America’s Karmic Knot

Another mass shooting.
This time in a church, during mass.
Two children — so young — their lives cut short.
Others wounded. Families shattered.
And the gunman gone by his own hand.

We are living in an epidemic of gun violence.
And though it spirals through despair, disconnection, and fear, one thing is clear: it can be mitigated. Other nations have proven this. Yet here in America, our love affair with guns runs deep. The more dangerous, the better.

So the question becomes: what will be the catalyst?
Because even the deaths of children — again and again — have not been enough.

I believe the turning point will come not from a single event, but from a convergence:

• A generation rising who refuses to inherit this burden.

• A recognition that this is a public health crisis, not just a political talking point.

• And a shift in consciousness where community becomes more sacred than weaponry, and grief is finally allowed to reshape identity.

Every nation carries karmic knots. For America, one of them is violence — the gun as both idol and inheritance. The unraveling will take more than laws. It will take a collective remembrance that life itself is more precious than fear.

Whisper from the Field:
The catalyst will not be one tragedy, but the day when grief outweighs identity.
When the sacredness of life is felt more deeply than the fear of losing power.
On that day, the spiral will turn.

Blessing for the Turning
May the grief we carry become the seed of change.
May the lives lost become sacred teachers.
May fear loosen its grip, and may the sanctity of life
rise to its rightful place in our hearts and laws.
And may we, together, turn this spiral toward peace.