Violence in the hood...

Violence in the hood...

Today there was violence in the hood.... there was a chair raised, after voices.... after words shouted, standing up and sticking up and ‘don’t touch her’s’.... 2 crews... one against another, one more violent, one more willing to fight and get physical... the others using their words...

Once the chair was raised, and the jumping on the guy to kick him... i moved over to get involved... i do not remember moving over there, but it must have been suddenly, and i was in... the biggest guy- his heart was racing... i felt it once i helped to get him off the targeted guy, who was on the ground... the big guy was looking at me, he almost seemed calm... but his heart was racing... i said i can feel your heart... you need to calm down....

To see things escalate so fast, to such totally un-peaceful states of violence... well, it’s beyond me a bit... i feel sad, like what to say to my fellow human beings who let their minds go astray so much that they are violent with eachother, that they are so sensitive to protect their tribes, to stand up, that will punch and kick and threaten lives and safety of their fellow human beings... why are we so sensitively defensive that something can just set us off, trigger us into states of violence, or rage, of anger.... why can’t we all just get along?

Moments before, the band was playing... twist and shout and other such simple joyous celebration playful songs... we were hula hooping, and laughing... but right across that street, was a chemical reaction brewing... with alcohol and hormones and cultural/social clashes occurring...

You just get the right combination, and KABLAAAAAAMMM.... eruption....

That’s the thing about energy... any energy in excess is not so good... and really, it could have been used in other ways... i mean, i know that... but how do i pass this on, how can we live peacefully together... with all our difference, and our energies... bouncing around like the little atoms that make us all up... combining together, forming new synergies...

It makes me sad when there is violence and conflict in my hood... i love my hood... it is my home, and it is peaceful... but, it was a little reality check, and thankfully not too serious of a check, but enough to make me go hmmm....

I am happy i felt that big man.. that i felt his heart beating... that i recognize its energy, and that he heard me... and he felt me feeling him... as he was calming down... opening up that consciousness to our connection, our body feels what our mind is feeling... it is all connected...

Now how to make us all realize so are we...