My childhood in the sixties and seventies had racial, ethnic and religious prejudices. My life saw that wane to where I believe it was mostly gone. By the turn of the century it was viewed that only the ignorant and damaged individuals still had such bigotry.
Sometime in the early 2000’s LGBTQ was becoming mainstream and growing in numbers and Women in the workplace seemed to even out with men. The world was accepting itself and everyone was happy. THE USA was still struggling a bit with ISLAMAPHOBIA as fallout from 911, but even that was situational.
Then all of a sudden, groups that were historically victimized began uprising and demanding special favors and attention, and the political machine took sides.
Business and politics fueled uprisings with social and mainstream media promoting one side or another.
The trajectory toward peace and unity took a nose dive like I have never seen before.
This newest generation of children (Alpha) are being exposed to anger being justified by differences and fueled by hatred as a social norm.
Neighbors hate neighbors over sexual preference,skin color, ethnicity, economic status, religion, political beliefs and even sports team fans.
It has become acceptable to be angry at anything and anyone that offends us or is just a bit askew from our perspective.
I feel like we’ve lost ground in my lifetime. It seems like we’re worse when it comes from being united than we were 50-60 years ago.
as a nation, many no longer recognize patriotism, and while I’m not a staunch advocate of organized religion, in the days when religion was common place in the household, there were values and Love. The traditional family has all been destroyed. Also, you have to think that this is all connected .
As a society, it seems that we are doomed. But just as many individuals are becoming enlightened to spiritual truth, as there are individuals falling victim to the group narrative of hate, it’s just that day exist silently in the background.
All we can do is the dismiss anger within ourselves and refuse to see others as enemies.
Even if we quietly plant those seeds, the universe will see to it that they grow. There are no enemies and anger is destructive.
Awake each day with the intention to accept and unify. We can turn that trend upward toward the light.
It starts with you !