Indestructable Love

"The attainment of freedom, whether for a man, nation or the world, must be in exact proportion to the attainment of non-violence by each"-Mahatma Gandhi.

Our nation is in the grip of bondage. We are slaves to a consumerism that is rammed down our throats through every sort of media imaginable and we have become bloated and addicted not only to wealth but the mere promise of wealth. Our addiction has become so acute that we have become savage and warlike out of fear of being cut off from that which we so desperately crave.

Now, in October of 2012 we find ourselves engaged in a war that has lasted ten years. Nobody seems to remember what our original mission was and nobody can think of anything good that has resulted in our involvement. We send our children overseas to kill and sometimes be killed or maimed and the only object seems to be corporate profit.

Today, we made a stand. Myself and what had to be at least a thousand other people took to the streets in San Francisco gave voice to our better natures and denounced the corporate exploiters that have brought our country to the brink of ruin. It was a joyful gathering of young and old, and all creeds and orientations. We came together and roared with a single mighty voice that we will no longer tolerate the violence and corruption that have become the hallmark of our political and economic system. No longer will we accept the hollow words of bought and paid for politicians that the carnage of war and the gutting of social services is in the best interests of we the people while a select group of moneyed corporate aristocrats profit on the broken backs and bodies of working people and do not carry their fair share of the burden of a healthy community.

I wish I could adequately describe the elation and joy I felt to be part of such a gathering. The unity of spirit and purpose was uplifting beyond measure. It was the breaking of chains that had kept me earthbound for so long. It was truly a liberation of the soul.

Violence is the province of the wealthy. Throughout history it has been their tool to maintain there grip on the throats of the people but they cannot fight love. They can kill or imprison the body but they cannot kill our love for our fellow beings, only we can do that. To live lovingly and peacefully is a victory nobody can take from us and I saw victory today in San Francisco.