Raining some Justice about the heads of the
"neo-fascists" who are still stripping our country bare, while conspiring to leave most American workers in a huge "service-class" with no benefits, no justice and only token "freedoms".
"In Germany, they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up."
About Me
RainJ
RainJustice, Texas, United States
Descended from Patriots, from our Revolution to the present, I don't apologize for having a fire within.
The ghosts are old tonight, Out of Egypt. Tombs of Pharoahs, Scent of jasmine, Musty, ancient, ethereal. They know me, call to me, "Come home, come home." My boat awaits, The river pauses. Time is meaningless. rainj
From Hesse:
You brothers, who are mine,
Poor people, near and far,
Longing for every star,
Dream of relief from pain.
You, stumbling dumb
At night, as pale stars break,
Lift your thin hands for some
Hope, and suffer, and wake,
Poor muddling commonplace.
You sailors who must live
Unstarred by hopelessness,
We share a single face.
Give me my welcome back.
SHADOWS
"I had looked for achievements, success, possessions to bring light into my life. I looked to the future, to the attainment of accomplishments, as the key to my wholeness, as if it were somewhere else. As I focused on my own self interest, it left me feeling unsatisfied, misdirected, shallow. The insecurity flowing from these feelings led to blame, control, self-protection, and hostility. I often tried to anesthetize myself to these feelings, but that only served to increase my isolation, my separateness. In the darkness, I found myself longing for some ideal future, some miraculous formula to make me whole. I learned that to fully live, I needed to find light amid the darkness, that I needed to help others heal, and thus, begin to heal myself. Living in peace requires great love. I had to be willing not to turn away from, not to shun the shadows, but to turn toward them. In taking that first step, I began to cast away fears, doubts, despair. I found that darkness is not my opponent; rejection and denial of it is. When I resisted the darkness and shadows, seeking light somewhere else, I remained separate from what is from God. My shadows, which I previously counted as adversaries, became my most profound teachers."- author unknown
"The life of man is divided between waking, dreaming, and dreamless sleep. But transcending these three states is superconscious vision--called the fourth."
--from the Upanishads