TRANSFORMATION ON THE CROSS08/04/22
I have suffered from vertigo for a while without knowing. I have that feeling of fear of heights and when walking on the side of the road, I tend to fall off. The natural reaction attempting to balance myself is like dizziness and swaying, the characteristics of the symptoms.
One morning in the neighbourhood, I walked from the carpark to the supermarket, I was feeling a bit dizzy. Then I heard a couple of kids; two young girls no more than 11- or 12-years old giggling behind me. I listened and they just couldn't stop laughing.
I noticed every time I feel like falling off the side, they had a good controlled laugh. I immediately want to hear them laughing so I pretended I didn't hear them. And this time they cracked up big time as they ran away.
I was happy to hear kids laughing and enjoying themselves. I was thinking they may have had an argument with their parents and left without breakfast or lunch. And on walking to school, they could face bullies and the like. But hearing them enjoying themselves made my day. I went in the shop and bought me a litre of ice cream.
It reminded me that some people blame their frustrations and pain upon others for whatever reasons. But it makes sense that when you know that some are not capable of enduring struggles and pain, sharing and understanding is like having a good laugh.
It has to be natural for social relations when inequalities /equities are partially met by understanding disproportional differences. The significant factor is the lack of threats and insecurities. The realisation of strengths and weakness is more personal than political.
The political approach had the middle class dumped their economic frustrations on the Underclass and since this poor sector is a diversity of minority ethnic groups and cultures, politics reared ugly scenes of racism and discrimination that drove some people crazy.
So when accusations are directed to somebody else, frustration and pain is transferred to the alleged culprit relieving the former of blame. And blame is a threatening pose. It's forcing someone into submission and the threat resulting with fear; submission by force and fear. But that's the politics of capitalism; subordinating the Underclass with force and blames sustain struggles of the social structure - Underclass.
And I guess confronting someone with blame is not a good idea in communication unless one is a big bully.
In the current state of affairs, economic frustration is the result of global forces including Climate Change; shortage of supply, inflation and war. And the natural reaction for balance and stability is upgrading weapons of war for defense and security.
Thousands of miles away from Putin's invasion of Ukraine, politicians are standing up for support of Ukraine and to continue with the war.
There is no denying the fact that violence is hardwired in the human brain especially when one is obsessed with power. So we have power, force, fear and submission in one sentence to describe the nature of human.
I have described culture the more modern form of refined tribalism. That's validating habits and customs to objective social behaviour. But all we witness in the modern is the old tribal and traditional form of violence. I have referred to this phase as a capitalist behaviour of addiction that one refuses to let go of the object of his/her desire backslides on obligation and responsibility.
Power is a political status symbolizing wealth or commercial standards and political capital to advantage.
If power is link to force, fear and submission, then human is not meant to be powerful. Power therefore is not meant to be taken. It would remain a symbol of conferring approval by the people and not by an individual's authority. It basically corrupts.
And many innocent persons have fallen victims of power struggles.
It is said that power is the ability to have someone do something. And by fear we submit and do just about anything, but that is not a valid description.
What about charisma and beauty? By attraction usually mental desires, we naturally follow without anything said or done. By feeling and thinking with or empathy, we do what's naturally expected without anyone telling us.
We give the object of our desire and inspiration power.
In the cause of our struggles, we dump our blames, frustrations, fears and pain upon others. Jesus carried those fears, frustrations and pain on the cross to Golgotha. He took it to the grave and left it there as he rose on the third day.