This last freaking electoral cycle proved that alone we're f*cked and together we're everything.
Happy blue tsunami, everybody. I know it's been a minute, but I'm still super freaking excited about it, because why wouldn't I be? About time we celebrate. And I wanna talk about the magic of that election. Magic, according to moi, is the craft of transforming reality.
What does this have to do with politics? We so often get told, and convince ourselves, that we don't matter, that just one person can't make a difference, that we don't have enough power. And power is simply the ability to act, the ability to do something. That's it. It's not an evil thing necessarily, unless you're abusing your ability to act. If you have so much money that your actions can negatively impact millions of people, then you're definitely misusing your power. But power in and of itself, I believe, is just the ability to act, to have agency, to make something happen, and that's what happened in this last election.
Hello, Mississippi. By the time you see this, I don't know if it's gonna be sorted. Probably not, because it came down to such incredibly small freaking margins, which means that every person who dragged their butt out of the house and went to vote made a difference.
This is so hard to remember so often. And I would also argue that the entire system we live in in this culture makes us feel like that is not true. It's very easy to believe that that is not true because things are hard, because there's messaging all around us that reminds us that we're nothing, that we're not good enough, that we need to buy crap to make us feel better. All of that is bullsh*t.
And so that's why I do this work: to help you remember that your own power, your own ability to do something, your own ability to make something happen, is available to you all the time.
Sometimes it feels less available because we're exhausted. It feels less available because we're depressed, or because something horrendous has happened, because we're human. We're not always gonna be at the top of the freaking wave feeling like we're thriving. That's absolutely normal and okay, and we all go through it. That's not the point. The point is that whether we feel it or not, we have that power within us, and it may not always be easy to reach, but it's always there.
Sometimes we wanna change a reality, and we go ahead and change it, and other times we need extra help. That's what I teach my students to do at the individual level: how to really understand how reality works, how different parts of yourself interact with each other, and how different levels of your consciousness need to be aligned in order for you to be able to make things happen. That's my entire Liberation Magic program.
What happened, obviously, was the political work was incredible, and the organizing was incredible. There are so many humans who were involved in making this happen, especially Black women, let's name it. And thank you, thank you, thank you for all of that work. We all owe you. Brown women as well, and all kinds of people for sure, but all I'm saying is that this didn't just happen, like, “magically”, in quotes.
It did happen magically, though, because the magic was in each of us remembering that we have the power to make a change in our own lives. That sounds so cheesy to say out loud, but it's true. It's a slogan because it's absolutely true.
And our job, our spiritual duty, if you will, is to stay connected to that power, that energy that all of us have, to make something real in our lives and in other people's lives, because this last electoral cycle proved that alone we're f*cked and together we're everything.
I believe we're all interconnected. I believe that we can all support one another, and we all have an impact on each other. And I'm hoping to share with you a ton more examples, because it's so easy to forget, not because our memory sucks (although my memory does suck), but because everything around us is designed to help us forget that.
Because what happens when we remember is what just happened. We reclaim our power, we reclaim our agency, and we demand from each other and everybody that things are a little bit more humane. And that may not be profitable for some. Who cares? Money is not supposed to be the end-all be-all. It's supposed to be a tool to make things happen. It's not the goal.
As a very wise friend of mine once asked me, "What do you think the money is for?"
The money is for living a beautiful life. It is not for hoarding, because what good does it do as a pile of ones and zeros somewhere? Zero.
Anyway, congratulations, us. This feels amazing. I know, I know that there's still so much work, and we're screwed in so many ways, and the robots and climate, and there's still fascists all over because they didn't really go anywhere, but those of us who were sick of it seem to be a little bit more motivated, more empowered than them, for now.
So we keep celebrating before we move on to continuing the work. There's only one strategy in life and in business and in love and in health, and it's seguimos. We keep going.
Courage, truth, and infinite love,
P.S. Hit reply and tell me what you're making happen with your power right now. I read every one.
Upcoming Workshop
If you are in the Bay Area the week of Thanksgiving, I will be hosting an in person ritual at The Alembic in Berkeley on Monday, November 23 at 7:00 PM Pacific: The Magical Guide to Surviving the Holidays: A Grounding Ritual for the Holiday Season.
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