Woke up this morning at 4.30am with the burning desire to go switch on the TV and see what was going on in the US...
And just witnessed Obama's incredibly powerful midnight victory speech.
It feels like we are at the dawn of a new era not just for America but for the whole world. The election of Obama is the signal that people ARE crying out for change; towards a more collaborative, peaceful, fulfilling way of existing, at harmony with others and with the world.
Feels like we had to go through the awful 8 years of George W Bush tyranny of war and greed, and the resulting financial and environmental meltdown, and emerge from that dark tunnel to enable us to appreciate the power of this bright new future. One of hope and daring to dream.
Times, they are a changing.
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A good thing Obama winning the Presidential Election, congratulations.
And yes I am hopeful that he can resolve the wars and conflicts of the world.
But I fear other troubles are looming.
1. Increase in racism
2. Rioting, as a result
3. And unfortunately the end result, Assassination.
Sorry all to be so negative, but this is what I envisage.
DLOG
DLOG - I think you are wrong on this one.
The great thing about Obama is that he represents hope. This election has nothing to do with his colour but everything to do with his message. The fact that he is black is hugely less important than the fact that we may now see real change in America.
This will not create racism. This will surely create harmony. Ok some crazed idiot may try and kill the guy but even if they succeed they will not stop the message. In fact, killing him would simply make him an immortal represention of that hope.
A great day and like Rachel I am daring to dream.
C
Funnily enough the assasination thing was exactly what went through my mind when I saw him standing there. Let's hope not.
But as we saw with Princess Diana early unexpected death can lead to a kind of martyrdom, in the wake of which great emotion (energy) is unleashed...
To get to change there always needs to be a period of loss and upheaval and letting go of the old to make way for the new, in whatever shape or form that takes.
R
Hey C
The Power of Dreams !!!
You may have said I'm a dreamer
But now I'm not the only one
I hoped some day you would join us
And the world will live as one...
R
C, "The fact that he is black is hugely less important"
Sorry C, but this is an extremely important issue, IIT IS THE BEGINNING OF CHANGE.
And Rachel, trust me, the assassination point has not just come to me, I actually envisaged this at the beginning of the race to the Presidency, it was my gut instinct that he would win also.
I do not give out my gut instincts though at early stages, perhaps I should start to keep a diary of them!!
Maybe I am the Nostradamus of the modern age, ooh creepie!!
DLOG
Oops, forgot, the power of dreams eh,
I wonder if my dream will come true!!
DLOG
I have been worried for a long time that they will open our heart chakra and then plunge it into darkness. We must be careful not to place too much on Obama's shoulders.
It makes humanity extremely vulnerable.
As McCain said "It was not your failure - it was my failure".
Meaning - "It was your failure that you made Obama President.
Approach with caution.
Sorry.
Unfortunately, or not, depends how one looks at it, he has no choice but to have more than enough on his shoulders, the President of the USA, is, undoubtedly the most powerful person in the world, (I say person because one day there might be a woman President, I would have voted for Sarah Palin, if she was up for Presidency, you got to admit she's not bad looking, heehee).
By taking on that role of President one has to take the World and more on their shoulders, a massive task only to be taken by a massive person.
All I'll say is Good Luck Obama, I do not envy you.
DLOG (the Seer haha)
It's a massive achievement and I feel immensely proud. We are on the crest of a wave of change and it began in part when Obama allowed himself to believe it was possible to lead a great nation regardless of race. If we look beyond this, we should be able to see race is not the real issue. It's the belief that he carried that 'all things are possible to them that believe'. I listened to his acceptance speech this morning and would like to count the number of times he said 'yes we can'... I certainly would like to read his book "The audacity of hope" - the title says it all. God bless the man.
Anne
Yes, i agree Anne.
I wish the BBC wouldn't keep presenting it as a victory for race.
This only serves to fuel hostility, rather than to concentrate on policies.
I believe Obama is much more than his colour. In fact he is both black and white. He is neither colour or both - depending on how we look at it.
I hope neither Anne or Stephen, or any one else for that matter, see my comments as Racist in any sense.
