Knowing doesn’t help, sometimes. People say, “I want to stay informed. It’s important to understand what’s happening.”

I’m not so sure. Imagine your hobby is sitting in hospital Emergency Departments soaking in all the pain and misery. This is the average consumer of mass media. The sprinkle of flowers throughout the lobby, or a vending machine full of your favorite candy, doesn’t change where you are and what you’re doing.

In observing, reflecting, and conversing with dozens of people over the past few years, it’s clear being informed has reached the level of Self Harm.

If we want to prepare for disaster, let’s do that without fear. Do it with brightness in our hearts. We don’t have to gobble sewage along the way.

For the High-Viber

I suspect many in spiritual/metaphysical communities recognize upheaval and destruction as parts of a planetary Rebirth process. Seeing this, there’s a struggle with the traditional “staying positive” focus. Because positive – or loving – in this case, still requires the destruction of sick civilizations and all the unavoidable pain associated with (clearly necessary) loss. It’s a strange, conflicted mindset.

The Grand Design requires often-uncomfortable transmutation of planetary and galactic structures. But the million-light-year-view is cold comfort when the skies above turn black. We can pierce that darkness, project loving energy consistently while also reducing the amount of suffering and outrage we expose ourselves to. We can reinforce the spark of creation in all beings. But to internalize the anger or pain offers nothing to everyone.

When it comes to mass media, human history seems to have returned to the place where Ignorance Is Bliss.

Of course we hope for a less-destructive, less insanity-inducing sequence of events. But what can we control? For Earth’s best path, we can address our internal participation in what’s not working. Do we take in the polarized arguments? Do we reinforce tension? We don’t have to participate in the divisiveness. Reinforcing tension makes bigger earthquakes. The browser history reveals all.

Commitment to a higher vision remains the way worlds evolve. It’s my daily practice to channel higher energy into the Earth system, meditating 20-60 minutes. We can engage visual prayer for beautiful things throughout each day, the expansion of love in human hearts for example.

“I release myself from all arguments. I grow toward the most loving Earth.”