Monday, March 29, 2021

There is a lot to learn.  Here are some stolen words.
Human nature, when it is seeking power, wants either to play victim or to create victims of others...feeling sorry for ourselves we will soon find someone else to blame, accuse or attack and with impunity!  It takes away any immediate shame, guilt, or anxiety. 
Scapegoating or the creating of necessary victims, is in our hard wiring...the central pattern for maintenance of cultures since the beginning.
..we compare, compete...we condemn...the competitive power game is where it all begins. Freedom from power game is probably the only way out of the cycle of violence.
Fearing and hating on behalf of something holy and noble, the high moral ground, responsible, legitimate, takes away all guilt.
It never occurs to most people that they are becoming what they fear and hate. Projecting Instead of recognizing our own complicity.
 It takes forgiveness and healing. 
 (R Rohr)