“It is love, not violence or hatred,
that will have the last word in history.”
- Adolfo Pérez Esquivel*
Love is the essence of all. It is the creative power of the universe, made intentional by an ineffably brilliant genius Creator, aka God, who fills the universe with His Spirit, His essence and His creative intelligence.
Love is all that is real. And, when we connect to each other in Love, with the conscious awareness that we are intending to connect in love and the Source/Creator of Love, we are super charged by this love. It is the only real power and is able to accomplish anything, even undoing a very complicated and sophisticated corrupt system.
Since we already know this, we must stay vigilant and aware and not be tempted (otherwise known as manipulated and duped) to give over our power to the loveless dark manipulations of those blind leaders who reign over us. We all know that all our political leaders have been bought by big business. We know that our military machine is out there to protect big business. We need to remember that they are merely emperors without clothes, leaders who feed their own pocketbooks with our labor, who live in their mansions, drive their Mercedez and BMWs, all bought and paid for with our blood, sweat and tears. Did we all forget that they have no authority, unless we give it to them? When will we stop giving it to them and stop believing the world's biggest lie?
Today we are not going to give them authority. We are not going to deliberately blindfold ourselves and fall back to sleep to be duped by those who live by the world's money game, who think "this" is all there is, those who don't know love, and rather are cold, indifferent cowards who hide in their corporate offices.
The power of the universe has never been with the worldly powerful but with the oppressed and downtrodden. Sometimes I think that Jesus says "Blessed are the poor in spirit," BECAUSE the poor already know that they aren't powerful and consequently have opened their hearts and minds and lives to the One who is and does indeed bless them.
The money people rely on their own manipulations, control efforts, to dupe those less cunning out of their money. Our country is run rampant by slick salesmen and marketers who use sophisticated psychological means to manipulate us into giving them our hard earned money. I honestly think the best thing we can all do is turn off the television, read the newspaper for information, and start reading and listening to some of the great and brilliant people out there who understand the incredibly complicated economic systems and some of the political-economic-social philosophies.
It's interesting that the naked emperors out there are also condescending and harsh toward those who would use spiritual language to describe love as the ultimate substance, source and creative power of the universe. But, then, someday they will see, though today their eyes are blinded by their own ambition.
*1980 awarded the Nobel Peace Prize:
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel was born in Buenos Aires in 1931. After training as an architect and sculptor he was appointed Professor of Architecture. In 1974 he relinquished his teaching post in order to devote all his time and energy to the work of co-ordinating the activities of the various non-violent elements in Latin America. It was at a conference in Montevideo in 1968 that the decision was made to set up a joint organization covering all non-violent elements throughout Latin America.
At a conference in 1974 it was decided to give the organization a more permanent form, and Pérez Esquivel was appointed its Secretary-General. In 1976 he initiated an international campaign aimed at persuading the United Nations to establish a Human Rights Commission, and in this connection a document was drawn up recording breaches of human rights in Latin America. In the Spring of 1977 Pérez Esquivel was imprisoned without cause being shown. In May 1978 he was released, but with the obligation to report to the police as well as being subject to various restrictions. These have subsequently been allowed to lapse, and in 1980 he had an opportunity of visiting Europe.
The organization of which Pérez Esquivel is the leader, Servicio Paz y Justicia, is a well-established one. Latin America is divided into three regions, each with its own offices, and under these come the national organizations. Their activities are co-ordinated from Pérez Esquivel's office in Buenos Aires.
The organization is based on a Christian view of life, and enjoys close contact with clergy and bishops critical of present-day conditions in Latin America. The chief task of the movement is to promote respect for human rights, a phrase that is intended to include social and economic rights. On the practical level this means that Servicio provides assistance to the rural workers in their struggle for land, and to the trade unions in their struggle to protect the rights of their workers. This is done in the form of legal aid.
Despite the opposition he has encountered, Pérez Esquivel insists that the struggle must only be waged with non-violent means.
(From Les Prix Nobel)
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