• Roni Lipstein posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago

    I am going to speak to something that may be ‘controversial’, perhaps even ‘difficult’ for some to hear, I would ask that you take a deep breath, relax any impulse to be defensive, and simply be open to ponder the possibility that is asking to ‘come through’ for us to consider as a human family.

    On “giving and receiving” :

    This week in the news a serial killer from Toronto confessed.

    In life, for someone to give, someone else must receive, and for someone to receive, someone else must give. ( they are each a reflection of the other, and indeed, can each be seen as one in the same depending upon your perception — ie: to give is to receive the gift of another providing the opportunity to give to them….. 😉 )

    On the most ‘gorgeous’ of levels, what we are giving and receiving is Namaste Love, of course…. 😉

    And ……. the “level” upon which, to which, through which any of we are willing to give and to receive is in actuality a Choice we each have.

    Okay … deep breaths, here we go……

    On a more negative level — stepping us there — in an abusive relationship, the abuser requires someone ‘willing to accept’ the abuse. Both parties are ” response able ” ( responsible ) for the abuse existing…….
    Yes, it’s okay take a moment to breathe through that one….I know….

    Just to clarify, I speak not to children who are not equipped with the where with all to acquire the resources necessary, nor to someone else in any form of ‘physically imprisoned state’ — though one may contend that someone may be imprisoned in a mental state of incapacity and they would be right, which leads us to the next bigger step….

    What we, as a Human Family Allow, Accept, Embrace as ways of giving and receiving, is how we have individuals like the Serial Killer existing……

    The same way that an abuser requires one to ‘take the abuse’, does a Serial Killer require “victims” to kill…..

    This is NOT a finger pointing at the victims, please do not make assumptions, mis-read or mis-understand…. we are ‘getting there’……

    This is a statement of fact regarding our human species’ acceptance of killing, mutilating, violating, disrespecting, dishonouring the most sacred gift of all, the gift of life itself.
    The fact that we are still going to war, that we take up arms in the name of any ‘higher cause’ to justify the taking of a life of another.
    …….as if sand is worth more then a human’s life…..money, drugs, land, technological advances, etc.. etc.. which if we as a human family were acting in unison would not be issues of contention at all…….

    And……….coming back now — the HOW we ‘take care of’ ( deal with ) the ‘big kahunas’ of negative giving and receiving — for I can hear many saying, how can I possibly do anything about a serial killer in another land, or a rapist across the ocean, or, or, or, — is withIN our own individual lives, NOT Accepting actions that are not of “Namaste Love” …….
    ……..which yes! can and will take some doing, as we all have our ‘moments’ — even in the most ‘banal’ of situations, — someone can be ‘snappy’ because they didn’t get enough sleep — which we say is ‘acceptable behaviour’ we can ‘let go’, so…………

    the question becomes what is acceptable behaviour, what are we as a human family, as the individuals of free choice each of we has, willing to accept, allow, ‘let go’, embrace as acceptable actions of our selves and therefore others ?

    And then……what are we willing to do, to achieve that ‘way of being’, to #BeLove ?

    Let’s discuss shall we …..