One of the most transformative spiritual practices you can do in the weeks to come is to simply sit with all this discomfort, anger, and fear without rushing to fix it, escape it, blame it, or define it. Just be in it with everyone else. No judgment. No condemnation. Pure presence in this very scary moment.

In Trump, we are witnessing the rebirth of Pharaoh. Both are archetypes. Popularized by Carl Jung, archetypes are universal symbols or character types that recur across cultures and time. It’s not a stretch to recognize Trump as the reincarnation of the universal Pharaoh.

Imagine how different the world would be if Christians simply decided not to kill another human being. When the American military kills her enemies, odds are a Christian pulled the trigger.