United States of Love & Prosperity

Posted on October 22, 2019 by JoRose

United States of Love graphicA friend sent me this: I had what felt like an epiphany when meditating about the future of America…. that all this pain we are going through is to birth a new kind of government on the planet, the democratic socialism concept. The sense I had was that so many people who abhor anything that smacks of toxic communism or socialism will finally “get” what is being done in some parts of the world such as Scandinavia. The vision was of watching America “for all to see around the world” (akin to a tipping point) so that this hybrid mix of socialism and democracy would be able to take hold worldwide and create a new kind of global balance and justice. Wouldn’t that just be all our best hopes coming to fruition?

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End Suffering from Past Hurts

Posted on March 1, 2019 by JoRose

"Some people are holding grudges against you for things they did to you."This graphic (left) expresses how people often project their shadow on others they’ve violated, which can compound suffering.

Why do they do it? Because they haven’t addressed their own guilt and suffering. How does one deal with this… call them out, let it go, what?

The way to go about getting past suffering is to end it. That said, what does it take to end suffering?
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Portrait of a Superhero: Greta Thunberg

Posted on January 29, 2019 by JoRose
Greta Thunberg, superhero

Greta Thunberg, superhero

Greta Thunberg is a Swedish activist who–at the age of 15–gained global attention by starting the first school strike for climate outside the Swedish parliament building. She’s spoken at TEDxStockholm and the United Nations Climate Change Conference and continues to be a formidable champion for the planet and its creatures. In other words, she’s a superhero.

In this video clip (click subtitles on bottom frame), Greta shares the formative experiences that made her a superhero. Her words below align with Rose’s teachings on how we can all be satisfyingly superb superheroes.  Continue reading →

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Who or what can we really care for?

Posted on December 13, 2018 by JoRose
Paul Klee, With the Rainbow

Paul Klee, With the Rainbow

In a recent session, Rose mentioned that when we become nonphysical, we take with us what we care for. Not care about, care for. My experience proves this, since channeling The Afterlife of J.D. Salinger. In it, Salinger explains that he enjoys his beloved home and writing bunker, and that the people he didn’t care for were not present! 

I thought of those who reached out to me during a recent crisis. I was disappointed to not hear from people who I believe love and care about me. Maybe they just don’t care for me in the literal, active sense, I thought. Do I do the same for them? Do they need me to?

Who or what are we, realistically, to care for? How are we to manage all the caring needed in our world if we dole it out when it’s not needed, or only when it’s reciprocated? Here is Rose’s response.

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Being a Bodhisattva: Simple Steps To Live in Peace

Posted on December 6, 2018 by JoRose

The peaceful face of a bodhisattva, in sculptural form

My best intentions sometimes turn out so unlike what I hoped for that it’s made me wonder how to be in the world at all. I wish to do good works, to relieve some of the suffering of the world. But I’m saddened – and at times horrified – when nothing I do will help, or I feel I have accidentally caused suffering.  

Pondering a recent bout of this, I was reminded of the ancient teachings of the bodhisattva. The word comes from Sanskrit, and is translated as essence of wisdom. The term applies to those who might be considered enlightened and – charitably – those who wish to be better, more peaceful, or more enlightened people (I’m squarely in the latter camp).  Continue reading →

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