Editor,
As we begin to make sense of what has to be the most awesome display of hatred in recent memory, our planet is once again set into motion as we act out our emotions.
We are acting on our highest pledge of love, and that is the bringing together of peoples and nations to unite and to begin to heal what has happened.
The outpouring of sympathy and support for all involved in the horrific events, speaks high of the human spirit.
Yet at the same time, we are in an extremely volatile state of readiness to unleash what could be the most awesome retribution and hate-driven revenge against peoples and even nations suspect of masterminding the terrorist attacks.
If we closely look at the consequences of this scenario, we will have crushed all that we have accomplished in bringing our world into harmony with itself. Slowly but steadily, we are uniting globally as a human race, but we must realize that the politics, religions, belief systems, and institutions - the fabric of our society we are all integrated into - are not getting the message.
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We must as a planet begin to dismantle the illusion of separateness.
We are all One, after all. We must begin to look deeply at why terrorism abounds in our global society.
The fact that our world is made up of the haves and the have-nots and the powerful against the powerless is perhaps one of the greatest plagues poisoning humankind and has been so since recorded history. The preposterous ideal of "our way is the best way" is another example.
I'm not just referring to the comparison between the United States vs. other nations, but in every aspect of human society. We cannot turn our backs even to those who despise us. If we are to break the cycle of hate and terror, we must demonstrate our highest love, even to those who would seek to harm us.
The decision may be to destroy the enemy, but we will be, in fact, destroying ourselves in the process. It is not that difficult to conceptualize, to not receive what we give, if the concept of oneness is embraced.
Chris P. Sharp,
UNM Health Sciences Center Computer Services
