a sanctuary within that you can rest in. Do whatever practice or
method or teaching you must in order to stay in the Now. We must wake up and
drop the addiction to anxiety-producing story out there, over there. Be here.
Stay in the Now.
2. Stay GROUNDED.
What are your grounding practices?
Exercise, run, walk, hike, swim. Walk on the earth. Garden. Eat healthy foods.
It is VITAL to get enough sleep, not optional. Practice DEEP BREATHING. Get the
air down into your belly, your abdomen, your diaphragm. Practice yoga,
stretching, tai chi. Make love. Hug each other more tightly, hold hands longer.
Spend time with a pet or with animals. Take a hot bath or shower. Reduce
anxiety within you and around you. Simplify. Monitor screen time. Get off the
computer. Go outside. Massage your feet. Meditate on the spot, at the drop of a
hat. Center yourself. Drop in to yourself.
3. MONITOR INPUT. Reduce time spent listening to,
watching or reading the News.
Yes, it’s good to be informed. To get the facts.
But we must keep it in serious check right now. The anxiety that comes flooding
in by over-stimulating newscasts, commentaries, and dramatic storylines is
destructive in large amounts. Step away, take breaks. Turn it off. You are part
of an ecosystem. Remember: garbage in = garbage out. Process what you’ve taken
in before you imbibe further.
4. BUILD COMMUNITY
Truly be with friends, neighbors, families,
housemates. This is the time to join together. To appreciate the color of our
nation, the marginalized groups, the rainbow and kaleidoscope of beauty around
us. Celebrate diversity. It is a time of bonding. Cook together, laugh
together, make music together. We need each other more than ever now. Practice
kindnesses toward each other, toward strangers. Give the guy or gal next to you
a leg-up. Smile and compliment and
encourage each other. Have a potluck for your block. Come together.
5. Express JOY and GRATITUDE
Dysfunction and ignorance want others to be
brought down, to wallow in the same quagmire. Don’t fall prey to negative
thinking and destructive, hateful tendencies. Keep the vibration UP, UP, UP.
Keep living, loving, laughing. In our household, we started a new practice
immediately this morning on an erasable white board in the kitchen. We have
written “TODAY I AM GRATEFUL FOR…” and each of us are writing three things a
day that bring us joy and appreciation. Take a look around at how incredibly
abundant you are. Maybe you have all of your arms and legs, you are healthy,
you have a friend, you have a meal in your belly, you had a good cup of coffee,
you are a kind person. Find that gratitude and grow it.
6. Heal the greater family ECOSYSTEM.
This is the really important one to get. We
are in a situation that resembles a dysfunctional family. If we wake up and see
the problem, coming out of denial, we can heal and get better. Maybe some people
will have to hit bottom, which is sad, but it doesn’t have to take you down
with it. By staying healthy, you will be less susceptible to being taken in by
the illness, and getting sick yourself. Realize that you have to change your
own actions and take personal responsibility. Keep the focus on yourself and
what you do have control over. Pointing fingers and blaming will do no good.
Strengthen your own emotional, physical, mental immune system. Resist
cancerous, toxic elements. Understand that there are lots of families and
ecosystems all over the world that have had to deal with a poisonous or
destructive presence and still overcame. This is no different. The United States
is also a system. The rest of the elements must get stronger in order to
continue thriving and stay in balance. Today’s election marks a disruption to
our homeostasis. It is as if the great volcano Vesuvius blew, or the great flood
arose. In response we now build together, protecting our cherished treasures of
love, nature, diversity, compassion. Individually, we must do our part. Together,
we thrive.
Stay focused on the solution, NOT the
problem. Commit to staying grounded, in
the Now. Don’t buy into the fear. Manage anxiety. Cultivate joy, community,
gratitude. As Thich Nhat Hanh says, “No mud, no lotus.”
Awakening, beauty, and truth can all emerge from this election when we change
our perception. Make the choice now, and commit to healing.
As I write this, I hear school children playing in the neighborhood
school grounds. They are laughing. The sun is shining, the autumn leaves are
rustling in the breeze…
These kiddos are alive, vibrant, thriving. Like these children,
who need us, we must remain strong and healthy and keep building.
Flourish and heal, dear friends. Flourish and heal.
Erin Reese
is an author, spiritual guide, astrologer, and modern psychic reader based in the San
Francisco Bay Area. She works with clients all over the world. For
readings and spiritual counseling by Skype, phone or email, contact her
directly. She can be reached at erin@erinreese.com.
NO MUD, NO LOTUS: "Both
suffering and happiness are of an organic nature, which means they are both
transitory; they are always changing. The flower, when it wilts, becomes the
compost. The compost can help grow a flower again. Happiness is also organic
and impermanent by nature." ~Thich Nhat Hanh
“Are we part of the solution or part of the
pollution?” ~ Michael Franti
