We are waiting it out with the Trump reign, with no relief in sight. Oppression and absurdity take their toll, with half of the country cheering it on and the other half reeling under the weight of another day of the madness. Justice is meaningless with Trump in control and ICE on patrol, and voting on its way out the door. Oligarchs have never been so American, but the joke is on them in that after a certain point, money becomes boring, and rich and poor alike turn to sex, drugs and alcohol to take their minds off their lives.
The Buddha and the Christ turned emptiness around and recommended it highly as the source of mercy and grace at the heart of life and being, where we find the key to knowing and doing what is called for, when, where and how it is called for in each situation as it arises. Transforming what we want to happen by wanting what needs to happen here, now, moment by moment, and giving ourselves to seeing how things are and doing what needs to be done about it with right action at the right time, in the right way, and the right place. A new focus turns the light around and transforms the Trump blight into an opportunity for redemption and atonement through observation, reflection, realization and doing what the moment requires, moment by moment by moment all the way to the end of the line.
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