Why the Fairies Aren't Bad Part 2 or How the straight white colonial capitalistic perspective has colored how we view nature and history
When you look at a pride of lions, what do you see? Is it an alpha male who has gathered a cluster of female mates to do his bidding? Or is it an empowered female collective sharing talents and skills to thrive while keeping and placating one lazy male to do the one thing they can't? How we observe nature, history, and sciences in general affects how information about it is passed along.
There are two rules of thought that are still prevalent today. One is “I am righteous and God is rewarding me, and therefore, my actions are just.” The other is humans are the superior species. I am a part of this superior evolution and have great intellect, so my perspective is correct. Both are dangerous. The reason Darwin's theory of evolution was chosen by the scientific community as the correct theory (there were others) is because it fit so well with capitalism. Even his theory over the years has been twisted and used to create a perspective that it is natural to be greedy and oppressive. As if those are the traits that would make a human stronger and survive longer in the wild.
Even his theory over the years has been twisted and used to create a perspective that it is natural to be greedy and oppressive. As if those are the traits that would make a human stronger and survive longer in the wild.
Nature is not greedy. It's the reasons prey and predator can be in the same tank at an aquarium. The predator is fed plenty and has no need to hunt. Nature runs on balance and cooperation. There is no battle for land or war of plants. Ferns protect the forest floor and roots. Trees protect the ferns. Birds and squirrels eats the seeds and nuts but also spread the seeds and nuts. The wolf is not bad or evil for eating a bunny, just as the bunny is not bad or evil for eating the plant. The main motivation for nature is to bring things into balance. While a tsunami, earthquake, or other natural disaster is not a good experience, they themselves are not evil, bad, or a form of punishment.
Let's cover this punishment part because I think this is big part of the warped perspective modern humans have. Seeing everything as being done to you as a reward or a punishment creates a perspective where you miss so much about what is happening around you. It creates a lens where you are so focused on yourself and your own actions that you miss connection and observing others. We should strive to be the mouse who investigates the lion roaring to discover how it can help to pull a thorn from its paw. Not our ancestors, who projected their beliefs onto the cultures they found and only saw how they could profit from them.
Colonizers looked at cultures that had maps of the stars, agriculture, and complex social structures and called them savage and misrepresented what it was they did, how their tools were used, and even their intentions behind sacred rites. They took what was helpful and demonized the rest. The spirits/beings they talked to, worshiped, or lived with were labeled demons working for Satan. They would take certain practices and incorporate it into Christian ones to convert them. Those that didn't convert were uncivilized. All of this was to assert themselves as the superior race/group of people and justify their actions of conquering and oppressing.
This is where Fairies get demonized, saying they are tricking humans with ill intent to turn them away from the Christian God. They become anywhere on the spectrum from mischievous to malicious, but any way around it—untrustworthy
This is where Fairies get demonized, saying they are tricking humans with ill intent to turn them away from the Christian God. They become anywhere on the spectrum from mischievous to malicious, but any way around it—untrustworthy. Since a majority of cultures pass on their myths orally, this new perspective crawls into their stories and is passed down. Now changelings want to steal your baby, djinn (genies) are twisting wishes, and brownies or duende steal things from your home instead of protect it.
A more recent version is to demonize the chronically ill, or really all illness and ailments. I totally believe in miracle healings. I have seen it multiple times. I totally believe that our thoughts and beliefs play a part of our health. What I don't agree with is blaming sick people for not being well or feeling superior because of your health. Healthy people want to believe that their diet, exercise, and or energetic habits keep them healthy and safe. All those things help, but you never know what genetics will play into your health. Also, suggesting that all someone needs to do to “fix” themselves is do these simple exercises is rude. What I find interesting is how many of those people still need glasses and dental care and don't see the irony there.
Nature and humanity thrive when cooperation happens. Cultures of the past supported their sick and elderly. We are tribal by nature and all need that support. Again, Colonization and Capitalism benefit from separating people from a tribe and providing some basic necessities for those that work hard enough, instead of pooling resources so everyone can live comfortably. What does this have to do with Fairies? Part 3 will tie all of this together.
What's up?
What’s up?
So, as you all know,
the chaos ensues and it feels like it keeps having these leaps of intensity. The most recent was when Mercury Retrograde passed the baton to Saturn Retrograde, and it felt like it beat us along the way. Now the darkness of this New Moon is illuminating it all for us to see. I keep having the same conversation over and over again, so I figured this was needed for the general population.
First, let's talk about the bigger picture of what's going on. We have had a paradigm shift. Between COVID, political shifts, and other stuff, the entire planet is in a paradigm shift. This is scary and hard. We all have to be in the new and figure out how we operate in the new. There will be a tendency to cling to the past and want to go back to the known because it was known and that feels easier. It's not and will just slow you down. When massive shifts like this happen, there is chaos. You can't help it. We are in the chaos, as more systems break down to make way for the new, and more ways of being shift, you can't help but be in chaos. It's okay. Our brains interpret this as dangerous, but it is actually the natural process.
