the peace process
This week's Scorpio Full Moon has certainly brought about the intensity for which it stands. A full moon is like a spotlight, shining down to help bring healing and resolution. "This Scorpio Full Moon is all about opening the heart and allowing the dark emotions to rise to the light of day and find the security and serenity offered" in that solace -for those who choose Love and Light for their lives. So how could I not blog about it? Well, lets begin by considering my recent titles "religious zealot" (for my faith in God and broad understanding of other religions), a "weirdo" (for believing in the moon and stars which God created, i.e. Astrology), and "many levels of crazy" (for my transcendent levels of depth beyond surface perception, and inclination to push the envelope at times). To the casual reader, perhaps confusing or overwhelming, but for those who know me personally, that's just Scorpio Lisa, in full intensity.
The week began on an intense note for the international community with the violent clashes in Israel, on 3 borders. Coincidentally on Sunday, I went to a pro-Israel rally/festival at Mission Bay in San Diego. It was mainly held to create awareness about Israel, and many of the Jewish organizations in the area were represented. Of course most of you know I lived in Israel for about a year, while working on my Masters in Middle East Studies. In fact the initial purpose of this blog was to document my travels, but since my return has turned into a collection of writings, political, sociological, philosophical, and religious in nature. Anyway when I got to the rally, there was quite a bit of security all around, I felt like I was being closely examined by a few of them. I was thinking, come on folks, don't I look Jewish to you? Well I got a little refresher on my Hebrew while I was there, and signed up to be involved with a few pro-Israel activist groups (as if I didn't already have a target on my back) look forward to some upcoming posts on that! Since I left Israel I have not done too much with my Middle East knowledge, my languages learned while over there, or my degree in general (I really only use my 1st MA, Communication). I recently dated a guy who practiced Israeli martial art Krav Maga, although I never got to see him do it because he was essentially paying for the classes but not going... but I digress. The reason for the heightened security at the rally was because Sunday marked Israel's 63rd anniversary of becoming a state in 1968, thus the anniversary of the Nakba. I was later informed that violent clashes had been erupting all day, by the Palestinians upon Israeli territory and inhabitants thereof.
The other day, President B. Hussein Obama declared publicly that he would be working towards a 2-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians, in the wake of the Scorpio Full Moon chaos over there. This is certainly not the first time a US President has declared such, in fact the Middle East Peace Process has been going on since the British first inhabited the land in 1917. But it is the first time since he was elected that - the Kenyan-born, Muslim-raised, somehow-elected US President - has even publicly considered "going there" since he's been in office. I vividly remember one of his campaign speeches during which time he was running against Hillary Clinton (his now Secretary of State, yes I still want her job) that he addressed this topic, and rambled on and on for what seemed like a half hour about his opinion on Israeli-Palestinian peace process and 2-state solution - a topic which was obvious he knew ZERO about! I'm sure he's been debriefed since that time, probably by his former Chief-of-Staff, the Jewish Rahm Emanuel (who I have a love-hate relationship with and wish he would have stuck around, but again, I digress) per his extensive international expertise. Either way, the majority of the American public has no clue about this region or the reasons why a 2-state solution is not feasible, primarily because they have no first-hand knowledge of the region, the people, the culture, or the inherent reality conceived only by living there and studying it while immersed in the culture. Do I understand it all? You betcha. After all, that's why I moved to Israel and obtained the degree that I did. And its in my blood, being of Jewish descent.
In regards to a 2-state solution (i.e. peaceful coexistence among parties), I am seeing a parallel in my own life, especially this week with the Scorpio Full Moon's amazing "spotlight" energy. You know what they say "NEVER cross a Scorpio", so who in their right mind would do that anyway, but under a Scorpio Full Moon, look out! Scorpio represents intensity, and this full moon's energy proved that to be the case indeed. As I mentioned in a recent blog, a group of individuals headed by a hostile ex, launched a hate-speech campaign against me on a private Facebook page (public to only about 200 people, mostly unknown to me personally anyway). A few of them had been incredibly hostile to me, to the point that I have never experienced such hostility upon me directly in my entire lifetime. These people were vulgar, belittling, condescending, mean, and spiteful. They have yet to display the backbone necessary to have a conversation with me directly regarding the very issues they question (ill-founded false accusations, and denial of medically-proven facts, primarily), ignore, avoid, or block me when I extend my hand to them, yet they continue to go behind my back, backstab me, and encourage others (whom I don't know) to do the same. I learned of all the backstabbing through a mutual friend, literally the next day after I had stated my peace to the leader of this warring faction.
