The source of every disobedience, indifference, and passion is self-satisfaction. The source of every obedience, vigilance, and virtue is dissatisfaction with one's self. It is better for you to keep company with an ignorant man dissatisfied with himself than to keep company with a learned man satisfied with himself.
ya haqq.
it is always best to go to sleep each night dissatisfied with oneself rather than to feel that you have attained perfection. satiated folks are lazy folks--physically, politically, spiritually. those of us who remain dissatisfied about the state of the world and the state of our spirit are those of us most likely to do affect change. the dissatisfied man is the courageous man. the satiated man is cowardly--fearful of his own imperfections and the work needed for collective betterment.
after obama's election and inauguration, many people were satiated. this is the most dangerous political and spiritual condition. it is dangerous because we relinquish responsibility and are deluded by a self-imposed myopia. it is an easily exploited condition when we surrender to a corrupted savior culture where all of our hope rests with a man rather than our earnest actions and the mercy of our creator.
south african anti-apartheid activist steve biko once wrote, 'the most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.' part of this 'accumulation' of the minds of the oppressed is the propagation of myth--specifically the myth of hollywood revolution in which systemic change is magically created with a few select special effects, witty dialogue, new agey cinematography ... all in the matter of an hour and 16 minutes. systemic change takes time and must be nurtured by our collective dissatisfaction with the present.
connect this as you wish to the july 4th festivities.
it is always best to go to sleep each night dissatisfied with oneself rather than to feel that you have attained perfection. satiated folks are lazy folks--physically, politically, spiritually. those of us who remain dissatisfied about the state of the world and the state of our spirit are those of us most likely to do affect change. the dissatisfied man is the courageous man. the satiated man is cowardly--fearful of his own imperfections and the work needed for collective betterment.
after obama's election and inauguration, many people were satiated. this is the most dangerous political and spiritual condition. it is dangerous because we relinquish responsibility and are deluded by a self-imposed myopia. it is an easily exploited condition when we surrender to a corrupted savior culture where all of our hope rests with a man rather than our earnest actions and the mercy of our creator.
south african anti-apartheid activist steve biko once wrote, 'the most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.' part of this 'accumulation' of the minds of the oppressed is the propagation of myth--specifically the myth of hollywood revolution in which systemic change is magically created with a few select special effects, witty dialogue, new agey cinematography ... all in the matter of an hour and 16 minutes. systemic change takes time and must be nurtured by our collective dissatisfaction with the present.
connect this as you wish to the july 4th festivities.
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