In a message dated 9/11/01 11:42:03 PM, wmeyer@... writes:
<< those who breathe
retribution and hate here in america are the same who piloted this
tradegy. like a dog growling at it's image in a mirror, the haters will
never recognize themselves, but always find their partners in hell. >>
Amen, amen, amen. But do we each see our very own mirrored part in this???
When we heal the violence, bitterness, disilusionment and lack of reverence
we each have in our hearts for any part of the human family, the reflection
in the mirror will gradually change. Its an inside job to develop our
spiritual selves and be part of the solution, instead of plans of further
retaliation which just perpetuates a disguised form of the same
finger-pointing terrorism. Until we each do that, the "world" will not
change, and we are each just hawks in lily-white victim clothing.
There is but one human family composed of individuals at war within our own
selves, and I see this horrific tragedy as an outpicturing of our collective
blindness and spiritual poverty. We value "trade and stuff and territory and
power to be on top, more than reverence for all of Life and life's forms.
Someone said, I've met the enemy and "they" are "us".
A new worldview is struggling to emerge and all the territory protection
in the universe will never replace our inner craving to be at peace within
our own hearts. This takes slowing down and doing a lot of homework of self
reflection, meditation, prayer, loving service. But first you have to get
off the treadmill and out of the idea of "my" family, "my" country. "my"
boundaries. Many of us have just begun to even consider such ideas as being
worthy.
Its good to read the Dalai Lama and Deepak Choprah, and writing like those
visionaries, instead of being hypnotized by political strategies of
attack as solution. All of our political leaders and much of humanity are
self-righteous finger pointers too asleep to realize retribution and a
retaliatory attitude will bring about more of the same insanity. Just
disguised and diluted versions of a warring part of our psyches that need
healing. Sentimentality and sympathy that are natural outcomes of tragedy
are good as wake up calls to come together, but they can keep us in a soap
opera approach that triggers the blame and separation of victim/perpetrator
mentality. This is a start, at least, but only spiritual healing will
ever satisfy. And I am not talking in the least about "religion". If God
gave us the universe to learn to play and love in, I don't think s/he drew
lines on the globe that were meant to keep "others" out. That was man's
invention, and it clearly does not work and never will. Peace cannot be
enforced or policed, it must be discovered within and then shared. This is a
worthy lifeswork that truly satisfies, instead of pursuing temporary
satisfaction of its "symbols".
Barbara/Florida