Anyway, in my unwavering attempts to make peace with this warring faction (we'll call them "Team Hostile"), I continue to extend my hand in friendship, send them positive thoughts, notes of encouragement and love, kindness and forgiveness, and offers for reconciliation. I pray and meditate on the situation daily, but I keep thinking, if I was supposed to have closure, I would have got it by now, so what to do? If I have released this to God, and trust the Universe that they will either come around and accept my friendship and love, or that they will just basically be left at the mercy of God's Divine Hand, I no longer have a hand in the matter. From that point, whatever happens is left to God, the Universe, Karma. God is a just God and judges the heart, but if the heart remains hardened, and only negative energy and hateful speech continue to spew forth, God has no choice but to spew them out of His mouth. Regardless of my positivity, which it takes much less energy to maintain than negativity. Well, I have shared my beliefs in God, Jesus, Astrology, and the Laws of Karma with them, but again, no takers, no responses, like talking to a wall. I can only speculate that in their continued avoidance of ME, their fire of anger and ill-will is still burning and churning like a big boiling cesspool of unresolved angst. Whatever the state of their hearts actually is (I don't know because I they do not talk to me), as human beings on this earth they are well aware of the Laws of Karma, and they themselves have been known to quote the Golden Rule (although they clearly do not practice it). Keep in mind I have no control over either of these Universal Truths, I am just Love and Light, and will continue to be.
The other day, under the Scorpio Full Moon, I decided to lay all my thoughts out to this ex in an email, just to release the situation again. I had done this a few weeks ago in the form of a formal written letter delivered to the person directly, but had not heard back, so I wanted to follow up and re-iterate a few things. Mainly about the condition of his heart, my concerns regarding some of his lifestyle choices (such as alcohol addiction/sexual promiscuity), and vices (such as pornography addiction) which hold him back from being able to peacefully coexist with a woman who cares about his HEART. I sent his sister an email addressing my primary concerns as well. Of course, coexistence is key among any people in any culture or community, or on the planet as a whole, so stating my position was crucial for any type of peace process to begin. We have seen issues between Israelis and Palestinians for years, but both sides' resistance to change has created tension, social, political, as well as spiritual.
I had suggested blogging as a great outlet for Mr Hostile (of course as long as it is not on his private, members only porn site where only porn stars who could care less can read it) but although he said he was going to, he hasn't yet that I know of. But I can still feel the energy he projects, which is pretty intense, its actually kind of scary for me, after having felt his love and now the dark contrast. One of my doctors suggested I "report" this guy, but I realized this is a totally different level than domestic abuse or harassment or something. Its a heart and mind issue, his closed heart and negative attitude have created negative energy for everyone around him, who are all subject to his ill-founded nonsense and then in turn become negative in joining him (again people I have never met), defensive (blocking me), avoidance or even afraid to reply (as if I am going to hurt them) and seemingly paranoid (delusions of grandeur, stuff blown all out of proportion) based on some of the stuff I've read. People have accused me of judging or slamming THEM, when in reality, I am the one being slammed, and God knows that because HE alone is the Judge. The Judge of the Heart, who controls the Universe.
Literally the next day after I sent him this open-hearted letter (revealing all Scorpio intensity of the Full Moon's Energy), the Universe decided it was time to send a little Karmic payback to him and his Team Hostile. Somebody else dear to his circle actually took one for The Team. As I mentioned, all along I have been extending my hand to them in friendship, support, love, and good will gestures, including providing help and information regarding some things related to health. That day one of the Team members was moving, and her dad extended his hand in love, to help and support her with her move. In doing so, somehow *randomly* the car door slammed shut on his finger, completely amputating part of his finger off, and he had to be rushed to the emergency room! When I received word of this incident, I almost could not believe what I heard, and have been in an utter state of shock since that time, I've actually been really shaken up about it. My prayers go out to her and her family, and was a real shame that her dad had to suffer the brunt of her boyfriend's (my ex's best friend) negative ju-ju and unrelentless slamming hostility of me. Innocent bystanders who mean well continue to get hurt by the fallout of this. Point is there shouldn't still BE a fallout, but the Universe promises that there WILL be until they can make peace with me. Well I'm in!
