19.10.25 - 296 - At war

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BG 3.30 - Devoid of the fever of the soul, engage in battle by dedicating all actions to Me, with (your) mind intent on the Self, and becoming free from expectations and egoism.

BG 8.7 - Therefore, think of Me at all times and fight. There is no doubt that by dedicating your mind and intellect to Me, you will attain Me alone.

What is the war which we battle? 

Specifically, I do battle to enable children to be free from a cruel, contorting educational system which insists that exams and tests are the way in which education should be conducted. Steiner says education is for the development of the human being which is free. Free to do what they need to do. They should not be bent to the will of a system which will enslave them. I also do Forest School. And that I need to do more of. And the Salmon of Wisdom work I'm doing with Siuban.

So that is my own battle. That is easy to fight daily. Well, it's not easy, but I do that. For a very long time, for years I have chosen jobs which have let me do that... that everyday is a good fight. 

I battle not feeling and being discouraged by the injustices which innocent people have to face everyday.

This currently is the most miserable battle I face - seeing the idiocy and unethical behaviours of others inflicted on children. It's untenable.

This battle I will fight by helping to bear witness - but not to the extent where I end up being transfixed by the horror. The thing is that, if you are a student of history, you will know that there is no floor to man's depravity. You just hoped that maybe, just maybe this was bred out of us after all this time. But no, no. No we are sadly still mostly stuck in the hediousness. For that I bear witness.

Those are the two biggest things. And then it is important that I do things which nourish myself - and that is the running and the writing and the drawing and the piano playing. And the New Moon work.

Right I should try and organise things. I will journal a bit and then organise... I have an hour and a half...

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