The beauty about having children is having connection to pure creativity. This is an example for me to explore when considering forgiveness in nature.
Forgiveness Synthesis
When I think of forgiveness, first thing that comes to mind is hurt. In
the human experience we have created a demand for reconciliation.
What does forgiveness look like in nature? In the great chain of life
there are processes that aren't fair, but are there processes that are
expressed with malice? I think that the nature of beings is to
oscillate between balance and other vertices, always striving for
balance. Is one of those vertices malicious? There is a sophisticated
expression of injustice when it comes to people because we can reason,
rationalize, or empathize. We also struggle with the privilege of
technology and I believe this makes most human injustice irrational.
Other species do most things for the sake of nutrition, order, and
reproduction. All may be narrowed to proliferation. We
are not different except for qualities like revenge, grudge, or
forgiveness. How is forgiveness
expressed in nature?
What can it teach me?
Interpreting
Today's post is inspired by Sergio Vieira de Mello, whose birthday passed this last week. I have a calendar of heroes birthday's. He is on my Calendar so that I am reminded to never lose hope, regain my center, or let loose. I am struggling to understand how to grow older.
Sergio was a man who was in love with so much. He was a peace keeper, an immersive, and reckless with his heart. Today I sit in a lifestyle so comfortable that feel afraid to dance. I use dance in the metaphorical way, as if to be romantic, when all I want to say is, I can't move. I feel as if a part of me is waiting for life to happen. Sergio will be remembered by his championing the philosophy of being an immersed helper. You cannot help from the sidelines. You cannot help from a distance.
Where does the will and motivation to keep moving closer come from? Life can be so fun, so fun that working seems avoidable and dreadful. His memory will have to be enough for now to at least keep my eye off the quit button.
Sergio was a man who was in love with so much. He was a peace keeper, an immersive, and reckless with his heart. Today I sit in a lifestyle so comfortable that feel afraid to dance. I use dance in the metaphorical way, as if to be romantic, when all I want to say is, I can't move. I feel as if a part of me is waiting for life to happen. Sergio will be remembered by his championing the philosophy of being an immersed helper. You cannot help from the sidelines. You cannot help from a distance.
Where does the will and motivation to keep moving closer come from? Life can be so fun, so fun that working seems avoidable and dreadful. His memory will have to be enough for now to at least keep my eye off the quit button.
A grain of sand
I cannot, I am not ignoring the continued misconceptions of people for people who are from "south of the border". Having a Brown heritage and similar Latino traits, I have the belief that there are large portions of people labeling us as being menaces, dead weight, and dysfunctional. I am trying to understand the reality that we are less educated. I am trying to understand our violent nature. I am trying to understand from a critical view point how being Chicano, Latino, or Mestizo has become so toxic. It is also important to know that although I look with a critical lens I am fastened tightly to the truth that I come from a resilient, creative, and symbiotic heritage.
We, I, and Us are not absolutely unhealthy and are far from being completely harmonious. In my research to understanding how the Mestizo culture was created, I learned about Central America. I learned of the Maya and Azteca. I was drawn to the Mayan resistance, known to the ignorant Gringo mentality as a communist front. I learned that it was a conscious effort to bring symbiosis to a resource saturated region. These resources attracted characters that found value in capital economies. I have followed the injustices of Central America, as if being drawn into it. The birthplace of injustice during the industrial times is Guatemala. I have journaled about it in previous blogs. Now there are actions to account for the devastation. Leaders are being brought to justice. More significantly the forgiveness synthesis has broken a barrier to action.
The "Critical" portion of forgiveness is finally initiating. Efraín Ríos Montt will be held accountable for his choices. He is the enemy, but first he is a person. In my opinion he has vilified the gringo mentality, by personifying the shadow quality to the gringo archetype. Despite my vengeful mind, my heart is wondering how he could grow to believe in decisions that led to 200,000 lives eliminated. I am already primed to encounter what I consider the understanding portion of forgiveness synthesis.
Efraín Ríos Montt will stand trial.
We, I, and Us are not absolutely unhealthy and are far from being completely harmonious. In my research to understanding how the Mestizo culture was created, I learned about Central America. I learned of the Maya and Azteca. I was drawn to the Mayan resistance, known to the ignorant Gringo mentality as a communist front. I learned that it was a conscious effort to bring symbiosis to a resource saturated region. These resources attracted characters that found value in capital economies. I have followed the injustices of Central America, as if being drawn into it. The birthplace of injustice during the industrial times is Guatemala. I have journaled about it in previous blogs. Now there are actions to account for the devastation. Leaders are being brought to justice. More significantly the forgiveness synthesis has broken a barrier to action.
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The "Critical" portion of forgiveness is finally initiating. Efraín Ríos Montt will be held accountable for his choices. He is the enemy, but first he is a person. In my opinion he has vilified the gringo mentality, by personifying the shadow quality to the gringo archetype. Despite my vengeful mind, my heart is wondering how he could grow to believe in decisions that led to 200,000 lives eliminated. I am already primed to encounter what I consider the understanding portion of forgiveness synthesis.
Efraín Ríos Montt will stand trial.
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