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the psychic remnants and debris of “old
stuff” (unfinished emotional business,

unhelpful patterns of thought, unhealthy
habits, etc.) in order to avoid carrying it

with us into the next chapter of our lives.
Unfortunately, that “stuff” in need of
cleansing is likely to be exaggerated, rise

closer to the surface of consciousness,
and loom more darkly than usual. One

need only look to the outcome of the
recent election for a good example of this
principle in play. We can’t truly cleanse/

release what we cannot see and feel.
We are more motivated to do the work

required when we are forced to suffer the
consequences of not doing it. Fear can
also be a powerful motivator, as long as

we don’t allow it to cripple us into the
illusion that we are powerless. Perhaps

the karmic cleansing of America requires
that we take a long hard look at the
atrocities committed along the way, like

genocide, slavery, the plunder and rape
of Mother Earth, and the amoralities

of capitalism run amok, to forge this
nation, and make a determined effort to
not repeat history. If we can rise above

the suffering, the fear, the crippling
shame, and feelings of powerlessness (all

negative Piscean qualities), and aspire
to the more positive Piscean qualities of
hope and faith in the higher universal

powers at work right now, we might
just find the courage to do what must

be done to write a new American story,
and hopefully begin a new chapter in
history of which we can be proud. It is

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