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Dare to Offend
Dear Reader;
There is a phenomenon unfolding in media, journalism, social media, and even in conversations with family and friends, when the fear of offending someone takes precedence over facing a deeper moral or spiritual truth. This has become so widespread that it is almost universal. Conversations become minefields, social gatherings, an exercise in walking on glass.
We fear the discomfort of alienating loved ones or peers, more than we fear our own inner reckoning. This is a downward slide from the most fundamental and high human principle, that it is more important to align with a spiritual truth than that which compels us in fear.
The primary causal factor here is the sense that we must take sides. That we must choose a political party or policy, defend a particular religious perspective, or appear to represent a certain righteousness in our opinions. We wish to be on the ‘right’ side of the conversation. We want to be liked, even to obey, more than we want to tell the truth.
A very clear and disturbing example of this principle was demonstrated in the infamous Milgram experiments. Participants were led to administer shocks to another participant, that ranged from uncomfortable to lethal. If they questioned the instructions they were advised to continue, even as the one being shocked screamed and begged for mercy. The majority of those administering the shocks did what they were told.
Is this unconscious capacity for cruelty inherent in the human condition, or is it simply a primal fear that has driven our species in the past, but now rises to be seen, acknowledged and released?
What if the days of duality are coming to a close? What if our collective shadow is rising up in a final blowout rampage, before we turn to a deeper awareness that it doesn’t matter who is doing the harm, or for what reason. All that matters is that wounding, killing, destroying, causing rampant suffering goes against the most primary spiritual tenets our hearts can know. To stand up and say this aloud, does not make anyone anti or pro anything, but rather humane. Conscious. Compassionate. All the things that have been buried under the rubble of karmic wounding and vengeance. The habit of hurting others instead of addressing our own inner fear and pain. For decades I have led students of the Kore Process, a form of deep shadow work, to learn how to face what is difficult to see in their own karmic history. The liberation that awaits when we tell ourselves such truths is worth every moment of the journey.
It is time for us to look to this principle as an expression in the collective. It’s time for us to face our own demons, and the demons that are currently acting out in the collective experience. When we call them by name, we take the first step in dissipating their energy. When we dare to look together at what is most difficult to see, we throw a bucket of water at the wicked witch of the West, and prepare to watch her dissolve into the illusion she has always been.
Cruelty
begets cruelty
which teaches us
that we are all Divine
and we are all capable
of the demonic
Only when we are
finally able
to understand this
may we exorcise the power
of the dark
It is not just that
we no longer take sides
When we agree
to see the shadow
we tell
the truth
When we tell the truth
we are humbled
when we are humbled
we return to peace
There is no one to fight
and no one
to fear
Conquerors
sewers of vengeance
when you reach toward God
know that
the devil reaches
with you
When you suggest
that God is on your side
whenever you use God’s name
in this way
be it Yahweh
Allah or Christ
to justify harm
the devil speaks through you
and this is
the inherent risk
of any attempt
to organize God
For the heart of Man
is most weak
when he presumes to suggest
that his own fear
his own broken need
knows anything
of the Divine
for the idea of God
uttered in human fear
is the furthest thing
from holy
There is
no holy war
There is
no holy hate
And there is never
ever
such a thing
as holy vengeance
for there is no god
of any name
who celebrates this
base human emotion
And to suggest otherwise
reveals only
how far we are willing
to travel
from the truth of
Divine Love
to justify our own
unholy games...
~ excerpt Demon of Division from DEAR HUMAN CHILD the book
In the willingness
to harm one child
just one
all grace is gone
no matter what
is written
no matter what
is believed
A weapon which
touches a child
is held
in the devil’s hand
for religion
is the attempt of Man
to organize
his own dreams
of power
through the lens
of his own fear
and unconscious hunger
and while there is
divinity in every moment
religious warfare
is nothing but evil
on all sides
and in all forms
True faith
does not divide
it embraces
True consciousness
never blames
but only heals
True love
owns nothing
not land
and not people
True wisdom
seeks no power
but rather transforms
suffering through faith
consciousness
and love
Love takes no sides
for it is whole
Holy
Whole...
