The second place to find nothingness is in loss. It's found in 9/11. We call it ground zero. It's found in joblessness where we feel we're no longer needed or wanted. It's found in grief and in letting go.
The third place where nothingness is found is in moral nothingness. He used the example of Bernie Madoff a sociopath without conscience or guilt who could deceive his friends, family and the charities that depended on him and still somehow manage to look at himself in the mirror. He spoke of Wall Street as part of this nothingness and the nothingness of consumer capitalism, which does not serve us.
Many addicts do not find redemption until they bottom out and find themselves in AA or some other 12-step group and our culture is bottoming out to get rid of the useless junk that no longer matters in order to birth the Christ within us all.
Christianity caught fire because of the morally bankrupt Roman Empire and Occupy Wall Street is the response to our morally bankrupt institutions. When the perplexed exclaim, "But what are their demands?" Fox continued, "OWS's message is much deeper than that." OWS is bearing witness. They are calling to us all to roll up our sleeves and do something. They have caught the fire of moral outrage. They are warriors.
Time to become one with love. Listen to the silence and catch the fire. A lover and a prophet will interfere with that which interferes with love and justice. God is the denial of denial and we must move beyond our collective denial.
America's become a horrible addict. She's addicted to oil, war, murder, TV, mindless entertainment, hatred of the other, violence, junk food, gambling, porn, sex, drugs, alcohol and greed. Did I leave anything out? She's out of control, living in denial and on borrowed time, as all addicts do, and needs an intervention. That's where we come in.
Our political system is broken.
Our financial system is broken.
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