Politics

The political arena is one hotbed of name-calling, false accusations, intentionally misleading the public, and attempting to destroy the People’s trust in their governing bodies.  Why does this become a spiritual issue?  This, in part, is because so many people who are spiritually-inclined, thus, leaders, are vocalizing the evils that incite people’s fears.  I find this irresponsible.  So much of the rhetoric is based upon the fear that these leaders have regarding other religions, other races, and their own attempts to widen their pocketbooks by creating fear in others, thus getting greater attention and financial support to broaden their loudspeakers full of hate.

 

Politics do not belong in the spiritual arena.  However, hate we should talk about.  And it is hate that we must fight against.  It is hate, envy, greed and feelings of superiority that need to be sent down the tubes and banished from our world.  Is it appropriate to point fingers at others, what a terrorist does, and for this reason, hate an entire group of believers of another faith?  Think about it.  Really. Think. About it.  If your child does something wrong, do you hold it against him for life?  Do you punish all your children?  Of course not. 

Virtually every religion claims to love and support the poor.  Yet, our political views of the day are based on selfishness and greed and hate. If someone is not like me, they are undeserving of the good of the land.  What faith believes this?  It is only a faith that upholds one person being better than another.  If this is what you believe, perhaps you may want to seek out that faith, because none of the religions around the world support this kind of thinking.  And this needs to be attacked from our pulpits.

Kindness, decency, caring for others, making sure that each person’s needs are fulfilled, whether those needs are for food, clothing, shelter, healing, companionship, or spirituality, these are the domain of faith. This is what we should be talking about when it comes to our spirituality.  Not politics.  Not fear.  Love.

May you be richly blessed.