 This is Think Tech Hawaii. Community matters here. Happy Aloha Friday and welcome to Perspectives on Global Justice Think Tech Hawaii program. This is your host, Beatrice Cantelmo. Today's show was conceived with people's hearts and minds. So much is going on in our political arena in the U.S. and across the globe. And many people feel trapped in a personal and collective emotional roller coaster. We're living under real threat of a nuclear attack from North Korea. And many of us have watched and prayed for the lives of thousands of individuals who are impacted by the end of DACA this week as well as Hurricane Irma and the powerful earthquake that hit Mexico yesterday that caused the tsunami threats in many countries. In the United States, we live under a very unstable political climate and we see on a weekly basis new policies that violate many people's most basic human rights. It's difficult not to feel our balance, upset or concerned or vulnerable. Many of us feel the burden of being overwhelmed and exhausted and are so guilty to even take some time to breathe. Those who feel victimized by unjust politics and new laws are hurting very bad. Their wounds reopen deep old wounds of the world, namely fascism, racism, inquisition, oppression, insane dictators, holocausts and senseless wolves. Is it possible to find inner peace and to promote peace during times of turmoil? It depends on whom you ask. It's hard not to have a cynical, negative outlook and yet the great challenges that we are faced with can also serve as a catalyst to assist us in overthinking how we heal old and present wounds and open new ground where we have a future that is rooted in optimism, generosity, harmony, equity and peace. The escalation of violence starts within and it takes courage to take a clear path where intentions and actions come hand in hand and it's reflected in our personal and public lives. Today we are gifted with the presence of Suzette Floriani and she is an astrologer and holistic medicine and Reiki practitioner. She has great insights on how we could use every opportunity as an invitation to learn, to grow and to enrich our personal and collective living experiences. On that note, welcome to our program idea. Welcome to our program again, Suzette. Thank you. To our viewers, I'll just remind them that we will be doing this program with simultaneous interpreting in Portuguese and the English languages. So, for our viewers today, it is worth remembering that I will be doing the program with simultaneous interpretation between Portuguese and English. So, let's go. Thank you. Welcome. So, Suzette. September, month of peace and a lot of things happening. You can elaborate a little bit on your perspective with a person who works with energy, astrology. So, Suzette, this is September. Worldwide, this is where peace month is celebrated and there's a lot going on. And so, from an astrologer and from a healer's perspective, I think you may have a look to share. So, we are eager to hear, you know, what could you, you know, tell us. She believes that September is the peace month and also a very proper month to walk with purification. So, there's a lot of synchronicity from an astrological standpoint on how this month is also linked with September. And why is that? So, because this month the energy that flows in the astrological sign is in the house of Virgo, okay? And the Virgo energy is linked with the need that one have not only personally but worldwide to reorganize, to clear, you know, all the issues and to be in a different state. So, this is a good month and a good reminder also in terms of energy from an astrological standpoint to walk collectively. And a more simple manner without much judgment but to find ways in which we can contribute to collective consciousness and harmony. Yeah. So, you know, that is a very important work to be done individually and collectively so that we can really reach the goal of harmony and peace not only within ourselves but also collectively that's reflected in politics and around the globe also. And so, Suzette, it's a moment of transition, a moment when people can reorganize and put their intentions in a more intentional way. How do you deal with this, taking into account all the problems that we have now, not only in the United States but worldwide, right? There are so many disasters, so many radical decisions. How can we individually be able to work with this but also influence these energies for a better channel? So, Suzette, I was asking Suzette in the context of where the world affairs, you know, is at now. We have so many natural disasters, we have so many radical, political leaders in power and havoc really in the lives of so many people and so much uncertainty. How do we use this opportunity right now to regroup and to reorganize, not only within ourselves, but how can we also use this opportunity to influence and cause collective impact not only in our government but globally? So, Suzette's perspective, in order to really work with collective impact, we must work faster within the individual process that is really interconnected with our ability to really bring balance and to bring wisdom to impact things in a positive manner. I believe that it is a call to perfectation. We all need to perfect ourselves through work and this productive awareness, in a humble way, understanding that there is value in us, but that this value needs to be put in the right way in the world. So, she says that it's important to really be intentional that we have a calling and that we need a lot of humility and patience to perfect our ability to relate to ourselves and to one another and to the problems that are at stake so that we can find a new ground for balance. So, Suzette, on this journey, on this journey, where it is so easy for us to react instead of reflecting, what advice could you give, for example, to a spectator who is judged because some new law is really impacting the lives of this person, or the community, or the person is really feeling very upset because they don't have that peace, that calm perspective, because it is a wave behind the other in her head, how does a person not react to a situation like this? So, my question to Suzette was for a viewer who may be watching this program and it's feeling really triggered and very upset about whatever it is, whether it is a current political event or a law, something that may personally impact them, but also may impact the society where they live in, how does that person work to not let out and let the anger or the reactions that's so normal come through instead of perhaps taking that deep breath to reflect and then react? In this reality, we are action or reaction, we live in a polarized world and reactions are reflections of the internal aspects. It is a reflection of how we are doing at a much inner core level. So, to Suzette's perspective, what is very important is that people have a better knowledge about themselves. So, for example, it's very important to have this self-awareness so that she can reflect on why is it that the reactions that are coming out are so strong or so aggressive. Is it really about the issue that is triggering that emotion or is that something deep? So, to Suzette's perspective, I found myself in situations where I've had very strong reactions to issues that really bothered me. And it came really out of context, much stronger than what I've realized. And then