the rabbi, at the interfaith dinner, blasted hamas, said they were at fault for the death of the palestinian children, said they were the reason for the crisis in gaza, said once they stopped terrorizing the poor israelis, then peace would be possible. imam shamsi ali nodded along, agreed, even added how palestinians were at fault. his addendums were those that zionist liberals echo - both sides, the arab countries, patholgical arabs.
deep, i thought. wondered, what was the intention of this rabbi n imam in this high-profile interfaith dinner. wondered if the rabbi didn't know about how the secular plo and pflp (way before hamas was a thought), were massacred en masse by the idf. wondered if he didn't know that israel was constructed in very much the same way america was - manifest destiny - kill the savage - take the land. hence reservations, hence refugee camps. wondered if he thought people didn't know about zionism running the show, almost everything we see, hear...a million things. but he must've, he was old enough, in his 60's atleast. deep. real deep. if he knew n he was saying what he was saying.
wondered about the indonesian imam, wondered when he became an authority on speaking of/for a people and a struggle. wondered if he thought it was important to atleast read on the topic, on the history, or if his reading the Qur'an was enough for him to pass judgement on a region he wasn't from. wondered about leadership.
who passes themselves off as leaders? who put them there? what are the intentions of these leaders? what struggle are people who wage peace undergoing?
gandhi was a yogi, in bhakti, in jnana, in yama/niyama. part of the path of yogi is to be impartial, to judge not, and work from a place of nonattachment, compassion and justice.
justice has always been central to the prophets, from moses and jesus to the prophet muhammad and the messengers malcolm x and gandhiji. these yogis lived nonattachment, took a stance, lived truly fearless lives in pursuit of social balance, in alignment with the Oneness.
who are your leaders? what makes them leaders. my leaders r in such a deep Quiet they are beyond the babylon frequency of z100, hot 97, summer jam, cnn, mtv, bet, nbc... they are beyond this dimension, uncaptureable, immune to 70mm lenses and fbi cia.
all praise is due to the leaders, the silent ones, whose intentions are clear as lake tahoe, as the nyc skyline without buildings and smog.
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