Nothing happens *randomly*, so we can certainly see a clear connection to the unrelentless power of Karma in this situation. You could say God has a sense of humor per the irony of it all, although His wrath is certainly *no laughing matter*, and He won't be mocked, nor will His children. Just as I have had my hand "slammed" or slapped away endlessly by Team Hostile, for the father of one of them to have the same thing happen to him, only NOT figuratively, is a sure sign that there are forces greater than ourselves at work in our lives and controlling it all. They call me "crazy" for believing in the truths of the cosmos, but if this is not as black-and-white as it gets, I wonder what ill will befall them next? Obviously I did not cause or create this *random* situation with the car door slamming on his hand, but all of Team Hostile's hostile energy towards me DID (cause-effect law of Karma). I always tell them "remember the Golden Rule" in how you live your life, and "do unto others as you'd want done to you", but in a once-removed situation, where I was not geographically anywhere near them, we definitely need to credit this one on the Universe. Team Hostile=0, Universe=1. Her dad took one for the Team indeed. Will they learn their lesson? The only way I'll know is if they release their grudges against me and make amends. Then we can all truly have peace.
I was truly totally shocked by this news at first, but now I realize this is likely *only the first of several* incidents that will occur in their lives under the current cosmic energy. As long as they continue to have hardened hearts, closed from receiving God's love, my love, my friendship, my peace offering (wholeness of heart and hand extended), they will not have true peace. This is not any kind of ultimatum set by ME personally, nor can I judge them for their actions, NOR DO I - I simply KNOW they are wrong, because what they do violates the basic tenets of humankind. This is just point-blank the way the Universe works, per the Laws of Karma, which I did not create, and similarly I have no control over their Karma (other than opting to extend my hand, I have done my part). God is a Just God, but a Vengeful God, especially when someone blatantly harms one of His own. I also know that if somehow they decide move their target off me and onto someone else, perhaps another innocent bystander who means well (like they did to one of my guy friends a few weeks ago and attempted to do to my best friend) then they will continue to have unfortunate situations occur in their lives, and perhaps doubly so by that token. Karma can be a bitch, but only if you treat her like one! .
The Jews have been persecuted for years. Persecuted for their faith, persecuted for inhabiting the land which is rightfully theirs and has always been, persecuted for their success on this earth, in Israel and to the ends of the map. This is because the Jews are God's chosen people, they are His own, descendants of Abraham under the Covenant. The Arabs think they are, but their race was born of Isaac, Abraham's illegitimate child from which time he impregnated an Egyptian maidservant. History and politics are complex, especially in Israel, but let this be a lesson. No one can kick the Jews out of their homeland, not even B. Hussein with his wanna-be peace treaty. They say "peace peace" but there is not peace. True peace only comes from God, and from submitting to His will, placing Him as sovereign. The Bible indicates that anyone who denies God or denies Israel as the Jews homeland will be cursed. The US is in for a big surprise if we turn our back on Israel. Sure coexistence among warring factions in Israel is necessary, but they get along as fine as they can now, each going about their business, as long as they treat each other with respect. I lived there, I know how it is -not what the media tells you necessarily. If everyone could just be a little nicer to each other, more open to the others, and less resistant, they can accept it for what it is - necessary peaceful coexistence. The people I met first-hand while I lived there were ok with it, it is what it is basically. But the terror groups like Hamas (and like Team Hostile) make it really hard for people to simply BE PEACE. They blow things out of proportion, basing the mere need for their conflict on lies and ill-founded precedence.
Is it possible for these people to find the peace they seek? Yes, but only if they seek God first. If not for God's Peace, there can never be true peace, in this peace process, or for eternity. This applies to conflicts among warring factions and individuals alike. Our time on this earth is short, indeed too short to hold grudges, but as long as we do, we will have conflict (brought upon by the choice to maintain the negativity), as the energy of the Universe, Laws of Karma, and Wrath of God will dictate - and will show no mercy. You saw this with the example of the man who simply tried to extend his hand in love, but had it slammed per Team Hostile's hostility towards others who extend love. Keep it up kids, and keep reaping your Karma. You reap what you sow, and what you do will be done to you, ten-thousand fold, if even in an indirect manner. We hold these universal truths to be self-evident, thus there is no arguing with them. Forgiveness, reconciliation, and a shared understanding is what I seek, in our peace process. The Golden Rule is the only way to live - lest we endure payback from the Universe, beyond the traditional Nakba.
