Monday, November 06, 2006
The Right to Connect
For people like Mona El Farra in Gaza or Delegado Zero in Mexico, their connection to life is defining. For those of us exempt from daily struggle to survive annihilation, this connection is less tangible.
But even Dr. Farra and Subcomandante Marcos would tell you the connection to life is all one struggle, be it to humans or forests or other species under 24/7 assault by the destroyers who live on our blood, and that the important thing is to make that living connection and then to do what you are able to nurture and protect it.
With the Internet and mass media, we are connected to too much death; without a connection to life, the sacred wonder of awareness is wasted. We must fight for the right to connect.
But even Dr. Farra and Subcomandante Marcos would tell you the connection to life is all one struggle, be it to humans or forests or other species under 24/7 assault by the destroyers who live on our blood, and that the important thing is to make that living connection and then to do what you are able to nurture and protect it.
With the Internet and mass media, we are connected to too much death; without a connection to life, the sacred wonder of awareness is wasted. We must fight for the right to connect.
