Hope for humanity

[Ali Quadir]

But something deep in my heart tells me that there is something not quite right about this Ra material with regard to how it has many of you condoning inhumane atrocities as just another day in the cosmos of the All. I do not see the eyes of the Creator staring back at me from a rapist, nor do I see my own. And I certainly will not condone it to avoid infringing on the free will of the assailant.

I think herein lies the problem.. You identify the actor with the act.

There is truth in the idea that rapists do not deserve the right to exist, but only in the way that rape does not deserve the right to exist. The human beings who have committed the mistake of rape are still human beings. And as such the creator is in them, and so are you. Not wanting to see this is more a delimiting act of the self rather than an act of goodness or righteousness. It is of course far easier to dehumanize offenders. The alternative would be to have to look at society as a whole and our own place in it. Because any crime never exists in a vacuum.

For some this is not possible without them carrying any of the blame. I have never been raped myself. But I know others who have been. I know that to ask them to see the humanity in the monster is too much too soon. But in the end on the path to healing this very often is a station along the way.

This does not mean that anyone who holds these ideas condones any sort of crime. They are however more willing to see it for what it is. This does not mean we should be lenient to the point where we let the disease run free through society. But to blame the criminals for the crime while pretending society holds no blame is simply service to self..

It may not be our fault, but that does not exclude us from responsibility in the matter.


Sometimes STS exists as a catalyst to strengthen our own polarity of STO.