Trump Bonaparte

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Trish and Rob

Above: “I’ll be back.” Below: “I’ve been here before.”

In the first week after his boastful, self-congratulatory chatter about not getting charged for conspiring with a foreign adversary to win his election and avoiding charges of obstruction of justice, Donald Trump made a couple of stupid decisions that took the wind out of his bilious sails.

His pompous promotion of the idea that the Republicans were going to end Obamacare and create a great health care system that would be cheaper and cover everyone was made to disastrous effects. Dems said let’s see it. Republicans encouraged him to let it go and talk about something else. So he did by saying the new Republican plan would come out after the 2020 election. Right.

If that wasn’t bad enough, he immediately jumped into another mess by proclaiming loudly that he was fed up with Mexico and ready to close the border. He wasn’t kidding, he said. He was serious. Before the week was over – after Republicans urged him not to do something so stupid, something that would seriously hurt the economy – he backed off on that proclamation and said he would give Mexico another year to stop immigrants from coming to our southern border.

Interestingly, Trump’s behavior to promote aggressive acts, then back down is strikingly remindful of what the French historian and diplomat Alexis de Tocqueville wrote about Louis Napoleon in his Recollections of the Revolution of 1848 and the French Second Republic. Napoleon “changed course frequently, first advancing, then hesitating, then pulling back, to his great detriment.” His mind “was inconsistent and confused, filled with large but ill-assorted ideas which he borrowed (from)…very different and often contradictory sources.” He was “fond of flatterers” but nevertheless “trusted in his own star.”

Sound familiar?

The comparison and quotes from Tocqueville were adapted from an essay entitled, “Tocqueville’s Recollections in Trump’s America,” by Cheryl B. Welch, senior lecturer on government at Harvard.

Interestingly, Huffington Post published an article Aug. 2, 2016, Trump vs. Napoleon, comparing and contrasting the two leaders. The author William Dietrich, concluded that Trump matches up with Bonaparte on plenty of the bad, but not much on the positive side. For example:
 Both were pugnacious as children and combative as adults.
 Both prided or pride themselves on negotiation skills
 Both went to military school, Trump as as teenage disciplinary problem and Bonaparte as a Corsican immigrant who graduated as a French second lieutenant.

Dietrich writes:

“Both were opportunists, Napoleon seizing chance in the military realm and Trump in the business world. By the same token, their strategic planning was fluid, seeking power and success more than any philosophic plan. Neither has claimed much of a moral compass.

“Both were or are vague about religion and morality while not hesitating to appear before religious audiences in hopes of using faith to their advantage. Napoleon was a deist who could act ruthlessly without concern for the afterlife, and Trump does not seem affiliated with any particular denomination or creed.

“Both enthusiastically pursued women romantically and sexually but had a clumsy tendency to insult. Both expressed misogynistic disdain for female ability or achievement.

“Both have boasted of their womanizing. Both have divorced.

“Both were, or are, narcissistic, obsessed about themselves to the point of limited empathy for other people – be they battlefield dead on Napoleon’s part or immigrants and refugees on Trump’s part.

“Both were obsessed with “building their brand.” In Trump’s case the use of his name has been a lifelong business strategy. Napoleon stamped his initial ‘N’ and his symbol of the industrious bee across his empire, because he was acutely aware he was not of royal blood and needed acceptance of his family as a new dynasty.”

Dietrich also wrote: “Trump does mimic Napoleon’s ornate Empire style. His gilded Manhattan penthouse is very much as over-the-top as were some of Bonaparte’s palaces. But the general spent a lot of time on an iron campaign bed, dressed modestly, and led armies from horseback in bad weather. He shared his soldiers’ hardships.”

We don’t think Trump likes to go camping. Has he ever? And thanks to his vanishing bone spurs that allowed him several deferments from the draft, he hasn’t stepped on any active battlefields.

Finally, here’s a scary link that some pundits have suggested might happen if Trump is defeated in 2020. Napoleon III was the first elected President of France from 1848 to 1852. When he could not constitutionally be re-elected, he seized power in 1851 and became the Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870.

Trump knows that he might face criminal charges after leaving the presidency, and for that reason some have suggested that he will do everything possible to stay in power and delegitimize anyone who  beat him at the polls. We will see.

P.S. The quotes with the pics at the top were, of course, written in jest.

 

 

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New Moon in Aries

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Trish and Rob

April 5: new moon in Aries.

New moons promise – well, new experiences, new people, new opportunities. And this one, in Aries, the sign of the warrior, indicates that in one way or another, we’ll be expressing who we are and not in a particularly subtle way.

