Yes, it is another Easter as last Sunday was Easter in the Orthodox communion. This highlights the division in the Christian world with different communions of the one faith celebrating Easter at different times. Such is division in our world.
We see the Syrias of our world, politics in the USA, wars and barbarism in the name of religion and so we can see that world peace is obviously still as far away as it was at anytime in human history.
Why don't we learn from history? Why don't we learn from our mistakes? Why do we keep doing the same things when we know that they don't work and even worse when we know the destructive impact of doing the same things?
I live in a Thailand where I see rising levels of violence. At work, we hired a new manager and the outcome was just totally unpredictable. Within a month of being employed, he hated his staff because they did not treat him in ways demanded by his culture. He was full of hurt and anger and expressed his hatred and contempt for staff because of what I would describe as simple experiences that he judged to be offensive. My experience of his response to staff was one of violence.
Anger and hurt are human feelings They are not destined to create more violence but still violence happens everywhere. If we want to explain the Syrias and the state of our world, I guess we don't look further than ourselves. Living here, another ingredient I see is that people just do not take responsibility for their actions nor does their system encourage them to do so. What I then learn here is that violence rises rampantly where no one takes responsibility for their actions and feelings for this results in ones not acting for good change to better life and our lot in it. So violence is destined to continue and rise.
Easter is about transformation, radical change. Happy Easter!
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