The week began on an intense note for the international community with the violent clashes in Israel, on 3 borders. Coincidentally on Sunday, I went to a pro-Israel rally/festival at Mission Bay in San Diego. It was mainly held to create awareness about Israel, and many of the Jewish organizations in the area were represented. Of course most of you know I lived in Israel for about a year, while working on my Masters in Middle East Studies. In fact the initial purpose of this blog was to document my travels, but since my return has turned into a collection of writings, political, sociological, philosophical, and religious in nature. Anyway when I got to the rally, there was quite a bit of security all around, I felt like I was being closely examined by a few of them. I was thinking, come on folks, don't I look Jewish to you? Well I got a little refresher on my Hebrew while I was there, and signed up to be involved with a few pro-Israel activist groups (as if I didn't already have a target on my back) look forward to some upcoming posts on that! Since I left Israel I have not done too much with my Middle East knowledge, my languages learned while over there, or my degree in general (I really only use my 1st MA, Communication). I recently dated a guy who practiced Israeli martial art Krav Maga, although I never got to see him do it because he was essentially paying for the classes but not going... but I digress. The reason for the heightened security at the rally was because Sunday marked Israel's 63rd anniversary of becoming a state in 1968, thus the anniversary of the Nakba. I was later informed that violent clashes had been erupting all day, by the Palestinians upon Israeli territory and inhabitants thereof.
The other day, President B. Hussein Obama declared publicly that he would be working towards a 2-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians, in the wake of the Scorpio Full Moon chaos over there. This is certainly not the first time a US President has declared such, in fact the Middle East Peace Process has been going on since the British first inhabited the land in 1917. But it is the first time since he was elected that - the Kenyan-born, Muslim-raised, somehow-elected US President - has even publicly considered "going there" since he's been in office. I vividly remember one of his campaign speeches during which time he was running against Hillary Clinton (his now Secretary of State, yes I still want her job) that he addressed this topic, and rambled on and on for what seemed like a half hour about his opinion on Israeli-Palestinian peace process and 2-state solution - a topic which was obvious he knew ZERO about! I'm sure he's been debriefed since that time, probably by his former Chief-of-Staff, the Jewish Rahm Emanuel (who I have a love-hate relationship with and wish he would have stuck around, but again, I digress) per his extensive international expertise. Either way, the majority of the American public has no clue about this region or the reasons why a 2-state solution is not feasible, primarily because they have no first-hand knowledge of the region, the people, the culture, or the inherent reality conceived only by living there and studying it while immersed in the culture. Do I understand it all? You betcha. After all, that's why I moved to Israel and obtained the degree that I did. And its in my blood, being of Jewish descent.
In regards to a 2-state solution (i.e. peaceful coexistence among parties), I am seeing a parallel in my own life, especially this week with the Scorpio Full Moon's amazing "spotlight" energy. You know what they say "NEVER cross a Scorpio", so who in their right mind would do that anyway, but under a Scorpio Full Moon, look out! Scorpio represents intensity, and this full moon's energy proved that to be the case indeed. As I mentioned in a recent blog, a group of individuals headed by a hostile ex, launched a hate-speech campaign against me on a private Facebook page (public to only about 200 people, mostly unknown to me personally anyway). A few of them had been incredibly hostile to me, to the point that I have never experienced such hostility upon me directly in my entire lifetime. These people were vulgar, belittling, condescending, mean, and spiteful. They have yet to display the backbone necessary to have a conversation with me directly regarding the very issues they question (ill-founded false accusations, and denial of medically-proven facts, primarily), ignore, avoid, or block me when I extend my hand to them, yet they continue to go behind my back, backstab me, and encourage others (whom I don't know) to do the same. I learned of all the backstabbing through a mutual friend, literally the next day after I had stated my peace to the leader of this warring faction.
