Fully committed to nonviolence, the process is to hold an open mind, the “don’t know mind”. Then “bear witness” to that which is out of alignment, and finally to “move appropriately”, more and more fully committed to nonviolence.
So here we go again, bearing witness to the erosion of checks and balances, to the participation of the people by the people, and for the lack of regard for collateral damage caused from pushing ideological, religious and political views in favor to those of more and more extreme wealth.
This is the work. We are here to bear witness to the devastation that comes from those desiring more and more wealth, more and more power, to leaders with little regard to the impact of the collateral damage caused from such actions. We bear witness to those committed to fighting, deepening our commitment to not fight. We stand tall in the face of their arguments and persuasive sales pitches as we find our grounding from our own wisdom and experience. We stand upright and make a plea for more healing and less hurting, for more belonging and less othering, for more “we” and less “us vs them”. More wisdom, less propaganda. More power from opportunity, less forced control of the people from fundamentalist religious/political ideological beliefs.