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| Unity
Is Not A Part Of My Policy by Aaron Judah |
Unity
Is Not A Part Of My Policy
By Aaron Judah
After careful consideration of the
topic, I have decided that unity is not a
valid guiding principle for life. Rather,
unity is not valid as the sole guiding
principle for one's life. Recent Internet
events establish this statement as factual.
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First and foremost, it should be made clear that
the Internet is not reality. The Internet is,
essentially, imaginal. It is full of imaginary
names, personas and relationships. In some very
real sense, the Internet is like the subconscious
or a playground for the mind. People say and do
things online that they wouldn't dare to act out
in their "real-time" existence. This is
why the Internet world is unreal. It is full of
imposters and unverifiable data. It truly has its
legitimate good that it does, but in the end it
should be approached like the nightly news: Screen
out the personal propaganda and misinformation
(lies) as a means of discerning what little truth
is available therein.
That being said, I have engaged in several
Internet "conflicts of ideology" with
various individuals, groups and organizations. The
lesson learned from all of these engagements is
that the call for unity can be, at times, a
cloaked demand for obedience and acquiescence to
someone else's point of view. Usually, the persons
yelling the loudest for harmony are the ones that
feel themselves to be in possession of THE
IDEOLOGY that should be submitted to and followed.
They are usually demanding that everyone else
harmonize and unify with their point of view.
Hitler, George Bush I & II, Stalin, Pol Pot,
Mao, Jim Jones, and too many others to mention
have all called for unity and harmony. The end
result has always been domination.
The call for unity and harmony is often used as a
mechanism of deflection. The demand for unity
often requires individuals to refrain from asking
questions or challenging certain policies or
beliefs that are espoused by those in authority.
And THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMEONE IN AUTHORITY.
Unity and harmony are built around certain
beliefs, principles and convictions. When someone
decides that a certain ideology should be codified
as a means of defining a belief system and
determining who is in or out/ right or wrong, some
authority figure always arises accompanied by a
hierarchy of CONTROL. A demand for unity is a
demand for submission.
It seems more wise, from both a social and
spiritual standpoint, to rally around the truth.
More wise, but more volatile a situation. The
truth demands critiques and analyses. It demands
disagreements and explanations. The truth demands
that we challenge all opinions and beliefs. The
truth is, essentially, disharmonious and is not a
respecter of position, age or social status. The
stand for the truth is, by nature, to stand in
opposition to unity and harmony (Matthew
10:34-39). At the same time, a stand for truth is
to experience a real sense of freedom (John
8:31-32). An honest search for truth on an
individual and corporate level is a more
legitimate unifying agent than “unity for
unity’s sake” and less prone to humanity’s
tendency towards domination.
That being said, I have come to the conclusion
that unity should no longer be a guiding principle
in my life. A search for the truth about a matter,
belief, system or ideology is much more effective
for measuring its validity and value. Unity, in
most instances, results in mindless conformity to
the ideology of “another.” Truth requires that
each person be responsible for themselves as far
as belief and action is concerned. This
responsibility for self levels the playing field
and raising everyone to a dignified position of
being important, valid, and worthy to be heard.
Who can seriously argue against this?
As I review this information, it becomes clear to
me that it is better to cause some perceived
disharmony as one seeks to discover the truth of
some matter than to allow someone else to think
for you as a means of maintaining “unity.” It
is better to error on your way to truth than to
error on your way to a self-imposed blindness.
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