In his autobiography, Nelson Mandela writes: “I wanted South Africa to see that I loved even my enemies while I hated the system that turned us against one another.”
I think that this sums up the errors of the time we live in, in a world that we have collectively created and one that is governed by fear and ego, our greatest enemies. It is a mindset that has dominated the world stage for far too long.
The “systems” that we have thus devised, the erroneous thinking evident within our governments, many corporations, our places of worship, the marketplace, have indeed pitted us against the “other”. It has caused us to demonize another way of thinking, another people, in the mistaken belief in our own superiority. Every tradition and culture is responsible for perpetrating this.
In Vietnam, I saw what this mentality had done to a people, to soldiers on both sides of the recent war, and I saw and felt the lingering sadness and pain that is still evident. We heard repeatedly when we were there that the people of Vietnam want no more war, just peace, and that they wish this for the entire world.
As we ascend beyond the peripheries of our current world view, and our limitations, we see that in the end there are no differences, and that rather than hating our perceived “enemies” we should hate instead, as Nelson Mandela said, the system that is in place that divides us, one against the other.
And then we must transform this system together.
Completely
I think that this sums up the errors of the time we live in, in a world that we have collectively created and one that is governed by fear and ego, our greatest enemies. It is a mindset that has dominated the world stage for far too long.
The “systems” that we have thus devised, the erroneous thinking evident within our governments, many corporations, our places of worship, the marketplace, have indeed pitted us against the “other”. It has caused us to demonize another way of thinking, another people, in the mistaken belief in our own superiority. Every tradition and culture is responsible for perpetrating this.
In Vietnam, I saw what this mentality had done to a people, to soldiers on both sides of the recent war, and I saw and felt the lingering sadness and pain that is still evident. We heard repeatedly when we were there that the people of Vietnam want no more war, just peace, and that they wish this for the entire world.
As we ascend beyond the peripheries of our current world view, and our limitations, we see that in the end there are no differences, and that rather than hating our perceived “enemies” we should hate instead, as Nelson Mandela said, the system that is in place that divides us, one against the other.
And then we must transform this system together.
Completely