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The website content reflects on the collective grief for a lost world and way of life due to the pandemic, emphasizing the need to accept change and work towards a sustainable and equitable future.

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The author of the web content expresses a deep sense of loss and grief for the world as it was before the pandemic, acknowledging that the past cannot be reclaimed. Drawing from the insights of Gregg Braden and Bruce H. Lipton, the author discusses the profound impact of thoughts on our reality and the science of epigenetics. The article underscores the importance of moving through the stages of grief, from denial to acceptance, and highlights the current moment as a pivotal point in human history. It calls for a collective effort to create a better world, suggesting that we can emerge from this period of uncertainty stronger and more united, much like the Phoenix rising from its ashes.

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The author identifies with Gregg Braden's view that the planet is experiencing deep grief.
The article suggests that the future is uncertain and that the concept of 'normal' is no longer attainable.
The author recommends books by Gregg Braden and Bruce H. Lipton, indicating a belief in the interconnectedness of science, spirituality, and human potential.
There is an opinion that the pursuit of economic growth has overshadowed humanitarian and divine movements, leading to negative consequences for the planet and its inhabitants.
The author equates the current global situation to the personal experience of losing a loved one, implying that societal change can evoke similar stages of grief.
The article expresses a hopeful outlook, advocating for a collective response to the current challenges to foster a more sustainable and equitable society.
The author encourages readers to embrace change and adapt to a new world, suggesting that this can be a turning point in our spiritual evolution.
The content concludes with a call to action, inviting readers to heal together and create a better future, symbolized by Pharrell Williams' song "Happy."

We Are Grieving For a World And a Way of Life That is Lost Forever

What was will never return.

Why do I feel restless?

When I probe this sense of discord, I realize it’s not because of the restrictions imposed by the pandemic.

What is it then?

The answer came to me this morning in a newsletter from Gregg Braden where he states we are a planet deep in grief.

Allow me to pause for a moment.

I’m a great fan of Braden — a five-time New York Times best-selling author, scientist, international educator and renowned as a pioneer in the emerging paradigm based in science, spirituality, social policy and human potential.

I recommend his book published in 2017 Human by Design: From Evolution by Chance to Transformation by Choice — a journey way beyond Darwin’s theory of The Origin of Species.

And while on the soapbox, I’m reading the 10th anniversary updated version by cell biologist Bruce H. Lipton, PhD of Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles. The biochemical effects of the brain’s functioning show that all the cells of your body are affected by your thoughts.

He explains in simple language with a dash of humor, how the science of epigenetics is revolutionizing our understanding of the link between mind and matter, and the profound impact it has on our personal lives and the collective life of our species.

Both these books reinforce the lessons I have learned and applied from my own experiences: we are what we think and we can change that by changing our thoughts.

Back to the source of my disquietude, which Braden pinpoints so eloquently.

I’m grieving.

Do you feel it too?

The future is uncertain. We don’t know how or when life will return to normal. But we also have to accept that “normal” is unattainable.

The world has changed — we cannot reclaim a past that brought us to the Eve of Destruction that Barry McGuire sang of in 1965.

“The 1960's were one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in history, marked by the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and anti-war protests, political assassinations and the emerging generation gap.” — history.com

Fast forward 55 years and despite the progress in our humanitarian and divine movements, this advancement has been overshadowed by the relentless pursuit of economic growth and profit that benefits a select few, while wreaking havoc on the finite resources of our planet and huge swathes of humanity and other species.

We are witnessing a sacred turning point in our history.

Yes, I’m grieving.

The gamut of emotions mirror those of last year when my brother passed away.

The five stages of grief — Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance — don’t follow a linear timeline but I process them. Some days, tears well up; I let them flow then let them go.

But to mourn the loss of a familiar world and way of life, compared to losing someone you knew and loved, presents a different challenge.

How do we define the specifics?

It’s not the recollection of one person and what they represented.

How do we evoke the spectrum of emotions linked to a lifetime of millions of memories of everything we have seen and done, everywhere we’ve been, every sunset, each new day, our daily routines?

In April, I wrote and published a record number of articles — many related to the current pandemic, my focus being on lifting others in the hope we are at a turning point in our spiritual evolution.

As I sit and write this today in May, I understand I’ve been in a state of denial.

Not of the truth of the situation in which we find ourselves, but of the undeniable certainty we can never return to what was.

We need to accept and embrace this. Our future is uncertain but we should use this time constructively to work through our grief together, to adjust and adapt to a new and better world for all humanity and our precious planet.

Braden poses this question:

“Do we love ourselves enough to balance the necessity of a safe, sustainable, and equitable society that preserves natures harmony, without giving away our humanness and our most cherished human values in the process?”

It’s up to us as a collective to answer that.

We can heal and rise like the Phoenix to create a better world for all — together though we are apart.

I’d like to end this on a happy note — or two — with Pharrell Williams singing Happy.

If you’re not allowed out yet, clap and dance at home.

Till next time!