We are all born into a world embroiled in the simultaneously
sounding vibrations of becoming beautiful and dying destructively by the
activities of human hands. We are
born with the potentials of creating and destroying. We choose or become caught in the waves of
power-filled human restrictions and or beauty.
The earth and world around us resound the choices we are making, the
traps we are caught in. Earth and Sky, moaning storms of destruction, rains of weeping and songs of springly
birds, lava pouring new land, and snow melting refreshing waters birthing. This is the poietic way of things.
Human trafficking is
power-filled restriction which traps so many, especially women and children, in devastatingly destructive human activity. To
restrict is to put limit on, to keep under control, to deprive of
freedom.(Oxford Dic.) Its Latin meaning is to “bind fast, to constrain”. (Oxford.
Dic.) Victims of human trafficking are bound and held fast in the global
vibrations of violence which are given permission to flourish by greed and need. Modern day slavery continues to be the most
lucrative business in the global market, demonstrating that greed knows no
restraint! Modern day slavery continues
too, because dominance, having dominion over, remains a powerful story in some cultures and is in need of victimization of others in order to remain a strong enough story for some to believe in the practice of human hierarchy as righteous.
Painfully true too, is the impact of restraint, which is
often constraint. Human beings whom
have suffered oppressive restrictions of domination, even when set free,
struggle with self -constriction. To
constrain is to become/make narrower, to make ourselves smaller. People whom have suffered domination, often
must work really hard to regain the ability to suspect that beauty and
lovingkindness exists within them, can be discovered in the world around them
and is worth the risk of exposing oneself, to be regained as a way of life.
In going to Nepal, I am bringing myself, with what freedom I
have gained, to join in efforts of strengthening women and children recently
unbound from circumstances of human trafficking. I go, knowing that in contributing to healing
and decreasing of constriction, I too will find increased freedom to live more
fully. I will be enriched by the courage
and dignity and determination of Nepali women and children to work to regain a
full sense of their dignity. All of us
contributing to this effort will be enriched by the beauty of these women and
children daring to risk trusting that goodness, kindness, HOPE and LOVE will be
the strongest force in humanity. This is
our greatest human potential, to be HOPE Rising AMIDST humanly generated
vibrations of greed, dominance and destruction.
I go to Nepal with the help of many others, to contribute to
breaking bonds of restrictions and adopted habits of constrictions for the sake
of bringing forth HOPE Rising Amidst the painful Human condition and continued entrapment of habitual human
enslavement.
If you would like to contribute to the dismantling of the
injustice that is Human Trafficking through this effort you may send tax
deductible donations to:
Nepal
C/O Sunset Covenant Church
18555 NW Rock Creek Blvd
Beaverton, Oregon 97229
Or Electronically at(non-tax deductible):
Please join with me
in being HOPE Rising Amidst the painful reality that is human trafficking!
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