The American Dream

I don't believe in it. As I walk down Chicago's streets I try finding this satisfactory smile that would be labeled as "The American Dream". But I haven't - neither from the poor or the rich.

I don't believe in your nation's dream because it revolves around materialism. It'll only convince you to pursue more and more and hey more again. The dream never takes shape because it is a dream and you are reality.

That's one thing I wish IWJ would have talked about. You can't be two persons. You can't fight for the rights of workers and then contribute to the system that puts them down, in whatever subtle action it may be. Bravo IWJ you did select the Retreat center instead of North Park, but it doesn't stop there.

Similarly to those that wear shirts with Che's face on it. Are you mad? If you knew anything about him, you'd know that's the last thing he'd want you to do. In order to support "la revolucion" you can't contribute to the system (i.e. the big manufacturer that tries to break it down). They're putting your ideology on a shirt, but they're getting your money in return and using it for their own profit. And so you never had a revolution, you had a counter revolution. It was in your mind and was signed on a shirt....but it stayed there.

That is where religion is important. It'll teach you the greatest of all revolutions and greatest of all liberations.

The interfaith part of IWJ makes no sense if it's there to speak about how religion restores "moral ethic" such as thou shall not kill, or speak ill, or abuse of others. Those are natural laws, not religious ones. Whether you're a monk, an atheist, agnostic, part of faith tradition or not, you comprehend those because it's part of your fitrah (natural and pure state as a human). That's part of being a human - not a religious person. It is your humanity that's being called upon.

On the other hand, being a religious person means you take the route to meeting your Lord. You become prophetic, not just human, but prophetic. You are beauty because of the struggle ( or jihad, yes my friends, jihad) against your nafs (yourself, your ego), which is the greatest of Jihads.

Religions will teach you more than natural laws, they'll teach how you shouldn't be a consumer, a materialistic person, how to contain your lowly urges. This is the true revolution. This is the one that liberates you and I and workers, and not only a picket line. Your fight for them starts with the fight against the lowest part of you. It starts with you and not only by attacking CEO's. This is where the interfaith part is adequate because all religions teaches us the highest of all spiritual liberations.

It starts and ends with you.

This is your revolution for you and him and her and us.