Master or Slave

Sitting in a coffeehouse and watch the people go by. Next to me the newspaper and I just read again of so many negative things going on in the world. Well, I know the press loves to write more then ever about negative things, but I do wonder. 
Wonder about all the reasons why things happen the way they do. Seems the world again is going more down then up and more in dark times then sunny times. Is this actually logical?
Do we need the bad times again and again to remember us what we should change and what we do?
Why can't we go the easy way? Or is it the easy way we think and then remember that the negative way is the hardest step to take? 
Do we now pay for all the last years were we loved to ignore to make it right. I mean let's face it. History is written in our books over and over again and lies are on our way. To many lies and to many wrong faces. 
How come that we can't leave hate behind? How come that we still have man with fascist mind? How come that all the extreme religion organizations can still tell people what to think and do? 
We never really took the enemy for real after they have lost. To many did go on with their life without any harm to them or even punishment. 
So how come after all the terrible things that have happened that we still are on the same road?
Don't they always say that life does change after those things?

The truth is, no matter how many terrible things may happen it does not mean that people change or do the real change. But why? 
Yes most believe, truly believe the are going to but then the every day life comes to you and time passes by and suddenly you're so far away from what you wanted once and many forgot or have hide it somewhere back in their memories what had to be done. 
Is it the fear, is it the unknown of the new times? Or are we just to lazy or is it that mankind is very good in telling them self a lie and giving reason not to do it today but still telling their must be a change?

So yes, we pay for all the things we have never done and all the things our parents have never done and our grandmothers and - fathers. But now some of you may say it's not their fault it's the politics fault and the industry and the rich man and the banks and the minister who lied to you. 
And you, you did not do anything to make this happen? Well you did. Now some may say what can a man, a single man do against those big, big lobby?
You can stand up and have courage. 
Isn't it crazy in next to every miracle, in every child story, every movie or TV show you can see that it is possible to stand up. You've ben thought but why don't you follow, if you do follow all the wrong things easy? 
Is it really that easy? Or have the BIG once the power and drag you in in the way they want you to be? To be lonely, afraid, unknown of your own potential or have most of us just become victims of our self? 
Why do many think we are so helpless, if we are not. Why do we close our eyes, if it would be better to have them open and know where you sett your steps?
Is it because mankind has thought them self the fair into blood? Is it that mankind has learned to fight a war instead of building up a home for everyone. Has mankind learned to much to kill and to close the mind over the truth? 
What truth? The truth, that is it not the fault of an organization or a BIG thing, it is.... human being are doing it. In good and in worse. 
But the test of power, the devil power seems more worth for too many. To stay blind is also for too many a way they choose and say they are just a victim and can't change. 
It's a lie but we like the lie.
Most do, dont they?
That's why we have new man with fascist mind, new man who build the bombs, new man who likes to see children starve to dead, new man to keep and blind eye on things wish never should happen to anyone or anything els who lives. 

So sad and it is easy to get angry about the fact that people like to be stubborn and stupid. But it never helps to be angry, it never helps to kill, it never helps to fight with the same weapon the enemy has. It never did and never will. 

Well, we all now this but then we forgot. It's like the silence who is around you and like the dead. We know and then forgot. Forget it every time we've remembered. 
So we don't need to think about it but most of our acting has to do with it. We do our choices known or unknown we always do. It is actually impossible to not make a choice so no one can say it's the fault of another one but we can tell the truth of compromises we took and take. We can see what we do and mostly we know where this will lead us. 
So how do we get our self to leave the path of lies?
Because all the lies have lead to far to many wars, to religions who made people stay stupid and telling things which are in no way what the most religion books are telling and after all you have a responsibility no one can take away from you, not even the priest or the politic man or or or. 
And while we all should know that each of us is equal and should have the same rights, we far to often make it otherwise. Most even think we are better then animals, but far to many are worse then them. But am I telling you something new? No. 

But are we Master or Slave in this game of life?
Is it about that? No.
It is surly not to take a side. Even know it may feel like this sometimes.
So it is a choice between our dark side inside us or the other side. We have both side in us, which is naturally cos like we all know if there is sun, there is shadow but we have a choice how big the shadow will be and how we will live. 

