We AMERICANS are a violent group, aren’t we?.. I mean mankind has a long history of violence toward one another. 1000s and 1000s of years of violence. Yet it strikes me more and more Americans are near the top of the violent heap. The casual meanness that seems to be concentrated in our urban settings is worse than it was before. Hatred and bigotry have moved up a notch in the last few years thanks to Trump. Anyone can see this who watches the news. It’s impossible to miss now. Hate crimes are common place, almost ubiquitous. How low can we go.?.
Just yesterday I witnessed violence growing in myself, my consciousness after watching a horrible sickening video (you may have seen it) of a 200 pound man assault a tiny Asian woman in NY. His violence started to become my violence. Wow.. I started to fantasize about doing some really vicious things To that thug. Oh yes, I wanted to nail him.. So there it was starting to spawn in me. I watched it and the feelings it catalyzed. Over the next day or so I was doing a fair amount of negation. That is simply facing the various thoughts radiating from my head and remaining with them. Not moving from them in anyway. Seeing they were only thoughts and feltings ( a memory of a feeling) Watching them like a hawk and nothing more. The desire for violence against the Thug dissolved. The energy dissipated of its own accord.
Am I suggesting that one should just stand by and watch this kind of heinous act. Not even. Intercede by all means! Neutralize the thug if you encounter a similar situation, absolutely.! Seize the moment.
I am sure those poor security guards wished they had now.
After your interceding is complete. Die to it. Let it go 100%. This may take a day or 2 of continuous negation, it doesn’t matter. Thought will not help. Reality is where the moment is.
The Great ugliness of American violence can end. It can end when enough Americans take complete responsibility for their own individual violence… on a daily basis..