So the editor of this blog lives in Portland Oregon, and has lived there the entire life. This blog concerns the subject of spiritual enlightenment and awakening to peaceful love as a global paradigm, not political issues. It is strongly felt that on all sides, the current dominant global fear paradigm is alive and well in the world. Is it not obvious to the reader, looking objectively, that the current situation is fear, personified, being projected by all? There is the memory of Rodney King, some years ago in California who was beaten by several police officers, then some days later after riots erupted, there is the memory of Mr. King saying; “Can’t we all just get along?” Here is a man who in the tradition of MLKs style of peaceful protests, guided by what this blog feels was the power of peaceful love, not force. As Dr. King said himself; “But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.” (the I have a dream speech) Is the chaos in the world and in my home city and state, fostered by the fear paradigm? Will we, as a species survive if there is not a global paradigm shift from fear to peaceful love? Do other species on our planet treat each other the way human beings do? “Soul force” as we see it, is to see that, controlled by fear, and a mind obsessed with too much thinking, in bondage to the past and future (projected memory) we are missing the here and now where love and peace are, where everything happens. We are no longer even really there at all when our mind controls us excessively. We can see that fear has never worked and never will, especially with what is going on now. Awakening to peaceful love is the only answer, the only way we will survive. We are at a crossroad,. Fear or Love? The egoic mind of people is driving humanity slowly insane, and will only get worse as A.I. advances.
