(Note: I wrote this on July 16th, after hearing about an attempted coup, in Turkey. I think you may enjoy it too.)
Just in few days I was exposed to the news of, one shooter killing cops, one driver running over people in france, and then, an unsuccessful military coup in Turkey.
All events are pushed in such a way to incite fear, anger, division in your psyche.
My friends, stay calm. This is not a time for more fear. More anger. More us-vs-them, we against enemy thinking.
We have to rise above our fears. Our angers. Our divisions.
I want to tell you this much: I love you all. I don't care if you are black or white, yellow or red, brown or blue or whatever.. I don't care if you are a cop or soldier or citizen. I don't care if you are Turkish or Kurdish or Muslim or Christian. A man or a woman. Or whatever other labels you may identify yourselves with.
I love you. All of you. Yes, including you individually.
If you are in fear or anger, out of any event in the media, I want to suggest to you, that you look at your feelings more deeply. More completely.
I want you to look into and face your own worst fears, angers, and hates and all those negative feelings. Look at them head on. Observe. Watch. Learn.
What do they feel like in your body? Where do they come from? What happens when you look at them directly, as short as 5-10 minutes, without escaping from them? And more importantly, what can you learn from them? What are they trying to tell you? About yourself, this world, and your relationship to it?
The more I look into and meditate upon my own feelings, the more I realize, there is no such thing as separation, "us vs them". We are all human beings living on one blue planet that we call earth. We are all human beings with similar bodies, feelings, brains, hopes and aspirations. We are all the same. %0.1 that divides us is so insignificant compared to the %99.9 that we all share, that is all common to each and every one of us. That connects and binds us.
Focus on that connection. Focus on being human. In each human's heart, there is a place that only wants to love and be loved. Connect that part. That connection is lost when you bury your heart deep in fear, anger, hatred, us-vs-them scarcity conflict thinking.
You cannot have divisive us-vs-them thinking out in society, without being divided and in self-conflict inside. You cannot have scarcity thinking, without depriving your self out of flow of abundance in your life.
There is no enemy. There is no other. There is no separation. There is no scarcity. What you do to others, you do onto your self. You cannot hate another without hating yourself. You cannot fear another without fearing, in part, from your self.
Love yourself. Know yourself. Know that you are connected to each and every human being and living thing on this planet. Love them all.
Be forgiving and be forgiven. Be caring, and you'll be cared for. Be loving and you'll be loved.
This is not a time for more fear, more anger, more division, more conflict. This is a time for more love, more connection, and a time to rise above our fears.
We all came to this earth naked, we will all leave this earth naked. We are all born into this life. We will all die and leave this life. There is no gain, no loss, nothing to fear, all is an illusion. Glass is already broken.
The only thing remains after our bodies turn into compost is, what's done with love. Do one loving kind act today. Tell someone you love them. That you care. Make one person smile. Help someone solve one problem.
I love you all. May we all be safe and blessed with love. May we all have the wisdom to rise above fears, divisions, conflicts. May we all learn our lessons well. May we all live in love, peace, harmony and abundance.
Namaste.
First off. Beautiful post. I wish I could be more hopeful about the future, hell even about the present. Every week it seems like something else rears it's ugly head like a hydra that cannot be defeated. One step forward, five steps back is often what I see and what everyone sees.
But, then every now and then there is some good that gets caught in the wind of the bad and comes forth to show that not everything is as bad as it seems, and that despite the evil intentions of many, true good shines through.
I am not talking about this in a religious sense, as I myself am agnostic. But we as human beings know good from evil almost instinctively and it's nice to see stories that bring forth and shout out that there are lots of good things happening. For instance, the story or video about the jewelry store / pawn shop owner who is a Muslim man, and the woman that came to him who was obviously non-Muslim and in very dire straights enough to sell her ring, which had been given to her as a gift. The shop owner not only gave her money after asking how much she needed, but gave her back her ring. It's something that seemingly tiny that kind of lights up a space in the darkness from time to time, but it's a very bright spark and I think gives people hope and faith (maybe a wrong term to use) in the human race, and in our individual ability to do good and to love and help others.
I write this as a near misanthrope. My view of people has really gone down the tubes lately to the point of near misanthropy, but there is always something like the said event above that brings me back from it totally.
Thanks for writing this post, Ozer.
~Neo Khan
You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :D
To bad it does not tell people HOW? Anyway it is as simple as ...when asked your NAME...."IAM the Witness"
to YOU aiding and abetting identity theft, fraud, and extortion upon ME A TRESPASS OF MEGA PROPORTIONS......and all of the ignorant minions (MEANING PUBLIC SERVICES STAFF) WORKING FOR Rome will IMMEDIATELY CEASE AND DESIST!
Trespass is an area of criminal law or tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to chattels and trespass to land.
Trespass to the person historically involved six separate trespasses: threats, assault, battery, wounding, mayhem, and maiming.[1] Through the evolution of the common law in various jurisdictions, and the codification of common law torts, most jurisdictions now broadly recognize three trespasses to the person: assault, which is "any act of such a nature as to excite an apprehension of battery";[2] battery, "any intentional and unpermitted contact with the plaintiff's person or anything attached to it and practically identified with it";[2] and false imprisonment, the "unlaw[ful] obstruct[ion] or depriv[ation] of freedom from restraint of movement".[3]
Trespass to chattels, also known as trespass to goods or trespass to personal property, is defined as "an intentional interference with the possession of personal property … proximately caus[ing] injury".[4] Trespass to chattel does not require a showing of damages. Simply the "intermeddling with or use of … the personal property" of another gives cause of action for trespass.[5][6] Since CompuServe Inc. v. Cyber Promotions,[7] various courts have applied the principles of trespass to chattel to resolve cases involving unsolicited bulk e-mail and unauthorized server usage.[8][9][10][11]
Trespass to land is today the tort most commonly associated with the term trespass; it takes the form of "wrongful interference with one's possessory rights in [real] property".[12] Generally, it is not necessary to prove harm to a possessor's legally protected interest; liability for unintentional trespass varies by jurisdiction. "[A]t common law, every unauthorized entry upon the soil of another was a trespasser"; however, under the tort scheme established by the Restatement of Torts, liability for unintentional intrusions arises only under circumstances evincing negligence or where the intrusion involved a highly dangerous activity.[13]
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I don't follow you. Is this a spam/bot message? What do all those trespass laws and legal issues have to do with my post? :P