The Chinese have a chastisement concealed in the seemingly innocuous phrase “May you live in interesting times”. This is a form of bad will, as the Chinese class ‘Interesting Times’ as a time of turmoil, insecurity and conflict. Well! We Greeks both in Greece and Cyprus certainly are living in interesting times and those that choose to continue to walk merrily on their own cocooned path are clearly the minority now. The big questions are, “Where do we go from here, how to we get there and how can we ensure that we are going in the right direction”? To answer the first two questions, “Where do we go from here” and “How do we get there”? From here we go forward, with courage. To quote Nikos Kazantzakis, “When you fight for freedom, you are certainly free”. The political system (together with the mass media) has been exposed as a farce our established politicians as conspirators, our nations have been destroyed by bankers, yet they are the organisations that are tasked with now governing us, and their solutions are leading us into the abyss. What we need is to bring to power a new political party that has at its core values, greater not less democracy, and a political party of law, justice and independence. Does this sound to ‘pie in the sky’? Well if you have a defeatist mind set then it probably does. But there are contemporary examples of this happening, being Iceland, Ecuador (who declared their national debt illegitimate, an odious debt) and others. In answer to the third question let me present to you by way of an answer, a disputed quote familiar to many, attributed to Henry Kissinger. “The Greek people are anarchic and difficult to tame. For this reason we must strike deep into their cultural roots: Perhaps then we can force them to conform. I mean, of course, to strike at their language, their religion, their cultural and historical reserves, so that we can neutralize their ability to develop, to distinguish themselves, or to prevail; thereby removing them as an obstacle to our strategically vital plans in the Balkans, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East.” Now, whether Kissinger said this or not, is not important, what is important is that this, in many ways, is how Hellenism has and is being assailed. So in order to return to ourselves we have to regain what we once had and what we have lost. Because this conflict is not only economic, it is spiritual and both are essential components to the eventual outcome. The spiritual component is essential in guiding us in the right direction to finding a solution. The values of love and kindness will help us to unite as a people, to care for one another to reject hate and fratricide. With love we reject violence and understand the value of justice and the rule of law and can differentiate between law and oppression. A good principle to judge an issue is the Christian principle of “Judge a tree by its fruit”. Additionally to quote Martin Luther King “Darkness can not drive our darkness only light can do that, hate can not drive out hate, only love can do that”. I guess another issue is “Why should I care, I’m too small to make a difference”? Well the recent events concerning the bombing of Syria have shown the power of the (good hearted) individual to make a difference. It clearly was the pressure of the both UK and American constituents that forced politicians to seek a diplomatic way forward in addressing the Syria conflict as opposed to bombing ‘freedom’ into them. Another example is Iceland and how as a united people they rejected the covert economic invasion and occupation of their country and found a way forward that protected their sovereignty and integrity. To quote the Dalai Lama “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito”. In truth you are incredibly important, the solution and liberation of Greece and Cyprus is with you, with all of us, all we need is to get organised. For further information contact EPAM or on facebook Kale Kypros.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 21:51:26 +0000
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