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Equality & Division To me, equality means allowing all people freedom in their lives that bring about the best experiences and apportunities of life. To have those freedoms inhibited through discrimination is a great injustice, yet we have seen it happen throughout history and have heard the inevitable cries of the oppressed. Some of those cries have come from the recent history of our current decade that started off with a worldwide pandemic. Black Lives Matter, residential school graves, unvaccinated people losing jobs and access to employment and education, Muslims in China forcefully sent to education camps, protests in Iran, and the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. When this decade started, I thought we would be entering into a time of peace and equality, but here we are only about three years in with new and massive human rights movements and a threat of a world war. Through equality, all people have a chance to make a beneficial impact on the world and to not suffer the metal anguish of being denied something based on illogical reasoning. We all share in the possibilities of experiencing the serenity of a mind at peace, the natural ecstasy of loving, wholesome relationships and opportunities to provide for ourselves and loved ones by contributing to the world and our communities through an occupation. If those things so vital to our health and well-being are disrupted by something as horrible as individual or even systemic discrimination, serious trauma develops and society suffers. It's not just the individuals who are directly affected by inequality who suffer, but also anyone with a sympathetic heart who is made known to disgraceful practices of racism, sexism and other forms of prejudice that are remnants of what strong and courageous hearts, minds and wills of morally intelligent people have been purging from our world for millennia. Just knowing about it causes stress and anguish in innocent minds, causing people to protest and organize to expose evil that needs to be dealt with a necessary but frustrating process. As a spiritual person, my message to anyone who would prefer to allow inequality to influence their lives is that inequality goes against the progress of God's kingdom. The Bible teaches that one of the works of the flesh' to be avoided is division. Division disrupts potentially beneficial relationships that are otherwise celebrated through an establishment of unity and what many term 'universal brotherhood/sisterhood'. Division holds on to misconceptions that having an open heart and mind eradicate. It breaks apart families, friendships, partnerships, cultures and societies. It impedes the noble idea that we all deserve equal consideration and respect because we all have capabilities and potentialities that a life free of oppression will enable us to improve and utilize. We still see division in politics and religion very regularly, showing a world still polarized on many issues. People who dedicate themselves to addressing inequality will help bring unity by helping others understand vita universal truths that break down unhealthy barriers of division. |
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