I'm reeling with the new war in the Mideast and it brings up a much larger question for me. I have no concept in how to be mean to people. When I was five, there came a point in time one morning when I realized that I did not want to keep doing life the way my dad was teaching me. At that moment, I made a vow never to be consciously or purposely mean to other people. I have lived as best as I could with the vow mostly successfully. I've come close and I've snapped but as soon as I'm aware of the direction I am headed I take a deep breath.
So I'm still not sure what the value and rewards people get with mean and cruel behavior. I know there are rewards or people would not do what they do.
I also believe for people to be violent to other people there must be the act of objectification. Humans cannot see others as humans and kill them. It again provides the direction from God about knowing each other.
Years ago I worked for about a ten year period with a workshop program. I did one or two weekend workshops a month of heavy transformational work. Our weekends were a sign up to participate and people came from all over northern California and beyond to participate. Yet the universe ended up providing an unofficial 'theme' that seemed to happen when a class of 24 students signed up.
One weekend we worked the entire weekend with students and the recurring issue was around Satanic worship. We did the work of releasing and healing but I will never forget what one student said.
He told us that part of the reason that the satanic groups worked was that there is a society that mostly doesn't know each other. This is a part of the California culture. When I go back to the Midwest, everyone knows who the neighbors are and what everyone is doing. Not in California. This student said it is critical we get to know each other. When we look into each other's eyes and share names and stories everything changes. Then the person in front of you is a human being.
Thus look at the wonderful direction the Divine is giving to us. We must look into eyes, share hearts, and be with one another. I cannot make war when I truly know you or at the least it would be very difficult.
I don't know the answer. I am in awe of the entire process and I'm sure in a war I would be fairly useless. But I am reminded of the song "From a Distance"
The verse reads, "From a distance, you look like my friend Even though we are at war. From a distance, I cannot comprehend what all this fighting's for."
I just don't get it.........
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