Something to Remember...

[Joe]

Came across this, which I think is from the 'Dear Universe' book by Yolo Akili, and thought it was very true, something to remember for sure, and maybe even a motto for this forum.

Remember: Oppression thrives off isolation. Connection is the only thing that can save you.

Remember: Oppression thrives on superficiality. Honesty about your struggles is the key to your liberation.

Remember: Your story can help save someone's life. Your silence contributes to someone else's struggle. Speak so we all can be free. Love so we all can be liberated. The moment is now. We need you.

 

[casper]

Beautiful motto for the Forum, IMO it should be put into each new welcoming message to new member of the forum :)

 

[Deleted member 11729]

Came across this, which I think is from the 'Dear Universe' book by Yolo Akili, and thought it was very true, something to remember for sure, and maybe even a motto for this forum.

Remember: Oppression thrives off isolation. Connection is the only thing that can save you.

Remember: Oppression thrives on superficiality. Honesty about your struggles is the key to your liberation.

Remember: Your story can help save someone's life. Your silence contributes to someone else's struggle. Speak so we all can be free. Love so we all can be liberated. The moment is now. We need you.

yea ...

( but .... when it hurts a lot it is hard to talk .... when it is over it hurts to "remember" it again )

 

[Deleted member 11729]

Beautiful motto for the Forum, IMO it should be put into each new welcoming message to new member of the forum :)

I think so ... specially this part of sharing your experiences ... for me it took me a months to realize that I am not really bothering anyone here, if I share my painful experience with people ... but still, even though I understand, I even more understand how we are programed to swallow that pain and move on silently, as we are sick of judgment, misinterpretation, blame, pithiness etc all that things that outer world will pile on us if we stand up and cry for help ... I am stile quite closed, I am still quite afraid to do that, to share ... to open up share seek for help and through that learn how to be able to offer help and compassion to others ... but I am grateful for all I am learning from here ... and I hope that change in me, even silent, without words, but in my approach to everyday life little things, can some how make this world better place ...

 

[BHelmet]

Came across this, which I think is from the 'Dear Universe' book by Yolo Akili, and thought it was very true, something to remember for sure, and maybe even a motto for this forum.

Remember: Oppression thrives off isolation. Connection is the only thing that can save you.

Remember: Oppression thrives on superficiality. Honesty about your struggles is the key to your liberation.

Remember: Your story can help save someone's life. Your silence contributes to someone else's struggle. Speak so we all can be free. Love so we all can be liberated. The moment is now. We need you.

Good stuff. Last week I was judging a speech and debate event at the U of Oregon. As I walked around from classroom to classroom, I was in a good mood and projecting a positive sense of being and would look at everyone I passed. NOBODY looked at me or made eye contact - not so much as a nod or a smile. Everybody was in a bubble, whether it was in their own 'personal space', self-involved in their head trips or locked into their hand held gizmos, phones. There just was zero personal contact or acknowledgement of the existence of the others around. No connection between people.

So, isolation? Check. Superficiality? Check. No sharing? Check. It was way creepy. Sort of like living in a bad sci-fi movie.

 

[sairie]

Came across this, which I think is from the 'Dear Universe' book by Yolo Akili, and thought it was very true, something to remember for sure, and maybe even a motto for this forum.

Remember: Oppression thrives off isolation. Connection is the only thing that can save you.

Remember: Oppression thrives on superficiality. Honesty about your struggles is the key to your liberation.

Remember: Your story can help save someone's life. Your silence contributes to someone else's struggle. Speak so we all can be free. Love so we all can be liberated. The moment is now. We need you.

Thank you Joe, this is just what I needed to read today.

 

[Yupo]

So, isolation? Check. Superficiality? Check. No sharing? Check. It was way creepy. Sort of like living in a bad sci-fi movie.

This is the state of things, everywhere. What is sad is that some very lonely, sensitive people take it personally. I wonder if depression and suicidal thoughts are increasing in relation to our level of digital 'connectedness'.
Connectedness being anything but being connected! Another expression that is twisted (to me) is 'web presence'.
Not present at all!

 

[Rich]

yea ...