Good on any one who can achieve such things, Woman, Man, Black, White, Boy, Girl, etc, they all deserve admiration, particuarly when they have achieved great success from nothing, wether one likes the policies/ideas or not.
But Stephen has pointed out/hit the nail on the head with comment regarding the BBC "presenting it as a victory for race."
No it is not a Victory for Race, it is a victory for a better society that hopefully will extend its branches across the four quarters of the globe.
DLOG
A huge achievment,I wish Obama every success in the world, and hope that this is the beginning of a better, fairer and more peaceful world. Let it be.
The cynics are all now saying 'Can he REALLY change things?'.
My answer is, he ALREADY changed things - the world vibration raised a notch or three today.
Did you all feel the shift?
I visted a friend today and we were both in tears just trying to discuss what had happened. Impossible not to be moved by the emotion.
Even Oprah said he had raised the collective conscious.
This is the start of something big.
And yes I agree the race issue is a decoy duck. I agree with Anne the bigger issue if that a dream has been realised, interestingly not just the dream of Obama but of his forefathers and the energy they released to engineer the change. 'I have a dream.'
These things do not just work on an individual level. We are far more powerful than others would allow us to think.
R
I just hope they don't destroy him Rachel. They seem to crush or corrupt all the beautiful things. JFK, Lady Di, Benazir Bhutto, Ghandi, Mandela(persecuted) etc etc.
I sensed very low vibration in McCain ,Chaney, Rumsfeld and Bush, almost satanic. They are highly transparent to me.
I felt it Rachel... so much I've had goosebumps all day. America is definitely ready for change and so is the rest of the world. You could just tell by the long queues of people as they stood in line to vote; old, young, male, female, black white, hispanic -
Yes he has raised the collective conscious and for this reason the burden of leadership will not be on his shoulders alone - he will be supported and will be a much loved President. Too precious to destroy.
You are absolutely right Rachel - it's the start of something big.
Anne
Good God Stephen, never really thought about it before,
"They seem to crush or corrupt all the beautiful things. JFK, Lady Di, Benazir Bhutto, Ghandi, Mandela(persecuted) etc etc."
You are so right, any one that has done good in the world seems to be destroyed one way or another, hmm, they say the truth hurts!
But lets just hope no harm comes to President Elect Obama.
Yesterday I had a chat with someone from the Labour Party, he and his party were extremely pleased with the outcome and said that this is a new begining for all, and yes, that included the people of Great Britain, yes GREAT BRITAIN.
DLOG
As they said to Maximus in Gladiator, 'Before they kill you they must destroy your name'. You can kill the human being but you cannot kill the spirit. The energy lives on.
This is why killing Osama Bin Laden is also not the answer.
Controversial I know, but I would like to see Osama + Obama sitting down and talking.
Talking peace.
Rachel, "Controversial I know, but I would like to see Osama + Obama sitting down and talking."
Controversial, NO, absolutely not, common sense, YES absolutely.
The only way to move on and create world harmony and peace is just that, SITTING DOWN AND TALKING.
But that is to simple for many! (Mr Bush).
A very Happy DLOG
"They seem to crush or corrupt all the beautiful things. JFK, Lady Di, Benazir Bhutto, Ghandi, Mandela(persecuted) etc etc."
Let's have a look at that list. JFK authorised the use of napalm in Vietnam. Lady Di did what exactly?, Bhutto was accused twice of corruption. Mandela was the leader of the ANC which conducted a 'terrorist' campaign against the apartheid regime. Only Gandhi is probably beyond reproach here.
I'm not saying these people are bad people but what I am saying is that their early death or imprisonment makes idols of them. Some people are more powerful dead than alive ironically.
As for the mysterious 'they' that crushed or corrupted, they seem a fairly disparate collection of interests if you look at who killed or imprisoned the above.
C
The problem is that as fast as we idolise people (see above) we are also quick to demonise people.
Osama is fighting for what he sees as a just cause and the methods he uses are thus justified in his eyes.