Fire signs will feel this new moon most strongly – Aries, Leo, Sagittarius. Air signs are likely to enjoy it too – Gemini, Libra, Aquarius. But for Libras, there may be some tension since the new moon is opposite your sun sign. If possible, remove yourself from whatever of whoever is causing the tension.

Earth signs – Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn – are now feeling the conjunction of Uranus in Taurus and, depending on where you are in your life, can be exciting, surprising, tumultuous, and filled with synchronicities.

Water signs – Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces – may not be crazy about all the frenzy and activity, but there’s plenty for them to like on this new moon day. Venus, Neptune, and Mercury are all in Pisces. Thast’s love and money, creativity, and communication.

Check the April forecasts in the masthead to read about the specifics as they pertain to your sign.

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The Spirit Voice Box

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Trish and Rob

Anyone ever tried one of these?

I bought this because during my reading with animal communicator Heather Bristol about the death of our dog, Noah, she mentioned that my dad might try to communicate this way. What was extraordinary was that she didn’t say “your dad,” but asked, “Who’s Buddy?”

She just got a name and didn’t know if it was the name of a pet or a person. Buddy is the nickname my dad chose for himself when he started having grandchildren. He didn’t want to be called Granddad. What are the odds that Heather would mention that name, one I’d never told her?

So I bought this gizmo from Amazon and have watched videos about how to use it, to get the best results, and have been experimenting with it. I bought a digital speaker at Office Deport that helps with the audio. I tune it to FM, at 100 milliseconds, the speed at which it flips through channels, and have it flip in reverse, as recommended in these videos. So far, I’ve heard only white noise, the background that is supposedly conducive to spirit contact.

This is something that Spiritualists at the turn of the century used, although not in this form. Back then, it was called EVP – electronic voice phenomena. The name is fancier now, but it’s the same idea. I can’t discount it as a possible conduit. After all, as we talked about in Secrets of Spirit Communication, spirits use technology. Nancy Atkinson, who lost her husband, Rich, in October 2017, received a text message from him after he died. The story is here.

Nancy’s story is also included in our book.

I’ll keep experimenting. In the meantime, if anyone who has used these gizmos has any suggestions, let me know!

 

 

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Castaneda, the Nagual Women,and the OA,

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Trish and Rob

Some years ago, Rob and I interviewed Merilyn Tunneshende, a Nagual sorceress and shaman who claimed she had been part of Carlos Castaneda’s group of power women – Florinda Donner, Taisha Abelar were among them. I can’t recall where the interview took place or why we had connected with her. But as she and Rob talked about Castaneda’s work, I butted in and asked for her birth information.

I wasn’t trying to be intrusive, but that question was suddenly foremost in my head, so I blurted it. She looked at me and said, “If I give you that information, then you know who I am. You know where I’m headed. You know more than you need to know.”

And she refused to provide the information. I was taken back by her reaction. But I understood what meant. A birth chart is your soul’s blueprint, your agenda for this life.
At the time, Marilyn was claiming her place among Castaneda’s select group of nagual women, female shamans, who were learning about the magical passes – tensegrity. At the time, I didn’t really understand what tensegrity was. But other people did..

In 2016, our daughter told us about a TV show called OA, created and written by Brit Marling and Mike Cahill and in which Brit starred. She had starred in Another Earth, a movie I loved, so Rob and I gave the OA a shot. The second season started this year.
It’s hard to say what OA is about except that it’s multidimensional. The OA means original angel, although I don’t see how the angel part enters this story. What is apparent in the show is that NDEs often endow the individual with paranormal abilities. And what the character – Prairie, Brit – returns with is a set of movements that can alter time, space, reality. These movements reminded me of tensegrity.

In the final episode of season 1 (spoiler alert), there’s a powerful sequence of scenes in which Prairie and the select group of high school students to whom she has taught the movements, leap up during the shooting and execute the movements. It stops the shooter in his tracks and reality changes. The first minute and 17 seconds of the video below show the dance.

“That’s Castaneda,” Rob exclaimed.

The concept probably came from Castaneda, but I don’t know if the actual movements did. The movements so perfectly choreographed in the show are powerful and moving, the kind of thing that makes you cheer.

As for Marilyn, who started this whole train of thought and comparison, I suspect she actually was part of Castaneda’s group of women. She wrote four books about her shamanic journeys that are available on Amazon.

But in the end, who knows? Castaneda’s entire life was shrouded in mystery and innuendo. Mitch Horowitz, in his wonderful book The Miracle Club, touches on how Castaneda may have been influenced by Neville Goddard, an enigmatic writer whose books are now available on Amazon, thanks in large part to Horowitz. Read their books and watch the OA. Enjoy the way your head explodes with the possibilities.

