Saturday's demo went well, though numbers were rather smaller than expected. Such is the censorship, not to mention expectations, which are never a good idea, whether too high or too low ... safer to have no expectations at all! After driving to Heaton early to make the most of the day, a walk towards the River Tyne stretched the legs and it was still early when the station was reached, and a group of students were gathered to greet folks arriving for an open day to consider putting Northumbria University on their list of options. They listened to my story and were grateful for a copy of The Light to share with their friends. After a coffee and a chat with another customer, who accepted a copy too, the next stop was Amnesty International second hand bookshop, where 4 books went in the rucksack, including Rumi and Lykke, a Danish book about happiness. John, a volunteer was happy with his copy of The Light and said he'd see me at the demo later.
At the Civic Centre, two police officers were standing discussing the demo, and when asked where it began, they indicated the route, and asked how many we were expecting. One was in charge of their side and being optimistic I said a couple of thousand! As it happens they were overstaffed and had more than us, almost, not to mention all the minibuses, though no horses or dogs.
Old friends were greeted and the march lined up for the off, with women holding placards leading us. This kept things peaceful and the cops were friendly and kept us all safe whilst crossing the roads. At the end of the march, a good chat with Toby a young constable took a while, and the walk back to Heaton to see Daisy was fine.
Sunday's plan changed when the younger daughter postponed due to tardy confirmation by her father, so Hexham was back on the agenda, plus a seminar on Common Law at Langley Village Hall, opposite the Garden Station. This was very well attended and intense with an expert lawyer and yoga teacher, Kalli Spell, speaking on the subject and cheering the audience up immensely.
Back at the Retreat House, Vivek, held a Sangha on Zoom which was fascinating indeed. And since today is Monday already, a walk is the start of a brand new week ... the last one in October, meaning November and the last month of Autumn ... no wonder the humans are thinking of Christmases past and near future, and will we be permitted to celebrate with loved ones?
Basically, it's just a Dickens of a shitshow with Scrooge left in charge of the humans. How on Earth did they allow that to occur? Never mind, the ghosts are about this weekend, to scare us as well ... maybe teach the Luciferians a lesson? And if that doesn't do the job, November 5th is next week, and many supporters of Guido Fawkes are planning his resurrection ...
On we go with the stories, the archetypes, stereotypes, heroes and villains all busy playing our roles, as if real! Clearly, when we wake up and realise it's merely all illusion, this egoic structure creating the suffering and poverty, ambitions, despair, designed to expose our foibles ... and beyond all that duality? Some say non-duality, others unity consciousness, or maybe just relax and be patient ... be kind to yourself and the world from which you were never separate ... and allow the story to unfold ...
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