Today in the US is Martin Luther King Day - yesterday was his birthday (15th January) - on this day its good to remember and try and initiate his vision and dream into our own life.
With respect to equality which was one of Dr M L King's main visions for humanity we can look into our own mind and see whether there is equality in there. This can be done in the quiet of meditation. When there is equality in the mind there is an openness to mankind outside our close circle. An acknowledgment of the existence of others, when are walking down the street, driving on the roads, shopping, we can bring the people that we see into our lives simply by recognizing of them, this is the first step, bursting the bubble.
Sometimes a simple "hi, how are you?" does it - regarding our society as a community, as a family - even thought they may look different and hold different or even conflicting views doesn't mean they are separate from us. The fact that we see them in our life means we are connected.
Its easy to pick up on a trait of a persons character or something about the way they look or talk and then to dismiss t or push them to one side as a result - when we have an equality in our mind then we can go deeper than that - scratching beneath the surface and seeing the person as actually, very similar to ourselves - in pursuit of a happy, meaningful life.
Often people talk about 'love' for the world and 'all you need is love!' yes very true but if there is no equality in the mind then it is very difficult or near enough impossible to have love - equality is the first step. We can look at the world and see a lack of equality - yes. What is the best way to protest against this? To recognize the lack of equality within our mind, to challenge, and start to move forward.
This can be done in meditation and then watching and observing the play of our mind in our daily life. Also to 'have a dream' for our future and for our world. We can imagine a world in the future that does have more equality - we can imagine our self in the future with more equality - more and more friends start to come into our life.
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