THE RACE CARD

ALTHOUGH THIS SUBJECT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO JUST MALES, IT IS TO ALL PEOPLE. BOTH MALES AND FEMALES NEED TO FIND WAYS TO GET BEYOND THINGS SUCH AS THIS IN ORDER TO BECOME A HEALTHY SOCIETY.

Sparks of fire ignite from time to time instigated by a racial issue . Albeit a remark made by a public figure such as a politician, or an abuse of authority made by someone in a leadership position, such as a police officer, it doesn’t take much of a spark to ignite a fire when it comes to racial matters. The reason this happens is because just beneath the surface of society there is a huge undercurrent of sores that have never been properly dealt with. People haven’t been able to safely vent their concerns related to racial matters. Consequently these sores hover all around us just out of public view. They're like a powder keg waiting to explode. During times when certain issues are brought to our attention they normally trigger sparks that ignite the fuse of these deep emotional scars.

Without a doubt we have made great strides toward racial justice, but the pit was, and still is so deep that we need to find ways of analyzing the gravity of the issues before we can methodically work toward curing them. This problem will not fade away overnight. It will not die unless we bring it to the forefront and deal with it. Waiting on the people who are tainted by bigotry to die, alone will not solve the problem. Like the ocean, even though the surface of the problem may appear rather calm, there are always deep hidden undercurrents below the surface. Just ignoring the problem is rarely the best solution to solving it.

As a nearly sixty one year old African American Male born in the South, I’m a witness to the reality of racial matters, including discrimination, bigotry, separation, injustices in the law and law-keepers, and the like. One would think that I would be an angry Black Man, but that certainly is not the case. Like MLK and many others like him, I believe in finding peaceful means of dealing with the racial issues rather than violent ones. Even though both methods have proven to be remotely successful to a degree, ultimately you cannot achieve true peace by using chaos. It’s like fighting fire with fire.

The laws of nature are very specific. The law of Karma (cause and effect) mandates that each cause bring about a corresponding effect. What you dish out is what returns to the source from which it originated. Evil begets evil and peace begets peace. Using fire to put out a fire is not wise. Using the same destructive energy that perpetuated racism and bigotry is not the way to cure it. We need to counteract a specific energy with its polar opposite in order to extinguish it.

Since we cannot see into the invisible realm where spiritual channels such as energies exist, it is easy to assume that they are not being enforced. Our minds want to see the smoking gun and know a bullet was just fired. In the spiritual universe where universal laws prevail much that happens is unseen. We only see the results of the laws but rarely are we conscious of the actual law, as they are being met.

With issues such as racial matters much of the factors that control the output are unseen. This makes it difficult to trace the smoking gun. Many social rifts that control society are so subtle that you may not consciously trace them as they are happening, but you do see their effects. With racial bigotry we will have to go deeper into the source in order to affect a cure. Where there is hate we need to apply love as the remedy rather than more hate. Sweeping such issues as racial matters under the rug is definitely not the most effective measure of dealing with it.

I would personally love to see a day when we could openly discuss things such as race without sparking fires. If people make their minds up that they want to find a cure then such a mutual goal would dictate and resonate in the hearts and minds of people. On the other hand, if they come to the table with a chip on their shoulder sparks will ignite. From those sparks fires will break out. Negative energies only bring forth more of its kind. When the hearts and minds of people are controlled by love and the desire to improve and/or solve the problems, most of the work would have already been completed even before people gathered.

As a free soul in the universe I would like to offer my hand with the race card in it to anyone who would like to see racial bigotry eradicated. Even though certain situations and circumstances of the past may say otherwise, I am only interested in a particular present that will manifest a predictable future. I am no longer motivated by hate, fear, self-gratification, selfish ambitions, or by forces of evil. I genuinely want to see a world that is motivated by love rather than hate. If I start by eradicating hate from my heart, I will become loveable rather than hate-able. The reasons why we are in this position are no longer important to me. In fact, they are the chains that keep me from reaching my ultimate goal, which is to love. I wish to love my fellow men and to be loved by them. Perhaps this may be too lofty a goal to set, but I must reach for it.

Will you join me?

I just dealt the race card; will anyone come and play cards with me?