~ excerpt Demon of Division from DEAR HUMAN CHILD the book
This powerful song will no doubt disturb many viewers. But how much more disturbing is it, to consider how the world has turned away from what has been called the first live-streamed genocide in history?
There are times when it is more important to be strong, than to be comfortable. More valuable to tell the truth, than to be liked. More transformational to break free of a collective hypnosis which compels us to be untrue to ourselves.
Nothing is as it seems
because the old illusions
must fall
and the more tightly
we hold
to how we think
it should be
the more painful
the rebirth
will seem
in the grip
of our comfortable
fears
The truth is
Love is easy
so much easier
than you might think
While vengeance is hard
and eats up everything good
within the soul
Forgiveness
has nothing to do
with the blame
to which you cling
And brutality
is never new
for it breeds and grows
in the gardens
the prisons
and the ghettos
we create
But once revenge is spawned
it will take
armies of peace
a great rising
of the many millions
of aspects
of Divine Consciousness
to come together
resistance
of the highest order
as the devil
dissolves
starved to death
by our refusal
to feed
what is not born
of compassion
Be not afraid
for there is no power greater
than our willingness
to love
beyond borders
beyond religion
beyond our forefathers’
ancient hate
The day must come
when we do unto others
not what has been done to us
but rather what
pure love
commands ...
~ excerpt Demon of Division from DEAR HUMAN CHILD the book
There are times when it is more important to be strong than to be comfortable. More valuable to tell the truth, than to be liked. More transformational to break free of a collective hypnosis that compels us to be untrue to ourselves.
We can do better. We can come together. We can transform the vast history of tribalism and vengeance that has ruled our world. Time is now, my friends. Time is Now.
much love, Adi
PS…. In upcoming posts, audio voiceovers will be available only to paid subscribers. I would be so grateful if you would consider subscribing today.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adikanda.substack.com/subscribe
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By Love is the air we breathe when we are not afraidDear Reader;
There is a phenomenon unfolding in media, journalism, social media, and even in conversations with family and friends, when the fear of offending someone takes precedence over facing a deeper moral or spiritual truth. This has become so widespread that it is almost universal. Conversations become minefields, social gatherings, an exercise in walking on glass.
We fear the discomfort of alienating loved ones or peers, more than we fear our own inner reckoning. This is a downward slide from the most fundamental and high human principle, that it is more important to align with a spiritual truth than that which compels us in fear.
The primary causal factor here is the sense that we must take sides. That we must choose a political party or policy, defend a particular religious perspective, or appear to represent a certain righteousness in our opinions. We wish to be on the ‘right’ side of the conversation. We want to be liked, even to obey, more than we want to tell the truth.
A very clear and disturbing example of this principle was demonstrated in the infamous Milgram experiments. Participants were led to administer shocks to another participant, that ranged from uncomfortable to lethal. If they questioned the instructions they were advised to continue, even as the one being shocked screamed and begged for mercy. The majority of those administering the shocks did what they were told.
Is this unconscious capacity for cruelty inherent in the human condition, or is it simply a primal fear that has driven our species in the past, but now rises to be seen, acknowledged and released?
What if the days of duality are coming to a close? What if our collective shadow is rising up in a final blowout rampage, before we turn to a deeper awareness that it doesn’t matter who is doing the harm, or for what reason. All that matters is that wounding, killing, destroying, causing rampant suffering goes against the most primary spiritual tenets our hearts can know. To stand up and say this aloud, does not make anyone anti or pro anything, but rather humane. Conscious. Compassionate. All the things that have been buried under the rubble of karmic wounding and vengeance. The habit of hurting others instead of addressing our own inner fear and pain. For decades I have led students of the Kore Process, a form of deep shadow work, to learn how to face what is difficult to see in their own karmic history. The liberation that awaits when we tell ourselves such truths is worth every moment of the journey.
