This time last year, there was tension about the upcoming vote. The rift between the “Trumpsters” and the Democrats had grown so wide, that divorce ensued among those who could not tolerate the different political view of their spouse. Later on, after the inauguration and the attempted coup on our white house, divisions grew wider based on those who were appalled by what happened, and those who supported the mutinous behavior.The animosity between the pro-lifers and those who advocate for women’s rights is becoming even more contentious. Racism has once again risen up, demanding that we confront that which has yet to be resolved. Now there is yet another elephant in the room, of haves versus have nots, of pros versus cons, and police brutality versus people of color. We now have the vaccinated versus the un-vaccinated.
We have the “science is fact” group versus “freedom of thought” group. The truth is that science does not necessarily make something true. Many scientific “facts” that have been proven, were later un-proven. How often has the Food and Drug Administration approved a drug, and then a few years later, removed it from the market? Science is probing. Science is asking questions and trying to understand. Science is forming hypotheses and allowing a margin for error. It is experimenting, wondering, attempting to shed light on what we do not understand. Too many people today have relinquished power to the field of science, falsely believing it will provide them the final word. This is not unlike the power afforded to the Christian church a few centuries ago.
Science is only one means of learning about the world we live in. Meditation and living in harmony with nature can often answer the same questions, without the need for test tubes, charts, graphs, and human interpretation. Intelligence has been given precedence over wisdom. Those who are blessed with wisdom are not often given the respect they deserve, because others want to see physical “proof”. This division between those who seek to control through science and force, and those who answer to a higher power, trusting their own intuition, must be sorted out. We must look for common ground among those whose beliefs are different from our own. Those who believe in the science and who dutifully received their vaccine, believe that they are protected. Those who choose not to subject their immune systems to what they believe will compromise them, should not be forced to do so. I, for one, know that I am healthy. I have a healthy immune system, and I refuse to dwell on thoughts of sickness. My choice not to receive the vaccine, harms no one else. Those who choose to get the vaccine, harm no one else. If it harms no one, do what you will. (The Wiccan Creed).There is no problem here, so why are we creating one? We should instead, learn to live and let live, and close the great divides that separate us.
