Friday, January 15, 2010

Politics and Avatar

     So today I get a bunch of political campaign mail. It was all for Scott Brown. Two were for him, two were completely bashing him, and one of the bashers was anonymous. Am I the only one who's tired of this divide and conquer attitude? I know that it would make the military in Avatar proud, but they saw hell as a vacation destination compared to Pandora, and everyone who I know fell in love with Pandora.
     As I sat with my frustration toward this cowardly-candidate-basher it occurred to me that we all have our moments when we feel threatened--that someone's holding us back--and all we know how to do is turn them into the enemy so we can conquer them. I know that I've done that and when I do, it keeps me up at night until I figure it out. I never really applied "divide and conquer" to my personal life or to the lives of my clients but between Avatar and the political campaign in MA, this tactic is so blatantly clear AND unattractive. So I'd like to thank this anonymous basher for volunteering to model this unattractive role so that humanity could see its darkness outside itself.
     As for voting I am setting an intention for the candidate who will lead us out of divide and conquer and into Pandora and I hope you will do the same. Even those not voting have impact when they hold the intention for the highest and best for our country so lets all do it.
     And at least we got some unexpected healing from this dog eat dog campaign. With the information gained from the bashing, we can address our own conundrums like the Na'vi and sleep easily. As for the politicians, not sure how they are sleeping, but I bet Kennedy is chuckling in the heavens over this ridiculousness.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Trish, I was DEEPLY touched by Avatar. Speechless for a long while afterwards. It awakened an old sad feeling about our Mother, and our degradation of her....The people I went with were not similarly affected so it was kind of jarring to feel so emotionally moved and find other people were mainly wowed by the technology or the battle scenes or whatever.
    Thanks for this.

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    Trish

    Trish,

    I find it hopeful for our planet and humanity that so many people are excited about Pandora and the Na'vi, a people who know they are connected to their planet. I am saddened to hear you mention people feeling hopeless after watching it. I think that reflects how deeply they do desire more connected lives. I hope they can use those feelings to create the type of change they want so strongly in their lives.

    Thank you for your emails. I find them inspiring.
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