Mask is Power – Home is Power
Power… and what is the greatest power… Love. A mask signals the power of love and our home is a sanctuary of love, the power and love of family—unity. Home does not mean house. And for the ones with multiple houses, they are not a home. Wealth does not equal home. Heart and love equal home.
A Home is where the heart is. Home is important for sense of self. This is one of the reasons why homelessness is such a scourge and stain on our culture considering the amount of wealth of the elites. Bozo, oh sorry, Bezos could solve the homeless tragedy in Washington State and so could a billionaire in each of the states. In that way they still hang onto the majority of their wealth even though when you pass-over/die they can’t take it with them or their fancy titles, but the quality of their soul/heart goes back to the Otherworld. It is here where the vibrational brilliance or dullness of our soul is weighted against the lightness of a feather. A heart is extremely dull/dark/heavy when wealth is hoarded—the person is flawed within—no amount of church going will solve it.
And philanthropy does not cut it. In ancient Greece philanthropy or “the love of humanity” had a humanistic origin. Poets and classical philosophers pondered what it meant to be human and was associated with altruism. Today, it has been reduced to what you do to get the tax write-off.
There are silver linings resulting from the pandemic. One focuses on home as “millions of Americans are taking part in an unprecedented experiment in working from home. Many are happier, more efficient and want to hang onto the benefits when the pandemic ends… Many people who had never considered this kind of working life have now had a taste of it, and they love it.”[i]
For the majority of people before the pandemic, the amount of time at work has eclipsed time spent at home with family all together. With the excess need to work, basically as a wage-slave, but for many, not for survival but for consumption of things. Home has turned into house, a place to sleep not a place of loving togetherness, what the Hawaiians call Ohana. This concept is based on a sense of unity, mutual interdependence, mutual help, emotional support given and received, and most importantly love.
During and after this pandemic consider adapting as much as possible the Hawaiian concept of Ohana, including the aloha (love, compassion) spirit. Ohana was based on the values of aloha – love, ho’okipa – hospitality, ho’oponopono – setting right/forgiveness, and tokahi – unity. Ohana means the spirit of “oneness and the love that is the breath of the soul. It is a loving state of mind where hate has no resting place. To the Hawaiian’s aloha represents love. All of life was founded on this love, the love of the sea, the love of the sky and the love of the ‘aina (land), and all its inhabitants. And to these beautiful people, the greatest earthly expression of this love was the love of family, the ohana.[ii]
But it seems with some states partially re-opening, and a few too fast, people want to escape from home. Is eating in a restaurant that important? Is it really necessary to have your hair and nails done? A novel idea—use nail clippers and let your hair grow—hair is power contrary to the “bald” endemic among men.
Why not stay safe, and keep others safe, by cooking and sharing meals together at home. Go to the gym? Ironically enough, I owned one of the first full facility fitness/wellness clubs[iii] on the east coast in 1977. Even though I owned a gym, I still ran.
Instead of the gym, consider doing the following in your home: begin lying on the floor with meditation while deep breathing from the “tummy,” maintain slow breathing, then stretching on back and then standing stretching, open the door and walk or run outside with a mask on, come back home, and complete with sit-ups, push-ups, stretching once again and finish with meditation.
Consistency is the key to health and power. At least three to four times a week working up to five or six. But always rest at least once or twice a week. Rest is important. And attempt to quiet the “chatter” in your mind at night and sleep like a “baby” seven to eight hours each night.
Motivation to be healthy (such as proper nutrition), exercise, spiritual and mental “health/exercise” needs to come from within yourself—just do it.
And for all of the ones escaping from home, not wearing a mask which it seems many are doing in predominantly red states, this means you basically do not give a “shit” about anyone else except yourself.
Mask is power. A mask is a sign of strength, respect, love, and a caring and kind attitude to others. It is not a sign of weakness. It demonstrates the courage of one with a healthy ego. It shows the true measure of one’s heart.
Part 2 – To Mask or Not to Mask coming soon. Part 3 – Racist have No love in Their Heart – a future post.
[i] Maria Cramer and Mihir Zaveri, “What if You Don’t Want to Go Back to the Office?,” May 5, 2020, The New York Times.
[ii] Excerpted from Husfelt’s Tequila and Chocolate, The Adventures of the Morning Star and Soulmate, A Memoir and The Return of the Feathered Serpent, Shining Light of First Knowledge
[iii] Nautilus machines (I knew Arthur Jones – the creator of Nautilus), free-weights, saunas, whirlpools, stress-testing lab, martial arts/dance room, juice/wine bar.