“Why is Israel consistently and conspicuously singled out for condemnation on the grounds of human rights violations, yet the world turns a blind eye to the human rights situations in the Arab countries …or the Far East...or Africa?”
Muslim student Amran Hussain, speaking on behalf of the European Union of Jewish Students
That's a good question, Mr. Hussain.
What I think the answer is is this: Because the world doesn't care. It really doesn't. It wants to go after Israel and so it comes up with a pretext. As far as human rights are concerned, the world -the heads for sure, don't care and the rest are in a constant state of slumber.
Many may wake up and know what's up. But its very very hard to stay awake.
What's the solution? The people who are awake need to band together. We can't be bland, we can't be parve, we have to be SPICEY!! We have to be charged.
And the big question --that which really lulls people, even me at times, to sleep- is this: So what are we actually supposed to do?
While evil is happily slashing the throats of those who are sleeping, they are slowly squeezing the remaining good that they possess away. At a certain point, they will be totally devoid of good -no redeeming value. Nothing to save. That is good and bad. Good once the evil is completely evil, it can be discarded (i.e. destroyed, killed, etc.); bad because evil can not exist by itself, by its own nature. Evil must thrive on something good. (hence, bullies who go after good guys, holy leaders surrounded by thugs or low lives, etc). Evil will get desparate. Not pleasant fighting with a desperate monster.
When "goodness" was in Evil's hand. it was like a man with only pants on and no shirt. But now that its slipping out of Evil's hand, we can grab it. Dress it up properly --i.e. give it pants and a shirt. i.e. associate the physical good together with its spiritual good. We can take back dancing and connect it with bringing new and good realities (healings, good tidings, blessings, etc); we can take back speech and connect it with holy boldness; hand clapping with dashing evil decrees. We can connect spiritual holiness with drinking alcohol, with music, with our skin color, with our place in the world, etc etc and so forth. We can take back good, make it very good, and give THIS back to the world.
But we have to be good sales people and at the same time as much tzaddikim as possible. Tzaddikim, what is that? Someone who can guard against sexual lust -like Joseph in the Biblical story.
And we need to understand that in order to do this, we must collect. We must amass earthly material to bring it all to the side of good. So work, those who want to work -but remember to donate to a well thought out charity -even give to organic farmers or natural birth centers, or the such. Those who can create, create! but have the goodness of the world in mind, put your right foot (Netzach) forward, that your creation be permanent and have the environment in mind -don't be in a hurry to make the first copyright or to amass the most money for your invention. Sing if you can, but remember to add holy boldness in your speech to arouse others and to arouse God Himself. Do!
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