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THE CATCH-22 OF HUMAN PEACE

Posted by Howard McQueen on October 18, 2009 at 6:00pm
(C) 2009 Howard McQueenThrough the use of aggression and force,not the least of which is mental and emotional brutalitytaught, rewarded and enforced by parents and other adults,especially those honored with the title, "those we look up to",we have substantially shut down our heartssuppressing our greatest inner treasure trove of wealthinstead, we are loading up on self-medicating, addictive behaviors,over the counterand under the thumbpharmaceuticalsand a vast array of things designed to numb and deaden us,as we practice repeated, habitual grim fun and avoidance.We spend more and more time hiding out,obsessing in the anxiety-filled corridors of our mind.We don’t die here,we are kind of anesthetically embalmed,to wither away in our mental illness-fortress.We’ve forgotten that to be vulnerable and aliveWe must shed our skins and dieIn order to continue opening to the sacred.Instead, we practice caving inBarely crawling on our foursRather than standing tallRadiating our authenticityOur child, still mired in perpetual resistanceBurns alive with the escalating fever inside.These baked in habits escalating,Fed and fueled not by U-232,but the radioactive reactor of the Human Catch-22.[1]Deep inside there is a growing knowing,the human race need not continue to projectthe world as it currently is.Surrender all inner aggression.Rely upon heart-felt insight to find your way.Be peace![1] The Human Catch-22Our emotional body,desperately in need of healing and rescuepays forward our toxic experiences,binding us to our past,now the continued and ongoing defilement of self.In the meantime,everywhere else except in the domainof human operating systems,peace reigns supreme.We don’t need tocreate,manufacture,pray fororeven acknowledge Peace.It is a constant given,a bright and continuous signal –that more and more of usare beginning to senseand receive this signal,feel it,take it inwardand radiate it outward!In my heart, I hold the signal and create expansive space for peace.~ ~ ~
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