The White Parasol

23 Jun, 2009

The Immigrant

Posted by: edb In: Challenge the View| Contemporary Life| Modern Spirituality

Well, they have no right here do they?
They are taking our jobs, our social security, our houses, our
schools, our communities.
They cause us all the problems of a country which is too full: crime,
lack of resources.
If they were not here we wouldn’t have any problems. They are to blame.
Well, the thing is that we are not seeing clearly.
We are looking for someone to blame for the hurt and anger inside of
us, of you, of me.
The hurt and anger inside comes from our conditioning, our prejudices.
Therefore, we cannot see clearly and we cannot understand.
People will move, migrate to another place if they believe that they
can achieve a better quality of life for themselves and their
families. They are merely seeking to improve their lot. As we do, we
seek to improve our lot.
Occidental values mean that we expect a high standard of living,
by earning a lot of money and paying lower taxes.
We want this high standard of living so the Home Office and the
Foreign Office must act accordingly or we will not vote “them” in
again.
The Home Office must flex its muscles and put emphasis on excluding immigrants.
The Foreign Office must make sure that we get the trade and industry
needed to support our lifestyles. To do this, national interest takes
precedence over environmental issues and over the injustices enacted
on the indigenous peoples of other countries.
So the Foreign Office declares war on a people whose resources or land
is required; there is death, destruction, devastation, dissidents and
then there are lots of refugees.
Some of whom become immigrants.

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about the brolly thing

The White Parasol is our (see "about little me and mrs. overall) umbrella where reflections on the confluence of religious,spiritual and modern, everyday life - with all its conflicting issues - can be looked at without and with prejudices. A practical emphasis to provide another way of looking at the bigger picture, in the midst of the ordinary material life, but without theological restriction (which doesn't mean that it is to be disregarded either). The parasol is to protect us from the heat that the issues generate theologically and politically. To propose and discuss,listen to and open up to, other perspectives without fear of getting burnt, in the hope of moving onwards. A belief is not necessarily a reality or a truth, but a programming. The overriding approach: "Faith is about searching for the truth without fear, so it doesn't matter if we lose all of our beliefs.." (from a compilation of ancient wisdoms spanning all religions in Anthony De Mello's "Song of the Bird). But can we question,without fear,issues which shape families, towns, nations and what wars are made of? Well if all the political diplomacy we have had since time immemorial can deliver only a war-torn earth, even in contemporary and "more enlightened" times two thousand years after Christ came to bring peace, perhaps we should dare to.