Lines in Sand - a short essay
posted by OnThePath | January 3, 2012
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IcerocketDo you think God, if he exists, is really concerned about lines on a map and preferring one side over the other? Those are strictly human constructions, and perhaps we will soon see through them and instead experience something transcendent - no more will we categorize our thinking by lines drawn in sand. The tides of truth are hostile to our propensity to project, label, and demarcate.
American Exceptionalism is a disease of the mind which has been implanted into the citizenry so that they will justify the immoral actions of the elites and governing class.
We are fastidiously holding onto impossible myths, false narratives, and moral paradoxes - these poisons manifest as the rot of civilization and the stink of decay. The veil will be lifted to those who seek without prejudices and to those who are not constrained by their beliefs.
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agree:
— Jan 04, 2012
Yes, I agree completely.
It's really pretty silly, when you think about it, these lines in the sand. How much suffering they cause. If we could erase all the lines -- physical and otherwise -- the world would be a much better place. One really has to think on it for quite a while to realize the sheer enormity of it, all the instances where it has led to death and destruction and despair. Without these lines there would be no ``homelands'', homeland security, CIA, military (other than police), pledges of allegiance, ``big plans'' for how to screw the rest of the world, terrorism (or most kinds, anyhow), war, passports, illegal immigrants, immigrant detentions, ``great walls'', and hoarding of resources by countries. The whole world would be our home, as it was when we were hunter-gatherers. e.g. A citizen of Chile could walk North to Canada without ever having to ``show us the papers'' -- as free as a bird.
