The revolution won’t start in a school or take place on a battle field. The revolution will not will not hold batons and throw tear gas. The revolution will not kick off with clever signs held by protesters. It will not sprout in the board room. The revolution will not be spearheaded by a politician, or a political body of any kind. The revolution will not start with anyone who wants to be remembered for their leadership. There is no man made institution that will kick start the revolution, so stop looking for the right group, the right guy, the right Church, the right democrat, or the right republican. The revolution will start within oneself. Then, it will ripple throughout the machine.
The revolution will have many manifestations. We’ll see it in the teacher who understands that what they teach has already been taught. We’ll see it in the student who drops out to find something never taught in school, oneself. We’ll see it amongst battalions throughout the world, who refuse to shoot one another for the rich man’s wars. We’ll see it when protesters finally realize, they’re all fighting the same thing. They’ll drop their signs and talk to one another realizing they’re all fighting for the same thing.
The revolution may surprise you. It may take place in a CEO who realizes “his” company, was never his and the company should not have the rights of man. In fact, he may realize the company should be the servant of humanity. Discussions of technology freeing humanity, not enslaving it, will be the next business venture. And if we don’t like what you sell, your business shall fold. For revolution allows an invisible hand called truth to function. A revolution’s true profit isn’t dividends or quarterly earnings, it’s freedom. There’s no time to sell the latest instrument in the control grid. There’s no controlling a revolution that refuses to be controlled.
The revolution will not play out as interpretation of the Book of Revelation given by your preacher. There’s no need to board your windows. There’s no need to go to confession. There’s no reason to place faith in anything but yourself. The revolution can take place within the parishioner without a parish. No stain glass cathedrals are necessary. No brick and mortar structures are needed to gather, although the doors can still stay open. The Preachers may not approve, the family may be disappointed, but you’ll do right, if you know what’s right.
No expert can explain the revolution to you. No lawyer, no doctor, no historian, nobody can explain to you why you do what is right. No collar, no uniform, no gun, no carefully constructed control grid, can stop this from occurring. Swallow your pride, dismiss what you’ve learned, and don’t believe anyone until you find your true self. Chances are, when the mental shackles are broken, the propaganda walls are smashed down, and you move on to fight the good fight, you’ll like where you are.
What are you waiting for? Have a revelation, start your revolution. Be what you’ve always wanted to be. Dismiss the nay-sayers. Say good bye to anyone, any institution that puts obstacles in your way. Realize, you don’t have to jump over their hurdles, you can just walk around them. And on your journey, people will look at you, scratch their heads and say, “What’s that guys problem.” But as time goes on, you’ll turn your head and look back at what you’ve done and be happy you were a part. You’ll laugh a little inside as everyone tries to catch up with you because you know they should just catch up with them self. Be the revolution. You are the revolution.
Written Word: Eric Duffy
Illustration: Dustin Kellogg
Om Eim Saraswatyei Swaha!
