WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS THE PROBLEM. It doesn't matter whether we are talking about prosecutors or police officers. If a ruthless person has the job: THE JOB DESCRIPTION, THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, THE POLICY AND PROCEDURE NONE OF IT WILL MATTER.
A person must be a true police officer in their heart before that can keep a community safe. A person must be a true prosecutor in their heart before they can achieve True Justice.
It is the people who matter: not the policy, and not the system.
Making Better People
We must understand that we will not have a better society until we make better people. So, if we are serious about True Justice and ending racism, we better focus on making better people.
First, this means not placing people in positions of authority that they are not equipped to properly execute. Second, this means healing the trauma that exists out there, that we know we can heal. And lastly, it comes down to implementing as a social imperative the Commandments of the Yoga Sutras and the Ten Commandments that we strive to develop:
Harmlessness, instead of Harmfulness
Truth to all beings, instead of Lies
Abstention from Theft, instead of Stealing
Self-control, instead of License
Abstention from Greed, instead of Greed
This is the only sure path to health, peace and justice.
[i] Keyserling, Creative Understanding at 203-204.
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