“If you make peaceful revolution impossible you make violent revolution inevitable”
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Tonight's blog is a continuation of the series "The Politics of Protest"
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Day 13 - The Politics of Protest - Part Nine: The Bigger Picture
In the previous blogs we
discussed various dimensions of protest as well as looking at how the majority
who are currently being oppressed and those within the governmental/political
positions of leadership must constantly balance things out in order to ensure
that the world system does not crash.
Tonight we will have a look
at how two opposing sides who seem to have absolutely nothing in common and are
locked in to having to fight or resist each other can actually become very
powerful allies if they are able to find a point of understanding and agreement
and be willing to forgive each other and most importantly forgive themselves
for the conflicts and misunderstandings that have been allowed.
The reasons for why
self-forgiveness are critical are very well documented and explained by those
who are involved with the Desteni I Process which shows in simple yet
powerfully effective detail and consistency, how developing the ability to take
personal responsibility for our thoughts, words, and actions is a KEY element
to being able to change a persistent pattern and being able to expand our
awareness and responsibility as human beings in such a way that allows us to
see beyond just our own immediate concerns and anxieties and hang-ups, and be
able to look at the bigger picture of our actual ability to influence and
create our relationships and consequently, how we create our world.
This is an ESSENTIAL
understanding that must be developed by anyone who truly wants to be able to
change this world system - because until we develop the ability to stand in any
person's shoes without any judgment or reaction - we will never be able to
really and fully understand another person's position - their history - their
burdens - the accumulated challenges they have had to face in their lives - and
the environment and relationships that have influenced and greatly determined
what kind of person they will be or have the ability to become.
An "enemy" is
only able to remain an enemy until you fully and completely understand who they
are, how they came to the current disposition that they are in, and see how if
you were placed in the exact same situation and given the exact same
circumstances and had to work with the exact same quality of information and
understanding of a particular issue - you would be EXACTLY THE SAME as that
"enemy" - and in order for a person to REALLY be able to do this
unconditionally without manipulating the communication out of self interest and
personal agendas, there MUST be an understanding of self-forgiveness and
self-honesty - to be willing to fully consider and embrace any
"enemy" and get to know them so completely that in the end there is
no more separation and there is no more conflict - and there comes to be a
clear and equal understanding of the issue in a way that makes it non-personal
and without blame or judgment.
When done correctly, ANY
conflict can be dissolved and directed without violence, without conflict, and
without further waste of valuable resources and time that could otherwise be
channeled to activities that produce harmony and betterment for all.
Therefore the REAL
Politicians of this world must be able to stand in all positions, and consider
what is actually best for ALL without having a personal attachment to a
particular solution or a particular stance - because this will ensure that any
solution that comes from this starting point will only take into consideration
what is best for one group of people at the expense of others - and this will
only perpetuate and further solidify the trap of "us versus them".
Thus one of the first steps
for the REAL Politician is to in a way "make peace" with the atrocity
that is here - to not in any way condone or defend it or accept it for what it
is, but at the same time to not judge or resist it or fear to step into the
very heart of it, in order to FULLY understand what the real conflict is and
ensure that any policy or decision or solution that must be implemented, takes
ALL into consideration instead of being rooted in an argument against the
system without understanding the position of the system.
In the posts to follow we
will look in greater detail at the points that are most often missed entirely
by protest movements and revolutions which eventually cause the protest to die
out without any real or lasting change, and what points are not considered when
making demands of the governments or financial institutions of the world -
which tends to make the world system tighten its grip even more, and how to instead approach system change effectively by working WITH the current system instead of fighting it or making demands from it.
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