Unless you believe in moral absolutes (if so show me one) we should not rush to judge these people but try and persuade them to change. So yes, let's sit down and negotiate with terrorists, as we have done many times in the past.
C
C, before I comment on your comment can you tell me in yours eyes what is Osama' just cause, and also what is your definition of a terrorist?
Still a very Happy DLOG heehee!!
All these people i speak of including Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, JFK, Lady Di, Benazir Bhutto, Ghandi, Mandela(persecuted) etc etc were all people that gave the people hope.
They were the most significant people. The great and the good of humanity. At least - this is how the people perceived them so.
They were all taken from us suddenly and what followed was absolute chaos and morale instability.
Had Winston Churchill gone the same way, i dare say we would all be living on the Isle of Germany today.
Great leaders are taken from us so we have to settle for silly-minded middle managers.
But Stephen, is that not what the world is saying now? That we will no longer settle for silly minded middle managers?
The dreams and visions of our leaders will die only if we allow them to die with our leaders when they pass on.
All these people you mention have left a legacy of some sort, Martin Luther King started the vision and Obama became the fulfillment of that dream because he carried on the mantle. Mandela was imprisioned but the fight for freedom in South Africa was not incarcerated with him and he lived to see a 'free' South Africa in his lifetime.
The point I am making is this, it's incumbent on all of us to share the dreams and visions of our leaders and to carry our little piece of the baton. in doing so, the dream will never die and in the fullness of time it will come to be fulfilled.
Anne
Sorry to go off on a tangent, but
latest news for all, just in case you haven't seen or heard yet.
Bank of England have just cut interest rates 1.5%, bloody hell!!!!!!
Still a very happy DLOG
Yes, i understand Anne.
I guess what i am worried about is that these people are like gold dust and only come along once or twice in a lifetime.
They are agents for change and as such face the most difficult challenges which makes them unpopular in certain circles.
When they disappear suddenly, we end up governed by weak minded people for the next 50 years until someone like Obama comes along again.
Stephen, yes I agree, these people are like gold dust, but they are only unpopular with the minority, and the minority are the greedy destroying brigade, and they are scared that they will be sussed out!!
The Simple but happy DLOG
PS, C I am still awaiting your reply via this blog!!
Yes, very true DLOG.
I just hope these people stay away whilst we try and sort the mess they made out.
You are quite right Stephen, they are like gold dust and only come along so often which is what makes them so special hence the tears, euphoria, goosebumps and all the emotions we are feeling at the moment.
Unfortunately as they are agents for change there are some who do not like this and will seek to destroy the source of change. It's a spiritual battle. We have to pray for Obama so that ultimately good prevails over evil and light prevails over darkness.
Anne
The thing all the murdered/assasinated ones had in common was that they were killed as a result of anger, fear or hate. Negative vibrations.
When people are in a place of joy/empowerment/hope/optimism and - dare I say it - love, then it is impossible to feel anger/fear/hate. They are totally different vibrations.
Thus a simple raising of the vibration so that people are living in that more positive place is enough to effect a huge change.
That is what Obama did yesterday.
And let's not forget that leaders are elected by the collective agreement of many millions of people feeling the same way.
Obama is just the focal point of their collective energy - and in turn has inspired every other person across the world who feels the same way...
This is how it works and this collective alignment is incredibly powerful.
R
I am sorry to put a dampener on it folks, Rachel is perfectly right of course.
I just want to ensure that we are not sleep walking into disaster and that we are prepared for the worst to happen.
I have seen great people surrounded by wastrels in my past. When pressure was exerted from outside, the commitment of these so called supporters fell away and the leader was left exposed.
Having said that if something does go wrong, i do not believe the people will roll over anymore.
My concern is that if something happens to BO it will cause social unrest. Just the desired effect, i believe for those who prefer war and conflict over peace.
It plays nicely into their hands like 911.
just sort of noticed something,
Osama + Obama, very similar in name right, maybe this is the beginning of something even bigger and better than what we all first envisaged!!
Still a very happy DLOG
oops, forgot
synchronicity at it's best I dare say.
