Been incubating, perhaps ruminating, these past months…
Should I even write anything related to this subject…
Reading widely, reading wildly…
All this unfolding
within unprecedented times,
A world pandemic,
The most dysfunctional administration,
At least in my lifetime,
At least in my country…
A most perfect storm.
I love storms…
I hate to see people suffer…
That is what this is all about
Perhaps…
Love and Hate
Let us lay out some possible fundamentals
Keeping in mind
These are my own thoughts and speculations
Fueled by reading
Fueled by anger…
Fundamental 1
People are inherently fearful
They fear for their lives, their economics, families, friends… in no specific order
The lower their evolutionary level, the smaller the circle of who is in their family
https://enlightenedmdphd.blogspot.com/2013/02/just-stranger-in-strange-land-part-2.html
They fear “the other”
Those who are not in their family
Those who are perceived to be “different”
Fundamental 2
External differences are easier to perceive than internal differences
Easier to discriminate external differences
Color of skin, body weight, deformity, accents, being female, transgendered…
Internal differences are easier to hide
But, may be expressed externally
Clothing, hair, makeup, jewelry, tattoos, what car you drive…
You can try to lighten your skin, change your hair or your accent…
It is sometimes possible to change appearances
Where does poverty fit in…
Poverty is often intimately connected to appearance
Fundamental 3
Fear breeds violence
Some people are inherently violent
Usually due to being victims of violence growing up
They may be attracted to jobs where they can be violent
Such as policing
We have been slowly militarizing policing
That contributes to violence
How do we turn this around
There is only one cure for hate and fear
That has been labeled as Love
Love is a difficult concept
How do you define wishing for everyone to be able to rise up, to evolve, to be the best they can be
How do you change society to give everyone the chance to evolve
I have written my suggestions previously
In general, follow the 3 commandments, without making the common mistakes
https://enlightenedmdphd.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-second-commandment-love-everything_24.html
In this particular case, in no particular order:
1 – Make all drugs legal, put policing money toward treatment and psychological help
2 – Use the psychedelics, including MDMA, to heal the injuries of psychological trauma and attachment disorders
3 – Provide everyone with basic living conditions, eliminate homelessness, dire poverty, fear for personal and family safety, opportunity for education and economic advancement
4 – Give everyone a reason to exist, even if it is the smallest ability to help another
5 – Train police better, and for longer, kick out inherently violent officers
I am not talking about absolute equality or burning down capitalism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron
Would this be easy
No
Could this be possible
Yes
Society is a gigantic ship
Hard to steer a gigantic ship
Hard to change course
Slowly slowly slowly…
Turning in a direction
Toward Love
Toward Compassion
Toward giving more to those who have little
Giving not just money
Most want opportunity
They want to grow, to evolve, to have a place where they can feel good about living a life
The past 4 years
We have been turning in the wrong direction
Toward hate and fear
Please do your part in turning this ship…
Namaste
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