MLK,
Since I can tell the difference
between Disembodied Language (DL) and Embodied Language (EL), I want you to know
– on Martin Luther King Day – that the reverend, like you, only knows about DL.
I listened to his entire speech on Democracy Now. I object to his bombastic,
acted, phony, manipulative way of talking, which, in my opinion, has always
been the real problem, but nobody wants to address it.
Let’s look at some of the things he
said. The very fact that MLK talked politics, shows that he wasn’t into EL, but
into DL, as all political discourse is DL. Supposedly, politics and power, is
more important than EL, but it isn’t and that is exactly, why things are still
as bad as they are today. MLK continuously speaks about we, as he is addressing
the group of people, who believes in his dream. However, in EL, there is no
group to be addressed. The only group which is addressed by anyone who engages
in EL, is the one people inevitably create, due to their DL. It doesn’t matter
what belief or ideal they have, as all those who believe to belong to groups,
are out of touch with themselves. Moreover, MLK pitted us versus them. Everyone
who celebrates his legacy, does exactly
the same. Nothing has really changed!
MLK challenges other so-called
leaders, but those who have EL, don’t care about leaders, as they don’t believe
in any power higher than themselves. MLK claims to know the truth, because he
is a man of God, but anyone who has EL, knows such religious mumbo-jumbo has always
prevented us from living our lives as individuals. I don’t talk about American
foreign policy here, but refer to the fact that we either engage in DL or EL,
as I hear the difference. You could hear the difference too, if you listened.
Wars are the inevitable
consequences of our usual way of talking, which is DL, but MLK, like everyone
else, engages in DL, while pretending to have EL, by “giving a voice to the
voiceless”. MLK, like so many others, pits the wealthy against the poor, but he
is unable to recognize, that the real issue is whether we engage in DL or in
EL. MLK never promoted EL, but advocated struggle and struggle is the very essence of DL.
MLK insist “this madness must
cease” and “we must stop now”, but never acknowledges the irrefutable fact, that
each of us must stop our DL. One doesn’t stop one’s DL by claiming that one is “a
child of God” or “a brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam”. One continues to
have DL, by pretending to “speak for those whose land is being laid waste,
whose homes are being destroyed, whose culture is being subverted.” In DL, one
deludes oneself into believing that one does something “for the poor of
America, who are paying the double price of smashed hopes at home and death and
corruption in Vietnam.” In DL, one ridiculously claims to “speak as a citizen
of the world, for the world as it stands aghast at the path we have taken.” In
EL, by contrast, one creates and lives in one’s own world. Once we have ongoing EL,
we have stopped the war that is fought with our words. Stopping that treacherous war
is far more important than preventing soldiers from dying in battle. Once that war has been stopped, there will be no battle.
Also
“the great Buddhist leaders of Vietnam” have never addressed DL. They are too concerned
about their power within the Vietnamese culture. To me, as someone with ongoing
EL, America is not the “the image of revolution, freedom and democracy”, but the
country of transcending every form of tribalism. Supposedly, we are still in a battle
for the soul of this nation, but the
real issue is, whether we are going to recognize the great difference between DL
and EL.
It is hard to come to terms with
the facts, but MLK was just another zealot, a fanatic, who believed that religion
would save us from disaster. It didn’t and it couldn’t, as something totally
different was needed. He says “we must continue to raise our voices and our
lives if our nation persists in its perverse ways in Vietnam.” In DL, people raise
their voice or try to be heard. According
to MLK “We must be prepared to match actions with words by seeking out every
creative method of protest possible.” How about listening to ourselves while we
speak and engaging in EL instead of DL? In EL, our words are actions.
MLK says “Every man of humane
convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we
must all protest.” I don’t protest DL, I avoid it, but MLK says “we must enter
that struggle” and he says “something even more disturbing.” He demands each one of us must carry, like him, the weight
of the whole world on our shoulders. Our DL requires us to obey our conditioning
history and do as we are told. We are told to care about others, we are not
allowed to be individuals, who really care about ourselves.
The profoundly problematic group-think
is equally evident in other powerful people. John F. Kennedy is recorded to
have said “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent
revolution inevitable.” It is almost like a declaration of war, but this man, presumably,
is in favor of peace. It is only in DL, that we demand and expect that others must
“give up the privileges and the pleasures that come from the immense profits of
overseas investments.” MLK says “we must rapidly begin the shift from a
thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society”, but the individually-oriented
society, that is America, is against his DL and the group-think he espouses.
MLK dishes up outdated biblical
stories, to score political points about what according to him is “true
compassion.” Unless we have faith, we cannot say “This is not just.” However, I
don’t really need you to believe in EL. Your disbelief in EL and your sheepish faith
in DL is not my problem. To me, DL is not just, as it “cannot be reconciled
with wisdom, justice and love.” This has nothing to do with the nation, but
with you. Your DL implies your “spiritual death”.
Who cares that MLK said “These
are revolutionary times?” Many years have passed and look what has happened? We
haven’t acknowledged the fact that our usual way of talking is DL and that nothing
will change, unless we stop our DL, so that we can have EL. It is utter nonsense to make it seem as if “The
people who sat in darkness have seen a great light.” Quite to the contrary, we
inevitably are dealing with the horrific consequences of our unaddressed DL.
MLK, sounds like a preacher, admonishing
his people for their sins, but he is just another closet-politician, an anti-American,
who is in favor of communism. Today, it is clearer than ever, the left believes
that “only Marxism has a revolutionary spirit.” Our DL, has prevented our EL. This
sad fact has nothing to do with having a so-called revolutionary spirit, but
with listening to ourselves while we speak. If MLK would have heard his own dramatic,
exaggerated voice, he would have realized, he wasn’t listening to himself, he would
have spoken in a different tone of voice.
I love and praise the American
culture, as it is the best fit for my individualism. Like many immigrants, I feel
incredibly fortunate to be able to live here. MLK with his so-called “revolutionary
spirit” wants people to believe in nonsense. He says “every valley shall be
exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall
be made straight and the rough places plain.” This is just pure demagoguery. It
is astonishing to me so many black Americans are still so enthralled with this
charlatan, whose insidious views are tearing American society apart today.
I don’t consider MLK a man of peace, as he has no EL.