Patriotism - Humbug
Patriotism seems to be the issue with the world.
"Im this..."
"Oh, are you? Well Im, such and such"
"Well nice to know who you are now."
We are so much more than a label, more than a nation, more than a religion.
This divides, separates, helps create an "identity" of "me" and this is "yours"...as if this makes any true difference. Not sure the worms really care what you are once you are 6ft under if you catch my drift. Or, if you are a Christian, or what not, Im sure God aint going to ask if you were American or Chinese.
I have seen it everywhere. I have lived in about 7 states - (Im from the south, Im from the north) I have lived in about 7 countries....I currently live in Hungary.
It seems that the more you travel, the more open your mind becomes and you realize all this doesn't matter. The worst are the small towns where people lived their whole life and think they know that the world spins around them. (I have seen this in American and here where I live in Hungary.)
We are a prideful lot of 'ants' in this ever expanding (contracting if thats your belief) universe.
If Im not "something" other than what I am "now" (which is the only moment there ever is...anything else is a thought form of a past moment or anticipation for another present moment...and even then a bad translation, as its seen through the eyes of your experience then.), so again, this needing to 'belong' have an 'identity' separates.
We cry for peace, and we have war.
Well of course...as long as your life is based on external 'stories' about yourself...this will happen.
Im Christian, therefore I cannot rest until everyone thinks as I do (insert any religion here). I am American and democracy is the only way, or communism is the only way.
They are all the same...they have leaders which represent the mass consciousness of that society.
Israel wasn't meant to have a king (I know the Jewish argument of that, but at this point I will continue down the path of thought I have chosen)...what does this mean? It means that we know what to do...
"do what you will" just know that what you do will come back to you, as you are from the same "source"/"God" that all things in existence comes from.
What you see in someone else that you do not like is a reflection of something in you that you do not like.
The world has peace, when you have peace with yourself...and acceptance...for yourself as you are and others, without trying to "change things"
For Christians, its the example Jesus showed of not trying to change people...but accepting them. (and that means truly, not, 'I accept you cause I know you will stop prostitution'. Jesus never saw the prostitute, as that is a 'story' of a person. Remember we live only in one moment...the present. Anything else is a story which can be a 'cage'.)
Back to the patriotic thing.
Here in Hungary its the "patriotic sorrow"
What a 'story'. After all, they were beaten by the Turks, Austrians, Germans, Americans, Russians, who did I leave out. There was a 'golden age once", etc.
There identity is that with "patriotic sorrow" and they will be proud to tell you so.
What a "sh****" story folks. But dude, ego will take anything...sometimes the sorrowful story is more fulfilling. Dont worry, no one will take your sorrow from you.
So, consider this. Dump the "I am this, you are that" - you will find that things work out quite nicely.
Peace
dAlen
"Im this..."
"Oh, are you? Well Im, such and such"
"Well nice to know who you are now."
We are so much more than a label, more than a nation, more than a religion.
This divides, separates, helps create an "identity" of "me" and this is "yours"...as if this makes any true difference. Not sure the worms really care what you are once you are 6ft under if you catch my drift. Or, if you are a Christian, or what not, Im sure God aint going to ask if you were American or Chinese.
I have seen it everywhere. I have lived in about 7 states - (Im from the south, Im from the north) I have lived in about 7 countries....I currently live in Hungary.
It seems that the more you travel, the more open your mind becomes and you realize all this doesn't matter. The worst are the small towns where people lived their whole life and think they know that the world spins around them. (I have seen this in American and here where I live in Hungary.)
We are a prideful lot of 'ants' in this ever expanding (contracting if thats your belief) universe.
If Im not "something" other than what I am "now" (which is the only moment there ever is...anything else is a thought form of a past moment or anticipation for another present moment...and even then a bad translation, as its seen through the eyes of your experience then.), so again, this needing to 'belong' have an 'identity' separates.
We cry for peace, and we have war.
Well of course...as long as your life is based on external 'stories' about yourself...this will happen.
Im Christian, therefore I cannot rest until everyone thinks as I do (insert any religion here). I am American and democracy is the only way, or communism is the only way.
They are all the same...they have leaders which represent the mass consciousness of that society.
Israel wasn't meant to have a king (I know the Jewish argument of that, but at this point I will continue down the path of thought I have chosen)...what does this mean? It means that we know what to do...
"do what you will" just know that what you do will come back to you, as you are from the same "source"/"God" that all things in existence comes from.
What you see in someone else that you do not like is a reflection of something in you that you do not like.
The world has peace, when you have peace with yourself...and acceptance...for yourself as you are and others, without trying to "change things"
For Christians, its the example Jesus showed of not trying to change people...but accepting them. (and that means truly, not, 'I accept you cause I know you will stop prostitution'. Jesus never saw the prostitute, as that is a 'story' of a person. Remember we live only in one moment...the present. Anything else is a story which can be a 'cage'.)
Back to the patriotic thing.
Here in Hungary its the "patriotic sorrow"
What a 'story'. After all, they were beaten by the Turks, Austrians, Germans, Americans, Russians, who did I leave out. There was a 'golden age once", etc.
There identity is that with "patriotic sorrow" and they will be proud to tell you so.
What a "sh****" story folks. But dude, ego will take anything...sometimes the sorrowful story is more fulfilling. Dont worry, no one will take your sorrow from you.
So, consider this. Dump the "I am this, you are that" - you will find that things work out quite nicely.
Peace
dAlen
posted by dalen at
8:59 PM
