Understanding the roots of Injustice

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I am pleased to contribute this story, for the betterment of our society. My wife's parents, raised a large family. Their family as a whole is very happy and successful. All are well educated and contributed to their community beautifully. My wife's rage, was deeply repressed for many years. She was very popular and active in our local Christian Church, as a Eucharistic Minister.
Some other causal factors, in addition to her father’s anger in those early years, maybe involved. The community culture and history, reveals that Mothers were in charge with Fathers subordinate, as servers and protectors. My wife told me that her Grandmother was a huge woman who frightened her. The area was north of Montreal [Canada] French speaking and Catholic. Her mother was also clearly the dominant parent, but also very kind, and very quick to take charge. Many families also had Native Indian blood lines.

In my culture, English and Protestant, the Father was the server/protector and head of the family and the Mothers managed the home. The Marriage Contract made the choice, one or the other.

The choice was the "English - Protestant - Culture."

donwesley1933@live.com

I trusted my wife and she betrayed me. I saw in her the Devil and withdrew with crossed arms.

To you Mitch, in Australia.
One mistake led me from home to homelessness. From contentment to ‘death by a thousand cuts.’
I trusted my wife and she betrayed me. I saw in her the Devil and withdrew with crossed arms.
I have read your poignant words, several times, and I feel unrelenting pain. I feel the need to be kind and find myself wondering, how can I empower this ignorant person within me to respond.
As a child of seven, I remember caring for an abandoned child of four. We were very poor (1936-penniless). To this very day I remember little Roger Darbison; [his father was put in prison.] And when he was taken away from my loving care; my ‘vase of sorrow’ dripped into my veins and has yet to be emptied. “Who are you,” I cried, “who are you who has taken little Roger away.” I knew it was the devil himself! I became a child who saw evil very clearly. Throughout my entire life I used my wealth to be kind; but I also carry a sword. I see in you Mitch, a soul-mate.
This is my story Mitch, my world view. You Mitch, on the other side of the world, have awakened in me the angel of God.
Peace.
Don.

I chose long ago to keep on the path revealed by God's Positioning System - GPS.

Until this day . . .

I chose long ago to keep on the path
revealed by God's Positioning System - GPS.
The destination has always been "Contentment,"
the place where I could enjoy Soul, Solitude and soft Music.

It is an area virtually fenced in and very quiet and
there is no need for an Ego but always space for my Soul-Mate.

You don’t even need a pocket to carry it.

It seems to be the only place that you can converse with our Creator.

The birds and the bees shared their season.

And then one day, my Soul-Mate sneaked away and
I lost the Sound of Music.

donwesley1933@live.com

Heaven rather the Hell is the most valuable output of human effort we can each deliver.

Terry, I have decided to debate the issue,
please bear with me, for a moment. I will try to use the same
metaphors.

Before you can use “courage” one has to decide
and then intend, then do it. God is within each of us and does help us.

"To be or not to be is the question"
this is imperative to answer “once and for all.” It seems[to me] you have yet

 to answer this “once and for all” question.
We must chase what is meaningful and not avoid what is fearful.

We all have to be busy doing, and while doing

we have to clear out the weeds of evil.

We will never get rid of evil alone; that requires a "oneness"

of all humans to hear the word and call

of the One Great Architect Above.

Listen to your heart, filled with loving compassion and join with others to good meaningful work.
God will choose you at times to do something only you must do.
The holly " I " is necessary too; but the We gets more done and in return makes more happy  
 

If you are not tuned into his "We" channel,

every other medium, will be flooded with the

devil's mischief-messages,

and you will be paralyzed into adding-nothing of value.

Look at what other Great Minds have had

and do say.
We have to eat every day as well as

weed everyday.
If all of us do daily our individual parts,

 we will all be in heaven.
The alternative is ---

Alone and divided we are flooded by the devilish weeds.

(A TED CONVERSATION with Laurens Rademakers )

http://www.ted.com/conversations/11201/how_to_get_rid_of_fear.html?c=461022

Laurens Rademakers, is a farmer and knows

all about weeding and surviving.

I feel rather certain, that he realizes, heaven rather than

 hell is the most valuable output of human

effort we can each deliver. [Compassion, Reciprocity]

Enough for this comment, God be with you.

Don [From the Silent Generation of the 1930’s]

donwesley1933@live.com

The “fall-out” of shame from the Garden of Eden has created more suffering than Nuclear fall-out.



Eve and Shame - Click to enlarge



Bob [On TED], I don't want to extend your question beyond what it is asking "Will it be necessary to create a new and better kind of human for any real progress to be made?" To extend, would be dishonest argument.

Flowing from there I say let us ask our Creator; let us all pray together and follow what he says.

I did like what Billy Graham said to us in his TED Talk in 1998; it seems that you may have listened to it as well.

I also think Zimbardo in his TED talk on evil and Heroes, gives an excellent clue as to what reply, we might expect when conversing with our Creator.

In fact he, our creator has already spoken to us for centuries - " Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."

Yes we do remain ignorant, without even asking ourselves to choose the other option. Too many fail to realize the other option exists. The “fall-out” of shame from the Garden of Eden has created more suffering than Nuclear fall-out.

Let us each insist of one another, to look closely in our own families and surroundings for the evil that is being done; and having found it, become a hero as Zimbardo instructs us to do with easy lessons to follow.

Then let us exercise our ownership of the courts of justice, and deliver justice over night, with mercy following the next day.

Crime would soon disappear. Fraud is more difficult to detect so the very best of analytical minds must solve these more difficult problems and make it more easy to locate; just remember the behaviours to watch “motive and opportunity.” Follow the money. Give big worldly prizes to these problems solvers. Take back these collective-functions to our villages and the local constabulary. Remove canon codes and bring back common-sense to the local Judge.

And I part with an imperative; Refuse to answer the devilish detractor who attempts to extend the limits of your argument; don’t be tempted to waste time on his or her ego-foolishness.

donwesley1933@live.com

http://www.ted.com/conversations/11139/will_it_be_necessary_to_create.html?c=458902