Keeping Up With Climate Change
Breaking Free from Limiting Beliefs About our Changes to Uncover Fresh Solutions AMP Session
Peace Overtures Today is a weekly newsletter dedicated to guiding individuals on their personal quest for inner peace. Each week, I share a movie that helped me discover balance. It’s a process of awareness and healing that leads to sparks of joy. I’m sincerely grateful to have you here with me.
As we uncovered the potential to influence human emotions and belief patterns through movies, a question emerged: could we harness this technology to reshape the broader patterns affecting all of us? We surmised that altering resonance might prove easier than persuading others to adopt specific ideologies. This notion intrigued us, as it promised a more peaceful path to change. This very concept fueled the creation of our second book: It’s Just Commerce: Restoring Balance to Business.
Rather than engaging in debates over right and wrong in various topics, our aim was simply to assist in releasing beliefs that hinder the discovery of new solutions to humanity's pressing challenges. This intention led us to incorporate an AMP session focused on addressing climate change, centering on the documentary: An Inconvenient Truth.
An Inconvenient Truth, a 2006 documentary directed by Davis Guggenheim, revolves around former US Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate the public about global warming through a comprehensive slide show. Gore claims to have delivered this presentation over a thousand times.
Since its release, An Inconvenient Truth has been credited with heightening global awareness about climate change and rejuvenating the environmental movement. The documentary has even been integrated into school curricula worldwide, sparking some controversy.
As you watch An Inconvenient Truth, keep an eye out for these Five Key Guideposts featured in this AMP session.
The following excerpt is from our Peace Overtures Radio podcast included in this post. If you prefer the podcast, you can listen to it below. It’s one of my favorite podcasts and Sue-Anne’s session at the end is really terrific.
1) Be Willing to Accept That A Profound Change is Occurring
The initial step in any transformative work demands an openness to awareness. Without this awareness that change is unfolding, any assistance becomes futile. This same principle applies to climate change. We must acknowledge the reality of climate change and recognize that each of us plays a vital role in facilitating this transformation with grace and ease. Embrace the idea that there's more at play than meets the eye, and that a profound shift is in progress. By becoming conscious of this change, you can adjust your actions to support it.
2) Don’t Be Distracted by Bunkerism
While you're now willing to be aware, the fear of what others might think about your belief in climate change could be holding you back. We call these skeptic naysayers “Bunkers" and it’s apart of a growing movement on the planet called Bunkerism.
Bunkerism was first revealed en masse in early January 1971 when the famed producer and writer Norman Lear launched the now famous series All in The Family.
All in the Family revolves around the life of a working class guy named Archie Bunker. He’s a likable guy who is not happy about the social change that’s occurring all around him. As a result, he rails against anything that is new and controversial to him.
Ole Archie Bunker wants things to stay the same and God help anyone that tries to tell him these new social changes are valid and need to be accepted.
Perhaps there’s a little inner-Bunker in all of us at times - especially us guys. At times we get vocal about change and get on our soap boxes pontificating away. Sometimes it’s humorous like Archie and other times it’s not so funny.
This Bunkerism pattern is still occurring and lately it’s getting louder, highly strategic, and you see it everywhere on just about every issue we’re facing. It’s an ideology that is trying to take us back to the “good-ole-days” as a reason to resist change, that’s Bunkerism.
You can see Bunkerism as far back as Tevye the Milkman - Sholem Aleichem’s beloved yiddish character as featured in the move Fiddler on the Roof. Remember how Tevye was not happy about the cultural and economic changes occurring around him? He clings to old past traditions and is unable to accept the new emerging changes. Just like Archie Bunker, he moans and groans about it.
It’s important that we’re all aware of these growing Bunkerist patterns, so we don’t get distracted by it and realize it’s just some people pushing back on change.
3) Corporations and Special Interests Have Over-Powered our Democracy
In our book, It’s Just Commerce: Returning Balance to Business, we discuss how corporate interests have disproportionately impacted democracy. Special interests and corporations wield considerable power and resources, often at the expense of democracy. This influence poses a significant barrier to addressing climate change effectively.
Of course we’re not the first ones talking about this change, but it’s important that we all understand that this pattern is blocking efforts to do something about climate change.
Watch this short clip from Al Gore as he was being interviewed by Charlie Rose in 2013.
4) Contribute to a Sustainable Future
Every individual has the power to contribute to a more sustainable way of life. Intent is the genesis of change, and by intending greater sustainability, you actively support a collective energetic shift. You don't need to protest on the streets; you can begin by altering your personal habits, such as recycling more, embracing alternative energy sources, reducing waste, cultivating gardens, and using water judiciously. Even small actions can reverberate positively for the planet and its inhabitants.
5) Be A Pioneer of Change
You’ve heard us talk in past shows about the powerful changes that occur when one person makes a change. It affects not only those in a person’s interpersonal connections but large clusters of people you don’t even know. According to the Framingham Heart Study - it’s up to three degrees of separating that’s impacted. So when you begin to change it spreads like a virus.
Your choice to align with positive change in films like An Inconvenient Truth amplifies your impact on a larger scale.
Resonance Benefits from Watching: An Inconvenient Truth.
Recognizing ongoing climate change and adapting to it.
Accepting your capacity to understand and address climate change.
Letting go of skepticism and recognizing the urgency for action.
Resisting distraction from a sustainable future by "Bunkers."
Realizing that job concerns shouldn't hinder energy reform.
Embracing your role as a steward of necessary changes.
Committing to personal actions that reduce carbon footprint.
Acknowledging corporate and special interest influence on democracy.
Advocating for our planet's well-being as a pioneer.
Gaining optimism in collective efforts against climate change.
For the full resonance benefits of this session, remember to start with The Intention Session first, and then watch the movie in its entirety. If you find yourself getting sleepy during the movie, pause and continue another day.