As with Maya, Martin was accepted as long as he preached nonviolence and respectability and vague general churchy demands to keep the masses easy to exploit, but not when he rejected and rebuked our nation’s most treasured gods of materialism/capitalism requiring poverty, racism, militarism, and ecocide. He persuaded Martin Luther King to speak out against the Vietnam war and militarism capitalism, even though MLK knew that would bring the most resistance and danger to him, as details of his assassination confirmed. Over and over and over he was rejected and banned and exiled or attacked by the government(s), like Jesus and Mary Baker Eddy. Repeatedly his writings like Mary’s were lost or polluted or not published or banned. Over and over and over his students turned against him as those did against Jesus and Mary Baker Eddy. He brought to European and American or Canadian societies engaged mindfulness - a better appreciation of and commitment to and experience with quieting the human mind, not taking mortal mind’s thoughts personally as our own, and letting them go, while committing to compassion for all lived in courageous justice/action. That takes humility and curiosity, empathy and compassion, self disciplined obedience to bring every thought into alignment with divine Mind. He learned the language of the occupiers /oppressors of the Vietnamese, becoming fluent in French, English, Mandarin, and then later, to help bring world peace, Farsi and maybe Arabic. Last night it was more examples of Thich Nhat Hanh persisting on living peace within himself and courageously promoting peace and unity while caring for victims of war, when he had the powerful religious organizations and press and militaries and political institutions of different nations try to silence or destroy him and his message.
I have written different nights some of Maya Angelou’s examples of these Prophet-motives at different times they’ve come up that day. To resist fear as rigidity freezing, running away/psych denial/self-deception, distraction and excuses, fighting the wrong way, appeasing and pleasing the bullies, etc. I like to celebrate whatever media acknowledges them in a time when otherwise we would be manipulated to go along to get along or to give into indifference or cynicism/self-justification/despair.
They are a reminder to not be discouraged or self-pitying when standing out separate from the mob mentality means the mob will turn against us. I like to celebrate them and to not feel alone by that life purpose to obey God and to serve and bless others, knowing that everyone and everything is interconnected, and our every thought and act matters. I like to write down quick notes before I go to bed of examples that were brought to my attention during that day of people who obey the prophetic gift and call of Christ to speak truth to power and to live Love/Truth/Principle, and courageously persevere under rejection and persecution for righteousness’ sake. As they did to Mary Baker Eddy and others who today dared to mention the urgency and relevance and importance of the truth she discovered and taught and lived. Why couldn’t you just keep to nice little pleasant poem that don’t ruffle feathers? Mortal mind attacked her truth while ignoring, discounting, slandering, rejecting, and then claiming faults agreement with her mentioning thoughts that discomforted those who wanted to stay comfortable in racism and other sins. Maya Angelou repeatedly experienced others criticizing her for speaking up about taboo topics and persisting long past others wanting to hear or read it.
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