 

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April Astro Predictions

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Trish and Rob

The April predictions for the 12 signs are now posted in the masthead. It’s going to be a weird month for most of us!

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Defining Synchronicity

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Trish and Rob

Trish and I do a lot of radio show about synchronicity and related subject and often the first question that comes up is: What’s your definition of synchronicity. When I answer that one, I usually  I go with Carl Jung’s definition. Synchronicity is when two or more unrelated events come together outside of cause and effect and the resulting coincidence is meaningful to the observer.

I usually follow up with an example, since that definition is a bit obscure to people who haven’t thought much about synchronicity. So I say, “For example, you think of a friend that you haven’t heard from for years, and an hour later you get a Facebook friend request from that very person. Two related events: a thought and an action come together outside of cause and effect. On the other hand, if  I’d sent the initial friend request, then of course when my friend responded in like fashion, it would be a matter of cause and effect, not synchronicity.

Some other comments I usually make:

*Synchronicity is the mothership of paranormal experience. It’s what connects our everyday reality with a deeper reality—the source of peranormation expieriences.

*You don’t have to psychic to connect to synchros. You have to be aware.

*Synchronicity doesn’t exist unless you recognize that coincidences can have meaning.

*There’s an underlying web of reality where our true selves or higher selves exist, where everyone and everything are interconnected…and  synchros are the most conscious aspect of the web. In other words, they hint at a deeper reality that exists outside of time and space.

I used to cite a quote from Jung that I’ve seen over and over on the Internet: “Synchronicity is an ever present reality for those who have eyes to see.” However, since finding out that Jungian scholars say there is no evidence that Jung ever said or wrote that, I’ve stopped using it. Well, someone said it, and must’ve thought that attaching Jung’s name to it would give  it more authenticity. Except, if he never said it, the opposite is true.

But now after watching the above  video by Tom Montalk, I’ve borrowed from Tom’s definition of synchronicity. Here it is: Synchronicity is when two or more similar things, that  arent’t connected, come together in a spooky or strange way. And the resulting coincidence is meaningful.

In fact, I was going to use that definition the other day to open an interview with Dylan Stewart, an Australian with a podcast called  Paranormal Thoughts. However, his electronic gear was malfunctioning and he had to postpone the Skype interview.

Trish told Dylan: “It’s Mercury retrograde.” Most of March, in fact, is enveloped in Mercury retrograde, which among other things, can cause problems with electronics. I’m not sure the interviewer was into astrology, but one thing was for sure, he recognized it as a synchronicity.

PS Mercury turned direct on March 28 and this evening, March 30, we had our interview with Dylan.

 

 

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Spiritual but not religious

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Trish and Rob

I was wondering the other day whether or not there are any religions that recognize synchronicity. Maybe they all do, but don’t talk about it. I was trying to think of  a biblical story that exhibits meaningful coincidences. Maybe it could encompass the miracles ie. wine from water, walking on water, but those examples go far beyond what we normally think of a meaningful coincidences. Not being very knowledgeable in biblical lore I can’t think of any clear examples of synchronicity. Maybe someone can help.

Certainly there is a mystical element in all religions—or they wouldn’t be religions—but it seems that the supernormal side is buried. Maybe it was something that happened in the past, but it doesn’t happen now…and it certainly doesn’t happen to you. That’s my biased assessment of modern religion, which seems on a personal level more about social interactions, and on a priesthood level,  more bout structure and safeguarding the religion’s integrity against the questioning and doubts of  disbelieving outsiders.

We see this doubting and questioning religious authorities and their established churches and temples especially strong among the younger generation. Certainly there are still many who follow the religion of their parents or take up a new religion, but there is also something else going on.

There can be little doubt that traditional religious frameworks are no longer speaking to new generations as they have in the past, especially in the West.

In an article in the LA Times,  Philip Clayton, former dean of faculty at Claremont School of Theology, writes that the fastest growing religious group in the United States is “spiritual but not religious,” embracing a shocking 75 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29.”  Clayton argues that young people are not necessarily rejecting a sense of God, rather they feel that religious organizations are too concerned with money and power, too focused on rules and too involved in the structures of the political status quo.

That’s an interesting conclusion and one that must leave religious leaders puzzled. Clayton wrote the article in 2012, and if anything the trend has continued and expanded. My guess is that younger people, especially those with mystical leanings see that religion has largely abandoned its mystical roots. When that happens, it’s like toothpaste. Once out of the tube, its out. Rather than trying to put the mystical back in religion, young people see that we are all spiritual beings, that it’s our essence, and we don’t need a priest or preacher to tell us how to act when so many of them have acted so poorly themselves.

