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Self Sacrifice and Empathy

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Pandora

Pandora

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I have tears in my eyes this morning. Perhaps it is an MXE hangover. But, I sincerely feel it is the news. In particular, the situation in Japan.

As if an 8.9 earthquake and massive tsunammi resulting in 5-digit loss of life wasn't enough. Now we have this nightmarish and rapidly degrading nuclear situation. And it is flashbacks to Chernobyl, but the ante has been upped.

Remember the Chernobly heroes? The firefighers? I wish I knew some of their names. I really do.

Well, we've got these people in Japan now. And more to come.

Perhaps you have heard about the 50 or so plant workers who have been struggling in the dark (no power) and with minimal protection (gamma ray environment) to contain the situation. They had been removed for awhile, but are now being permitted to return. For a few minutes each. Then that's it. I'm not sure why.

They know they are going to die. One man sent a message to his wife encouraging her to have a good life and saying he would be at a plant for a long time to come - he does not expect that his corpse will be removable. I shudder to think why they cannot work more than a few minutes. Is it the pain? Are the burns causing parts of skin to slough off or orifices to bleed? Whatever it is, it is Hell on Earth. And these workers are doing what they need to do heroically and without complaint or thought for their own egos, bodies or futures. :cry:

I hear Japan has put out a call for volunteers. :cry:

I am going to be 43 soon. My husband is 61. We have no children and few real obligations. We have a bit of family on my side still alive that loves us and a number of friends. What if this had happened local to us?

I think we would seriously consider volunteering. I think about what this might mean. No time to "put our affairs into order" or take that final trip. A few phone calls, sheltering the cats, a note to the landlord, then report for duty. Do the duty and die in agony or make it to help and die in agony hours or days later, hopefully pumped full of morphine.

These are the kinds of scenarios we are used to reading in books and seeing on television. I don't want this to be real! But, I know it is as real as anything gets, ever.

I am crying now as I type this. I sincerely hope you are too.

I am very disturbed by the lack of empathy over all of this. I understand defense mechanisms, but we've had a week or so to let this sink in and and really consider what is going on.

I rant and rant about how I have been given a personal message by DMT - do not waste time, energy and money trying to save the world or start the revolution. Make conscientious, personal, individual interventions aimed at lessening suffering and increasing education.

These Japanese Heroes of Planet Earth are doing BOTH with their actions. And they are doing it with the conscious choice to give up their lives - and NOT via a quick or easy death, not at all.

I wish I could pray. I do what I can with my thoughts and actions and focused intentions. Won't you please join me? It's okay to feel this. It is important to remember what is happening and these important people who have chosen to make the ULTIMATE sacrifice.

Thank you for reading.

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I can't stand to see the petty insecurities in those around me annoy them so much when such things are happening in the world. I hope you fulfil your wishes... whatever they may be. On a complete side note - you've tried methoxetamine? Utterly bizarre isn't it?
 
So many Japanese are stepping forward to volunteer for this Final Duty that the government is having to turn them away. :cry:

The Japanese people are getting behind these Heroes of Planet Earth in a uniquely Japanese way - saying they are SO very LUCKY to get to sacrifice their lives for this.

I want to expand a tiny bit on what I wrote earlier.

I said these heroes are doing both by voluntering to sacrifice their lives for this duty. What I meant is this:

They are making conscientious, individual intervention acts aimed at simultaneously decreasing suffering and increasing eduction by their actions. May we all learn from their example and may the planet be safer and my niece and nephews absorb a lower dose for all of this.

They didn't get caught in either type of inertia. When the time came, they stood without hesitation. They are doing things to try to save the world and start the revolution.

This is it for nuclear power. Even though it may COVER the entire planet with eyesore huge bulky equipment that the rest of the world's population spends the rest of our lives maintaining (replacing/recycling parts, greasing bearings, etc.) we have got to turn to wind, wave and solar. It's the only thing that makes sense and that does not create a direct pollution event.

Peace & Love, especially to the Heroes and their Families in this Dark Time.
 
I feel exactly the same.
Since this catastrophe started all japanese but specially these workers are part of my prayers and good thoughts.
At the point when the problems in Fokushima started I knewed that many of these workers will sacrifice their lifes. What an example for all the rest of us on this planet.
I´m hoping and wishing the best for all.
 
This is truly a terrible event, and the Japanese people are in for a very rough ride in the following decades. My thoughts go out to them, and I can only hope (and following those selfless individuals who sacrificed themselves for the greater good) and act to make the world a better safer place for us all.
 
Pandora i feel much of the same pain and pathos as you. Watching those waves roll over the tight communities and towns, with only 10 minutes notice before the waves hit. Imagine what they would of felt, those in the hardest hit areas like Sendai. Realizing that 10 minutes is all you have to grab your family and get as far away as possible. For the first time in years, i cried out of despair and hopelessness. I have cancelled my trips to travel further north in Australia with my friends for the end of this year so i can save up and head back over to Japan. Even if there is nothing i can do, i want to comfort my former host family and help in anyway i can.

みんな日本人、頑張ってね。
~Tizzy
 
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