I'm not sure why I'm writing this post. I just feel I have to say something. It seems the upheaval going on around the world is happening 'out there' but it actually is a reflection of what's going on inside each and every one of us. We are feeling empowered to rise up, to declare ourselves present, to say "No" to the ruling class and to take back that power we gave away and redistribute it amongst ourselves in a fair and balanced manner.
The fear mongerers say we can't have it that way. That ability was lost long ago when Atlantis sank beneath the waves. But the actions of many protesters acting in concert around the world say something vastly different. Whether in protests at a gold mine in Bulgaria, on the streets of Egypt or at the Beltway in Washington DC, there is a rising spirit at work here, something unsettling for those in power for they know of no other way to be. So attached are they to this fictitious power they claim as theirs they are willing to commit political suicide in order to continue clinging to it as if it were being ripped from their arms.
Witness the Tea Party in the US congress. So obssessed are they with holding on to power they are willing to hold an entire nation hostage so they can have their petty childish trantrum acknowledged as a legitimate course of political action. They are essentially holding their breath to get their way.
While they are turning blue with self-generated outrage the rest of the world stands with mouth wide open watching this calamity unfold. It's like witnessing a car accident in slow motion. You simply can't turn away.
