There is a sign in Liberty Plaza proclaiming, "occupy everything" and its sentiment arrives at the essence of the situation. Yes, occupy everything, starting with your own heart. Otherwise, it will be commandeered by the forces of the church, the state, the corporation, the bully on your block, the passive-aggressive friend who is "just here to help", even the demands of your own egoist agendas that bore to indifference the heart of the world and soul of the age. If you don't recognize your humanity, who will? Who is more qualified to occupy your life than you? Who is closer to the situation? Who else is qualified to arrive at an original take of the question at hand?
And you might find the place
to make a stand in the struggle to retake your essential self is in public
space, among throngs of others engaged in likeminded struggle"among others who
have heeded a similar call and thus have arrived in those equally troubled
locations -- the U.S. public arena and the American heart.
Occupy your own heart; the
soul of the world longs for your companionship.
"The question is not
what am I doing in here, but what are you doing out there?"
- Henry David Thoreau
Phil Rockstroh is a poet, lyricist and philosopher bard living in New York City . He may be contacted at: Email address removed Visit Phil's website http://philrockstroh.com / And at FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100...
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