Look around you. Take a good look. Do you see someone you dislike,
perhaps a stereotype of another society, one faction of a social group
pitted against yours? It's easy to think you're enlightened, that you
are an American, that you come from the most-forward thinking country on
the planet, and are therefore on the front lines of tolerance in
society. But that, my friend, is one giant lie told to you by your
monkey brain to excuse the other things you say.
How many times
have I heard a white person look around the room and then confide to his
friends that though he is not a racist, that he is sick of white people
being mistreated and accused of racism, that he is denied work in
favour of affirmative action, that his life is so terrible because of
everything the black people receive. Or the mexicans, because of course,
they are the "new black." A really clever monkey brain will tell you
that it is illegal immigrants who do all of this, not just one specific
race or culture. Those of us who are smart enough to recognize these
views as the hatred that they are also tend to think that if we aren't
guilty of these... that we aren't guilty at all. Not so, our monkey
brains are just more clever.
Look closer at yourself, you will
find them. Are you a member of a subculture? Are you a geek, hippy,
stoner, raver, goth, punk, emo, nerd, musician, artist, circus
performer, freak? Do you identify with the odd, the uncanny, and
generally everything disliked by mainstream society like the number 13,
Halloween, black cats and witches? Are you a witch? Are you a Pagan? Do
you actively seek to undermine the man? Do you hate those who represent
his ways? Do middle class, blonde, tanned, perfect, hollywood,
conservative, consumerist, capitalist, people piss you off? Did you hate
cheerleaders in high school? Listen to yourself. When you go out in
public, do you view these people the way you always did? Do you see it
as us versus them? You are racist too. You hold hatred for a culture,
for your fellow human beings. You spread anger, fear, hatred and misery
in the world. Especially those of you enlightened enough to hear what
I'm saying. If you pray, meditate, do yoga, or any other sort of
esoteric process, you are more damaging to the world than a flock of
racists when you have hatred in your heart. Your thoughts influence the
world more strongly because you practice that.
When you walk out
into the world with hatred, with the idea that someone else is making
your life miserable, dragging you under, tearing you down... you are
making it so. You are programming the universe to listen to your
expectations. You are sending energy to your adversaries, emboldening
them to attack you more. You are filling the world around you with
negative energy and attracting very ugly things to you, no matter how
noble you perceive your struggle to be.
Do you want a better
life? Do you want to live in a better world? Do you pay lip service to
world peace? Then get off your ass and do something about it. Go out in
the world tomorrow and LOVE. Love every human being you come across, no
matter what their culture, social status, career, appearance, anything.
Pretend they are all your friends. Watch what happens.
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