Osama & Obama
Obama Biden (vice pres) [not sure where the Laden comes in. Perhaps that the deputy, deputy pres.
Obama + Biden are Laden....
ha
"C, before I comment on your comment can you tell me in yours eyes what is Osama' just cause, and also what is your definition of a terrorist?"
I said that in Osama's eyes his cause is just. But the point is that whose to say it isn't?
Mandela could be called a terrorist as he led an illegal organisation that killed innocent people. On the same basis Hitler was not a terrorist as the millions he killed were done so legally.
The point is the word has a legal as opposed to moral definition. If the state kills its ok whereas if I kill its not. But my killing becomes ok if I overthrow an oppressive state and their killing is then deemed illegal. Confused? You should be.
C
Rachel
Dylan then Lennon, you're definitely a bohemian hippy chick at heart...!
C
Aha, C, just as thought, it seems that when someone does not have a uniform, ie Osama, Mandela and so on they are perceived to some as terrorists, but when the likes of Hitler, have a uniform or in the case of Bush, an army with uniform they are not considered terrorists!
So, as soon as someone starts something for the good/peace of a country/world that are unknowns, in the beginning, and who have not been acknowledged by those in power they are immediately considered terrorists. I suggest to you that it is perhaps the other way round, those who have the power are the real terrorists, "Do as we say or else", so much for freedom!
And yes,
still a happy DLOG
PS sorry to go off on a tangent again.
Anyone who terrorizes people is a terrorist.
From the lowly middle manager who rules schizophrenically over his staff to governments dropping bombs carelessly on mothers and their kids, to weak minded free masons who only succeed over others through a cycle of deceit - right the way to the freedom fighters who would cut peoples heads off and send people into supermarkets strapped up with dynamite.
All are sources of terror. Including the pornographic media industry who brainwash through irresponsible apocalyptic words and imagery.
So they are all terrorists.
The war on Terrorism means.
The war of the "ugly self".
It is nothing to do with justice and everything to do with the worst kind of humanity raging against the great and the good.
There is nothing so frightening as the un-terror-fied...
So i say.....be unaffected by terror and we will all begin to see the truth.
I can say this because i have had my life already and they can never take that away from me.
I will fight to ensure those who have not had an opportunity to live a decent life.
DO...
hmm, food for thought Stephen, so even our Governments are terrorists then, how are free masons classed as terrorists though, I thought they gave a lot to charity.
DLOG (and still happy)
Stephen, "All are sources of terror. Including the pornographic media industry", I just can't imagine Jacqueline Gold as a terrorist, can you!!
DLOG
I'm surprised - it comes as a surprised DLOG.
A bully is always a bully - whatever form it takes.
Abuse can be administered in variety of different ways. Whether it be by deliberately undermining emotional confidence to physical or mental abuse.
The patterns are profound. Those who would subvert the true spirit of commerce and the nature of healthy living would do so in secrecy and under a convenient cover.
If we are to move forward - a lot must change. I wonder how many are really committed to change?
Who the hell is Jacqueline Gold?
With all due respect Stephen,
"I'm surprised - it comes as a surprised DLOG", meaning?
DLOG
still happy!!
PS, You must admit though Jacqueline Gold is not a bad looking terrorist, heehee.
Stephen, "who is Jacqueline Gold", CEO of Ann Summers.
DLOG
(still happy)!!
Oh right, i know who you mean now DLOG.
re: surprised!!!
Actually i'm not surprised really since the word terrorist has been wildly taken to mean something other than simply
"someone who terrorizes".
The word actually means.... "Someone who likes to create terror in the mind of another". You can now see how it could relate to many areas of our society.
Well I hope I don't come into your definition of terrorist.
DLOG
and happy
Hardly DLOG.
By the way, for those who saw Question time last night...
Did you see the hushed silence when Brian Eno said:
The banks shareholders now own the profits and the tax payers the risk.
I thought we were the shareholders after OUR TAX went in to keep them from going down!!
DLOG
and happy
Well the government won't be drawn into giving the public assurances that in return for the bail-out of banks and interest rate cut that we now have assurances from the banks that they will begin lending again.
