Truths in morning moonlight

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How empty are those who believe by hurting others, they become strong.

This notion popped into my head this morning as the crescent moon rose along the southern end of our treeline. I woke at silly o'clock, wasn't sure why, but that moon was the reason, which brought to my mind the message above and below.

How empty are those who believe by hurting others, they become strong.

It applies to ANYONE who assumes such a pose. World leaders, drug dealers, teenagers who shoot other teenagers: This week in Hoopa, an eighteen-year-old was shot in the head by three teens ages nineteen, eighteen, and fifteen.

How empty are those who believe by hurting others, they become strong.

Meditating upon this, immediately my feeling was to pity one so deluded. Not to hate them, wish evil upon them, but such pity for the lack of love within them, the EMPTINESS. Such a vast void is their soul.

How empty are those who believe by hurting others, they become strong.

History proves time and again that darkness, while deeply oppressive, does not last. While we are capable of immense evil, the better angels of our natures manage to overcome. Evil is the only word I can ponder, it is just 6.39 a.m. and I have been awake a silly long time already. Yet my heart is assuaged by this message, and the notion of not hating them back.

How empty are those who believe by hurting others, they become strong.

By loving and praying for them, in my small way, I am able to deflect the agony they wish to inflict.

How empty are those who believe by hurting others, they become strong.

By speaking this message, I enable this truth to emerge, calling for a reckoning of how power is viewed. Power for the sake of power is meaningless.

How empty are those who believe by hurting others, they become strong.

Real power is love. True power is lack of self-aggrandizement. Authentic power is giving not taking. And lasting power is mercy.

How empty are those who believe by hurting others, they become strong.

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