Waves of Visions - seeing the meaning

​Recently there’s been a flood of descriptions of dreams, visions, and Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) in which Jesus is telling people to pray for Trump and Barr to turn around a potential disaster that is expected this fall: a new wave of distress and with it, a heavy-handed military presence eliminating our freedoms – going beyond the methods that were tested and proven effective this past spring.
I’ve been listening very carefully to what’s being said for they hold a kernel of a much deeper process going on, and hold clues to my own development.
Both religious and non-religious (but spiritual) people are getting these messages, in various countries. They’re all being told in multiple ways that another wave of distress is coming this fall, and it could be worse than what we’ve been through. Many are being encouraged to deepen their spiritual practice and stock up on supplies to minimize its effects. Bible-based Christians are getting a very clear political message as well:

• They’re being told that Donald Trump’s election stopped a political and economic plan that is designed to enslave all Americans in a dark future that will enable a very few powerful people to live well and free.
• They’re being told that we’ve been through one, but more waves of distress are coming (some say a third one is on the way; some say 2 more); with the radical shift in political and social expression, with the 2018 election being the 1st wave of disruption; the CoVid-19 pandemic a second wave, and the oncoming flu season with possibly a new strain could be another, as could violent reactions to the elections being met with military force.
• They’re being told “Trump is turning people to God” and needs their prayers to continue to do this important work.
• They’re being told to earnestly pray for Trump and his Attorney General, Bill Barr, to put an end to the evil and corruption that has, for years, been everywhere in the media and government.
• They’re being told that undoing Roe v. Wade will return America to its blessed state.
• They’re being told that the passionate action of Jesus’ Church is the only thing between humanity’s glory and its degradation into slavery.

 To address all this they’re being encouraged in these visions to do four things:

1. Pray for the current leaders of the nation;
2. Let go of any tendencies to turn away from Jesus’ teachings, including the belief that individuals can do anything without divine support;
3. Stock up on essentials to help those who will be in need as the next wave of distress hits;
4. Vote in the November election for the people who they know will do the right thing, which for the “religious right” means will undo Roe v. Wade, which they’ve believed since 9/11 has put a curse on the US because the government is supporting the killing of innocent beings.

 And they have accepted these images and instructions at face value and are sharing them with the world.

I’ve spent the better part of the last couple months digesting all of this: listening, observing, noting consistencies and differences, comparing what I’ve perceived with other sources of information and, finally, going inside to find my own spiritual guidance. It hasn’t been easy, and some of it hasn’t been pleasant, but I think I’m beginning to get the deeper understanding that can guide us all. There are, of course, multiple levels of interpretation of these visions, and I’m outlining them in a new book about Apocalypse, which I hope to complete by the end of the month.
There are also multiple levels of interpretation for the instructions received, the primary one being: use the power you have to bring Heaven (a state of being in which beauty, love, and harmony are the norm) and Earth (a state of being in which attachment to material things is a constant source of distress) together. ​

To really understand the messages, though, the question must always be: what are the symbols here, and what are these symbols pointing to in my own psyche? For whatever we perceive, whether it be with our physical senses or our inner ones, the experience is shaped by our mental framework – the beliefs, assumptions, and expectations – that we hold in the moment.
​Clearly, for these messages to enter into my awareness, I must have some place in my mental framework that allows for them. So it’s time to search, which means I need to ask a few questions:

• What does Donald Trump’s election mean, and how is it disrupting an ongoing process of degradation in my own self?
  • Was I in a process of disempowering myself that needed to be stopped?
  • Do I have an image of a hero as brash, blonde, larger-than-life?
  • What processes in me have stopped because of that election?
  • What does the US President stand for in my personal life?
• What do these waves mean in my life?
  • Are they waves of transformation clearing away past beliefs and patterns to allow something new to be built in my soul, my character?
  • Are they something for me to struggle against, swim through, or ride – or is each one different, addressing a different aspect of my being and requiring a different strategy?
• What kind of corruption is there in my psyche?
  • What sort of infections do I need to clean out?
  • Is my language and communication corrupt?
  • Am I governed by my highest ideals or the compromises I’ve made?
• How am I addressing the issues I learn about?
  • I have been enfranchised to act; am I truly using my power?
  • Am I choosing based on what I know what’s right? Or what others will approve?
  • How is my prayer life – am I entering “the secret space” and passionately insisting on the world I yearn for?
  • Am I expressing what I think is important in the world around me? Am I contributing to the collective decision process or am I hiding out in the belief that it doesn’t matter what I do or say?

 Answering these is not trivial and I’m by no means done with the process. But I am aware that we are all being called, through what in ancient times would have been called prophetic messages, to do more than just cope with what’s coming at us. We are being called to step up to a new level of personal power, to acknowledge what hasn’t been working in our lives and what areas we have compromised in our being. More, we’re being called to use our personal power to act – both internally and externally, spiritually and materially – for the greater well-being. ​

It’s time to get clear. It’s time to prepare for another wave of changes and to be ready to ride that wave into a different kind of life – a life which is free of what has enslaved us in the past; a life lived from a deep, inner experience of the abiding presence of power in us, around us, and working through us, for the betterment of all.