On the time of my penning this piece, Donald Trump is anticipated in Davos, Switzerland, the place the Western World leaders are ready for him. You readers know by now what transpired, in the event that they lastly had the decency to name for his resignation, and if a profitable motion builds up for his removing within the US Congress.
The potential invasion of Greenland would drive NATO to expel the US from that alliance, break the ties between Europe and the US, however most particularly trigger the collapse of the worth of the US greenback, as different international locations promote their US bonds as a measure of protest in opposition to the current US imperial insanity, which has exceeded that of the previous.
As Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney mentioned this week in Davos in a speech that will likely be printed in historical past books for a few years to come back:
We knew the story of the worldwide rules-based order was partially false. The strongest would exempt themselves when handy. And we knew that worldwide regulation utilized with various rigour relying on the id of the accused or the sufferer. However this fiction was helpful. American hegemony helped present public items: open sea lanes, a steady monetary system, collective safety and assist for frameworks for resolving disputes.
He continued to say that it’s not the case, and the world order is ruptured.
One would assume that the POTUS is afraid of worldwide collapse and desires to keep away from it in any respect prices… maybe he retains pushing as a result of he foolishly thinks that it gained’t occur, that every one international locations will merely acquiesce. However a good darker state of affairs is feasible and — in my opinion — extra doubtless. He is aware of {that a} deep financial disaster may outcome from the invasion of Greenland, however he’s joyful to capitalize on it. The deeper the disaster, the extra doubtless his possibilities to start his dictatorship; i.e., cancelling future elections with the excuse of the civic unrest that may inevitably increase inside America.
Associates of mine are touring to Minneapolis to place their our bodies on the road. All of us in all probability have associates like that, and we pray for them. Each night time. We all know they’ll really feel us and that invisible connections will be stronger than demise.
However I can’t go there. And I really feel oppressed by the insanity. What can I do?
I simply watched this video of a Greenlandic girl beating her drum and singing. The custom of “drum dance” was nearly misplaced in the midst of the compelled Christianization of Greenland within the 18th and nineteenth centuries, however happily, it has been recovered. The beating with the stick is mild and persevering, just like the beating of the guts. Her voice is extremely soothing.
I additionally found Angaanagaq, a Greenlandic shaman and elder who now lives in Germany and gives lectures and workshops primarily based on the cost he acquired from his mom: “Go soften the ice within the coronary heart of males!” You’ll be able to take a look at a number of movies of him singing or speaking. Angaanagaq is a pacesetter within the IceWisdom mission, which is dedicated to bringing again the knowledge of the Far North to folks everywhere in the world for creating therapeutic and peace.
One of many historical teachings that he carries is that this:
The best distance will not be from the earth to the moon, nor from the moon to the earth. The best distance is from the thoughts to the guts. Except you discover ways to stroll that distance, you possibly can by no means soar like an eagle.
As it’s spiritually harmful to maintain sitting on our chairs in disbelief and despair, i.e., to remain in our heads, I recommend to you what I simply did for myself. Hearken to the drum music, and/or to Angaanagaq singing or speaking. Then take your drum or simply some picket sticks, go to your backyard or to a big room, and begin beating and singing. The whole lot goes. Let it out. Beat your chest if obligatory, or make music along with your palms and your thighs.
Because the world plunges into insanity, let your neighbors assume that you’re mad. The music of the good mom, the music of the guts, is the most effective resort we’ve if we don’t wish to grow to be damaged and unhelpful to ourselves and to the world.
Study extra of the IceWisdom Challenge right here: https://icewisdom.com
Banner Picture: The Massive Ice of Greenland, vanishing because the powers of the world rush to take advantage of its absence: rivers of meltwater move throughout the island nation’s glaciers on this 2015 {photograph} by Maria-José Viñas, NASA Earth Science Information Workforce.
Queries for Contemplation
Have been you capable of dance your ritual? How did you remodel it or enrich it? What are your methods to maintain actually alive within the midst of insanity?
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