The pro democracy approach has been way too passive and it has created and sustained a power vacuum imo. One example is seen in who dominates the airwaves. Not so much the pro democracy citizens so that needs to change.

“In a power relationship, one person acts and the other reacts. A dictator issues anger; the public responds with fear. The dictator issues contempt; the public reacts with shame. The one who acts has power over the reactions of the other.“

From the video series The World Needs You as a Teacher of Presence.

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I really appreciated this interview. Its inspiring to see that there are others who value the Holy Spirit and its role in these challenging times.

And there is a remedy. We can start by asking who am I really? Who am I when I am silent and undistracted? Right here right now what speaks truly and earnestly from deep within? Who are we to each other from this fresh unbound space?

― Kamand Kojouri

They are so ignorant they don’t understand
that my soul and your soul are old friends.
They are so ignorant they don’t understand
that when they cut you I bleed.
They are so ignorant they don’t understand
that we will never be afraid,
we will never hate
and we will never be silent
for life is ours!”

They think their bricked walls
will separate us.
They think their damned bombs
will defeat us.

They want us to be inhuman.
They want us to throw out our kindness.
They want us to bury our love
and burn our hope.
Their aim is to take all our light!

They want us to hate.
They want us to hate ‘the other.’
They want us to practice aggression
and perfect antagonism.
Their aim is to divide us all!

Wow.