How to Put an End to Racism

"There is no separation; That's been physically proven by science." - Jim Carrey

We've seen the images of white hoods and burning crosses. We've seen the Black Lives Matter movement. We have seen statues torn down. We have seen the justice system fail us, the education system fail us, and the media fail us. All of which have been broken down, chewed up, and spit out over the idea of race. People have created a monster in the United States. Not just one group of people but all groups have contributed to this. As of recently, the words racist and racism have been bastardized and misused in order to create a divide amongst the masses to perpetuate an illusion, a lie, a grand deceit. That's right. I said it. It's a lie. We have been told that particular people are oppressed and inferior. We have been told that many of us are oppressors and guilty for crimes that our ancestors committed. We have seen people threatened and silenced for fear of being thought of as racist. Many of us have been hoodwinked, conned, suckered, and bamboozled. We fell pray to fear, peer pressure, ego, and a false identity of self.
Here are the observations of a human. Not that of a white man. Not that of a black man. Not an olive skinned man. Just a human... a man. Here is the red pill of truth. Here is your wake up call, your sobering moment, the pink elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about. Here is where we are at and here is how we can pull ourselves out of this self induced nose dive of illusion. I'm going to suggest that ending racism is an individual problem rather than a national one and should be treated as such.

Stop labeling and identifying yourself by the color of your skin

There are two very distinct forms of racism. The first is the most noted: When someone shows a bias either for or against another person based on their skin color, they are a racist. Pretty simple, right? But there is another side to the coin. Here is the yin to that yang that no one points out. When you identify yourself by your own skin color, you have voluntarily separated yourself from others. If you say, "I am a black man. You are a white man." You have now created a self imposed division by doing this. Guess what? You are now contributing to the problem. You have provided the gasoline for the fire. You have bought into the illusion that you are what you see in the mirror. When in fact you are as much your skin color as you are the paint on the walls. If you stop labeling yourself, your enemies are powerless against you; including the enemy within, the ego.

When you separate yourself by color, you will expect to be treated poorly by people who look different than you.

Sad psychological fact. If someone looks different, they will treat us different, right? Not necessarily. But we look for and expect people who are a different color than us to treat us unfairly and we blame our skin as the "go to" reason we are being treated as such. That's because we have been "programmed" to think this way. Our parents, teachers, television, and friends have been influencing our thought process and our perceptions of life since birth. When we are repeatedly told that we are a certain race or color it becomes so ingrained in most of us that it becomes our identity. It is often always an over looked fact that we are perpetuating a lot of our own problems in regards to race. Your perception of yourself and others is your reality, even if it's not really true.

You are personally responsible for your life.
You are the master of yourself. Not your color. Not your body. No one. Nothing. There is no one else to plead to. God is not going to interfere with your choices. It is up to you how you act and react to people and the world around you. There is no being that is trying to "hold you down" other than your own thoughts and perceptions. Your ego is the one that whispers in your ear and tells you things like, "They don't like you because you are black or brown or white." Or it says, "You don't look like them and they have it out for you."  Don't believe a word your ego says. The egos job is to deceive you. Your higher self is the true perception of the world around you. It speaks from the heart or the "gut." Not the programmed ego.

There is no need to be proud of your pigment or heritage.
Here is another silly lie we have been told ever since I can remember. It sounds like it's true because it's been beat into our heads. "Be proud of your heritage as a (black, white, Italian, Asian,) blah blah blah..." Let me ask you a few questions. Did you make your skin color? No. Are you directly involved with either the accomplishments or failures of your ancestors? No. So why in the world would you have any right or claim to be proud of these things? I'm not saying you should feel ashamed. I'm saying you should have no attachment what so ever to it. Pride is something that should be minimal and should be based on an individual personal accomplishment. We did not make ourselves so the idea that we should be proud of our skin is absurd. Your skin is not an accomplishment nor is it you; nor can you take credit for people who actually fought for civil rights, progression, or anything else. Pride is reserved for the people who did amazing things. Being born isn't one of those things.     

Realize this...

You are not your body.

I have said this time and time again. When you get over yourself and your ego, you realize the temporariness of life. As we age, our mind stays young but our physical appearance is constantly changing. Therefore we realize that our bodies will eventually fail. Your skin tone is irrelevant. So... If you aren't the person in the mirror then what are you? You are consciousness trapped inside of an organic meat wagon that transports your awareness around space and time. The concept of you or self is merely a collection of habits, labels, and ego. Inside everyone of us is the same conscious energy. You are as much your body as the car you drive or the house you live in. None of which are you. Your body, your name, your very DNA isn't you either. So the very idea of the color of your skin being you is ridiculous and void.

Your oppression is often self inflicted.

What you think about expands. If you think about how oppressed you are then you will find more oppression. You will often interpret opposition as oppression or bigotry. If you continuously see yourself as a victim, then you will always be one. However, if you begin to peel off the layers of illusion and realize your true self, then you will see yourself within everyone, no matter what color they are. The color, the body, the gender disappears. Remember, you are truth, you are consciousness, and you are bliss, just like everyone else. No more, no less. 

When you celebrate diversity, you create more separation.

Having a different opinion or perception can be a good thing. It can lead to much needed individual growth. But when we focus and celebrate our outward diversity we often forget our commonalities with others in the process. This leads to separation, labels, and inferiority complexes. You can't find common ground to connect with people on if you are swept up in differences. When we focus on differences we place our selves on the opposing team from others around us. This has become an obvious implosion within our country. 

We don't need to be reminded about slavery to keep us from repeating it.

Contrary to the narrative of many people, you don't have to discuss atrocities of this magnitude to keep people from repeating it. In Germany they don't teach that the Holocaust happened but it hasn't happened again since. Think about it. Do you need to be reminded that murder is wrong? I don't. How about rape? No, right? Do you honestly think that at some point in time in the United States people will actually suggest that we should try slavery again? Of course not! So why in the world do we think that we need to continue to be reminded of it? I personally feel that trying to argue that we need to talk about slavery continuously to keep history from repeating itself is just a palpable way to continue to push an illusionary narrative to divide people further. We need to stop falling for this trickery. There is no person living today in the United States that owned slaves nor is there any living slaves. You can not and should not exploit the trauma of our ancestors in anyway nor should you use their hardship for your own gain or influence. But if you watch the "news" for 15 minutes you will see just that happening. 

If we want to be thought of as equal and same, then we must first convince ourselves of it.
We must understand who we are, who we aren't, and the role the ego plays into how we perceive ourselves and the world around us. The absolute truth is that you and I and the neighbors... we are all the same. We are all one. One force of conscious energy that has manifested matter for the purpose of having human experiences. We are made of the same stardust, the same energy, from the same divine force. You are not your body, your car, your job, your thoughts, your habits. You are me. I am you. We just need to remember...