Comments To A Fellow Poet Poem by Ray Lucero

It’s good to see you online again!

You’re so right, all too many measure success by the dollars in one’s account. That is a sad endorsement of human character in light of government and corporate scandals that fill news reports of late. Clearly, the pursuit of money, material wealth and psuedo-power still blinds many. The U.S. middle-class is being systematically destroyed, leaving “Haves” and “Have-Nots” and this is a breeding ground for anarchy.

Those that slumber do not want to awaken to the fact that they are being manipulated by a greedy and amoral few. Choosing to live in denial, fear and doubt as it has become home to them.

Okay, so what can those like yourself that have awakened do?

What’s been revealed to me is that overt activism/anarchy no longer work.
Almost any Anti-establishment or Green organization is based on conflict and separation. This creates an unhealthy “Us against Them” environment.

To me the answer is not in trying to change the world around me by force, rather to change myself by not allowing world chaos to keep me from self-forgivness and compassion. Love is the by-product of these two gifts to self, indeed love is the one human element that will effect permanent change in a troubled world.

The key to peace, harmony and cooperation shall happen when those that sleep awaken to the truth of what’s been going on. Mankind will do this by tuning in to the higher frequency of higher conciousness that is generated by the awakened ones. “The hundredth monkey syndrome” will take root and many shall finally tune in on an unconscious and non-thinking level, effecting positive change.

At times I too am frustrated with the ignorance and ambivalence that pervades our populace but I find solace in knowing that human-truth is subjective and my existence here is a holographic/illusion and temporary.

Quite simply, our mission on earth is to love, this is the only real truth.

I send love to you my brother and bid you peace.

ROTMS