My guess is that synchronicities resonate with this group of young people more than established religion does. They are finding their spiritual roots right at home inside themselves, the very essence of their beings.

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Precognition and Shared Dreaming

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Trish and Rob

 

Here’s a third synchronicity that Christine shared with us. Once again, it involves precognition.

It was the last few months of grad school and most of us were excited to be nearing the end of our coursework. I had concerns about a dear friend and classmate of mine who was in her early 60s. She had powered through the program while working full-time as a special ed teacher, working as an intern at a homeless shelter, keeping up with coursework, and also trying to complete her thesis. She finally accepted that she would not be able to graduate on time with us.

Over the four months prior to graduation, I had a reoccurring dream where I would be standing in front of my friend talking to her and then would see her age 20 years to about age 80 or 90 right in front of my eyes. I kept encouraging her to go to the doctor and she would, but they just couldn’t find anything wrong with her.

I had also been working closely with two Native American elders that had been running sweat lodges and vision quest ceremonies. I had chosen to do a vision quest ceremony and had the strangest feeling that something very bad was going to happen to a close friend or family member while I was in my ceremony. I told several people about this strange feeling, but everyone reassured me that all would be fine.

As I completed the beautiful ceremony and began to return back go my normal life, I started checking my messages and realized that she was in the hospital. She had been diagnosed with stage 4 uterine cancer. When I went to visit her daily for the next two weeks, I saw the image of my friend that I had in the dream appear before my eyes. She had aged so much over just several weeks. I was further devastated, because I was moving back to Colorado and could no longer visit her daily. I would call her and tried my best to support her from a distance.

One night, I began to lucid dream. In the dream, I found my friend in the hospital, and I told her she could leave here if she didn’t want to stay. We left together and went driving up State Street in Santa Barbara. I took her to her favorite spot by the ocean. In a moment of spontaneous emotion and love, I fell to my knees and told her how much I loved her as a friend, mentor, and teacher. I told her that none of the love and wisdom she gave me would ever be wasted. I urged her to go be free, leave her physical body, and not worry about any of us and she drifted away.

Upon awaking from this dream, I was tearful and my heart grieving for her, I called the hospital. I asked a mutual friend who had been there with her if she had passed away, because I just had a dream. My friend replied astonishingly, “She took her last breath peacefully in her sleep just moments ago.” Was there some level of reality to the dream I had? I would like to think so.

 

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Global Synchronicities

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Trish and Rob

On March 23, 2019, Special Counsel Robert Mueller turned in his report on his 22-month investigation to Attorney General William Barr.

This AG was appointed by trump after he wrote the prez an unsolicited memo about obstruction of justice and how he felt about indicting a sitting president.

In our book 7 Secrets of Synchronicity, one of the secrets is about synchros associated with global events that often connect to the past. In this case, Mueller released his report 46 years to the date – March 23, 1973 -when Watergate burglar James McCord’s letter confessing the existence of a wider conspiracy was read in open court by Judge Sirica. That was when the Watergate cover-up started to unravel.

It’s interesting that all this happened during a Mercury retrograde, which doesn’t end until March 28. The 2000 election also occurred during a Mercury retrograde and look what happened there – it went all the way to the supreme court. This suggests we certainly haven’t heard the last of this, particularly in light of the fact that Mueller’s report didn’t exonerate trump from obstruction of justice even though trump is already crowing otherwise.

Once Mercury turns direct, there will be more news. Stay tuned. This saga is far from over.

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Yuck! Cigarette!

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Trish and Rob

We recently saw Ester Hicks in Orlando. It was me, Trish and Megan and at least 1,000 others, who came to see Ester channel the non-physical entity Abraham.

Trish and Megan have gone to many of the Hicks-Abraham seminars over the years. It was my first, but I’ve seen DVDs and CDs and wasn’t surprised by anything I heard or saw happen as Abraham talked to people who were selected for the ‘hot seat’ on stage. A woman sitting nearby who has gone to many of the seminars mentioned that in the aftermath she often has psychic experiences.

I found that interesting and wondered if something of the kind would manifest for me. As it turned out a synchronicity unfolded that evening that unfolded for me, Trish and Megan as we watched the Netflix movie Roma at Megan’s house. Trish, a semi-closet smoker, asked Megan to pause the movie so she could go out of the back step for a cigarette break.

As Megan hit the pause button, I looked up the TV and pointed. The movie is in Spanish with English sub-titles and there  frozen on the screen was a sub-title that left us laughing. You can see it above: Yuck! Cigarette!

Synchronicity…and what were the chances of that happening? Even if you knew about that line, and none of us did, it would be literally impossible to capture it at that appropriate moment.

 

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