Spiritual Revolution

Love your neighbor as yourself...

we have excused ourselves by saying that it is an ideal after all,

and very difficult to attain, and we  can only hope to 

approximate it.

The difficulty is that this exhortation flies in the face of everything

our culture encourages and that our worldview sees.....

Beatrice Bruteau

 

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Oh

My

God

 

Oh my God

we are so screwed up

we live in a world where domination

is what it is all about

 

We have to win

control

yes

dominate

we have chosen to believe

that it is all about "power over" others

but Lord

when we get power over others

we generally abuse our power

we deprive others

women

minorities

people who are not "like us"

of rights

and respect

we become greedy and self serving

you know us so well Lord

that is why you commanded

not requested

not suggested

but commanded

that we love one another

you ask Lord

that we participate in a Spiritual Revolution

as I sit here in a place 

where power is everything

(Washington DC)

and as I look at a building (the Capital) that

once represented freedom and hope

and now represents "power over"

and repression and oppression

and

"I've got mine, screw you"

I ask 

that you forgive us all

for those moments

when 

it 

is 

all

about 

"me"