True Equality

How often does one stop to think whether they really want to see every human being as equal no matter the circumstances? How much is this answer influenced by a need to be a good person, whether that be internally, from the projected guilt of others, or externally, as a self-marketing device in a strategic world or a safety net to conform in a judgmental society?

Considering the tragedies in our human history, it would be hard to imagine that many of us (or all of us, for that matter) has the emotional capacity to honestly see this equality. There is only a fine line for the wounded ego between wanting equality for every person and wanting to be the one to control every person as equal subjects under its own authority. But the wounded ego does this only to protect itself from annihilation since true equality has no room for its existence.

So when someone says they want equality, check to see how much they know themselves: how much they know of the pain that they have held onto unknowingly; how much they know of the pain that they have already let go of; how aware they are of the immense difficulty of their fight for equality; and how aware they are of how much they need to surrender to actually find what they are looking for.