Nationalism always produces war, hatred, bigotry; and class, wealth, and racist divisions. The
illusion that has duped nationalists in all countries, is that whoever the chosen few are in their corner of the world, whoever and wherever that is, they think they are better, more powerful and more worthy than the rest. They are not.
It is out of fear, lack and anger that spawns lies of scarcity, insane ego and hate. There is also a bottomless greed that sets in, mistakenly thinking all the riches of money, land, and anything else they deem to be of value belongs to them, or should belong to them. It does not.
When it comes to the riches of the earth, as my grandson Chris says, “Doesn’t it all belong to Mother Earth?”
Nationalists do not deserve life, nor a better quality of life, more than any other classification of human being who is different from them, no matter what country they hail from.
The right to life is God given, not manmade. While we have the ability to reproduce our bodies, our souls are Divinely inspired, and immortal. The truth is, we are all the same, despite what the insane egos of nationalists proclaim. We are all the same, each and every one of us, not better, not worse, in having the right to life.
Nationalism is not to be solved by bringing about further nationalism, which is only an avoidance of the fact that despite its pigeon-holed, limited view of life, Nationalists are not better than anyone else. Their supposed solution solves nothing.
It is not within our human “rights” to go around and kill and/or go to war with everyone who is not exactly like us, has a different opinion than us, nor create faux caste systems that place us on the top of other people, or entire countries. Planting these kinds of self-destructive seeds is what brings about human and global cataclysms when these self-sown seeds mature. It not only kills the populations of people, animals and plants, it also kills this one planet on which we all live.
Nationalism is a poison to a country.
It is possible to solve problems peacefully with intelligent diplomacy, not a goal to be attained through greed, manipulation, lies and war. Nationalism is what divides people, not unifies them.
The ignorant, separate spirit of nationalism is spreading like fire all over the world. Nationalism, under the guise of patriotism and oligarchy, is cultivated and cleverly exploited by those who are seeking further expansion, wider powers, greater enrichment. On one hand each one of us takes part in this process, for we desire these things on a much smaller scale, in our families, jobs and social circles. Conquering other lands and other people provides new markets for goods as well as for political, financial, and spiritual/religious ideologies, as if that is a good idea.
Has it ever occurred to us that it is possible to improve new markets for goods, as well as promoting political and/or spiritual/religious ideologies with peaceful intelligence? It is possible to have peaceful resolution here all over the world, even now.
Nationalism, the hardened patriotic spirit, class and race consciousness, and oligarchy, are all ways of the self, and therefore separate. After all, what is a nation but a group of individuals living together for economic and self-protective reasons? Out of fear and acquisitive self-defense arises the idea of “my country”, with its boundaries and tariff walls, and various walls of separation, rendering brotherhood and the unity of humankind impossible.
It is because of nationalism, ready to defend our sovereign States, our beliefs and acquisitions, that we must be perpetually armed. Property and ideas have become more important to us than human life, so there is constant antagonism and violence between ourselves and others. By maintaining the sovereignty of our country, we are destroying our sons; by worshiping the State, which is but a projection of ourselves, we are sacrificing our children to our own gratification. Nationalism and sovereign governments are the causes and instruments of war.
The solution to nationalism is character education and development, including history lessons showing how empire after empire manifests by greed and dies by greed. Nationalism is not sustainable. Nationalism arises amid blind and willful ignorance. Let us not forget our human past, in every country, in every generation.
The solution to nationalism is to come to a greater awareness and understanding of who we are and why we are here on this single planet at this moment in time. The human race is not here on planet Earth to become subjugated to one person, nor one country, nor one world leader. We are born free people with free will, not to be usurped by anyone with such an unholy agenda.
We are here on this planet at this time to grow in awareness and appreciate our greater diversity, all of which are pure gifts. What makes us all unique creates a beautiful tapestry of life as a whole including differences in race, color, creed, gender, age, ability and disability, among any other difference we profess. None of our unique differences may at any time supercede the rights of others. They are our gifts to be treasured and shared.
History proves that continued selfishness, greed, and nationalism generates cataclysmic results within all societies as well as global earth changes, of which past worldwide floods and ice ages prove.
There is ONE RACE on this planet. It is the HUMAN RACE.
Portions by _______J KRISHNAMURTY
Additions by Linda Hourihan
Nameste