Heal the Heart
Creating an Open, Connected and Loving World™
Dear parent, teacher, student, world leader, policy maker, business person, social worker, to all of us citizens of the world,
During my life of more than six decades, I've seen and experienced many forms of brutality, both obvious and more subtle. I've seen and experienced brutality from parents toward their own children, the rich toward the poor, one skin color against others, and many other forms. I've also seen the reverse of each one of these and violence in each group against others in the same group. This violence is endemic on individual, group, and institutional levels.
Humanity has been brave enough to evolve communication tools that today show us, in real time, the extent of our own brutality. We see up close that the human heart is in pain, and we all know it now!
In contemplating this terrible condition I find that the seed of humanity's misery is hidden in the heart A clear vision communicates that the contemplation of one's heart is where humanity finds the peace that forgives, heals and brings compassion.
Therefore, the challenge facing all of us, individually and collectively, adults and children, rich and poor, people of all skin colors, and everyone everywhere is to take the first step toward acknowledging that our heart is in pain before we point the finger at one another.
Throughout the centuries, we all have allowed dehumanization, and now it must end.
Now we must come together and organize and build upon our existing education institutional infrastructure and communication technological resources to do the systemic work that we have at hand. We must facilitate listening and dialoguing with one another, those different than us, and, especially, our children and we must use the resulting information as the basis to make the education process relevant. To be more exact, this must be the heart of the education process. We know it, and we can make it happen!
Copyright (c) Aura Camacho-Maas, 2016. All rights reserved.
During my life of more than six decades, I've seen and experienced many forms of brutality, both obvious and more subtle. I've seen and experienced brutality from parents toward their own children, the rich toward the poor, one skin color against others, and many other forms. I've also seen the reverse of each one of these and violence in each group against others in the same group. This violence is endemic on individual, group, and institutional levels.
Humanity has been brave enough to evolve communication tools that today show us, in real time, the extent of our own brutality. We see up close that the human heart is in pain, and we all know it now!
In contemplating this terrible condition I find that the seed of humanity's misery is hidden in the heart A clear vision communicates that the contemplation of one's heart is where humanity finds the peace that forgives, heals and brings compassion.
Therefore, the challenge facing all of us, individually and collectively, adults and children, rich and poor, people of all skin colors, and everyone everywhere is to take the first step toward acknowledging that our heart is in pain before we point the finger at one another.
Throughout the centuries, we all have allowed dehumanization, and now it must end.
Now we must come together and organize and build upon our existing education institutional infrastructure and communication technological resources to do the systemic work that we have at hand. We must facilitate listening and dialoguing with one another, those different than us, and, especially, our children and we must use the resulting information as the basis to make the education process relevant. To be more exact, this must be the heart of the education process. We know it, and we can make it happen!
Copyright (c) Aura Camacho-Maas, 2016. All rights reserved.
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"We must address the pain that fills us with a heart of stone instead of a heart of flesh." From Ezekiel 11:19 President Barack Obama. |
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"Our task is the healing of the Heart. The future follows." Aura Camacho-Maas |
A Call for Action
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