One Last Plea
Every human being is worthy of mercy and to be free from abuse regardless of their health choices
Love, mercy, and rebirth come through the Spirit of Christmas. Deepening on this: How can we grow closer to God through one another? We each have opportunities to release parts of the material world that may not serve us and explore the spiritual realm that awaits—and already exists.
Regarding the material, many people who are unvaccinated for Covid-19 are feeling estranged from their local communities and on an international scale. Any research outside of the present-day orthodoxy is often labeled "misinformation." While I agree that there may be content out there corrupted by agendas, it seems lacking in mercy and in spirit to deem someone's experience or someone's expert opinion invalid. It is my hope that communities can explore ways to come together more wholly, at least on a soul level.
During a time of fear, it's understandable that there would also be a heightened desire for safety. The virus has caused so much suffering, and we are grappling with a lot. There are concerns for the sanctity of our bodies, of our minds, and of our souls. Immersed in a culture of suspicion and abuse, none of us are immune to the human condition. I'm but one person, and with humility, I don't have all the answers that many are searching for. Though I do wonder if greater unity can be co-created by acknowledging a fellow human's perspective as part of the big picture even if they choose or perceive differently—a unity in diversity of thought.
“The fact that we imagine ourselves to be right and everybody else wrong is the greatest of all obstacles in the path towards unity, and unity is necessary if we would reach truth, for truth is one.”
—‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks
Many doctors, nurses, and scientists who hold opinions outside the orthodoxy of how to manage the pandemic have been on the receiving end of aggressive language for well over a year. Some doctors have even lost their licenses for speaking their consciences and expressing their expertise. Meanwhile, thousands of women, men, and children (such as 13-year-old Maddie de Garay) have been injured by a vaccine, some of whom stepped forward bravely in the early trials. Brianne Dressen described what it’s like to suffer adverse reactions and be widely dismissed: "We’re not seen. We’re not people. We’re invisible.”
They have woken up every day for months on end to dehumanizing, threatening rhetoric including death wishes in the place of affirmation and compassion. Some still aren't getting the healthcare they need. And some of these dear people grew to feel so lonely and hopeless that they have committed suicide.
Many are afraid. Sadly, not all are being respected or given the same level of support. Every human being is worthy of mercy and to be free from abuse regardless of their health choices. The human needs to be seen, heard, and believed are the bare minimum, and having social support is essential to both mental and physical health.
“Much of the discord and disunion of the world is created by these man-made oppositions and contradictions. If religion were in harmony with science and they walked together, much of the hatred and bitterness now bringing misery to the human race would be at an end.”
—‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks
This is an offering, likely my last for a while, to encourage openness to the breadth of science—and by extension to our common humanity. Part of the human experience, and science itself, is embracing the unknown. If the goal is to reach everyone and heal the collective, it might help, particularly for leaders even on the local level, to know one's audience, speak to a wide range of concerns, and be open to more questions. In the new year, perhaps more of us could explore ways of opening up the conversation to pave the way to a more just, peaceful future—welcoming the union of science and spirit, beckoning the creation of divine justice, and encouraging each person’s independent investigation of truth.
For consideration, the testimony of Dr. Christina Parks on the new vaccines, the implications of medical segregation on the Black community and on the human family as a whole is here, and a video of Aborigines sending out an SOS about the inhumane conditions at quarantine camps in Australia is here.
How can we do better? Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing Charles Eisenstein, who is the author of "The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible" and of the essay “Mob Morality and the Unvaxxed” among other works. We discuss how the delusion of dehumanization can cloud one's ability to see the truth and how we might break free from the old story of separation for good. I invite you to listen to our conversation here on my podcast “Leaving the Left for Liberty.” Also, the film I co-created with Free the People, "Real Unity," envisions a natural world of unity in diversity of thought through the metaphor that we are all flowers of one garden.
Hopefully these resources and those linked in previous paragraphs can shine a light on somewhat suppressed parts of the big picture. In the new year, I’m setting an intention to take a break from writing articles about societal issues. Subscribe to my Substack and to youtube.com/freethepeople to get notified of new episodes of my podcast with dissidents in the Western World. And feel free to reach out with any ideas for how to open up conversations around the pandemic in the quest for justice and peace on Earth.
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A longer version of this article was published here: https://freethepeople.org/the-delusion-of-dehumanizing-the-unvaccinated-and-the-vaccine-injured/