Most people that are at the center of some sort of spiritual movement or religion (i.e Jesus Christ or the Bhuddha) teach the same lessons. Have compassion for one another. Treat others as one. But for some reason the powers that be (i.e. the government, media, influencers(which have increased the spread), the need to work to survive, etc. ) try to divide and distract us from those messages. If we all just treated each other as if we were all a family, there truly could be a heaven on earth.
But there’s a lot of different forces that exist that distract the everyday conciousness from remembering these lessons. Like with our culture’s focus on future tech, having the latest and the greatest, doing everything on your own–it’s not by the way, having help is OKAY–and a weirdly absent interest in our own shared pasts. Like humanity has existed for thousands of years, isn’t anyone else interested in what those people had learned? yet things like this which would be considered as a humanity have been under attack for years, **think classroom curriculum, general cultural curiosity, it seems like American society has keep us limited to the most recent human events, where as in countries that have a more continuous shared cultural history , most of media that is created incorporate ideaologies/events that are a shared memory. To know your past is to learn the knowledge others had paved a way towards.
That was the best thing about America. It used to take the best part or best idea from the different people that lived here (either born here or immigrated). There was a time we were on the right path to getting better (we weren’ perfect, but it was something to work with) but then something happened (REAGAN), and we began moving in the wrong direction. To more division among how different classes of people (i.e. male/female, rich, poor, immigrant, second generation, by race, by ability) are treated. If a person calls America home they should be treated with dignity and respect. We should act as a family and our quality of life would be so much better. I would just urge people to look at each other like we are all the same because we are. We are all just humans living on earth at the same time, in the same overall circumstances. Can’t we just agree to change it for the better on some basics like housing, food, healthcare, and a living wage? Is that such a bad idea? This is a radical idea? By the way, certain groups have weaponized the word radical, but all it means is very different from the usual or traditional . But different doesn’t mean bad. It’s just different.
It’s okay to be different. Or at least that was how I was raised. If you weren’t lucky enough to experience a family like that, just know you have a sister out there who is okay with you being different. 🙂
Henry's Emporium of Wonders 