Jack Straw would not be drawn on this on Question Time last night.
I think a New Era of Awakening is dawning...
the first 'Barack sex scandal' spam just dropped in - don't u luv the internet?
Well, we've all got a sex scandal or three in the closet - so that just makes Barack normal in my eyes...
He's a good looking fella!
If you read Napoleon Hill you'll know all great leaders had highly developed sex drives.
R
Yep totally agree.
We all have a sex scandal or something worse maybe, hidden in the cupboard, I know I have!!
DLOG
I must take a look for that cupboard.
I think that could be a new business there.
Come to Sex Scandals in the Cupboard.
We can give you one for under £99,99.
ha!
Ah, come on Stephen, everyone has something hidden the cupboard/closet, some more than others, but something!!
DLOG
Just to leave some thoughts for the Day. I see David Fine is a writer.
"You are only as old as your life is long"
"If i took my eye out and placed it on the table facing me". "Would i be over there?"
in a funny mood today. What price obscurity? A New Era Dawns!
"You are only as old as your life is long"
Nah, I'm Peter Pan, stay young at heart and you'll have a bit of fun, and danger, yes danger I love a bit of danger!!
DLOG
I guess that's why i think age is a silly thing.
If you were 20 and you only had 3 years to live, you'd be much older than a 50 year old that had 30 more years of life.
But of course we can't really know how long - unless we take it into our own hands of course. Of perhaps upset too many people.
I am 20 heehee, and probably have upset a few, but they couldn't catch me ha!!
Live dangerously live a lot the spice of life heehee!!
DLOG
Yes a New Era has dawned, it has been a LONG 8 years, I can't believe how much this country has changed since Clinton, finally hope and change are back in Washington, but unlike the last election, there was a very unique thing that happened, many people crossed party lines, believing in the character of this man, and his new vision for America. The race thing is old news, and died very early in the campaigning, this election was really about two different ways of running America, either extending failed policy or introducing real change. Prior to the Wall Street implosion, Iraq, energy and heathcare were primary concerns. Once the ground fell out of the economy, it was clear that major reforms were needed, and Obama was the man to do this. It is now time to heal a VERY divided nation and restore America face and values to the world.
Hi Brad,
From the Wiki:
Charisma is often used to describe an elusive, even undefinable personality trait that often includes the seemingly 'supernatural' or uncanny ability to lead, charm, persuade, inspire, and/or influence people.
I had never really thought about it before but this is the stuff that all great leaders seem to have in great abundance. I had always thought of it as a quirk of the personality, rather inconsequential to great leadership. But it is the one real differentiator between great leaders and average leaders or mediocre leaders.
It seems that those with charisma are able to use this magnetic quality to reach into the hearts of those who will follow. Without someone like that the world is doomed to misdirection, disunity and open to the influence of the selfish and down right corrupt.
I say "bring it on Obama and stand by him U.S.A.
I'd just like to point out that I have no sex scandals lurking in cupboards. The simple reason is the limited size of my cupboards.
C
PS. I think akin to the porter I may have had the opportunity earlier but sadly the vodka (and good sense) intervened.
Yeah alright C, no sex scandals maybe, but you must have something lurking the cupboard, no one is that innocent for their whole life!!
DLOG
DLOG I think what C is saying is that his scandals are so big they won't fit in any of his cupboards :-)
Perhaps a trip to IKEA would be worthwhile to him then.....heehee!!
DLOG
Oops, or should that be She, one never quite knows with these anonymous types, hmmmm interesting, just made myself intrigued wether C is he/she!!
DLOG
Well having been accused on this blog of being an alpha male, having compared myself with a male shakesperian character and having called Rachel a bohemian hippy chick I think it's fairly safe to say I am indeed male.
Imagine someone chaste and virtuous. Ok that's not me. I wish I was though. Ok no I don't!
C
Aha, but being anonymous you may have disguised yourself as male, but could have been a woman.
DLOG
DLOG
Stop fantasing about an alpha female C because female I'm definitely not.
