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From A Distance
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AS YOU GO ABOUT YOUR AFFAIRS TODAY, even if it’s in a reduced fashion, it is important to avoid aggravating fear. It is Love to recognize that other’s fears should not be challenged by any careless expression of fearlessness which you are experiencing. In other words, it is essential to behave thoughtfully.
Observing and maintaining distance between each other in public settings is the mantra of the day, and the basis of it is self-protection which is acted out as “fear of each other” while trying to behave with some sort of normalcy. But there is another form of distancing, one familiar to almost everyone, which is called for today.
The following lyrics by Bette Midler express this different form of “distancing” — one which is the opposite of defense or self-protection. It is a sweet reminder, a gentle way of remembering how to be Love and how to be transformationally loving — and most of all making peace your goal so that everything may begin to look like peace.
This distancing is the means of joining in defenselessness and unity — a fearless way of being together instead of a fearful way of being together apart.
Rajpur
Kingston, Washington
March 21st, 2020
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From A Distance
~~Bette Midler~~
From a distance the world looks blue and green
And the snow capped mountains white
From a distance the ocean meets the stream
And the eagle takes to flight.
From a distance there is harmony
And it echoes through the land
It’s the voice of hope
It’s the voice of peace
It’s the voice of every man.
From a distance we all have enough
And no one is in need
And there are no guns, no bombs and no disease
No hungry mouths to feed.
From a distance we are instruments
Marching in a common band
Playing songs of hope
Playing songs of peace
They are the songs of every man.
God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us from a distance.
From a distance you look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance I just cannot comprehend
What all this fightings for
From . . .
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