Given the state of the world at the outset of 2026, Jamie and Jeremy discuss the Confederation's thoughts on the subject of despair. Laleema shares their view on the condition with regards to the mind, body, and spirit complexes, finding spiritual despair to be an absolutely necessary experience for the seeker. The task then becomes to work with our bodily and mental despair to transmute them into that of the spirit, where we can surrender our limitations of mind and body to the Creator and do Its will. The ideas of Søren Kierkegaard on despair are sprinkled in, and a Q'uo transcript from a few years sheds light on the operation of despair as part of a cycle in the life of love.

1. Laleema on despair (September 22, 2005)
2. Sickness Unto Death (Kierkegaard, A&D Press, 2008)
3. Q'uo on Empathy (First Channeling Intensive, Session 10: August 1, 2021)
4. Q'uo on Witnessing Planetary Sorrow (Sixth Channeling Intensive, Session 19: November 4, 2024)
5. Pluribus (Apple TV)
6. Reality (Kingsley, Catafalque Press, 2020)
7. Q'uo on the Cycle of Desire, Love, Despair, and Healing (First Channeling Intensive, Session 11: August 2, 2021)
8. Auxhall on Freedom and Direction (March 12, 2023)
9. All despair-related sessions on HARC (High Altitude Receiving Center)
10. Working Notes (Substack)