Practicing from the Heart in the age of Technology - All articles and poems are by Reza Ghadimi, unless otherwise noted.
The 78th UN General Assembly is meeting in NY this week. The problems and the solutions facing us are obvious, old and require cooperation and reconciliation. But the aggressors of today, all seem to be victims of the past who have carved a piece of this world by force or chance for themselves and are unwilling or unable to part with any of it. Our shrinking world, however, is forcing the pieces to overlap, triggering further clashes. Ironically, today is the UN International Day of Peace.
The suffering population of our broken world is painfully begging for understanding and resolve, yet we are stuck at such a stalemate that many of the key leaders have not even bothered to attend this UN meeting. Those who are here seem to ramble the obvious with ever louder and threatening voices to a deaf audience. These are the times of history As an afternoon of a day Was the work completed? As we wonder the result Of our efforts, beliefs, and views Was any good done? Was it worth it? Maybe it’s my age Many decades, plus I was born just a few days after D-Day While I was crying at my mother’s bosom People were killed around the world Dying for their beliefs and choices Could they have all made the wrong, right choices? Now, well into the next century Steeped into beliefs and thoughts It’s frightening, the similarities between The beliefs of today and what was believed then. It’s the afternoon of history In the distance, storm clouds rising Catching the sun rays in their cauliflower heads Exposing an alarming beauty to those who know Below the morphing colors of the sunset Lightning and thunder (of discontent) shake the land A stormy night is upon the world Pray our house survives! Reza Ghadimi September 2023
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