Tied in the night

The shootings at Virginia Tech made me think about the way we as humans think. It is like our brains are tightly bound in a dark room once we reach a certain point in our life. Our opinions of other races, religions, and countries are carved in stone. This makes the process of attempting to forge peace almost impossible. Here we are tied and gagged by the things we have learned. We need to find a way to lose these bonds and open up to all people or we will never find a way to peace.
Yes, I like bondage as an adult activity, but bondage that is consentual still leaves the mind free to form understandings. Bondage that we are not aware of or unable to free ourselves from will never set us free. Don't look at the person next door or across town and wonder what is different, think about what you have in common. this is the only way to peace.

What does it take?

what does it take for a man to understand that his life has had no meaning up to this point? And how much more does it take for him to change that life into something more positive? People say all you need to do is decide to be different, but an old saying comes to mind. "the chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken"
what habits do we have that keep us from doing whatever we are really here for? Let's face it,I don't believe that when we want to change, there is more to it than that. We need to find something within ourselves to motivate the change, how do we do that.

शाल we take on the world here.

I listen to the news and wonder what happened to us since the 60's. We wanted freedom and equality for everyone, but we aren't even close to achieving it. If anything we have slid backwards. wars over religion are nothing new, but what holy book says to make war on the world? None that I know of. People say that the darkness of the heart that leads to things like the Virginia Tech shootings is an epedimic, but what is the cure? I believe the cure is to treat everyone like they are special, like what they say matters, and like the religious differences we have are simply two different people trying to understand something beyond their comprehension.