Many are
experiencing this as feeling lost or not feeling like themselves, but the truth is
the world has changed; you have changed too, but not as drastically. It's just hard to “feel like yourself” when so many aspects of you, your world, and your relationships have changed. Again, none of this is bad, but it can feel bad. We are being given a gift.
This takes us to the last couple months, but especially June. In May, there were a lot of opportunities to see yourself clearly—the good, the bad, and the ugly. Also to see your relationships clearly. Then when Mercury came out of Retrograde right as Saturn was going Retrograde, a lot of things were upended. Anything that feels like it was taken from you, lost, or no longer working was something stopping you from your highest and best path. You were shown the places apathy had crept in, where you still played small to make others comfortable, and where you were distracting yourself from your true purpose.
It may not be clear
yet what the new path or purpose is.
You might also know your path or purpose but feel like you can't get there yet. This is all again part of the natural process, and I will talk about that in one moment. First, I need to address what many empaths are experiencing right now. Part of the confusion is the fact that empaths are being bombarded right now. You are probably feeling exhausted from either picking up everyone's crap or from combating the constant onslaught of energy being thrown your way. You need to make sure you are clearing, grounding, and shielding every day!
Okay, now for where we are headed. As we follow the energy and how I see it unfolding, we are in the creating space for the new phase. So there may not be a lot of clarity about where you are going yet, so you are only feeling the loss. You may have an idea about where you are going but it feels so weird and so far away that it feels out of reach. Just do the small steps now. Clear the space, set the plans in motion, let go of the past. All of this will help you down the road.
In July, people are going to feel stuck, trapped, or like they can't get anything moving. At least the first half, but maybe the whole month. You might also have some false start experiences. Please don't let any of this discourage you. You are still making progress. This stall is for us to get better clarity and dig deeper. Do not take this as a reason to stop moving forward.
Fall is when we get some relief. The energy lightens, things start progressing. This will be different times for different people. For some, it starts as early as late August. For some, it starts in September. Some have to wait till October. Any way around it, you will have a period of relief. November, however, brings with it some more intensity that takes till December to start dissipating.
To sum up, the road will continue to be bumpy, but the trick is to shift your perspective about it. People keep thinking “I just get through this thing, or month, and then things will be easy.” Just stop that. Shift your expectation to things don't need to be perfect or smooth to still feel supportive and okay. The best way forward is to be as honest with yourself as you can be. Look at those things you have been running from. Look at the parts you feel powerless in. Look for the truth of who you are and how to move forward in that. That's where you find your freedom and your power, but most of all your peace.
Lost Hope?
The heaviness of everything hit me last night. I had been getting some cryptic messages and decided to sit down with my husband and pull some tarot cards. We were talking and discussing what was coming up. Then I suddenly said, “It just feels like I don't have any hope anymore. It's something I have been struggling with for the last 3 years.” The flood gates opened and I sobbed. We talked about the numerous disappointments, painful experiences, and upheavals over the last 8 years. We talked about how I don't know how to prepare my kids for their future or even what future I am heading towards. You see, hope for me had been that life was going to keep getting better. The future was better, but I hadn't felt that in a long time. This led to a restless night and lots of self-energy work, but can be distilled down to a conversation I had with The Fairies.
“I've lost hope,” I said.
“What is hope?” they asked.
“It's heading towards a better life, future, or something better,” I replied.
“Oh, then it is good you lost that. That is not hope. That keeps you from being fully in the present and appreciating what you are experiencing. Hope is the light in you. It can't be lost. If you put a light in a box, you may not see it anymore, but it's still shining. You just have to remove the box to see it again.”
“What if the present is too painful to experience? What if the light brings no comfort? What if I am too disappointed by life to feel hopeful?”
“Disappointment is NOT the opposite of hope. Much like fear and courage are not opposites. When you move forward in the face of fear, that is courage. When you move forward in the face of disappointment, that is hope. You say you don't have hope, but you still move forward every day in the face of pain, disappointment, and fear. You get up and you make magic every day.”
“It feels pointless.”
“It feels pointless because you are placing big expectations on how it should look or feel or be. You are still looking for punishment and reward instead of accepting and appreciating the being of now.”
“So it is pointless,” I say with a smirk.
“It's like your favorite quote: You can either see life as nothing is a miracle or everything is.”
When I finally woke up this morning, I didn't touch my phone. I took a long hot shower using tons of pampering products. I wanted to scrub the old off me and soothe my soul with many moisturizers. I made myself yummy food and took time to just be. When I finally did get on Facebook, my memories showed my post from a year ago. It was talking about how acceptance is the way forward (a favorite Fairy quote of mine) and how we needed to accept our current reality and figure out how to move forward in acceptance. So the spiral of my journey brings me back to the same spot with a different view.