SURVIVING THE TRANSITION

It is cold. It was just over -20F when I got up at 7AM and now at 10AM it is still -6.4. The Sun is shining brightly though and doing the chores was pleasant. I did have a ewe that kept calling me, I glanced over, didn't see any obvious reason; I hope she is not about to lamb, it is risky when it is this cold.

What do we do to prepare ourselves for a financial collapse? It is hard to know. It is rumored that there are systems in place to take the sting out of it for many. It is said that, all along, there have been, folks in the know, who have been ready to step in when the cabal begins to collapse. But who knows? It is reasonable to prepare to take care of ourselves, and those vulnerable around us, for a period of a few weeks, to a month or so. Those of us, who live fairly close to the land, have always had supplies of food, that would last a month if need be. As time goes by, it may get less elegant. Jamie and I could survive several months and live well.

Food would not be a problem for us. What if our power got shut off? I don't think that would accompany a financial collapse but just in case, it would be well to prepare. We have two wood stoves, more than enough to heat the house if it is needed. Water is another matter. We need electricity to pump water. We have water, we stored in bottles, enough to last us a week or so. The animals are a different story. The sheep need several gallons a day. In the Summer that would not be a problem, they have a pond. Chickens would get by on a gallon a day. We do have a hand pump that could go back on the well. I doubt if it would ever come to that.

Everybody needs to look at their own situation. Cities may be harder hit than the countryside, but they also, have more resources to bring into play. Where water is distributed by gravity, e.g. elevated tanks, water would probably not be a problem before back-up generators could come on. But I can't see how a financial problem would, by itself, impact power supplies. Of course chaos could do it.

How would a financial crises affect us? It could interrupt supplies going to the grocery store. The network of chains supplying our grocery stores depends on the promise of reimbursement for goods and services rendered. They are not going to continue long without some payment.

Is the nuts and bolts of our survival the biggest problem? We can survive, just fine, if we are together. We will be able to take care of ourselves and our neighbors. The only problem is us. Can we arise to the occasion and do what needs to be done? We can, if we listen to our hearts, and eschew fear.

We have been manipulated and controlled with fear. The cabal has used the divide and conquer strategy for eons. Can we get above that? I have seen so much divisiveness lately it is appalling. How did we let ourselves get so divided? I think secular religion is as powerful, or more so, than traditional fundamentalist types. We really need to lose our labels! All of them! Republican, Democrat, liberal, conservative, atheist, religious, etc. They are not real, and they have been only used, for division and animosity. More and more they have lost there original meaning. People hang on to them as a token of belonging to this group or another, but they are empty and not descriptive.

I have many times stressed that we must give up our beliefs, because we really know nothing. Every field of study, every discipline, has been contaminated by ego and money. We will believe almost anything, if we can only belong to, and be sheltered by a group. We need to quit believing something because some authority, regardless of their stature, postulates it. It is okay to realize, we don't know. We just don't have enough information.

When we give up the craziness, that spins around in our head, and think with our heart, we will know what to do at every juncture. We all are love and we all have knowing. Let us lay down our labels, and put away our judgements; we will 'see'.

Correct decisions come from peace. By peace, I mean that quietness inside us, that vast calmness. We can all achieve it.

Another Friday. Friday has never lost its specialness, even though I have been retired for seventeen years. It is time to celebrate! We can celebrate every day! Our love shines when we celebrate.

Love and Peace, Gregg