Anyway, in my unwavering attempts to make peace with this warring faction (we'll call them "Team Hostile"), I continue to extend my hand in friendship, send them positive thoughts, notes of encouragement and love, kindness and forgiveness, and offers for reconciliation. I pray and meditate on the situation daily, but I keep thinking, if I was supposed to have closure, I would have got it by now, so what to do? If I have released this to God, and trust the Universe that they will either come around and accept my friendship and love, or that they will just basically be left at the mercy of God's Divine Hand, I no longer have a hand in the matter. From that point, whatever happens is left to God, the Universe, Karma. God is a just God and judges the heart, but if the heart remains hardened, and only negative energy and hateful speech continue to spew forth, God has no choice but to spew them out of His mouth. Regardless of my positivity, which it takes much less energy to maintain than negativity. Well, I have shared my beliefs in God, Jesus, Astrology, and the Laws of Karma with them, but again, no takers, no responses, like talking to a wall. I can only speculate that in their continued avoidance of ME, their fire of anger and ill-will is still burning and churning like a big boiling cesspool of unresolved angst. Whatever the state of their hearts actually is (I don't know because I they do not talk to me), as human beings on this earth they are well aware of the Laws of Karma, and they themselves have been known to quote the Golden Rule (although they clearly do not practice it). Keep in mind I have no control over either of these Universal Truths, I am just Love and Light, and will continue to be.
The other day, under the Scorpio Full Moon, I decided to lay all my thoughts out to this ex in an email, just to release the situation again. I had done this a few weeks ago in the form of a formal written letter delivered to the person directly, but had not heard back, so I wanted to follow up and re-iterate a few things. Mainly about the condition of his heart, my concerns regarding some of his lifestyle choices (such as alcohol addiction/sexual promiscuity), and vices (such as pornography addiction) which hold him back from being able to peacefully coexist with a woman who cares about his HEART. I sent his sister an email addressing my primary concerns as well. Of course, coexistence is key among any people in any culture or community, or on the planet as a whole, so stating my position was crucial for any type of peace process to begin. We have seen issues between Israelis and Palestinians for years, but both sides' resistance to change has created tension, social, political, as well as spiritual.
I had suggested blogging as a great outlet for Mr Hostile (of course as long as it is not on his private, members only porn site where only porn stars who could care less can read it) but although he said he was going to, he hasn't yet that I know of. But I can still feel the energy he projects, which is pretty intense, its actually kind of scary for me, after having felt his love and now the dark contrast. One of my doctors suggested I "report" this guy, but I realized this is a totally different level than domestic abuse or harassment or something. Its a heart and mind issue, his closed heart and negative attitude have created negative energy for everyone around him, who are all subject to his ill-founded nonsense and then in turn become negative in joining him (again people I have never met), defensive (blocking me), avoidance or even afraid to reply (as if I am going to hurt them) and seemingly paranoid (delusions of grandeur, stuff blown all out of proportion) based on some of the stuff I've read. People have accused me of judging or slamming THEM, when in reality, I am the one being slammed, and God knows that because HE alone is the Judge. The Judge of the Heart, who controls the Universe.
Literally the next day after I sent him this open-hearted letter (revealing all Scorpio intensity of the Full Moon's Energy), the Universe decided it was time to send a little Karmic payback to him and his Team Hostile. Somebody else dear to his circle actually took one for The Team. As I mentioned, all along I have been extending my hand to them in friendship, support, love, and good will gestures, including providing help and information regarding some things related to health. That day one of the Team members was moving, and her dad extended his hand in love, to help and support her with her move. In doing so, somehow *randomly* the car door slammed shut on his finger, completely amputating part of his finger off, and he had to be rushed to the emergency room! When I received word of this incident, I almost could not believe what I heard, and have been in an utter state of shock since that time, I've actually been really shaken up about it. My prayers go out to her and her family, and was a real shame that her dad had to suffer the brunt of her boyfriend's (my ex's best friend) negative ju-ju and unrelentless slamming hostility of me. Innocent bystanders who mean well continue to get hurt by the fallout of this. Point is there shouldn't still BE a fallout, but the Universe promises that there WILL be until they can make peace with me. Well I'm in!
