A Race of Fear

I can't imagine anything more horrifying than rape, oppression and enslavement. It's enough to make one run away from all reminders of it, but then I don't believe in bad luck or that you become what you are conscious of.

If I see a black cat I try to make friends with it and the number thirteen doesn't bother me at all.

Also when I meet a woman or a person of color who may speak of a history of violence and injustice I don't shun them. Nor do I hide from a person in power who may try to control me.

Every thinking person is expected to hold his township, race, creed, gender and country above all others. Even if they do so pleasantly and without aggression they may still be termed "-ISTS" (race-ist, sex-ist, national-ist...). They have, even if it is in a mild form, some prejudice of one ice cream flavor over another.

I, too, am an -IST, but I choose the entire human race and not just sub-sections of it. I like people better than dogs and cats and squirrels and I love dogs and cats and squirrels. But I wouldn't marry a dog a cat or even a cute little squirrel.

I think it's terrible that people fear and hate one another, but what's worse is that they let that fear and hatred control their present day actions leading to ongoing cycles of misunderstanding and violence.

There IS rape, oppression and slavery in the world. It's terrible, but it exists and pretending it doesn't only gives it room to grow.

All you can do is choose NOT to rape, oppress and enslave because you can only control yourself. Others will see this example and the hold of fear will lessen and eventually be lost.

It may seem like wishful thinking, but then what other kind of thinking is there? Fearful?

Ask Away

Since answers rarely satisfy it is the forming of the questions themselves that may help to bring wisdom.

No wonder little kids are stuck in perpetual loops of asking "why? why? why?"

Don't Kill A Good Thing

Sometimes that uncomfortable feeling is growth.

Why "Now?"

Live in the Now, they tell us. Be present and conscious in the glorious, wonderful NOW!

What the hell's so great about Now? What if I want to look forward to some exciting future thing or reminisce about a pleasant past experience?

What if living in the Now causes me to stare too long at a pretty girl and she gets creeped out as her whole life flashes before my eyes from dating, marrying, parenting and finally dying before me?

And then she slaps me or yells?

That "Now" doesn't sound so hot.

I prefer to daydream in situations like that and leave the Now to the gurus.

Is Dead Better?

If Houses of Faith proclaim that the After-Life is infinitely better than Life (After-Life Prep) then why aren't more people running to get there?

If being dead is really better than we should all be looking for those people who deserve to go. If it's such a reward then it should be reserved for the truly worthy.

Only the good die young because they earned it?

And yet people cling to this waiting room called Life to the bitter end.

Why?

Because you can't be king of the mountain if you quit the game and nobody likes a quitter.

If someone knocks you off the hill then, well, okay, you tried and hopefully you had enough points to make it to the record books.

Just don't ruin the game for the rest of us.

Life is better because even when it's filled with strife it's still better than warming the eternal bench.

The Anti-Hitler

Please keep in mind that Adolf was a card-carrying member of the human race and that in merely 56 years he was able to change the face of the planet.

He had so much ambition that, if not for the awful bloodlust, he might have actually accomplished something to be proud of--if only he used his powers for good!

Can you be so bloodlust-y and still be good or does being good always carry a calmer head? (On the shoulders, not a platter, mind you).

Mother Theresa was pretty good, Reverend King, Mahatma Gandhi...

Any one of us can be good to such a degree. We all still eat and sleep and pass water.

Mozart and Einstein had some pretty good imaginations, but they also applied themselves to the problems of manifestation.

So could we. We all are only visitors to this planet and temporary members of this race just like Alexander The Great (if you want to call an immature conquerer that).

Oprah has just as many hours in the day as any of us after all.

We can all be Anti-Hitlers if we really want to help and transform the world.

Secret Killers

This power of positive thinking trend we're in right now (again) is perhaps overindulged.

Being upbeat, proactive and hard-working doesn't mean much if the opportunities aren't there.

Even when you try to make your own opportunities luck is always a factor.

Thinking otherwise can be quite the let down when it doesn't happen right away.

It takes a little perspective and a lot of trying, really.

I'll let you know when it works.