When are more people going to wake up? We are world asleep.
And the stupid egoic self seems still to be constantly awake, not allowing the will of the heart to be felt, heard, trusted, known.
People are complaining that if we can have a parade for the winners of the Super Bowl, why can't we have a parade for the Iraqi War veterans? Some say we should celebrate the killing of a million Iraqis in a war our government had no business fighting. Oh, yeah, let's throw a street party. We decimated that country. Whoopee!
If we are in the military service, let's pretend that we are laying our lives on the line in the defense of our country. Let's make believe that there is some noble reason for us to murder innocent people all over the world, that somehow these other people are a threat to us, so let's kill them before they kill us.
And let's just think it's hilarious that, rather than America getting some heartfelt encouragement from the half-time entertainment at the Super Bowl, the biggest message we get from all that is a big "Bleep you, people." Let's tell ourselves that was just a funny publicity stunt. The system can keep flipping us off and we can keep pretending either that it doesn't matter or that there is nothing we can do about it.
On behalf of our nations' institutions, M.I.A.s' Message to America
And let's get really upset if our team didn't win the Super Bowl. Surely, that is something to be depressed about, a wonderful excuse to feel crappy.
Of course, people are all upset with President Obama because he hasn't done a better job putting out the fire left to him by his predecessor. Let's make it all his fault. Who else can we blame? The ex-president sure isn't showing his face much.
Let's be anxious to get a Republican into the presidency of our country, and let's split our support between the front runners who are the most iconic abusers of the common man that party could possibly present for our approval. And let's pretend that it is wise and courageous of all these men to promote the expansion of war in our world. We gotta make sure that we stay number one.
While we are at it, let's watch the Republican presidential candidates abuse and disrespect each other in their personal quests to show us how wonderful they are. Surely among the field we can find some candidate to belittle as a way of feeling superior to them. "That guy is such an idiot! How wonderful for my self-esteem!"
Maybe it will make us feel better if we ignore the fact that the United States has already engaged in acts of war against Iran and has, without moral justification, meddled in their affairs for decades. Blockading their shipping routes and freezing their assets can easily be seen as acts of war. If we think they may be attempting to defend themselves, all we have to do is tell ourselves that they are the aggressors. How simple!
Maybe we will feel better if we ignore the fact that the various branches of government protect each other from having to comply with the Consititution of our country. Congress has ignored multiple lawful instructions from the States for a constitutional convention, but let's just forget that. We'll feel better if we do.
Congress has passed and the President has signed legislation that effectively ends the Constitutional protections found in the Bill of Rights. We get from the President that he won't enforce certain elements of this that our People might find offensive. We'll probably get along in life easier if we just believe him.
It may bring us some temporary solace to repeat in Iran the lunacy of our Iraq destruction with the same excuse, the one the bully at middle school used after beating you silly when you were 10: "I thought he was gonna hit me, so I hit first."
Let's see who we can add today to our list of those whom we can blame for the mess we are in.
Republicans. Democrats. Jews. Catholics. Homosexuals. Mom. Dad. The kids. The grandparents.
The nasty teacher at school. The unreasonable boss at work. Everything is somebody elses' fault.
Anger and fear over our current situation seem to ask us for an outlet, a way to vent, and since we generally can't get close to those we most demonize, we take it all out on those closest to us: family, friends, neighbors and co-workers...and ourselves.
"Somebody's gotta take the heat."
What we have collectively avoided is all that is in front of us that we would rather not deal with. If we don't think we can deal with it, we pretend it is no big deal. How stupid are we going to pretend that we are?
Since we don't want to deal with what is in front of us, let's just distract ourselves from it, find someting to tweak or deaden awareness: a stupid movie or novel, alcohol, hard drugs or an excess of what some people call comfort food.
"If I eat enough stupid food or take enough silly drugs, I can get people to feel sorry for me. I'll feel better if people feel sorry for me."
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The first step out of a prison is to realize that you are in one. As long as we are pretending that all is well, as long as we are pretending that we are free, we are unable to claim true freedom.
Are you willing to take that first step? Once you do, then the next one has to do with knowing, trusting that collectively we have the power to rise above this mess we have created with our insistence on sleep.
While we have been preoccupied with fighting each other and distracting ourselves from what we are being asked to see, we have wasted our power.
Society is a set-up, a series of deceptions. We get conned into believing all kinds of lies about who we are by our governments. We soak up what they serve us and we use it all as ammunition to fight each other.
The time has come to rally together in finding the things that we can agree upon.
As long as we are fighting each other, the bigger picture will remain chaotic.
As long as we are fighting the inner battle between fearful victimhood and loving, heartful calm, the outer battle will continue to rage.
When we drop the inner battle, the apparently external ones will fade away.
No fighting, no battles required. It boils down to where you focus your attention and support, and from where you withdraw it.
Please find some things within yourself that you will dedicate yourself to changing to create a more lovingly powerful you. When you are at peace with yourself, you create peace with your world. When you commune with people with whom you can find common ground, you build our power.
Click on your pause button and ask your heart what you want to know, who you want to be.
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