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...it is all the SAME. We are ALL ONE.
The problems of the children in Palestine and Iraq are the same as the adults we believe freely chose to be sent over there to murder and maime them.
In a universe where all is one, all time is NOW. That means that plucking out a single cause and effect relationship in an unbroken chain of related events proves NOTHING and justifies NOTHING. These are the things we distract ourselves with as a kind of comfort in the midst of our own battles with personal hypocracy.
The things I see "out there" are actually "in here," and it is my denial of that reality that drives me to believe that "out there" is being caused by someone who is not me. Words can not do justice to these concepts, so do not parse the words too closely. Just lean into the ideas gently while believing in real global unity and actual, tangible connections between all things.
Like a stenographic print, the message pops out of the background if you quiet your mind and quit defending the indefensible.
Draw a circle around your feet and then commit to fixing everything inside that circle. Once you accomplish that, then we can talk about where the choke points are in this cascade of grief and tribulation seemingly caused by events beyond our personal control.
Have compassion for the world and the people in it for life is difficult, and then we appear to die as payment for ALL our efforts. If you think you see crazy people doing crazy things all around you, can you imagine my great shock?
