I can resonate with sickness of the spirit. People are wanting to find a connection to something, but they have no idea where to begin, or what that looks like. I feel many have a sense that something is terribly wrong and are slowly moving away from systems and trying to self regulate.
I have felt the suffering and, at times, been completely overwhelmed by it. It was particularly heavy for me in 2021 and then I lost a family member. About a year later I decided to put that emotion into something that had a positive intention and began gifting sessions via a UK charity. I needed the pain to mean something more, I needed to channel it somewhere because I felt it would eat me alive if not. The only way through these times as I see it is to share and share and connect and keep your heart open, even when it hurts.
Yes. So much. The pain will overwhelm us until we find a container for it. It sounds as if you've found one in the work you're doing with a UK charity. Other containers which have helped me with this: writing, movement (yoga and dance for me). Making art (poetry and paint for me) and especially gardening - bringing something to life in partnership with nature has been, for me, tremendously helpful.
Wow, wow, wow! Incredibly powerful essay Amy. Thank you so much for sharing. I haven't seen the Barbie movie and am not sure that I will either but everything you name I have been feeling too. Including Wetiko.
Weirdly, I, too, keep rereading this post. Something came through here that fells new and important. Thank you for leaving your note. Glad it resonated for you.
Beautiful. Coming off of birth control (which suppressed all of the "darkness" in me) in the last few months has been the most healing period of my life. I think it took many years to build the strength to prepare me for the energies it let out. The energies that were labeled bad, scary, dark, evil even...of course I was scared of them myself, I was trained to be. But my body knew what I needed, it even knew that I needed the birth control for years so that I could find some safety before I walked through the beautiful dark labyrinth and found my true self. It's like I have to exorcize that "wetiko" from myself...the self hatred. When I'm in it, it's so confusing...what's dark and what's light? what or who do I trust? I don't know because I'm in the core of self loathing, self distrust. For the moment I'm on the other side and it's just easy...I see the beauty in myself. Who started the wetiko? Like you mentioned Amy, I like having someone to blame!! but was it some part of me? ...🤷♀️. I guess I need to see Barbie sooner than later. Thank you for your wise words Amy!!
Thank you for sharing this marvelous mysterious journey with us. I want to respond to your question: Who started the Wetiko? First, you didn't start it. It's not yours. Wetiko is a virus, passed from mind to mind for millenia. Thought I'm not sure what Paul Levy (or the Native American People would say about its origin point) my intuition tells me that wetiko began when we began.
It's an ancient deeply mysterious phenomenon, much more complex than any one psyche. It began back at the very beginning, when the mind first split from wholeness and began to turn on itself. I'm intrigued by your question now and I will DEFINITELY be writing about this in a future post.
I had chills reading this. I felt something crack open within me and it felt so good. Thank you for sharing your perspective and your wisdom. I feel more real in this moment.❤️
I can resonate with sickness of the spirit. People are wanting to find a connection to something, but they have no idea where to begin, or what that looks like. I feel many have a sense that something is terribly wrong and are slowly moving away from systems and trying to self regulate.
I have felt the suffering and, at times, been completely overwhelmed by it. It was particularly heavy for me in 2021 and then I lost a family member. About a year later I decided to put that emotion into something that had a positive intention and began gifting sessions via a UK charity. I needed the pain to mean something more, I needed to channel it somewhere because I felt it would eat me alive if not. The only way through these times as I see it is to share and share and connect and keep your heart open, even when it hurts.
Yes. So much. The pain will overwhelm us until we find a container for it. It sounds as if you've found one in the work you're doing with a UK charity. Other containers which have helped me with this: writing, movement (yoga and dance for me). Making art (poetry and paint for me) and especially gardening - bringing something to life in partnership with nature has been, for me, tremendously helpful.
16. We need to fall in love with love. ❤️
Great post Amy. Thank you.
I waited to read this until I had seen the movie. Knowing it was waiting compelled me to see the movie sooner.
As I was reading, I told myself, “I need to read this at least six more times.”
I love your list. Especially the part about telling the truth. Please keep going. 💗
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Listing is my super-power. LOL What did you think of the film?
This is a beautiful, powerful essay. Thank you so much for writing it 🙏🏽
Thank YOU for reading it. Honored.
Brilliant piece Amy
Thank you - and thank you for reading it. :)
Wow, wow, wow! Incredibly powerful essay Amy. Thank you so much for sharing. I haven't seen the Barbie movie and am not sure that I will either but everything you name I have been feeling too. Including Wetiko.
Thank you, Linn. Let me know if you see the film. Curious what you'll make of it.
I will. Probably not until we can watch it at home.
Beautiful, Amy. Thank you <3
Thank you, love. ❤️❤️
Thank you Amy! ❤️
Always deep and grounding teaching 🙏
So glad to see you here, Titti. ❤️❤️
Beautifully said and acknowledged. And what a wonderfully, thought- provoking film.
It was-- thought provoking. In ways I still cant put my finger on. I said in my post that this move won’t change the world but... we’ll see.
Amy, this! Thank you for writing and sharing this beautiful truth. I too will read several times. I’ve needed this my whole life. ❤️
Weirdly, I, too, keep rereading this post. Something came through here that fells new and important. Thank you for leaving your note. Glad it resonated for you.
Beautiful. Coming off of birth control (which suppressed all of the "darkness" in me) in the last few months has been the most healing period of my life. I think it took many years to build the strength to prepare me for the energies it let out. The energies that were labeled bad, scary, dark, evil even...of course I was scared of them myself, I was trained to be. But my body knew what I needed, it even knew that I needed the birth control for years so that I could find some safety before I walked through the beautiful dark labyrinth and found my true self. It's like I have to exorcize that "wetiko" from myself...the self hatred. When I'm in it, it's so confusing...what's dark and what's light? what or who do I trust? I don't know because I'm in the core of self loathing, self distrust. For the moment I'm on the other side and it's just easy...I see the beauty in myself. Who started the wetiko? Like you mentioned Amy, I like having someone to blame!! but was it some part of me? ...🤷♀️. I guess I need to see Barbie sooner than later. Thank you for your wise words Amy!!
Thank you for sharing this marvelous mysterious journey with us. I want to respond to your question: Who started the Wetiko? First, you didn't start it. It's not yours. Wetiko is a virus, passed from mind to mind for millenia. Thought I'm not sure what Paul Levy (or the Native American People would say about its origin point) my intuition tells me that wetiko began when we began.
It's an ancient deeply mysterious phenomenon, much more complex than any one psyche. It began back at the very beginning, when the mind first split from wholeness and began to turn on itself. I'm intrigued by your question now and I will DEFINITELY be writing about this in a future post.
I had chills reading this. I felt something crack open within me and it felt so good. Thank you for sharing your perspective and your wisdom. I feel more real in this moment.❤️
I feel more real reading your note. Thank you for leaving it. Honored you stopped by.
Absolutely excellent!
Amy❤️
Oh my, Amy. This will be several re-reads and contemplative absorptions that feed into my being, my whole heart. Deep gratitude. And love.
Thank you, Jan. I am honored by your eyes upon my work. This morning - and always.
Jan Grant,several re-reads for me, too. Amy, this is stunning, grounded in deep deep truth. And now taking root in me. So very grateful...I love you.