It is time for us to look to this principle as an expression in the collective. It’s time for us to face our own demons, and the demons that are currently acting out in the collective experience. When we call them by name, we take the first step in dissipating their energy. When we dare to look together at what is most difficult to see, we throw a bucket of water at the wicked witch of the West, and prepare to watch her dissolve into the illusion she has always been.
Cruelty
begets cruelty
which teaches us
that we are all Divine
and we are all capable
of the demonic
Only when we are
finally able
to understand this
may we exorcise the power
of the dark
It is not just that
we no longer take sides
When we agree
to see the shadow
we tell
the truth
When we tell the truth
we are humbled
when we are humbled
we return to peace
There is no one to fight
and no one
to fear
Conquerors
sewers of vengeance
when you reach toward God
know that
the devil reaches
with you
When you suggest
that God is on your side
whenever you use God’s name
in this way
be it Yahweh
Allah or Christ
to justify harm
the devil speaks through you
and this is
the inherent risk
of any attempt
to organize God
For the heart of Man
is most weak
when he presumes to suggest
that his own fear
his own broken need
knows anything
of the Divine
for the idea of God
uttered in human fear
is the furthest thing
from holy
There is
no holy war
There is
no holy hate
And there is never
ever
such a thing
as holy vengeance
for there is no god
of any name
who celebrates this
base human emotion
And to suggest otherwise
reveals only
how far we are willing
to travel
from the truth of
Divine Love
to justify our own
unholy games...
~ excerpt Demon of Division from DEAR HUMAN CHILD the book
In the willingness
to harm one child
just one
all grace is gone
no matter what
is written
no matter what
is believed
A weapon which
touches a child
is held
in the devil’s hand
for religion
is the attempt of Man
to organize
his own dreams
of power
through the lens
of his own fear
and unconscious hunger
and while there is
divinity in every moment
religious warfare
is nothing but evil
on all sides
and in all forms
True faith
does not divide
it embraces
True consciousness
never blames
but only heals
True love
owns nothing
not land
and not people
True wisdom
seeks no power
but rather transforms
suffering through faith
consciousness
and love
Love takes no sides
for it is whole
Holy
Whole...
~ excerpt Demon of Division from DEAR HUMAN CHILD the book
This powerful song will no doubt disturb many viewers. But how much more disturbing is it, to consider how the world has turned away from what has been called the first live-streamed genocide in history?
There are times when it is more important to be strong, than to be comfortable. More valuable to tell the truth, than to be liked. More transformational to break free of a collective hypnosis which compels us to be untrue to ourselves.
Nothing is as it seems
because the old illusions
must fall
and the more tightly
we hold
to how we think
it should be
the more painful
the rebirth
will seem
in the grip
of our comfortable
fears
The truth is
Love is easy
so much easier
than you might think
While vengeance is hard
and eats up everything good
within the soul
Forgiveness
has nothing to do
with the blame
to which you cling
And brutality
is never new
for it breeds and grows
in the gardens
the prisons
and the ghettos
we create
But once revenge is spawned
it will take
armies of peace
a great rising
of the many millions
of aspects
of Divine Consciousness
to come together
resistance
of the highest order
as the devil
dissolves
starved to death
by our refusal
to feed
what is not born
of compassion
Be not afraid
for there is no power greater
than our willingness
to love
beyond borders
beyond religion
beyond our forefathers’
ancient hate
The day must come
when we do unto others
not what has been done to us
but rather what
pure love
commands ...
~ excerpt Demon of Division from DEAR HUMAN CHILD the book
There are times when it is more important to be strong than to be comfortable. More valuable to tell the truth, than to be liked. More transformational to break free of a collective hypnosis that compels us to be untrue to ourselves.
We can do better. We can come together. We can transform the vast history of tribalism and vengeance that has ruled our world. Time is now, my friends. Time is Now.
much love, Adi
PS…. In upcoming posts, audio voiceovers will be available only to paid subscribers. I would be so grateful if you would consider subscribing today.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adikanda.substack.com/subscribe