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Hope Inflamed<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hope inflamed<\/span>
\nThat which cannot be<\/span>
\nPut out<\/span>
\nWill consume every individual<\/span>
\nTesting their mettle<\/span>
\nForging in feeleds<\/span>
\nJust discovered<\/span>
\nFrom a crucible witch lies unknown <\/span>
\nAlloys forever<\/span>
\nStronger than any metal<\/span>
\nPurely a loan<\/span>
\nNo matter<\/span>
\nHow precious<\/span>
\nOur faith<\/span>
\nIn one<\/span>
\nAnother<\/span>
\nTogether<\/span>
\nWith standing<\/span>
\nThe fiercest heat<\/span>
\nOr the harshest in difference<\/span><\/p>\n

This poem about hope rests on my trust and faith that together humans will rise to any problem that we can experience in this world.\u00a0 I like the Amelia Earhart quote, “Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.”\u00a0 I think that courage, while sometimes rare, is contagious.\u00a0 I think that once one truly experiences peace and freedom, there is little going back.\u00a0 I cite the Arab Spring as an example of a quantum leap forward that may be resisted but cannot be defeated.\u00a0 Human consciousness or awareness is the nexus and seed of all good that springs forth from humankind.\u00a0 Ignorance is the dark side and enemy of such enlightenment.\u00a0 Ignorance and denial are powerful forces in human life, but, I believe, that they are less powerful than human mindfulness and the human spirit unleashed.\u00a0 I see the human spirit as rooted and emanating from a place that is outside, transcendent of worldly power structures.\u00a0 Further, an enlightened soul does not retreat into some other-worldly place, but engages the powers that be in this world, modeling better ways, those rooted in the deepest realities of human experience and being.\u00a0 I am impressed by the sheer existential choice of Buddha to remain in the world to help others rather than blow out into nirvana.\u00a0 This speaks to a state of higher consciousness, transcending self.\u00a0 Similarly, Jesus did not shy away or retreat from the powers that be.\u00a0 Jesus put all of his skin in the game, to the point of death, being crucified as an enemy of the Roman state.\u00a0 Jesus modeled a reality of Pax Christi versus Pax Romana, the difference between shalom and d\u00e9tente, a higher expectation\/hope for the state of human existence on this earth.\u00a0 As Gandhi proclaimed, “Peace is possible” — a revolutionary statement in a world where conventional wisdom is that d\u00e9tente is the highest possible state; or perhaps some dystopia of trying to kill all of your enemies, giving rise to more enemies, resulting in endless war with some perverse patriotism demonizing one another.\u00a0 I will cast my lot with one another together with standing the fiercest heat or the harshest difference.\u00a0 What say you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hope Inflamed Hope inflamed That which cannot be Put out Will consume every individual Testing their mettle Forging in feeleds Just discovered From a crucible witch lies unknown Alloys forever Stronger than any metal Purely a loan No matter How … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,57,9,15],"tags":[483,167,229,198,385,363,598,104,555,411,428,432,115,154,388,24,359,438,168,201,658,110,114,27,601,185,239,718,531,186,547,464,203,389],"class_list":["post-1108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-war","category-peace","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-awareness","tag-consciousness","tag-conventional-wisdom","tag-courage","tag-death","tag-denial","tag-dystopia","tag-enemies","tag-enlightenment","tag-existential","tag-experience","tag-faith","tag-freedom","tag-gandhi","tag-hope","tag-jesus","tag-life","tag-mind","tag-mindfulness","tag-patriotism","tag-poems","tag-power","tag-powers-that-be","tag-protest-poetry","tag-reality","tag-revolution","tag-revolutionary","tag-skin-in-the-game","tag-soul","tag-state","tag-transcendent","tag-trust","tag-war","tag-wisdom"],"yoast_head":"\nPOEM: Hope Inflamed | Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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