photo credit: Aaron Springston
Mark Twain had a lot to say about human nature. He supposedly said that a lie can travel around the globe while the truth is still putting on its boots. As if to prove the point, he probably never said any such thing! Today we are wondering how lies have ensnared so many people. There is a belief that mainstream media is in cahoots to fool us all, and, sure enough, we all know of instances when the media have manipulated us. If someone believes that The Christian Science Monitor is part of the mainstream media plot to feed us lies, it’s very difficult to point to Reuters and The Associated Press as proof that the Monitor is reporting facts. If someone believes that Epoch Times and One America News are telling the truth, they can back it up by pointing to Fox opinions and thousands of youtube videos by Q-Anon adherents to prove that their version of the news is fact. Opinions and belief have deeply sunk their barbs into our society. In the past, I’ve said that I try not to have strong opinions because they close my mind to everything else. If this is true, closed minds can be opened by releasing damaging beliefs. I love this statement I read today: “The term ‘golden bridge’ comes from Sun Tzu, the great strategist and author of The Art of War, who said, ‘Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.’ In the military setting, golden bridges are a way to encourage a losing adversary to leave peacefully rather than fight to the death.” Perhaps I just love the way this sounds: golden bridge. I’m going to hold that image while joining with my loving, compassionate brothers and sisters in this journey to truth.
"One moment of divine consciousness, or the spiritual understanding of Life and Love, is a foretaste of eternity." Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 598:23
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