ANGER, HATE, AND VIOLENCE
By Sherman R. Buck
WHAT DO THESE THREE THINGS HAVE IN COMMON? EACH IS ROOTED IN FEAR. FEAR IS ALWAYS THE PRIMARY EMOTION AND ALWAYS COMES BEFORE THESE THREE. ANGER COMES ABOUT FROM EGO NOT GETTING WHAT IT WANTS. ANGER THAT IS HELD WITHIN A PERSON EVENTUALLY BECOMES REPRESSED. REPRESSED ANGER EVENTUALLY TURNS INTO HATE. AT SOME POINT HATE EXPRESSES ITSELF IN VIOLENCE. ALL ACTS OF ANGER, HATE, AND VIOLENCE ARE BASED IN FEAR. WHEN YOU SEE THESE OCCUR, KNOW THOSE DOING THEM ARE AFRAID.
CULTURE SEES THESE AS SEPARATE THINGS WITH DIFFERENT CAUSES. THERE IS ONLY ONE CAUSE, FEAR, A LACK OF LOVE. IT IS DIFFICULT FOR A PERSON TO SEE THIS WHEN THEIR EGO IS IN CHARGE. THERE IS NO OUTLET IN OUR CULTURE THAT IS UNTOUCHED BY THIS BELIEF. OUR EGOS CREATE THE ILLUSIONS THAT ALLOW FOR THESE THREE EMOTIONS TO CONTAMINATE AND POISON OUR INNER AND EXTERNAL WORLDS. THE INNER WORLD IS WHAT CREATES THE EXTERNAL WORLD. WHAT YOU PLANT IN YOUR GARDEN IS WHAT YOU HARVEST.
THE EGO MIND IS A GARDEN. WHAT YOU PUT IN IT IS THE SOFTWARE THAT RUNS YOUR WORLD. THE SOFTWARE IS JUST A PROGRAM TO BE USED, A TOOL. LIKE ALL TECHNOLOGY IT IS AN ORGANIC TECHNOLOGY. HOWEVER, IT IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE PROGRAMMER. CULTURAL SOFTWARE IS GIVEN TO US AT BIRTH. MOST DON'T QUESTION IT, BECAUSE TO DO SO WOULD SEEM LIKE DEATH TO US. AT SOME POINT IN OUR DEVELOPMENT IT WAS THE DEATH OF US. UNFORTUNATELY, THE CULTURAL SOFTWARE IS KILLING US.
WE ARE AT THE CUSP OF A NEW AGE. AN AGE WHERE WE WILL BEGIN TO EXAMINE OUR CULTURAL SOFTWARE. THE CRITERIA ON WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T IS ALL AROUND US IN THE EXTERNAL WORLD. NO ONE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION WILL HAVE THE ABSOLUTE ANSWER ON WHAT THIS NEW AGE WILL BE. EACH OF US IS AN AUTONOMOUS BEING. THE OLD DAYS OF DICTATING TO OTHERS IS COMING TO A CLOSE. IN THE NEW WORLD EACH OF US WILL CHOOSE FOR OURSELVES WHAT FEELS RIGHT FROM OUR HEARTS. THIS NEW WORLD WILL COME ABOUT AS EACH PERSON AWAKENS TO THIS FACT.
EACH OF US WILL RECOGNIZE THIS FACT WHEN WE COME TO KNOW OUR OWN HEART AND LISTEN TO IT. THE HEART HAS NO NEED FOR LYING, STEALING, CHEATING. THE HEAR HAS NO NEED TO INTIMIDATE, COERCE, JUDGE, INVALIDATE, HATE, HURT, OR KILL. THE HEART HAS NO NEED TO FORCE OTHERS TO DO ITS WILL. ONLY EGO REQUIRES THESE THINGS. THERE WILL BE AN END TO ALL THE ISMS FOR THEY ARE ALL ROOTED IN EGO. THE ONLY LAW IS ONE OF LOVE, COMPLETE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.
