Love is the rebellion … (10/25/11)
Before you go forth on October 28th to Occupy Yourself, please consider the following:
In order to transform our system, we must transform our politics. In order to transform our politics, we must transform our relationships. In order to transform our relationships, we must transform our actions. And in order to transform our actions, we must transform ourselves.
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Our world consists of a mass …of interrelationships; nothing more — nothing less. Thus, to alter the way our world functions, we must have the courage to alter the foundation of that world: how we choose to interact with others — our partners, our family, our friends, our enemies, and the strangers we encounter every day.
Yes, our world’s systems are rife with corruption and greed and injustice. Yes, they need to be changed and the time to change them is NOW.
… AND we must finally have the courage to change them EFFECTIVELY.
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We have tried voting, we have tried revolution, and we have tried angry protest. None of these methods has ever brought deep-seated, lasting change.
Pro-active caring for others is the only alternative we have yet to employ.
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So stand bravely for justice when persecuted, and yet have the courage to forgive. Stand bravely for equality when robbed, and yet have the courage to be giving. Stand bravely for others when they are attacked, and yet have the courage to respond to all aggressors with kindness.
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Regardless of how you chose to rebel, please remember that LOVE IS THE REBELLION.
Thank you.
“What we need in the world today is not more ideas, not more blue prints, not better leaders, but goodwill, affection and kindness. Love is the only solution …The individual is what the world consists of, and without transformation of the individual there can be no transformation in the world.” ~ Murdo MacDonald-Bayne
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