http://www.drgrantmullen.com/the_pathway/cornerstone/spiritualwalls_pt1.html
According to the above article “The Challenge of Spiritual Walls Part 1” by Rev. Roger Rayner, “walls are used to keep the bad out and the good in”. We use them to protect or defend ourselves against pain, embarrassment or alienation. They can also be built when one feels as though they are not worthy or in the way. If a person is told enough times, either verbally or emotionally that they are unimportant or wrong, they begin to believe it and it creates these walls. As I learn about the history of our world and the many different forms of cultural segregation I can see why so many emotional walls have been built. Once these walls are up, it is very difficult to bring them down, but in many ways necessary. If we don’t allow others in, it becomes more difficult to learn, grow and move forward. It keeps us in a place of stagnancy and lost hopes. I believe it is walls like these that create fear of change and the future. Allowing this change would be stepping away from a wall of comfort and onto uncharted territory.
If we give these metaphorical walls a physical trait such as brick or cement it serves a similar purpose of protection or defense and doesn’t allow individuals the opportunity to see into the uncharted territories of the future. They imbed us in the past. Considering these descriptions of the metaphorical wall, it creates an understanding in the difficulties in the Middle East. These walls are for protection and defense, but are also making creating isolation and hardship as well as not providing a means for any forward movement.
ok it's Iraq but it's interesting
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Here is a link to a blog put up by Morgan on a different Blog. There are a
number of entries that tie more to your topic than theirs. Enjoy.
16 years ago
I said something to my mom the other day about her roommate whom she shares a ground level condo with. There living room has a patio screen door. With it being Spring they keep the glass door open most of the time but by her standards this screen door is to remained locked AT ALL TIMES! The other day I asked my mom, "Does she really think that the lock on that screen door is gonna keep someone that really wants to enter the condo out?" My mom giggled a little bit and said "i guess so!"
ReplyDeleteThe wall (amazingly massive in size) to me is like the lock on the screen door. It is not a means to an end, but the idea of it (the wall or the lock) to the person who utilizes it makes them feel more secure and protected. Though the screen door is more easily trespassed through than a 20 foot wall i believe those who want to enter will find a way to do so.
For the most part this wall is causing more bad than good, and it is hindering peace more than it is helping. The lock on the screen door is a nucance to me because when I come and go through it everytime I have to wait for her (my mom's roommate) old, slow, overweight butt to walk to the screen door to unlock it. This wall in Israel is causing Palestinain people to be cut off from families, farmer's from their fields, and increasing resentment and anger between the two groups. The lock is not really going the serve the purpose of keeping my mom's roommate safe, nor is the wall going to bring the conflict in the West Bank to an end.