Ghosting God, Ghosting Self
Day 95
Todd Blanche gets confirmed to be the WORST, MOST CORRUPT Attorney General of the United States while Bill Cassidy whores himself, once again, to the wishes of Donald J. Trump who made sure he lost the primary for his Senate seat in Louisiana, talk about cognitive dissonance! John Thune ‘stands’ up to Trump by not passing his NON-VOTING RIGHTS bill and he succumbs on everything else, how do these Republican Senators live with themselves. The Democrats can’t decide if they support Israel, Jews, and the middle class or they hate Israel, Jews and the middle class. Bernie never talks about the middle class, he only talks about the poor and the wealthy, he doesn’t talk about what it must feel like to have been under constant attack for 78 years as Israel has been nor is he and his ilk separating Israel from Netanyahu. By the standards of that swarmey Abdul El-Sayed, there is no difference which We the People know is bullshit. It is interestingly abhorrent to me that both the right and the left engage in mendacity, that truth has no bearing on their decisions, their policies, their morals. How do they live with themselves?
What is most concerning to me is that WAY TOO MANY of We the People are not asking ourselves this question: How do I live with myself when I am supporting mendacious candidates, lying movements, and ignoring my neighbors’ cry for decency, for being seen, for care, justice, compassion, kindness? Yet, since we the people are so intent on bastardizing, weaponizing the words of the Bible, the words of the prophets, the words of Jesus, why am I surprised that the country is in the state that it is in? The clergy who are preaching ‘fire and brimstone’, who are preaching all is fair after October 7th, who vilify the poor and the stranger, whether here ‘legally or illegally’, are Desecrating God’s Name-the worst sin because in doing so, they are creating a false image of God, they are taking the name of God in vain, they are bearing false witness, they are murdering the souls of so many, they are stealing from the poor to give to the rich, they covet what another has to the point of cheering the theft of “der fuhrer” Donald Trump.
We the people who continue to support the ICE raids, support the vilification of Israel, support the decimation of Iran’s civilian infrastructure, support the lies and mendacity of Hegseth, Bessent, Lutnick, El-Sayed, Bernie, AOC, the ‘squad’, et al, are creating/promoting the end of democracy in the United States, ignoring the truth that is in front of our eyes, Ghosting God, themselves, their constituents, and the rest of We the People. This ignorance of those of us who voted for them or are in their district is anathema to anything Christ said, no matter what Paula Cain-White says. This ignorance of the needs of the stranger and the poor is anathema to the core tenets of the Bible no matter what Ben G’Vir and Smotrich say. This ignorance by we the people on an individual basis and our claim of ‘loving our brothers and sisters’ while ignoring them and only seeing them as a ‘them’, an object to use for self is anathema to the very existence of the Bill of Rights! Yet, We the People continue to be both ignorant and ignoring-hence Donald Trump is in charge of tearing up the Constitution, the Country’s morals and ethics, and our sanity!
This question is front and center within me: How do I live with myself? This question has haunted me forever. I couldn’t stand being ignored so, at 3, I took a walk that ended up with me in a police station-was that an omen, a portend of my future or what? Since then, I have hated to be ignored, ghosted, etc and yet, I ghosted many people, ignored the cries and the pleas of the people who truly loved me so I could ‘do my own thing’ and wind up hurting everyone who cared and people who trusted me. Since my spiritual awakening, almost 40 years ago, I have been wrestling with these two forces; doing the next right thing so I can live with myself and not being ignored. The first I have control over and the second I am powerless over. It is so hard to be ignored, to be shunned, to be considered not relevant. This is the ultimate betrayal of the command to “love your neighbor as yourself” and I am guilty of this and have been the victim of this betrayal. It saddens me to think of how many times and people I have ignored truth, I have ignored people who were trying to help and/or hurt, ignored the cries of the poor and the needy, missed seeing the stranger much less loving her/him. And I know each day I am improving, each day I betray myself, God, and You the People a little less. I see my ignoring is through bridge, I ignore signals from the opponents and sometimes my partner because I am focused on my plan which results in bad scores! WOW, how subtle and far ranging ignorance is! Being ignored by people still hurts, bothers me and I am still bewildered by it; the difference today is I don’t have to chase being seen, I don’t have to chase being heard because I know who I am, I know my own worth, I know my strengths and the areas of weakness and I know I am one grain of sand better each day!
ACTION STEP: Make a list of the people, signals, inner calls you keep ignoring and see how this ignorance impacts your life
God Bless and Stop Ghosting God, Ghosting Self, Rabbi Mark