Why is extremism so alluring in these times?

"Traitor, zionist, fascist" they cry... "How can you claim to be a healer when you think this way?!" "How can you be in queer spaces when you admire Charlie Kirk" they rage...

From the extremist opinions of right to left & left to right, claiming absolute fascists or complete and utter loonies... nuance completely lost and trampled over and scoffed at. To religious extremism, then political extremism... Everyone pointing hard as hell -- It's them who ruined everything, it's them who is the problem - If they didn't do that - then we wouldn't be like this. The world is in a chaos... Excusing violence because of what they did -- The claiming to be so righteous without letting the others be heard, attacking them quickly if they don't align with the same view. The collective hatred and blame... The bunching together of ideas - "LGBTQ, anti fascists anti israel!!" They scream.... " Down with the system, the rich, the ones who control everything" -- Like it's that black and white. Then the complete opposite in response - fearing everything about transitioning, those seeking asylum, those different to us....

Communities, countries and worlds torn apart & in tatters.

Why is this happening? And why is it so alluring to just blame everything on them -- On those outside of ourselves -- On those who we see as obviously the problem?

I think 2 things are happening here -- We are - as always mind -- A world in change.... Things can always get better, we always can learn from eachother, expand our acceptance when we meet people different to us, we can always become more tollerant and even embracing each others differences. BUT.... The difference I feel is that whilst the world is changing and growing, it's also going through a massive shift in consciousness.

Whether it's the astrology - that I for sure believe in -- More light coming down, patterns unfolding, moon after moon, year after year -- Opportunity for growth and new light coming on to the planet.... Allowing us to see more and more.... The whole point of this planet -- A big classrom, where we can confront more sides of ourselves... Where we can learn and grow through experiences. Or you could look at it through the trauma lense... Having been through hundreds, thousands of years less conscious -- Where a horrific history has played out from top to bottom -- Where we carry 7 generations of trauma in our cells -- Where we pass down our issues unless someone faces them. Whether it's the abusive treatment, or the lack of being open and connection, or the poverty, the anger issues, the misogyny.... The victimhood, the self hate, the self doubt... The list can go on and on and on.

With doctors very quick to write you a prescription and give you a diagnoses to blame it on -- Or a collective very alluring to blame these issues on. I am poor & disempowered because of said government, the rich, the white country over there, Donald Trump -- who knows.

What I am suggesting - is that with all this trauma un-faced - imagine what the last 7 generations alone in your family have been through - without conscious space to process. On top of all the stuff you have been though and havent Ihad conscious space to process. Imagine all the stuff you have been passed down that has created all the problems you have... bad health, addiction, loneliness... choosing abusive partners, putting up with disrespect, codependence, money problems, etc etc etc etc

If we don't face our stuff - sure we project our shadow -- Out there, at them, whoever fits the bill and it's very easy to make a big collective shadow where we can protest together -- to all blame them -- to feel that sense of security and like we are not alone, we are the same - and they, well they deserve everything they get - they are evil, how dare they.

This is what we are looking at.

An epidemic of loneliness, of misplaced anger and rage, and a collective uncovering of shadow.... That has a lot more to do with your mum and dad, your own community or lack of, and your own suffering bloodline than it does to do with Jews living in Judea trying to get on with their own lives for example.

So what to do hey?

It feels a bit like pissing in the wind to say to people -- Well I can hear both sides and I can see why we both need to listen to each other "FASCIST" they scream.

Or explaining how that's not what is happening - I have friends living this on both sides and they tell me XYZ - "ZIONIST AND CHILD KILLER SUPPORTER" they rage.

So what to do?

I think it's time to stop hearing the slander and the words and start to listen deeper.

Why does this matter so much to them?

Why does this topic - or all their topics - trigger them so much.

Start seeing beyond the words to the pain that is being played out - even if it is in a barrage of ego and hate - what has brought them to that place to be like that...? To think it's ok to abuse, to laugh and to bully or blame & hate so hard on a topic they don't really know much about.

I know it's not our responsibility to 'get people to see' or to dismantle their ego or try to convince them of their own misplaced pain -- But, I think with more awareness of what is going on we can hold the space a lot better.

We can be an example by healing our own traumas -- Facing our own stuff -- And even telling our own stories.

I used to hate Americans because they were too bubbly and open until I realised it was me.

I had a deep wound of thinking rich people were wankers until I took a good hard look at that.

I had a really hard rigid ego that could be stirred up by a lot of things, hurts and what felt like disrespect until I did a tonne of breathwork - breathed through my traumas and my families war and trauma torn history with breathwork and plant medicines.

It's important to hold the truth - and so I shall keep speaking it - truths that I have lived, that I know, that I can see clearly because the topic does not trigger me.

And it's important to have strong boundaries -- I will always unfriend if I simply cannot align with what they are supporting unwittingly -- violence towards jews, hatred towards others... and I shall block if they become abusive or hateful sure.

It's a wild wild time.... And the stuff we don't face -- Well life/God has a funny way of teaching and humbling us thats for sure... People do change, wounds do heal over time and people can start to open their minds more and more.

Just now - imagine the world is in it's wounds -- It can only handle what it can handle -- And thinking differently can be super painful... So I guess we just have to be aware of that.

This is why breathwork & healing becomes a super power.

Emotional resilience & maturity becomes a shield.

And our words and actions are our ammunition.

This is truly the time of the peaceful rainbow warrior -- Just be aware that all is not quite what it seems.

And those in an emotional chaos.... They are not the righteous ones, with all the words and all the blame, losing it in a barrage of emotional manipulation.

It's the calm ones, the ones who have been through the storm that had the courage to face their own storm to follow.

This is the time to get up to speed, to turn on your light -- So you can assist us in holding space on this deeply transforming planet.

With love x