The world is spinning around and around!
I have tried for years to be involved deeply in few issues rather than generally in many. But sometimes an issue of what I used to call ‘justice and peace’, is thrust on you and what are you going to do, especially if it involves a ‘friend.’
I really believe that if we deeply explore any experience, person or event we will discover endless lessons of life that uncover many truths. For example the more I looked at the how the Catholic Church has treated African Americans in Milwaukee the more I learn and the more I want to know. If I explore a particular issue deeply all the others seem to be revealed in new light and make more sense. Closing and selling Catholic Churches in African American neighborhoods is a continuation of the “Separate but Equal” or “Separate but Unequal” policy on segregation the Catholic Church, along with other institutions, has been using in Milwaukee for years.
The other example is the military using education to recruit and train military personal. It has been gong on for a long time and in recent years has just intensified, with education without the military is become harder and hard for middle an low income folks. The president of USA recently announced more, not a lot, money for brain research. This sounds great until one looks deeper and finds out much of the money will go to military. In the power point presentation Nonviolence of Neuroscience which shows how the military already understands brains of young adults and appeals to the underdeveloped part of the brain in young adults in recruiting.
Sometimes things just come up and are forced upon one like the renewal of the Resurrect the Rim campaign for Doyne Park.
How to deal with more and more issues and concerns coming at you? The only way so far is to keep focused on the present, prioritize battles and time, do what you can and leave the rest to God or another time. Go to center and go deeply to find the quiet eye in the whirlwind of life.
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