A Eulogy: Choosing Sides
Before going to bed I read a news story showing letters home to dead ones. A US Soldier just had two friends die and weeks later was killed himself.
[Newsweek quote]
All three left Anchorage for Iraq in October 2006, but kept the apartment and planned to return to it. “My two roommates dead, it’s kind of hard to swallow and keep working, but that’s what I’m doing. This is war and I knew full well what would happen.” … Weeks later, it happened again, only this time to Fennerty: a bomb exploded under his vehicle during a patrol in Karmah near Fallujah. Three months after their deployment to Iraq, all three roommates were dead.
This Newsweek magazine is available on Monday March 26th and the war stories will hit home to Americans, those who can relate to their own. In my dream last night I watched a group of soldiers carry a wounded soldier and had to leave this soldier behind, essentially to die. This is war and many innocent die. Suicide soldiers lose their lives, serving who they devoutly consider as God in God’s war against aggressors. In these times where human life is being sacrificed, we must turn our focus to the greater war between the powers of good and evil.
Sever darkness from pure light to clarify good and evil. All in business and all consumers can appreciate material possessions making life easier, and seemingly more interesting. Yet the big business happens to abuse cheap labor and perpetuate the increasing wide divide between the haves and have nots. Get to the core, to this thing called money and finance running so many of us day to day and year to year. What about this extremely wealth group of individuals working in finance? These are not medical doctors schooled for 8+ years to ideally serve and heal. (In fact many high paid doctors in America primarily work for the monetary rewards…) Let’s make it clear that many wealthy individuals in finance are not your top minds and have definitely smothered aspects of their hearts to choose a livelihood that primarily cater to the wealthy, demeaning and demoralizing the masses.
Now, maybe we can switch the focus to those, selling their souls in American politics. Our political, constitutional foundation may present lofty ideals from revolutionary slaveholding landowners, yet today in politics it is money that talks. Look at all of the campaigners, begging (campaigning) for their millions. The system is currently defunct and practically useless at a national level. These so called elected officials may begin with idealistic embers of service in their heart, yet the system corrupts. Our politicians becomes puppets able to get relatives and friends good paid positions as they pretend they are doing good by arguing about what appears good, at least on paper. For the ultimate Bush and Cheney characters, living a privileged life, greed and self deception runs very deep. Maybe they actually believe, along with others, that they you are serving God. Well, the hands of existence (God) may allow the trigger to be pulled. Yes, we all require clarity in these intense times!
Let the sides be clear. If and when we realize this is the time for our global peak of consciousness, the sides will be clear. There will be the good countries that allow in others who support education, peace, and health. Those with greater blessings will serve for the good of the whole. All is freely shared.
I know we like to think that all will be like our parents and we can carve out a safe home for ourselves and children. Maybe we think the Hollyswood movies are enough of reality, while we sit safe with our home entertainment system. Well, this eulogy, praises what will prove to be the side of light. May we choose wisely and recognize the loved ones who have died and especially the millions in Iraq and Afghanistan with demolished lives.
May all of us realize the preciousness of human life, loving God and the power of Light to establish justice on Earth.
Scot Aaron
March 25 07