On Thursday, October 6th There will be adignified and peaceful protest in Houston similar to the one on Wall Street.
The purpose is to awaken our consciousness and the consciousness of ourbrothers and sisters within the corporate and political institutions that havespun out of control. Centuries of deference to an outside authority is bearingbitter fruit. Our environment, our food and our communications are growingtoxic. We have become a country where the truth of compassion has given way tothe delusion of competition. Many of our brothers and sisters in business andpolitics are caught by the blind forces of greed and they are suffering. Thisis causing great suffering for everyone else. We as “consumers” are also caughtby these blind forces. The desire to acquire and the fear of loss create angerand hatred, suspicion and jealousy. These are the forces which feed and nurturean increasingly global economy that is destroying the earth’s capacity tonourish us.
We can save ourselves if we are willing to take a peaceful and compassionatefirst step. Fear is what got us into this mess, so we should remember thatthere is nothing in the entire cosmos which is worthy of fear. All of thebogies we torment ourselves with are products of our own perception. All badactions are rooted in suffering and the only antidote for suffering iscompassion. We cannot fight the powers of greed with force. Jesus said it. TheBuddha said it. Muhammad said it. Our own life experience has shown it. We mustremember this and dispel anger and hatred. Within our heart's refuge we arealways free. We enslave ourselves by the notion of possession. We truly ownnothing. Our bodies, family members and friends, our “property,” memories – allempirical things are subject to change. Once you think you possess something,the inevitable result is attachment, you are under a psychological yoke towhatever forces which may deprive you of your desire.
Serenity, compassion, fulfillment and cooperation are the vehicles which canlead us out of darkness. This is where we can draw the strength to protest inpeace and dignity. We are young and strong and able to lend a hand in waking upour sleepy neighbors to the blind and wonton destruction of our commonancestor. At any rate, it will be a cool experience on a nice fall day and anice opportunity to get together on something that can benefit us all. Here isa link if you would like to know more:
http://occupyhouston.org/
The protest will commence with an assembly in Market Square Park at 8:30am followed by a march to the JP Morgan Chase Tower at 9am. Following an hour-long rally, there will be a march to Hermann Square (in front of City Hall) at 10am to being the occupation.
The purpose is to awaken our consciousness and the consciousness of ourbrothers and sisters within the corporate and political institutions that havespun out of control. Centuries of deference to an outside authority is bearingbitter fruit. Our environment, our food and our communications are growingtoxic. We have become a country where the truth of compassion has given way tothe delusion of competition. Many of our brothers and sisters in business andpolitics are caught by the blind forces of greed and they are suffering. Thisis causing great suffering for everyone else. We as “consumers” are also caughtby these blind forces. The desire to acquire and the fear of loss create angerand hatred, suspicion and jealousy. These are the forces which feed and nurturean increasingly global economy that is destroying the earth’s capacity tonourish us.
We can save ourselves if we are willing to take a peaceful and compassionatefirst step. Fear is what got us into this mess, so we should remember thatthere is nothing in the entire cosmos which is worthy of fear. All of thebogies we torment ourselves with are products of our own perception. All badactions are rooted in suffering and the only antidote for suffering iscompassion. We cannot fight the powers of greed with force. Jesus said it. TheBuddha said it. Muhammad said it. Our own life experience has shown it. We mustremember this and dispel anger and hatred. Within our heart's refuge we arealways free. We enslave ourselves by the notion of possession. We truly ownnothing. Our bodies, family members and friends, our “property,” memories – allempirical things are subject to change. Once you think you possess something,the inevitable result is attachment, you are under a psychological yoke towhatever forces which may deprive you of your desire.
Serenity, compassion, fulfillment and cooperation are the vehicles which canlead us out of darkness. This is where we can draw the strength to protest inpeace and dignity. We are young and strong and able to lend a hand in waking upour sleepy neighbors to the blind and wonton destruction of our commonancestor. At any rate, it will be a cool experience on a nice fall day and anice opportunity to get together on something that can benefit us all. Here isa link if you would like to know more:
http://occupyhouston.org/
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