tangled knots

The issue of tangled knots for mankind is complicated to say the least. Last year i had been thinking the world needed a new voice, someone like a Gandhi or a Mandela or a King that would appeal to all of humanity-- or at least that core inside humanity that are uniting rather than dividing factors.

i had tried to articulate this belief to friends, who agreed, a voice was needed. i had gone to a talk about religion and spirituality(something i never do) when the topic came up again. A voice being needed was the general consensus and was discussed vigorously by those attempting to examine how that could happen. During the discussion the friend i had attended the talk with asked a very pointed question.

"Could one man speak for all of humanity?"

Silence

She then followed this question by asking if the one voice would be black.

Ah ha thinks i, a white man would not be taken seriously by people of color. The white man's history world wide had been one of dominance and conquest. How then could a white man be a voice for all? This one thought then caused a series of unsettling thoughts to stream on and on for a very long time. Months.

The answer i finally latched on to was that many voices with the same message were needed. Every location around the world would need a speaker that could pass on the message without creating a hierarchy of "elders" or "experts".

The message had to be so simple it could be understood by the youngest to the oldest without any dogma or requirement of educational standards, no church or temple or mosque attendance necessary, no money spent, no edifices. The community of speakers would converse with the whole world, being united in refocusing away from violence, greed and the pursuit of power.

A quote i read somewhere addresses this, i don't know who the author is but it is on one of my many slips of paper.

"True heroes do not terrorize their fellow creatures, they try to counter aggression. The warrior should be dedicated to peace." Taking Jesus's sword of truth to fight instead of the sword of man became my mantra after i saw the shadow of an upside down heart with two swords coming out of it during a walk one night under the moon.

i had a friend who questioned why anyone would want to battle mans cruelty when the cycle of violence will continue. He called it natural and said it was a part of nature's cycle. For me, this was an acknowledgment by him of an aspect of society that i can't accept. i want the warrior that is dedicated to peace. i want the armies of peaceful soldiers to swarm like ants all over the world, spreading a message of hope not despair. Gandhi, Mandela and Martin Luther King understood how to take up the sword of truth and they succeeded in creating change.

There have always been malevolent tyrants, dictators and rulers but their violent change never lasted for they eventually failed.

To me my friend is defeated already. As long as you can ignore the disparity, accept the cruelty of man and even encourage subjugation of others you have then given your tacit approval and avowal to any kind of violence. You become part of the problem not the solution.

i call these thoughts tangled knots, for it is the age old question that religion has failed to dispel. Mankinds cruelty needs addressing, over and over, until we get it right and untangle the knots. Each community around the world needs speakers for peace.
We are all human beings why do some not think so?