The power of Intent and it's Danger

I haven't posted in awhile, and this may be seen as somewhat political in nature.  I don't wish it to be political in nature.

The past week has been one where I'm asked about my opinion regarding the Zimmerman trial almost daily.  I really try not to get involved in heated discussions or siding with one point of view.

But in this case I decided to read up on it. 

Instead of writing what I think about the trial, I wanted to take a different approach.  It's something each of us, especially parents, should take to heart.

Spiritualists have all heard of the "law of attraction."  We hear it talked about in movies like the Secret.  Many know of the concept of Karma - actions you do have reactions, and those actions you get are due to past actions.

But this case is the very evidence of this.

For the moment:
Forget the verdict.

Forget the court case

Look at Martin, the victim of the shooting.  Most of us see the photos in the aftermath, where he is a nice smiling child.  But we don't see who he was pretending to be.  When I started reading about the case, I saw Martin's twitter quotes, his facebook posts... the things his friends wrote him the years up to his death.  Photo's he took of himself.

Martin was trying his hardest to be perceived as a threat.  In his posts he called himself "gangsta," and his friends posted similarly about him being so.  Martin posted pictures of him breaking the law... smoking and intimating he was smoking pot.  He showed guns in his profile photos.

In short: He was trying his level best to be perceived as a gangster, as someone not trustworthy and someone to be scared of. 

His wish came true.  Someone did perceive him that way.  Someone did see him as a threat.  Remember the words of Zimmerman?  He said he felt something was wrong with that kid.  Whether you think he was wrong or right... why did he think that?

"He's a racist" some say... but why did he think that about Martin?

These things all have a reason.  He and Martin were drawn to that situation.  Martin wanted to be a threat, and Zimmerman was drawn to dealing with a threat.

What we can learn from this, is to drop the pretense.  Stop trying to be things that will bring us ill return.  Stop trying to be the threat.  Stop trying to create these defensive postures.  Stop trying to be seen as dangerous, aggressive, hostile, lewd, lustful, hateful, sad, depressed....  As we radiate those negative facades... we bring to us the very worst cases.

As parents, we should see that this behavior will return to our kids.  When we see our kids act like "outcasts" or "gangsta's" or "depressed" we have to take action.  These can be facades... we may think, "it's a phase..." that these facades attract really dangerous outcomes. 

You may be angry with the verdict.  But learn one thing from this life lesson - what we desire to be, we become... and before we become it, people will perceive us as being it.