Above all this there is the question how to reach those who are not awake? Or should I ask you can we reach them? For we know very well that blind people are not to reach, no matter what we do. An extremist will never listen to you. The politic never cares about you and the industry owner will only listen to money or something else then you. 

So that means we can't do anything about the war regions? Well, actually never in the way we used to.
Meaning? There is a chance for change but it will not only take time, we believe we don't have and will cost a lot of lifes. 
Yes, many will die and many will be harmed at the end many will leave our way and be hurt. Seems mankind need this pain to really say yes to change in real. 
Lots of victims have been on our ways to change things in all the time we know about. Since we know and get to know our past with archeology we know the offerings, the pain, the mistakes and the dark sides, but also many good success and beautiful things have come to us. With this knowledge we can say that in our future there is a positive change possible if we really try and start with our own life. 
Hope. Yes, there is hope after all but for many people help will come to late and in some areas in the world peace will be a strange word for the next years too. 
Its human who do all the bad things and humans who do all the good things. 

To get awake and start living a life which includes others in love and peace is maybe a hard and painful way but nevertheless more then ever what we need if we will have a future. Just now many people are good in forgetting to make a good future and protest against each other and have connections which I remember we had long ago too and were so wrong and are it today too. Just remember the communist where working together with the fascist in their beginning and now the muslim are working with the nazis and all seem to forget that in their hate against another group their hate each other as well and will kill if the time is right. 
A mother will wonder why her child did say yes to such cruel thing and the father can only answer that the kid is blind. 
This has by the way nothing to do with god, it is human kind who did and do. 
So which side are you on?
And again... This is not the question. It is what way will you give to yourself and others to live by? No one needs to judge another man, but we do and forget that we don't see the whole truth. Things have become very complicated although it is very easy in the same time. 
Actually it is just to decide. 
That's the challenge. Thats the hope. 
And that was a blog with not a special topic but with a topic to include many happenings inside. 
I had the feeling that this is needed as we read of hate crime, of nazis and blind people because religion made them blind and of hate because people have learned hate to long and forgot that there is indeed an other way to live a life. I felt that we should really try to focus on the positive things we can do and live up to. Then we have a chance. There is still good things in the world which are worth to fight for, to open your eyes for to open your mind for. You have the courage inside you. Everyone has it. Just remember. Remember what you know inside you. The time for the next change has long ago arrived and if mankind will come to a better future we have to stand up and focus on the good things and remember. Use the good part of your ego and stop feeding the bad part. Stop feeding people who have loved their ego to much and only listen to the power of their own ego which exclude everyone and is at any cost to survive. 
Remember they are only people. Just like we. They only have the power because of you. Fight against them now? No. Fight for what you want! Ignore them as possible. Concentrate yourself on things you can affect. Start with yourself. Love yourself and forgive yourself for the past and let it go. Yes we have to let the past go. No matter what, there is no reason to keep on with it. It's actually stupid to keep on with the past cos you can't change it, but you can change the future by thinking the right things now. Who has began is unimportant and everyone who says it is is wrong. It's the past. Yes we got hurt. Yes we lost. Well make it better now. Let the mistakes teach you to do it the other way. The way of love and peace and respect. Trying to find those who are responsible for all the things in the past and the situation now is like trying to tell your toe that it is his fault that you went the wrong way. Because it was you and only you who did and nothing is wrong but we do mistakes. So stop saying you can't do it because you can but maybe you won't. Yes I am sorry if someone is telling you that you in that case have no right to grumble about your situation, because it is your own fault. So seeking the fault at others is in that way hilarious. 
Again, there is hope. Just remember. You can do it. 

LOVE & LIGHT

CSD- Christopher Street Day... Do we really need it?