SOME WILL SAY HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE. I SAY HOW IS IT NOT. TO DO OTHERWISE IS TO WANT TO LIVE IN FEAR. LIVING IN FEAR IS A PRISON, A SELF MADE PRISON. THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THE PRISON IS TO SET YOURSELF FREE. NO ONE CAN DO IT FOR YOU. THE LONGER YOU STAY IN THE PRISON, THE WORSE IT WILL GET. THE WORLD IS SHOWING SIGNS OF THIS DAILY. EACH OF US HAS TO CHOOSE LOVE FOR IN LOVE WE TRULY LIVE. IN CHOOSING FEAR WE ARE CONSTANTLY IN A STATE OF DECAY AND DYING. WE ARE IN ESSENCE NOT LIVING WHEN WE ARE IMPRISONED IN FEAR. YOU HAVE THE KEY...
IF YOU WANT TO FIND IT BAD ENOUGH YOU WILL FIND IT. IF NOT, MORE PAIN AND SUFFERING WILL BE THE FORCE THAT WILL MOTIVATE YOU. ODDLY ENOUGH, PAIN AND SUFFERING IS INFLICTED BY OUR OWN EGO ON OUR SELF. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? WHEN WE'VE FINALLY HAD ENOUGH?
WE SAY WE WANT TO BE HAPPY, BUT HAPPINESS IS DEPENDENT ON GETTING SOMETHING AND KEEPING IT. WHEN THAT THING IS GONE WE LOSE OUR HAPPINESS. JOY IS DIFFERENT FROM HAPPINESS. JOY IS A STATE OF MIND CONNECTED TO THE HEART. JOY IS AN ETERNAL STATE WHERE ONE IS NOT DEPENDENT ON EXTERNAL ATTACHMENTS AND ATTAINMENTS. THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE TO EXPERIENCE UNTIL ONE LETS GO COMPLETELY. REPEAT WHEN NECESSARY IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE JOY.
LETTING GO IS SUCH A SIMPLE PROCESS, BUT OH HOW THE EGO HOLDS ON, PREVENTING OUR AUTHENTIC SELF (SOUL) FROM EXPRESSING ITSELF. SOUL EXPRESSION COMES THROUGH OUR HEART. OUR EGO IS NOT WHO WE THINK WE ARE.
IMAGINE WALKING INTO A LARGE ROOM. YOU WALK AROUND LOOKING AT ALL THE INTERESTING OBJECTS. SUDDENLY YOU HEAR SOME VOICES. YOU GO LOOKING FOR THE SOURCE AND COME UPON A TELEVISION. YOU SIT DOWN TO WATCH IT. AT SOME POINT YOU AWAKEN TO THE REALIZATION THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SITTING THERE WATCHING THE PROGRAMS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. YOU SHAKE YOUR HEAD REALIZING YOU WERE TOTALLY CAUGHT UP IN THE PROGRAMS.
OUR EGO IS THAT TELEVISION. WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET OUR ATTENTION. OUR AWARENESS HAS BEEN DISTRACTED AND LOCKED IN PLACE. THIS HAPPENED AS WE GREW UP. WHEN WE WERE YOUNG WE KNEW THIS ROOM. IN ESSENCE WE WERE FORCED TO WATCH THE PROGRAMS ALL THE TIME OR GET PUNISHED IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER.
ONCE YOU BECOME AWARE OF THIS PROCESS YOU HOLD THE KEY. FREEDOM IS MADE AVAILABLE IN THAT MOMENT. YOUR CHOICE IS TO CONTINUE LISTENING TO THE PROGRAMS OR TO BEGIN LISTENING TO YOUR OWN HEART...
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE IS THE STATE OF BEING WHEN FEAR DOES NOT EXIST. FEAR EXISTS ONLY IN THE CONTEXT OF FOCUSING ON SOME PAST OR FUTURE EVENT. ONLY IN THE PRESENT CAN WE CONNECT WITH LOVE.
THE QUESTION: HOW LONG CAN YOU STAY PRESENT TO RECEIVE THE GIFT?
THE ANSWER: DON'T THINK ABOUT IT...
Updated: 3/02/08