Nothing happens *randomly*, so we can certainly see a clear connection to the unrelentless power of Karma in this situation. You could say God has a sense of humor per the irony of it all, although His wrath is certainly *no laughing matter*, and He won't be mocked, nor will His children. Just as I have had my hand "slammed" or slapped away endlessly by Team Hostile, for the father of one of them to have the same thing happen to him, only NOT figuratively, is a sure sign that there are forces greater than ourselves at work in our lives and controlling it all. They call me "crazy" for believing in the truths of the cosmos, but if this is not as black-and-white as it gets, I wonder what ill will befall them next? Obviously I did not cause or create this *random* situation with the car door slamming on his hand, but all of Team Hostile's hostile energy towards me DID (cause-effect law of Karma). I always tell them "remember the Golden Rule" in how you live your life, and "do unto others as you'd want done to you", but in a once-removed situation, where I was not geographically anywhere near them, we definitely need to credit this one on the Universe. Team Hostile=0, Universe=1. Her dad took one for the Team indeed. Will they learn their lesson? The only way I'll know is if they release their grudges against me and make amends. Then we can all truly have peace.
I was truly totally shocked by this news at first, but now I realize this is likely *only the first of several* incidents that will occur in their lives under the current cosmic energy. As long as they continue to have hardened hearts, closed from receiving God's love, my love, my friendship, my peace offering (wholeness of heart and hand extended), they will not have true peace. This is not any kind of ultimatum set by ME personally, nor can I judge them for their actions, NOR DO I - I simply KNOW they are wrong, because what they do violates the basic tenets of humankind. This is just point-blank the way the Universe works, per the Laws of Karma, which I did not create, and similarly I have no control over their Karma (other than opting to extend my hand, I have done my part). God is a Just God, but a Vengeful God, especially when someone blatantly harms one of His own. I also know that if somehow they decide move their target off me and onto someone else, perhaps another innocent bystander who means well (like they did to one of my guy friends a few weeks ago and attempted to do to my best friend) then they will continue to have unfortunate situations occur in their lives, and perhaps doubly so by that token. Karma can be a bitch, but only if you treat her like one! .
The Jews have been persecuted for years. Persecuted for their faith, persecuted for inhabiting the land which is rightfully theirs and has always been, persecuted for their success on this earth, in Israel and to the ends of the map. This is because the Jews are God's chosen people, they are His own, descendants of Abraham under the Covenant. The Arabs think they are, but their race was born of Isaac, Abraham's illegitimate child from which time he impregnated an Egyptian maidservant. History and politics are complex, especially in Israel, but let this be a lesson. No one can kick the Jews out of their homeland, not even B. Hussein with his wanna-be peace treaty. They say "peace peace" but there is not peace. True peace only comes from God, and from submitting to His will, placing Him as sovereign. The Bible indicates that anyone who denies God or denies Israel as the Jews homeland will be cursed. The US is in for a big surprise if we turn our back on Israel. Sure coexistence among warring factions in Israel is necessary, but they get along as fine as they can now, each going about their business, as long as they treat each other with respect. I lived there, I know how it is -not what the media tells you necessarily. If everyone could just be a little nicer to each other, more open to the others, and less resistant, they can accept it for what it is - necessary peaceful coexistence. The people I met first-hand while I lived there were ok with it, it is what it is basically. But the terror groups like Hamas (and like Team Hostile) make it really hard for people to simply BE PEACE. They blow things out of proportion, basing the mere need for their conflict on lies and ill-founded precedence.
Is it possible for these people to find the peace they seek? Yes, but only if they seek God first. If not for God's Peace, there can never be true peace, in this peace process, or for eternity. This applies to conflicts among warring factions and individuals alike. Our time on this earth is short, indeed too short to hold grudges, but as long as we do, we will have conflict (brought upon by the choice to maintain the negativity), as the energy of the Universe, Laws of Karma, and Wrath of God will dictate - and will show no mercy. You saw this with the example of the man who simply tried to extend his hand in love, but had it slammed per Team Hostile's hostility towards others who extend love. Keep it up kids, and keep reaping your Karma. You reap what you sow, and what you do will be done to you, ten-thousand fold, if even in an indirect manner. We hold these universal truths to be self-evident, thus there is no arguing with them. Forgiveness, reconciliation, and a shared understanding is what I seek, in our peace process. The Golden Rule is the only way to live - lest we endure payback from the Universe, beyond the traditional Nakba.
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