People as glasses

There's an infinite table, laden with glass cups. You may choose one with eyes closed, or open.


The empty glass-There's nothing to sip from and you cannot offer a sip to anyone else. Or maybe you can, and enjoy play pretend. Or perhaps you can falsify a sip and claim you choked,  throw the empty glass with resentment without concern of who it hits for not understanding why or how it's empty. Or turn a two person game into one. Play Operation! You are the patient and already know you have no ailments for the surgeon to pull from nor should you question his expertise, experience, or opinion. You can pocket the money since you won!  But then you become thirsty, even though you know at some point your thirst will be replenished- you can not surpass the thought of your empty cup. You feel an unexplained threat that turns to rage. You throw the glass with the momentum of your discomfort, and watch it shatter, without repercussion. Your'e satisfied. You remember again that you'll never go thirsty. You go home and refill your cup. - Game over

The mud glass - Good luck getting the mud out. It's so embedded that you can't melt it, shatter it, or even crack it. But you keep it for keepsakes- your unabridged treasure. It contains your pride, ego, your fear, your hatred, your resentment, your identity, your comforts, your lies, imprinted with denial & fallacy.  You know the mud will yield and look away whenever someone tries to plant flowers there.  Pleasant never understood your pain. Therefore no flowers will ever enter. Only when the pitchfork makes it's way in, the mud will crumble & the flowers will grow. -Gatekeeper/Guardian


The murky water glass- You've been so thirsty and distracted that you grab the glass and fervently sip until suddenly you notice the distaste. At first unpalatable- you reconsider.  Perhaps you subconsciously chose it because you know it's dirty, and know it can be rinsed and refilled. You consider the impermanence of the murk. You consider the use of strategies that can make the water clean. You know you will never go thirsty again. You know it may be uncomfortable to take another sip but they'll be no repercussions. Only the flow to purity. Through the murk, you know that you'll still find clean water elsewhere. - Tainted/malleable

The clean water glass- Perhaps you've played this game before and experienced the other glasses and know there's no comparison to this choice. You know you can requit a sip to others as catharsis. You know you can use this to wash away and make anew, yet it will still adhere with honor to the erosions of history. You understand this glass as an embodiment of the source that is within and without. It's needed, it's god-given, it is everyone and for everyone. Unadulterated Life.  The tears of the empaths, the forgivers, the converts, the heartbroken, the unjust, the unheard, the wounded, the healing, the woken- the sacred. - The new tomorrow

People as glasses-  BLM June 2020