i am really struggling with how to incorporate the events i witnessed and others that i have since read about or watched video of into the framework with which i view this reality.    while i am slightly outraged, i am by no means surprised.    i have always recognized the shows of strength and violence which our society is ready to unleash against that which it deems to be a threat to its power.    the irrational fear of fairness and justice have always struck me as odd.    my first instinct is to anger, especially towards injustice.    over the years what i have learned through witnessing my own anger and that of others, is that it has never helped the situation.    quick reason is that, the other team is often holding the power of violence,  literally in their hands and it really is our minds and our hearts that will make real change.

and how the hell do we do that?

go inside

look into yourself and discover what you are holding onto

and let it go

unravel yourself from the distractions of emotional energy that isn’t yours
but is holding you in a position where your very existence supports its rival

hate is only hateful
and dark and contagious

but if we banish it from our hearts and minds
it need not continue to spread

the good things that happened this weekend were

1) nobody got killed

2) a lot of people were given the opportunity to see through the smoke screen of distraction and see an aspect of this dream that they previously were unaware of.
i’m pretty certain a lot are going to see it

peace and love

bryant