The whole world should be one humanity: no fanaticism, no racism,
no nationalism. Then, for the first time, we can drop the idea
of wars. We can make life with honesty, worth living, worth
enjoying; playful, meditative, creative, and give every man and
every woman equal opportunity to grow and bring their potential
to flowering.
Osho
Editorial
,
With our thoughts still on what has happened in Asia, I have
penned some of my thoughts in the article in this issue's ezine.
Thanks for all the good feedback about the email I sent you a few
weeks back. It seems to have inspired several people to
contribute who would not otherwise have done so. And, of course,
I knew when I sent it out that many of you already had given, and
needed no reminder from me or anyone else to do so.
In any case, the need is still desperate over there. Hence, I
include the link below that gives you a list of organizations
involved in the Asia relief effort. It is at:
PLEASE DO copy the above link and paste it into a new email and
then send it to as many of your friends as you can think of. I
believe this can really help encourage people to contribute much
needed funds for the desperate people in need.
This does not end this month. The situation is going to be around
for quite a long time. The funds can't dwindle away, just through
declining interest.
Some of you replied to my email to say that you are sending
prayers instead. Yes, prayers ARE important and you should keep
them coming. In fact, I asked the prayer group (see
http://www.aksworld.com/prayergroup.htm) to do just that several
times. It's very important indeed.
But you need to understand something...
People can't eat prayers and they can't drink prayers. They need
your cash too!
So please. Don't say, "I'm a pensioner" or "I'm poor". You're not
as poor right now as those kids who lost their parents. Or the
mother who had to let her child be lost in the waves forever
through sheer fatigue from holding onto it. Or all those people
in Asia sleeping in tents tonight, or under the stars.
You can spare a dollar at the very least! Even a homeless person
can scrounge a dollar and hand it in to the Oxfam shop! There's
really NO excuse.
And remember, you can't possibly give to anyone without receiving
back from the universe in turn. That would violate a law as
fundamental as the law of gravity. Everybody benefits.
Finally, even if you have given, it can't hurt to give more. The
need is great. Thank you .
All our minds are captured with the events going on in Asia in
the wake of the most devastating Tsunamis in living memory. It
reminds us of the the temporary and uncertain nature of life.
People went to precisely those destinations in order to celebrate
the New Year, and in doing so, they headed to their own deaths in
their thousands.
Perhaps it is hard at this time to see much to celebrate about
this sad matter. Nevertheless, the world is pulling together to
help, in a way that has not been seen in recent years. It is a
healthy tendency and definitely one to feel heartened about.
After all the dire fearful moods that have been holding sway in
recent years, this change should be welcomed and encouraged.
Since 9/11, the world has been dominated by a a terrorized and
fearful negativity. Yet the Tsunami wave, while creating a huge
wave of human suffering in its wake, has also simultaneously
released a Tsunami of compassion within the collective
consciousness of humanity. This force of compassion has been
building up for years, just waiting to be unleashed. Sadly, it
has had little opportunity for expression, thanks to the fearful
negative attitudes of both governments and their peoples
worldwide.
However, those same governments must now ride the Tsunami wave of
compassion that has been released, or risk being shipwrecked by
it and left to look out of step with the times. The people of the
world have seemingly been liberated from the spell of fear and
contraction that has hypnotized them. They have instead, at least
for now, embraced the polar opposite; courage and generosity in
the face of adversity, expansion and compassion.
This disaster has stressed the interconnected nature of our
world. It is not just something that happened far away and
therefore has got nothing to do with the rest of us. It involves
us all. There were British, Germans, Swedes, Italians, Americans,
French, Dutch and more killed in their hundreds and thousands, as
well as Sri Lankans, Indians, Thai and Malaysian peoples.
When disaster of this magnitude strikes, it affects us all. There
is no "them" and "us" anymore.
Life is ephemeral at best, and events like these make that very
clear. As the saying goes, "Man proposes and God disposes". We
wish each other "Happy New Year", and laugh and drink the night
under the shimmering sparks of the firework displays. However, we
really never know what that year might really bring. You can say
"Happy New Year", and be dead just days later. Indeed, you may
never even get the chance to say it. This was the case for many
in Asia in late 2004.
Rather than being surprised, astonished or saddened that such
events take place, we might rather stand grateful that they do
not happen more often. The era in which humanity has flourished,
i.e. the last few thousand years, has been one of almost
unprecedented quietness, geologically speaking. Indeed, this may
partly explain why humanity was able to scramble for, and gain,
the foothold upon which our civilization was subsequently built.
The entire human race was almost wiped out during the violent
geological upheavals around 10,000 BC that followed the retreat
of the glaciers at the end of the last ice age. For most of the
time, the earth is far more turbulent and unstable than it has
been for the past few thousand years. We should be grateful that
events of this nature have so far only claimed a tiny fraction of
the world's, and indeed Asia's, population.
The grip that terrorism has had upon the world's psyche, spread
largely by governments in order to advance their own private
agendas, seems to be at least temporarily broken. Let us hope
this can continue and that they can never again hold their
peoples' minds hostage as they have been doing of late.
This may be one of the best opportunities that the people of our
planet has received for there to be a great coming together. Just
as 9/11 seemed to propel our world into a downward negative
spiral, let us hope that this event can lead us in the opposite
direction. Let it serve to propel our thinking away from
fear-based contraction, and towards compassionate and courageous
expansion.
In conclusion, despite the enormous sadness that we all feel
about what has happened, let us all be determined to allow it to
make a historical difference in our lives. Let us swear that we
will focus our minds upon expansion, compassion, and the love of
universal humanity. Let us put away the self-centered
defensiveness, the fear-filled contraction, the support for
warmongering, and the willingness to listen to and believe
cynical and manipulative propaganda.
This is a new day and the Sun is shining . Let's enjoy it and use
it, for the good of all.
Copyright Asoka Selvarajah 2005. All Rights Reserved.
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