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My spirituality saves me every day
We all need a place to heal while witnessing horror
I have always felt deep grief for injustice committed near or far, whether it was the killing of George Floyd or the Iraq War, human trafficking or the global refugee crisis. I remember standing alone in front of the State Government office in Hackensack, NJ with a sign “War creates Terrorism” right before the Iraq War, and my photo appeared in our county’s newspaper. I got so many calls from friends who said: why would you do that? 15 Million people marched around the globe and the powers (the Matrix) that control everything did not listen!
Just as today, a live genocide is taking place on our daily screens, as a nation that had been brutally occupied for decades is subjected to a level of brutality unheard of in the 21st century. As our hearts explode with pain and rage, we see dead silence, apathy and even encouragement on official media, by politicians, by corporations (who have the most to benefit from this land and resources grab), by academia, and on and on. There is no shared humanity. There are no human rights. There is no international law. There is only might and greed. So as I joked to my friends, what saves me from imploding with rage and grief is my spirituality and Coke Studio of Pakistan!
