Archive for May 31st, 2020
Plague, War & Cruelty
The covid-19 plague continues it’s global ravishing. The six month death toll in our United States surpasses 100,000 and continues rising.
According to the National Archive, Analysis System (DCAS) Extract Files (2008), 58,220 Americans died in the Vietnam War from 1954-1975 (https://www.britannica.com).
…and, America’s Civil War in which 660,000 people died continues, ripping the veil off of inhumane atrocities, brutality and blatant cruelty.
As I struggle to take in these realities, a Shakespeare sonnet entered my consciousness
“But man, proud man,
Dress’d in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what is most assur’d–
His glassy essence–like an angry ape
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As makes the angels weep; who with our spleens,
Would themselves laugh mortal.”
The angels weep as we covertly and overtly destroy ourselves. The adage that history repeats itself, feels shockingly stark to me; collectively, humanity learns nothing from thousands of years of experience.
Giving Up What No Longer Works
“Burning your way to center
is the loneliest fire of all.
You’ll know you have arrived
when nothing else will burn.”
~Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening Pg.176.
I invite you to strengthen your spiritual tenacity…the path through chaos.
Blessings!
Melannie
