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Don’t Get Even, Get Odd!
by Swami Beyondananda “Forget about getting even. If the Law of Karma is right, odds are it will all even out in the end anyway.” Politics As Unusual Yes, these are indeed serious times we live in, and the world is facing some serious problems -- most of them caused by serious foolishness. It was Albert Einstein who said that a problem cannot be solved at the level it was created, so maybe serious problems have humorous solutions. For levity can help us rise to the occasion and see the situation from a higher perspective. Gravity only brings us down. Chain of Foolishness A look at history reveals a chain, chain chain of foolishness dating back to the first dysfunction at the junction. Cain slew Abel. Over what? A guy preaches love thy neighbor, so they hang him on a cross. What’s so smart about that? And those of you who think that sage burning is a new age Native American practice should have been around during the dark ages, when they burned sages as a ritual to keep everyone else in line. And it persists today. We still have the ire in Ireland, the hurts in Herzogovena, the mess in Mesopatamia and a Holy War over possession of the Holy Land. I mean, think about it. A Holy War in the Holy Land In Odd We Trust So how do we break this chain of foolishness? Well, first thing is to laugh heartily at the foolish habit we have of getting even -- and start getting odd instead. An eye for an eye guarantees continued blindness. On the odder hand, every positive change or great innovation has come from some odd individual with a wild, crazy and laughable idea. Humans flying like birds ... HA! An end to slavery ... HA! Women voting ... HA! An upstart start-up nation insisting on inalienable rights ... HA! Guaranteed, when humorologists go back far enough in history to find the first laugh, it was probably at the oddball nutcase who invented the A Just War is Still ... Just War Meanwhile, we accept the most blatant insanity as sane and normal. Like war. Think of how many years the U.S. stayed in Vietnam to “save face.” I guess it takes an oddball to point out that war isn’t face-saving, it’s ass-losing. We stayed there to save face, and we ended up losing our ass instead. Take a look at the faces of those in charge. Would you lose your ass to save their face? And forget the idea of a “just war.” Every war is justified as just ... and that’s what we’ve been left with: Here’s An Odd Idea: Let’s Declare CODE GREEN In the wake of the 911 attacks, Americans have been terrorized not just by terrorism, but by the war on terrorism. Our Department of Homeland Insecurity has even color-coded danger, to make sure we “see red” when they need us to. But all this code-dependence has made most Americans sad and scared. Swami says, “What if we combine the yellow of fear and the blues so many people feel to get the healing color of green? Instead of fomenting anger and an emergency mentality, why not foment love and creativity and an emerge ‘n see mentality instead? Time to emerge from One Plus One = ONE Here’s another odd idea: To transform the fear and sadness associated with 911, let’s declare January 11th as a worldwide day of affirming that we’re all in this together ... and celebrate 111. I’m one, you’re one, and together We are One. Remember E Pluribus Unum? Each of us has been given a special gift -- just for entering. You already are a winner! And each of us is totally unique, just like everyone else. So you can be all that you can be -- without necessarily joining the army. Code Green is an invitation to use that unique gift to do what has not yet been done ... to weave a web of mass construction, and reap a world win! © Copyright 2003 by Steve Bhaerman. All rights reserved. Visit the Swami online at http://www.wakeuplaughing.com, or call him toll free at 1-800-SWAMI-BE. ld Library, toll free 800/972-6657, ext. 52, www.newworldlibrary.com. |
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