Peace cannot be built on exclusivism,

absolutism and intolerance.

But neither can it be built

on vague liberal slogans

and pious programs

gestated in the smoke of confabulation.

There can be no peace on earth

without the kind of inner change

that brings man back

to his “right mind.”

~Thomas Merton

a million ways to love….

inquiry for today~ how will it be for us?

come back to basics….

I believe our species is currently trapped inside of a polar vortex of sorts.: the Left Pole and the Right Pole. With no earth or water in between. Just a big giant abyss, crafted by power-brokers, to keep us turned against each other. Hence, we throw snowballs at one another, no longer seeing our shared humanness, no longer knowing how to bridge to each other. The phones and the related algorithms did this. They divided and conquered human consciousness, like nothing ever before. The centre did not hold. But its not over yet. We can boundary ourselves against technology. We can pay closer attention to the way our consciousness is manipulated. We can ask more questions of each other, and make fewer assumptions. We can let love lead us back in each other’s direction. And we can unite and conquer everything that stands between us.

~Jeff Brown