Do we really think the CSD is needed? Is it not just a Street Party with crazy people running around half naked? Does people on the boardwalk understand what it is about? Does they see what these gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transexuals are talkin' about? It's so much music, so much party, so much alcohol.... Can we take this earnest? Has this demonstration lost it's sense? 
Let's take a deeper look....:-)
Yes there are a lot of people comin' year after year to party, to show fetish, to show skin, to show themself and to be in drag, but also we have a lot of people comin' just as they are. Normal clothes and attitude. So, should only they come, because they have the better attitude? I think both is necessary. The Christopher Street Day is about diversity. 
You don't see it, because you think it's just a commerce. The venture of just white people, or the venture with just the leather fetish people or all those crazy drags... Well, look deeper and see who is walkin' then you'll see we have diversity... you don't believe it and go to the alternative CSD? Well, what I saw there was less diversity and acceptance then on the commerce CSD. The most were dressed in black and looked unfriendly when we ( me and some friends) colorful people came and they preach tolerance to everyone and call the commerce CSD intolerant. Well, seemed to be the other way around, which does not mean that everything is just nice and better on the commerce CSD. 
Yes they do drink a lot alcohol, and some come just to party, without thinkin' about why we have the CSD what we want to tell with this parade of joy. And yes a lot of people/ viewers don't really realize that this is not only a party train and you're right when you say that many don't know the real problem these gay and lesbians and transexuals have been through and still going through. 
So is the CSD too less political... well, there was a time when the CSD was more a commerce party then political demonstration, but that has changed again... It became more and more visible again, that we have a lot to fight for... still ...and that the end of the street is far away.  Not only in other countries our brothers and sisters have problem to stay alive or too be the way they are, because if they would be so open like we in germany they would be killed or had to fly...or in other countries speaking about being gay is forbidden or you get slashed... hanged or simple does not exist anymore. You know, in some countries they say gays does not exist, it's just a disease of the western world or only the problem of white people.
And women who love women just need the right man to turn around, also against the will of them.
Violence is often a common experience. An experience we know here too in Germany.

But the western world is still not that open and ready and free and enlightened as we used to say. 
Just take a look at the laws and then the behavior of the folks... And then the homosexual, bisexual and transexual self are still fighting with self- confidence with the right way to live and to love and to work and to accept themself.
So these demonstration is to show proud, way of livings, different kinds of families, hopes, wishes and calls of what we need or think should change in law or the thinking of the people... 

BUT do they have to party that much? Does it not harm all the ideas, all the fight?
WELL, NO. Because to party was always a part of the CSD. It was also to show that celebrating the life is part of being proud and showing that we are worth to be love and worth to be listen, worth to be accepted. That gays and lesbians and their friends will stop being victims. 
And then MUSIC has always be a part of any demonstration... Music helps to keep the people together, to make them strong, to say to the viewers and addressee that we are here and wont be silent and wont stop till we've got what we want. May it be a singing, may it be a trumpet, may it be a dance.... A demonstration would not be that strong without music... just look in the history of demonstration on the streets! Since we know about them, they all have some kind of music. 

But all those naked people or all those fetish people...must this be???
Well, must it be? There is no need for that--- you're right but then with the fetish people... this was from the beginning part of the CSD too, to show diversity, that they are sometimes like the stereotype people have -but also different to this. That the world is bigger than the little mans thinkin'... a chance to brighten your view, which I must confess still too less people take. 
And those naked people--- mmh, like I wrote- some people don't take it so earnest and some of them have an very free interpretation and just want to shock. Nothing agains nudity from my side, but I do think maybe far too many try to abuse demonstration like these for their behavior. 
To say them to stay out of the party? I am afraid, we are "a free world", but maybe we can try to make them understand, if they want to be naked on street, they can try to make their own party... we should tell them that this has nothing to do with politic, just being naked. And if they really want to be political as a nude then they have to show it with posters, with signs... but being just naked... thank you but thank you no.... !

The sad truth is that the press likes these people and also all those "crazy" and funny stuff you'll see and  the more mad it seems, the better they think it is.... sad 'cos once a part of the press used to write "right" about it. 
But with the change of everything we have from time to time and because nothing stays the same, I have hope that more and more people learn to understand, learn to accept, learn to see and learn to save lives and love.... and open their minds and souls... Am sure this will take time, but if nobody would be on the streets telling that gays and lesbians, transexuals and bisexuals exist... how could we change our point of view, if no one is showing us other ways..?

LOVE & LIGHT