April 2025 – Under The Table

Bad people, as my grandfather called them, thought they had successfully rigged the system so they’d win; and for a little while it seemed they had won.

But because bad people are incapable of complex thinking and are only aware of the mechanistic parts of systems, they greatly underestimated the genius of the totality of the system our founders borrowed from the Iroquois Confederacy: a system of seven layers, each layer composed of seven interlocking aspects.

So it turns out bad people haven’t won, and now the six other layers of the system – spiritual, genetic, collective, ancestral, regenerative, and metaphysical – are swiftly synergizing to thwart the actions of the bad people.

Soon our beautiful complex system will eliminate the influence of bad people, decisions will be made based on peace and consensus rather than fighting, and we will experience a social and cultural renaissance.

Hallelujah!

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Through the Fire from Todd’s album Through the Fire

What do we do now?

The bad people, as my grandfather called them, are not just trying to destroy our country and the world, they are destroying our country and much of what makes life possible for humans on earth.

In response to their cruelty and destructiveness, I succumbed to despair and depression. Then one day I was planting baby lettuce plants in my garden and recalled the words of the Buddha. I am the owner of my own karma. My happiness and unhappiness are determined by my actions.

And I decided that in response to the ongoing acts of cruelty perpetrated by those in power I would endeavor to make everything I do a conscious act of love, whether I’m pulling weeds or planting seeds or writing or talking or playing the piano or buying groceries.

And by trusting that loving action is an effective way to oppose our oppressors, my despair and feelings of helplessness have largely disappeared.

We are the owners of our own karma. Our happiness and unhappiness are determined by our actions.

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Really Really You from Todd’s CD Through the Fire