I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. A little under the weather you could say... a little introverted... reflective. Not my usual lively self I guess. I'm almost anticipating hubby constantly asking me what is wrong. Even though... really nothing is wrong. I'm just a little inside of myself.
So I'm looking towards writing as a creative release... maybe this will go somewhere or something that has been dying to come out, will...
I am creative though... so regardless of how extroverted I may be normally I have complete manic days. They help me write... in my search for solace I see the world. Through different eyes. Introverted eyes.
When I wrote Blind Caterpillar, I felt very sensitive to all of the pain and suffering in the world. The world, while a good place... is full of injustices. We are the cause of those injustices. We are the cause of the bloodshed that has taken place throughout history in the name of God, not God.
We continually point out each others flaws when we are told to Love thy neighbor, or do unto others. What part of us feels righteous by placing ourself above someone else so we can watch them suffer? Aren't we all supposed to be equal? Aren't we all supposed to be brothers and sisters?
These injustices often occur because we discriminate against each other. We act petty and point our each others differences in manners that are often hurtful. We have done this for so long that we justify our behavior because society talks out of both sides of its mouth. It tells us that it is wrong but continues to throw stones. If we were to recognizing that those differences are what makes the world as colorful and beautiful. The world would rapidly change.
It is so easy to point the finger at someone else and judge them. Why do we judge? We would not like it done to us! It is harder to accept someone in spite of those differences so acceptance must be a worthy path. I was brought up believing quite strongly that the right path is never the easy one. Even things that may seem easy to someone else on the outside looking in is not what it appears. They may make things look easy or perhaps their fortune came at a great cost.
So again, we judge... why? We judge because we see something in someone else that makes us uncomfortable. We judge because it is too "hard" for us to look WITHIN ourself to see why it bothers us. It is "easier" to blame you instead for making me uncomfortable. It is "easier" to judge your behavior because it doesn't fit in to the social paradigm that I was brought up with. Thus we creating more pain and suffering outside of ourself.
So should we reject someone because they are different then us? That is like saying "I only eat orange things and only orange things should exist because orange things please me."... it is pretty racist when you think about it. You don't need to judge someone by the color of their skin to be racist. You can do that by denying them the right to be all that they are. They are another you, It doesn't matter if it is only the tiniest fleck of consciousness that connects us. They are still another soul having a human experience and who are we to deny them that experience by judging them?
You can wish someone out of your life, thinking that your life would be better without them... but instead... perhaps challenging your beliefs/values or ethics is exactly what they are supposed to be doing in the larger scheme of your things. Perhaps you need your standards challenged to push forward in your own life, to grow. We shouldn't punish our teachers, regardless of how arbitrary the methods of teaching might be.
So, if someone does something that bothers you... if someones behavior bothers you... let us not judge. Instead, seek to understand our emotions. Let us unite as one people in peace, for in discrimination there is only war.
Look within to find the answers you seek.
Namaste.
I challenge each and every one of you to think before you speak
I challenge you to put yourself in the shoes of everyone you meet
I challenge you to feel someone else's pain
life will never be the same
This is Blind Caterpillar from my set at the Y'arc last Wednesday. Thank you so much to Lynn Hemeon for recording this and posting it on Youtube. I am grateful for the opportunity to share my music. I hope you all enjoy.
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