A Time for Rebellion … (06/28/13)
“There are known unknowns – that is to say, we know there are some things we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” ~ Donald Rumsfeld
It is true that there are a few things that are probably unknowable; things that it is better for us to simply accept than futilely analyze … the ultimate source of our conscious awareness; the origin of our current Universe; what — if anything — is God …
AND YET there are quite a few things yet unknown that are knowable indeed; many things that seem impossible and yet are innate tenants of our reality just the same …
Unconditional Love is one of these mysteries; and radical Kindness — the vehicle through which such LOVE is given — is another.
Both seem to be mere pipe-dreams; flickering mirages shimmering in the desert heat. We thirst for their calm waters and yearn for them to soothe our suffering… We see them ever-beckoning on the horizon … We approach them; closer & closer; close enough to smell their sweet breezes light upon our cheeks and feel their pristine ripples cool upon our lips… We reach out for them to save us and close our hands upon their shimmering salvation — and then the illusion is shattered … We are still in the desert; we are still dying of thirst; and our hands are still filled with rasping sand.
So it is for anyone who has sought happiness by “being nice”.
So it is for anyone who has ever tried to find “true Love”.
So it is for anyone who has looked for peace by “Loving an enemy”.
You see, real LOVE doesn’t work that way. It is a gift that cannot be opened if we are seeking to received more than give … It is a destination that cannot be attained if we are traveling soaked in self. Despite what we have been taught, LOVE can only be known in those times when we refuse to desire it for ourselves; only in those times when we only wish to give it to another.
“The problem is not ignorance, but rather our preconceived ideas.” ~ Hans Rosling
Radical Kindness works, my Friends … It is one of the knowable Laws of Reality that is for most still an unknown mystery. Many have claimed to have discovered it already — tried it and found it to be an imposter hollow & false. They claim that they have loved an enemy without effect; that they have cared for others and found no Peace; that they have forgiven an enemy had known only pain; that they have reached out with courage and been only used in return.
Maybe so … And yet if their “love” did fail in these ways, the only thing this proves is that they did not LOVE at all.
You see, LOVE doesn’t care if the enemy “wakes up” — it is gentle anyway.
LOVE doesn’t care whether Peace washes back upon to its giver — it gives anyway.
LOVE doesn’t care if its forgiveness is rejected — it forgives anyway.
And LOVE doesn’t care if it is used by another — for it knows that nothing can be stolen that is already being freely offered.
LOVE doesn’t care about results;
LOVE doesn’t care about what happens to one’s self …
… LOVE simple Cares.
And it is THIS pure Kindness that has no choice but to function.
It is THIS courageous Caring that turns the enemy into a Friend.
It is THIS detached & humble Compassion that brings Peace to self & others … always & allWays.
In essence, if you have tried to Love & found Love lacking — that failure is not LOVE’s. but your own.
So try again … And this time, try LOVE.
“The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it … Throw yourself.” ~ C. Joybell C.
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