( but .... when it hurts a lot it is hard to talk .... when it is over it hurts to "remember" it again )

Yeah, that's true and sometimes before you know it, something else comes along...

 

[Arwenn]

Came across this, which I think is from the 'Dear Universe' book by Yolo Akili, and thought it was very true, something to remember for sure, and maybe even a motto for this forum.

Remember: Oppression thrives off isolation. Connection is the only thing that can save you.

Remember: Oppression thrives on superficiality. Honesty about your struggles is the key to your liberation.

Remember: Your story can help save someone's life. Your silence contributes to someone else's struggle. Speak so we all can be free. Love so we all can be liberated. The moment is now. We need you.

Thanks for posting this Joe, it is really beautiful. All of those things basically spell out NETWORKING- connection, honesty, sharing and tolerance. I think it would be lovely to add it to our welcome message.

 

[Cleo]

Came across this, which I think is from the 'Dear Universe' book by Yolo Akili, and thought it was very true, something to remember for sure, and maybe even a motto for this forum.

Remember: Oppression thrives off isolation. Connection is the only thing that can save you.

Remember: Oppression thrives on superficiality. Honesty about your struggles is the key to your liberation.

Remember: Your story can help save someone's life. Your silence contributes to someone else's struggle. Speak so we all can be free. Love so we all can be liberated. The moment is now. We need you.

Thank you Joe, this is just what I needed to read today.

Here too, powerful words...thanks for sharing!

 

[neema]

Came across this, which I think is from the 'Dear Universe' book by Yolo Akili, and thought it was very true, something to remember for sure, and maybe even a motto for this forum.

Remember: Oppression thrives off isolation. Connection is the only thing that can save you.

Remember: Oppression thrives on superficiality. Honesty about your struggles is the key to your liberation.

Remember: Your story can help save someone's life. Your silence contributes to someone else's struggle. Speak so we all can be free. Love so we all can be liberated. The moment is now. We need you.

Thank you Joe, this is just what I needed to read today.

Here too, powerful words...thanks for sharing!

I third that. I also needed to read that today.
It is a very beautiful and powerful statement.
Thanks Joe.

 

[Marina9]

Came across this, which I think is from the 'Dear Universe' book by Yolo Akili, and thought it was very true, something to remember for sure, and maybe even a motto for this forum.

Remember: Oppression thrives off isolation. Connection is the only thing that can save you.

Remember: Oppression thrives on superficiality. Honesty about your struggles is the key to your liberation.

Remember: Your story can help save someone's life. Your silence contributes to someone else's struggle. Speak so we all can be free. Love so we all can be liberated. The moment is now. We need you.

Thank you Joe, this is just what I needed to read today.

Here too, powerful words...thanks for sharing!

Same here. After a couple of days where i've been a little bit down, this are very nice words to keep in mind Joe, thanks a lot for sharing :)

 

[beetlemaniac]

Came across this, which I think is from the 'Dear Universe' book by Yolo Akili, and thought it was very true, something to remember for sure, and maybe even a motto for this forum.

Remember: Oppression thrives off isolation. Connection is the only thing that can save you.

Remember: Oppression thrives on superficiality. Honesty about your struggles is the key to your liberation.

Remember: Your story can help save someone's life. Your silence contributes to someone else's struggle. Speak so we all can be free. Love so we all can be liberated. The moment is now. We need you.

Oppression would also thrive when one is disconnected from one's own feelings -- it can be a very common occurence in this day and age of forced schedules, forced ideas, forced thoughts and forced feelings. What better way to access feeling than to interact with others on a daily basis? However it's not as clear-cut as it seems due to our own programming and false beliefs, we sometimes tend to allow other's feelings to override ours. Drowned out in the soup of the feelings of others and various environmental toxicants, people with thin boundaries tend to take longer to identify their own feelings and learn how to express them authentically, constantly mired in self-doubt, self-negation or the opposite, self-importance and an inflated sense of self.

 

[Nicholas]

Very timely post Joe! Those are some really great words to remember and to repeat to myself. Thank you.

 

[T.C.]

Thanks for sharing that with us, Joe.