“Mission: to be where you are. Even in this absurdly serious role — I am the very place where creation works on itself.”
Thomas Transtromer, The Outpost
Today is election day in the United States. Even though there’s a good chance we won’t know the final outcome tonight… or tomorrow, many people will watch the nail-biting results as the night progresses.
As part of this morning’s meditation, I did an energetic scan of the planet, which, like any living organism, has a chakra. Energetically speaking, the United States is energetically bonkers right now. This looks like lasers of blue energy zipping around all over the place - and blue is the color of the throat chakra, communication and having a voice in things (voting!). Energetically, the U.S. is a kid on Halloween candy: wired and tired. Can you feel it?
Tonight, my husband, the extrovert with an energetic shield of steel, is taking Brandy Old Fashioneds to the neighbor’s watch party. I am not. I’m getting Chinese takeout with my daughters and protecting my psyche from being tossed around like a tugboat in a storm. If you’re sensitive to chaotic energy like me, I recommend doing your own version of energetic self-preservation.
A good way to do this is to stay present.
In the literal sense, staying present means distracting yourself. But the key is to distract yourself with things that fill you up and make you pay attention in the moment.
For me, it means working out with my gym friends. Doing art. Engaging with my kids. Sometimes it involves having a glass of wine while I watch episodes of Jeopardy and shout answers at the TV.
In the larger sense, staying present means resisting that urge to make up stories about the future that cause stress in the present. This could be “If __ wins then _____ will happen and [insert disaster here].” In a single election night, the predicted outcome can change every 30 seconds, sending you on an emotional bender for nothing.
Even if whoever wins, we don’t know what will happen. As someone with psychic abilities, I’m here to tell you that no one can tell you the future with certainty. When psychic people make a prediction, they aren’t seeing the outcome, they’re seeing the trajectory of energy as it is right now, a probability, which can change up until the last moment. Schroedinger’s cat paradox and quantum physics theory of superposition agree: All outcomes exist until observed.
In other words, call me when someone’s about to give an acceptance speech. After all, avoiding the election night roller coaster will reserve energy. I may need it when the dust settles and I can take action for positive change.