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1. Catherine, your commentary on Mr. Global and his supremely inflated ego lead me to take my collected works of Carl Jung of the shelf. I think this sums up what is happening to Mr. Global…

   “An inflated consciousness is always egocentric and conscious of nothing but its own existence. It is incapable of learning from the past, incapable of understanding contemporary events, and incapable of drawing right conclusions about the future. It is hypnotized by itself and therefore cannot be argued with. It inevitably dooms itself to calamities that must strike it dead. Paradoxically enough, inflation is a regression of consciousness into unconsciousness. This always happens when consciousness takes too many unconscious contents upon itself and loses the faculty of discrimination, the sine qua non of all consciousness. (“Epilogue”, Collected Works Vol. 12 para 563)

   Another great wrap up…its my new rock and roll music when you too riff like you do!
   Keep Rocking…

   Dougie

2. Catherine may I suggest that we all re-watch Gandhi. For years he told the most powerful Empire on the planet that they will have to leave. When asked as to how he proposed to do this, his response was “with your help”.

   I am busting with Joy at the process of Backcasting. For months I found myself saying to myself “we have won, we already won” then I would feel guilt because I had joy and was not sour due to Mr.Global’s scare tactics. I emailed the ‘Backcasting’ video to my little community and the response is fantastic. We are in the process of organizing a community Backcasting. Others are feeling the same way. No one can highjack our MOJO. It ours to create with.

   It is my suspicion that Mr. Global is unconscious as to the effect he his having on Humanity. Namely the horrors he procures, via the unconscious minions, are having an opposite effect out in the world. People are leaving the 3rd Chakra based in power, war and opposites and into the 4th Chakra which resides in the Transcendent power of the Sacred Heart in union with the Sacred Other, however one wishes to name that principal. I see evidence all around me.

   Gandhi and others have proved it can work. Mr. Global is pushing us deeper in to the birth-pangs of Humanity’s leap into Conscious Love. That is my Backcasting vision. And Luckily enough Jung proved that there are archetypes that reveal themselves the further we descend into the initiation. I have been attempting identify and track those very archetypes.

   For the past several years I have tried to see my own shadow and stop projecting my fears on to the world. This ‘projection’ had infected my own family and we were in danger of splitting up…but we pulled back from the ledge. How? I saw my shadow.

   In the garden one day I was ranting out loud how ‘stupid’ and ‘fear filled’ my family was, when the echo of my rant bounced back to me. I heard MY fear. I clearly witnessed my protestations that my family would not wake up and destroy the world! I WAS THE ONE FULL OF FEAR! I NEEDED THEM TO CHANGE! This realization was a gift from God. In truth, I was procuring the wedge and slamming into my family and relationships. Mr. Global was winning. My energies had been stolen or highjacked.

   I am pleased to say that my family and I have arrived at the decision that no matter where the world goes or what ever each member wishes – we will not be separated! Now how does one do that? How does one leave the world of energetic investments towards what ‘should be’ and just observe the opposites creating the chaos? Witnessing from the Soul.

   I have a soul. My family has a Soul. I must respect that NO MATTER what decision is made it is the decision that, that Soul was capable at that time and I can support it from a Soul perspective. Please do not confuse this with keeping toxic folks in my life. It is not that. It is, I believe of a higher order. One that is elevated above the fettering, clap trap of the time based, ‘world on fire narrtive’ and one that exists in the Now moment. What in Christianity is referred to as being a Witness. Like your pastor “if we can see it God can fix it” Well, the first part is just seeing it – NOT judging it or condemning it.

   I have to run. I am stealing time from my work day, cause I was busting to get this out to you! Thanks again and again for such great work. I will be sending you an essay ASAP.

   God Bless you and Joseph

   Thank you
   Dougie

   1. Doug, how wonderful! I am so glad. I am imagining backcastings spreading intimately – family to family, friend to friend – and opening new windows, doors and futures.

3. The plummeting library quality reminds me of the story John Taylor Gatto told about the Carnegies recalling all the best books out of the libraries in the 1920s. I always wondered about that until a friend, who volunteered at a church library, told me that when they were getting rid of duplicate copies, was approached by a very old man with tears in his eyes, who asked why they were getting rid of all the best books (she quickly reassured him). He recalled all his favorites being boxed up by the librarians at his hometown library when he was a boy, and when he asked why, the librarians said they didn’t know except that they had been instructed to do so, and send them “back.” I have always wanted to find the list those librarians were working from…

4. On local libraries: In a wealthy Chicago suburb, the quality of our libraries in all the towns surrounding me has been nosediving sharply in the past eight years. Every one used to stock multiple copies of classics as well as excellent books of every kind in every category. Now, those have been largely dispensed with to make way for in-house coffee shops and dozens of copies of Oprah’s book recommendations, more romance novels and teenage claptrap (too awful for anyone to read, much less teens). I hardly see anyone at the library anymore, though growing up with an excellent library, it was always jammed. Most of the staff quit or retired during the corona restrictions, and they’ve moved to self-checkouts and a skeleton staff. It is heartbreaking.

   1. This is heartbreaking.

5. Love listening to these conversations!

6. Love the conversation! Kudos to Dr. Farrell for touting the virtues of an humanistic education…as well as the pursuit of knowledge on the historical background on any topic at hand. We can’t know where we are going of we don’t know where we have been! To quote Britannica,”humanism had an evangelical dimension: it sought to project humanitas from the individual into the state at large.” This is the basis of where leadership comes from. The lack of leadership in the world today has sprung from the degradation of education and removing it’s humanistic component in particular. Take that building block away and there is nothing to build on…and Mr. Global and his/her cohorts can have a field day…which they are…for now.

7. For anyone interested in farming, here are some tips to do it Gods way, without FDA approved fertilizer poisons The last video follows one mans journey to success following Joels advice.

   Local Food as Parallel Agriculture
   Lecture at Hillsdale College
   Joel Salatin
   Polyface Farms
   https://freedomlibrary.hillsdale.edu/programs/cca-ii-parallel-economies/local-food-as-parallel-agriculture

   Joel Salatin – There’s a Different Way to Farm
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3SgJS_Ks8U

   How to quit your job and start farming: Feat. Joel Salatin, Paul Grieve and David’s pasture.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dp-5YAQ4VM

   1. Great links! Solari loves PolyFace Farms! Here is what I found from a search on the home page: https://home.solari.com/?s=polyface+farms So much to watch, read and listen too! Have a great week! Jen

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