after a calm down and really reflected on the situation, I realized that it didn't have much to do with the issue at stake, but it had to do with older issues that just resurfaced in a much stronger way. So, the question is, how do we bite our tongue and monitor ourselves before we open our mouths and release the seeds? So, the question that I have for Suzette was, how do we really invoke with self-awareness to the extent that we can catch ourselves before and bite our tongue before we even say these things out loud and also create the snowball reactionary response. So, self-control has a lot to do with even being able to ask those questions and to inquire and to have that knowledge, to be able to be perceptive enough to recognize before it comes out that that's out of ordinary and that you can really tune up things, so it's not so destructive. So, we're going to take a minute and we'll be right back. This guy looks familiar. He calls himself the Ultra Fan, but that doesn't explain all this. He planned this party, planned the snacks, even planned to coordinate colored shirts, but he didn't plan to have a good time. Now you wouldn't do this in your own house, so don't do it in your team's house. Know your limits and plan ahead so that everyone can have a good time. I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. But I have a story and I don't know where to start. I feel alone in the crowd. I can't sleep. I feel overwhelmed. I don't even know who I am anymore. I still have nightmares. I can't live like this anymore. I'm really not so good. Are you ready to listen? Welcome back to Perspectives on Global Justice. I think I have a program. This is your house. The Beatrice can tell you. And we are here with Astrologer Enrique Pratichina, Suzette Floriani. So Suzette, we were talking about the power of energies and how energy contributes to our thoughts and actions. So we filter a little bit of all the negative load we receive daily. I have access to it daily. Because nowadays we live in the world of technology. The information comes very quickly. So the question that I asked Suzette came in the context of the knowledge that our thoughts control in many ways the energy field and the actions that we may take about a certain situation, be it for good or bad. So my question to Suzette was in today's world where technology, we live in information society where information is available at the click of a mouse. How do we filter the information that we get? How do we negotiate the information and the energy that we receive in internalizing? So information society connects everything in everyone really quickly nowadays. So the type of information that we receive works really quickly, and it really helps influence people's state of mind and opinions. So the question is how do we relate to this kind of information? Some of them can be very positive and others can be very negative. So another question that someone could ask when they read news. So we live in a polarized world. We have positive and negative aspects of almost everything that we receive. What internal choices are we going to make as we start digesting and processing information? So for instance, do we want to fuel the fear of war or do we want to start walking towards peace and shift that energy so that war is not the outcome? So for instance, for a person who is dying in the middle of the war, it is a very tangible thing, that in fact we had a nuclear attack in North Korea that is very likely that a bomb reached a war. So how does a person who gives this news make the options to filter this and not work on the side of the fear and the fear of the reaction of this fear? So the question that I asked is a very tangible one because with the threat of nuclear bomb attack from North Korea, it's possible, it's a life possibility that instead of how I would be impacted, it would be a target. So like for somebody who is reading the news and have to come to terms with that possibility, what can he or she do to filter this information from a place of no panic and no fear? What do you do with that? Fear is the opposite of faith, of trust, of love. If we want to change this reality of a possible war, we have to start vibrating within another consciousness and manifest peace because the fear of a war will only contribute to a manifestation of the war. So that was a lot of sadness. I'm going to try to be faithful to what you said. I actually mentioned that fear instills more fear in this energy that feels war, for example. So if we really do not wish for that outcome to have an impact, that turns out to be war, then one of the first steps that we can do is to really manifest actions and energy that would promote peace. So how could a person project energies that promote peace in this context and actions that could maybe generate an energy that could change this hard reality that can happen to him? So the question that I asked was actually, how could someone in light of such news start channeling the energy of peace and how could that be used as the inner strength in their own outlook about the situation through actions that could contribute to the interruption or the change of this outcome? We need to work mentally with the purpose of peace, to create a mental process of trust, of prayer, of vibration that manifests peace in our domestic environment, in the first place. So from a personal, inner relation type of connection, it's very important that we start working within ourselves and those that are close to us with the intention and the energy of peace in mind. That it's very important that the prayers, the actions, the intentions that it's put there day by day promote and focus on more of the peace side as opposed to the panic and the outrage. So that can be an added to that individually if combined with other people could really have a tremendous impact collectively with our ability to find the strength to work towards peace. It's very interesting because it's very difficult to find new solutions or new possibilities when the heart is closed or when it's hurt or when it's eaten and that part of this process is really to keep the heart open so that other things can also happen. So that would perhaps promote better outcomes or creative ways to deal with problems when the heart is so closed or filled with fear or hatred or outrage. So it's important to keep the clay of the heart soft even in times of fear. And so to Suzetti, this is the challenge, the pastoral and the collective challenge that we all have on how do we overcome fear? How do we see fear? And how do we change this so that we can really live from a place of light and peace? Suzetti, I don't believe that the show is over. We flew, it was so fast. I just wanted to say one thing to end Bia who is a great pacifier who was Gandhi and he said, it's the change you want to see in the world. So it's individual changes that will really contribute to a collective change. Each one doing their part. So I told Suzetti how close to an ender program came and she wanted to leave us all with a wonderful gift from Gandhi that in order to see the changes that we seek we must be the change. So be the change we want to see in the world and that change starts within us. So on that note that concludes today's episode of the Perspectives on Global Justice. I think the Kavai program, thank you so much for watching us and I hope to see you again next Friday and we hope.