Love and The Second Amendment

Today I want to share an anonymised version of something that took place on Facebook. Someone I respect greatly had started a thread relating to the Second Amendment to the US constitution that purports to grant the right to bear arms. Others exchanged views endorsing the bearing of arms to keep crime low, citing statistical evidence that it works. Born and bred as I was in a country where arms are seriously frowned upon and the example of the US in this regard is seen as essentially extremely negative, I was surprised at the stance of people I know are committed to a new golden age of man in which peace and respect for life are paramount and my “opinions” were tendered accordingly but were not popular, “reasons” for their opinions being cited right, left and centre.

In the end, I withdrew my posts which led to the “host” commenting that he was disappointed that I withdrew my comments as my view was as valid as any (which was kind of him) which prompted me to send him a private message which read:

Dear [Joe]

Sorry if my hasty withdrawal from the thread about arms disappointed you. I did it partly because I should not have been in the thread in the first place plus I genuinely felt shocked/disappointed at the stance taken by people I thought committed to a new age. However, such comments by me, even here, are judgmental and may be why spirit has actively discouraged me from any form of expression of opinion.

I stand for love in the world: no conditions, no “but what about...” or “what if...”, just love. As you are well aware, love is beyond the world of reason and debate is in the world of reason and leads us nowhere but towards separation. I believe that only in my standing in a position of absolute commitment to it in the face of all reason will the new age come about - I cannot change others and do not seek to do so and I forgive those who cannot yet see the implications of their own stand that is less than love. It will work out either way in the end, I believe - however, I also believe that in the absence of enough committed people, the path will be much tougher than it needs to be, but if that is the collective will at present, so be it. God’s will be done. To that I am wedded and my opinions mean nothing, my reasons no more than the logical end-game of the experiences of my ego.

So, I stand for love...no reasons, no apologies and no conditions, even in the face of not having a clue how it can happen in these admittedly compelling reasons...but it will. My faith is stronger than are my reasons.

As a closing point, what was interesting was the reaction of the ego-personality you know as Maitland. He was quite upset at the situation and I see that he fears that it may not happen and that is OK - he is human and forgives himself! I hope you forgive me too.

With love and peace always,

Maitland