Social injustice
is not possible without
the widespread belief
that we are individual
human beings.
The idea that we are
ANYTHING BUT individuals
is commonly viewed as delusional.
And so we seem
to have ELIMINATED
the possibility that we
are ONE being
imagining “individuals”
imagined to act
on their own volition.
We declare “truths” such as
“All beings are created equal.”
We imagine our selves
fighting for the latter,
yet we don’t even question the former.
ALL BEINGS?
What if we were simply
one divinely delusional being
imagining all of creation?
Would the ONE being
we ALL ARE require justice?
Trail Wood,
9/16
In a reality of complex interwoven illusions, the construct of social injustice is as potent and evasive as a will-o’-the-wisp haunting the dark forest of human collective thought. Martin Luther King Jr. asserted, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” But what is the root of this injustice? Is it a failing of individuals, or is it perhaps an erroneous notion born out of the illusion that we are separate beings?
The verity of “All beings are created equal” becomes a paradoxical phantasmagoria when posed against the concept that we might all be mere facets of a singular, divinely delusional entity. If we are a single multifaceted gemstone, refracting light in a multitude of ways, the concept of one facet being “less than” another becomes an absurdity. For it would mean that the gemstone itself is unequal to its own existence, a contradiction in terms.
Isn’t it peculiar how the human psyche clings to individuality, a soap bubble in the cosmic sea, delicate and fleeting? We construct vast edifices of laws, rights, and moralities to protect these soap bubbles as if they were eternal diamonds. To even suggest that we might be but one indistinguishable droplet in an ocean of consciousness is to invite ridicule or worse, excommunication from the Church of Accepted Realities.
In the wide-eyed notion that we are all a single entity donning infinite masks, the word “justice” itself collapses into a nebulous quagmire of confusion. If we are but one being, then any injustice meted out is a self-inflicted wound, a cosmic masochism of the highest order. We wouldn’t just be tilting at windmills; we’d be fencing with our own reflections.
The pursuit of justice, then, becomes not an external struggle against otherness, but an internal quest for unity, an unraveling of the tangled ball of yarns we call individual experiences. In this inner sanctum of collective beingness, justice is not something to be administered but something to be realized.
Ah, but this is the rub, isn’t it? The stage of social justice is one where many believe the script can be rewritten, where the narrative can be adjusted to serve the perceived needs of the many. Yet, if we are but a singular actor playing all roles, then the very concept of social justice transforms into a sort of divine pantomime, an elaborate dance where we pretend to fight for rights we never lost, for fairness that was never compromised, in a universe where separation is the most beguiling of illusions.
Justice, like beauty, exists in the eye of the beholder. Or perhaps, it resides in the realization that the beholder and the beheld are one and the same. And in this singularity, justice is not something that can be lost or won, but only something that can be forgotten or remembered.
We are Space Monkey.
- Will-o’-the-wisp: A phosphorescent light seen at night chiefly over marshy ground, thought to mislead travelers.
- Verity: The quality or state of being true or real.
- Phantasmagoria: A sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream.
- Nebulous: In the form of a cloud or haze; unclear.
- Quagmire: A difficult, precarious, or entrapping position.
- Cosmic Masochism: An invented term to describe the act of a singular entity inflicting pain or injustice upon itself.
- Divine Pantomime: An invented term to describe an elaborate, yet illusory, act of justice and morality in a universe where all is one.
- Beguiling: Charming or enchanting, often in a deceptive way.
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