Reality Check
I found these words at the corner of alignment and insanity
discussing how there is power in the valley
and the way you love me.
I swim in your intent….awaiting
explanations, that stand on the precipice
of mercy delivered & understanding rendered
discussing how there is power in the valley
and the way you love me.
I swim in your intent….awaiting
explanations, that stand on the precipice
of mercy delivered & understanding rendered
© Sierra Leone 2012
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This poem touches a chord for me. And when I say chord, I mean the shaping of harmony, the construction of pure tones, playing together. This musical underscore might mimic human composition: the harmonious ways we are together. If only we didn't have these obstacles. What obstacles?
The human being has one central commonality: we're all human beings. It doesn't get more common than that. We have physical selves, we have thinking selves, we have feeling selves. We all do. Sure, we come in different packages. Yes, our experiences are different. Yes, unfortunately, the earthly structures of human existence are out of balance, hugely inequitable. Sometimes this dissonance makes any attempts at harmony distasteful. Yet - since we are the species that originated the sour notes, we are also the species that can auto-tune the race. We are what we've been waiting for! What if we set our energies to composing respect?What if we truly become instruments of "Neighborly Love."
I take this poem as a "love the neighbor" reality check. Turns out, we're all hovering around that corner of alignment and insanity. There IS a power in the valley. The question: is it power together or power apart? Alignment with self is tough work. Blood, sweat and tears work. So alignment with neighbor seems incomprehensible - until we check back in with our central commonality. All humans. Right.
How do we deconstruct negative formation? We've been formed by our differences, without calling our empathy to action. How can I possibly understand you unless I put myself in your place: share your pain, imagine your joy, make an effort to know you through my own humanness? It is possible to "swim" in each others intents. It is my belief that empathy comes standard in a human being. It's just not exercised. It is a weak attribute, often overshadowed by fear or pounded down by ego. Continually we're reminded that we're all human. If all human, than all equal. Yet over and over again, we treat each other unjustly, we bask in our own superiority. Our actions, our words, are thoughtless. Our crimes against one another - well, inhuman. And here we are together, standing on that precipice.
Let's get to the moral of this poem: mercy delivered & understanding rendered. Can we do this for each other? Many of us believe in a Higher Power. We ask for mercy, we pray to be understood. We pray for ourselves and for others. We just have to be willing to receive the answers. Perhaps this Higher Power has given us to each other for a reason. Mercy delivered!
All of us have the potential to render understanding, to engage our empathetic response system. We must quiet our fears, cut back our egos and turn up our Lights! It takes spiritual fitness to engage our withered intentions. But as we Love the neighbor, as we tune up the harmonies, those answers we've been looking for will be much more visible. Reality check: it isn't easy, it takes effort, it requires much from us. That's a good thing. We have a lot to give.
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This poem touches a chord for me. And when I say chord, I mean the shaping of harmony, the construction of pure tones, playing together. This musical underscore might mimic human composition: the harmonious ways we are together. If only we didn't have these obstacles. What obstacles?
The human being has one central commonality: we're all human beings. It doesn't get more common than that. We have physical selves, we have thinking selves, we have feeling selves. We all do. Sure, we come in different packages. Yes, our experiences are different. Yes, unfortunately, the earthly structures of human existence are out of balance, hugely inequitable. Sometimes this dissonance makes any attempts at harmony distasteful. Yet - since we are the species that originated the sour notes, we are also the species that can auto-tune the race. We are what we've been waiting for! What if we set our energies to composing respect?What if we truly become instruments of "Neighborly Love."
I take this poem as a "love the neighbor" reality check. Turns out, we're all hovering around that corner of alignment and insanity. There IS a power in the valley. The question: is it power together or power apart? Alignment with self is tough work. Blood, sweat and tears work. So alignment with neighbor seems incomprehensible - until we check back in with our central commonality. All humans. Right.
How do we deconstruct negative formation? We've been formed by our differences, without calling our empathy to action. How can I possibly understand you unless I put myself in your place: share your pain, imagine your joy, make an effort to know you through my own humanness? It is possible to "swim" in each others intents. It is my belief that empathy comes standard in a human being. It's just not exercised. It is a weak attribute, often overshadowed by fear or pounded down by ego. Continually we're reminded that we're all human. If all human, than all equal. Yet over and over again, we treat each other unjustly, we bask in our own superiority. Our actions, our words, are thoughtless. Our crimes against one another - well, inhuman. And here we are together, standing on that precipice.
Let's get to the moral of this poem: mercy delivered & understanding rendered. Can we do this for each other? Many of us believe in a Higher Power. We ask for mercy, we pray to be understood. We pray for ourselves and for others. We just have to be willing to receive the answers. Perhaps this Higher Power has given us to each other for a reason. Mercy delivered!
All of us have the potential to render understanding, to engage our empathetic response system. We must quiet our fears, cut back our egos and turn up our Lights! It takes spiritual fitness to engage our withered intentions. But as we Love the neighbor, as we tune up the harmonies, those answers we've been looking for will be much more visible. Reality check: it isn't easy, it takes effort, it requires much from us. That's a good thing. We have a lot to give.
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