Dear List,
It's now the 20th September, and the following is something that I
wanted to share with you all last week, but couldn't because of email
address changes. But....... having not been able to participate, but
to just listen (read) all the mail about the twin towers, and all the
countless victims (not just the dead, but all those whose lives have
been shattered), I would now like the opportunity to update my thoughts,
with your forebearance.
This is what I tried to send to the list last week:
"It is with deepest hearfelt compassion and shock that I witness the
news over the last 3 days. It seems to me that the whole world is in
shock and disbelief over the acts that have been perpetrated by human
beings, upon other human beings.
Let's face it, if we met these people as clients, it would not be long
before they were sectioned for their own and others safety!
So, let it be known to all in America, and I speak for myself here, but
also for humanity in the true sense of the word, that my heart goes out
to you all. You are not alone in your sorrow, your shock, your grief,
but the united world of humanity stands beside you, to hold you up in
this difficult time. Be comforted, protected, and be strong in this
knowledge.
With Love
Amanda"
I have been glued to '5 live' news programmes and have listened to the
many opinions, feelings and fears of all the people from politicians, to
mothers in fear for the future. What happened in America will/has
already, changed lives. This is a fact, and one whose true consequences
we will only come to know over time. We will simply have to ride out
the wave, and hope with all our strength and love that it will not dash
us all on the rocks. I am heartened to note the words of wisdom and
caution, coming from many, and I for one, pray every day, light a candle
every day, for God's love and wisdom the prevail in whatever action is
undertaken.
As for Osama Bin Laden - well...... He is a man lost in the world. Out
of place in the world. The whole world is uncomfortable with his
presence, even Afghanistan are encouraging him to leave their country
now. He is a misguided soul. Misguided..... I am reminded of the
spiritual teacher Christ himself, and how if he were here today in a
physical body, he would utter the words "forgiveness". This is not to
"condone", but to "forgive". Osama Bin Laden, is eaten up within and
without, by his misguided and dysfunctional beliefs. If he were someone
who were to come for therapy to any of us, he is the sort of person
whose likelihood of doing harm to self or others, would make us sit up
and take notice; he would be sectioned and taken out of harms way. But
he didn't come to us, he found others who are equally misguided, and in
the name of their god have perpetrated over the years, many acts of
terror. Their sick minds have been the instruments of evil, and for
this I pity their souls.
It is not until now, that this most awful of acts has been perpetrated
within America, that the world is finally paying attention. Look at
Ireland (in the name of religion). Look at the Middle East (in the name
of religion). Look at Afghanistan (in the name of idealistic beliefs).
Look at Hitler and what happened to the Jews and others (in the name of
idealistic beliefs). Kosovo. Chechnia. South Africa. Bosnia. Russia.
In fact, name me a country that does not have these elements within
it. Idealism. Fanaticism. Racism. The non acceptance of difference.
The play of power all over the world, has played itself out over the
centuries, wrapped up in the name of Religious Belief; wrapped up in the
name of God. I wonder what God would want to say about all this?
How has it come to this? And now we are preparing for .... what? War?
What will that achieve? What really are the underlying issues. If we
look at the world as a macrocosm of the microcosm, (a reflection of our
individual struggles with the darkness and light within us), then what
is the world living out? what has the world created for itself? How
has it come to this? These are the questions and others like them, that
will lead the world to heal this darkness, like the shadow side of our
nature, that we have ignored and buried and projected outside of
ourselves, until it has become this almighty noise and pain in the
world. And at what cost!
I wonder...... Do our world leaders really appreciate what they are
dealing with, and the delicacy with which it needs to be handled?
Sorry for this lengthy mail, but I just realise that I've had a lot to
say, and only just had the opportunity.
Thanks for listening, those that have managed to read all this.
God Bless Us All
Amanda
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