notes on equal rights

Equality ~ equal rights ~ will never exist within a mentality of separation. The Civil Rights Movement taught us that. The Anti-Apartheid Movement taught us that. It is not until you understand at a deep level that the human condition is the same for each and every person, that others require the same basic qualities for a graceful life as yourself ~ dignity, well-being, purpose… and seeing that your own dignity, well-being, and purpose are entitled, it is only a small leap of compassion to understand that these must be entitled for all. Without compassion, there will never be harmony, never be graceful society… there will never be the sense that others have familial needs, emotional needs, social needs… and it is this inability to view others as human ~ as bearing the human condition ~ that fosters separation and inequality.

If you sincerely want to be a good person in the world but have not attained the charasm of compassion, try kindness. The most powerful tool for changing the world is kindness practiced without arrogance.

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