Hello world. The following was written 7/03/2017.
I shared a video a couple of years ago that had some folks up in arms. Some were in agreement with it. Others were throwing out judgmental diatribes pointing fingers and placing blame. In reading all of the commentaries in the myriad groups I had shared this video in, one stood out to me. It showed a brother who is truly looking for an answer and recognizing that the buck stops here in their hands. The following was the conversation that ensued.
A brother asks, “I think this is a very good video. Sound reasoning and logic. Good, objective argument.
I also see it as half of the coin. This is the symptom, the logical end result to a dynamic. I’d like to understand WHY people feel that way in the streets. People don’t feel for no reason; we need to understand that reason.
But, true, there is no denying that this is our current state of affairs. This is our reality. Fair enough. So, acknowledging reality… HOW do we repair this clearly broken relationship? Isolationism doesn’t fix anything; we can’t fix something that we refuse to interact with. Bombing people never created friendships — it only feeds deep resentment and hatred to kill someone’s family, friends and neighbors. Cowering behind walls doesn’t make anybody stronger — a single Trojan horse is all that’s needed to collapse a fear-full society from within. Denying one’s role and responsibility in a broken relationship never fixed a relationship.
So, what can we do to fix this?”
My response, “We start by changing ourselves. We start by looking at the choices we are making to think and believe as we do. We start by questioning what it is we are thinking and believing in to be true. Once we see these Truth’s and accept them. We are then able to view ourselves, our brothers and the world differently. Once we see the Truth of how we are the one in judgment, we can then let go our judgments. It is our judgments that color everything we think we perceive. You want to change the world!? Start by changing yourself and how you are choosing to judge it, your brothers and yourself.”
Blessings on your journeys my brothers. Hugs and love. You are loved. I love you.