Here's a business tip for you. If you are about to spend a day negotiating the detail of a contract with your lawyers don't go out and get pissed with your PR agency the night before.
C
C, "Stop fantasing about an alpha female C because female I'm definitely not".
I actually take that comment as an insult, you make me sound like a perv or something.
With regard to getting pissed, I don't do that either, well unless I am on Holiday somewhere tranquil over a few glasses of of wheat beer or bottles of wine, must say though the last time I got pissed I was with the Bishop of our Greek Orthodox Cathedral, heehee, and I ended up getting locked in the toilets heehee!!!!!!
DLOG
DLOG
Don't be insulted DLOG I'm happy for you to fantasise about me if you want, I just thought I'd point out I am actually not a woman.
When I was small we always used to spend Christmas at my grandparents who were devout Catholics (probably explains my lack of morality). Anyway, all the Catholic clergy in the area would have lunch with us and afterwards get completely plastered on Irish whiskey.
C
C, you seem to keep saying the wrong thing today, now you think I fantasise about men, I'm a lesbian.
Anyway a true Irishman you are, I can tell from the way you spell Whiskey.
Irish Whiskey is spelt with an 'E"
Scotish Whisky is spelt without an 'E'
DLOG
Now I'm sad.
DLOG no longer fantasises about me :(
You could have broken it to me a bit more gently...
I'm only a bit Irish but I've leave it to your imagination as to which bit.
C
C, never did fantasise about you.
I do not live in a fantasy world and never will, I live in a real world, the world of Ask and it is Given, as it does seem to work, perhaps now I am beginning to climb over that wall that was in my way many months ago!!
DLOG
"C, never did fantasise about you."
Not even a little bit? Nothing to be ashamed of. It happens.
C
hmmmmmmm.... looking forward to the new era....
Stephen, not so sure I am now after C's, comments, bit worrying really.
Think I'll have knock him off the list for a meeting.
DLOG
"Think I'll have knock him off the list for a meeting."
Fearful that you might not be able to control yourself? It happens. Don't worry DLOG I suspect that Rachel is more my type. We don't agree on many things but that's the appeal.
C
Aha C I think I have sussed who you are!
You're my husband Chris aren't you? You claim to never read my Blog...
Rachel
I'm guessing that Chris doesn't need to read about your views...!
Thankfully for both of us I'm not your husband. I'm not the settling down type and I fear our arguments would be monumental (but fun).
C
"Don't worry DLOG I suspect that Rachel is more my type."
Aha, C, I know Rachel is more my type, than you!!!
mmm, Rachel, cunning move on the Chris/Husband comment!!
DLOG
Oops, "Thankfully for both of us I'm not your husband."
I thought that would be a pleasing thought, what a wonderful Lady to be married to, lucky man I say!!
DLOG
"Aha, C, I know Rachel is more my type, than you!!!"
How would you know? Never say never I reckon. I could be just your type. I can see us having a picnic in my orchard, you in your white tuxedo, me on the phone to my lawyers. Ok that last bit wasn't so romantic but realism crept in all of a sudden.
C
Told you before I am as straight as they come, a lesbian through and through.
DLOG
Just remember DLOG, it is never too late to become what you might have been...
C
C, What the f... are you talking about, you are beginning to peeve me a bit now, what is it that you are trying to say?
DLOG
Sorry DLOG I have been mischeviously playing on your prejudices. I apologise for being so cruel.
C
C, you have a lot to learn about me, I am not prejudice, but intrigued as to why you seek to try and play games with me.
DLOG
The night president elect Obama won the election was incredible here in Chicago as well as the rest of the country.
There was no rioting or feeling of ill will.
In fact, there appears to be a new attitude of hopeful opptimism.
yes anonymous, i share your sentiment. But we have seen these people come and go before.
The last president was a cold-hearted, ruthless moron. I suspect he served his purpose as a hachet man.
Now for Obama the peacemaker. Obama the appeaser. Obama the pacifier. Obama the communicator.
Let this hope not fall into despair.
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