we are the power
spanish: nosotros/nosotras | french: nous | german: wir | italian: noi |
portuguese: nós | dutch: wij | russian: мы (my) | mandarin: 我们 (wǒmen) |
japanese: 私たち (watashitachi) | korean: 우리 (uri) | arabic: نحن (naḥnu) | hindi: हम (ham) | hebrew: אנחנו (anachnu) | greek: εμείς (emeís) | turkish: biz | swahili: sisi
we may be the most powerful word in the english language,
but its true meaning goes beyond language itself.
we is shared consciousness. we implies infinite expansion of self.
we dissolves the boundary between i and you, this and that, self and other.
the more we recognize the power of we,
the greater our ability to consciously shape our destiny.
at its core, we affirms that existence is collective.
no matter how we is used, we erodes the illusion of separation.
the question isn’t whether we will shape the world, but how.
to speak of we reveals either
one of two polarities of thought:
the positive we accepts all.
the negative we draws borders.
the positive we seeks to support and uplift;
the negative we seeks only its own gain.
the positive we sees you and i as the same as us.
the negative we sees you and i as distinct from us.
the positive we acknowledges “them” as part of us.
the negative we creates “them” as separate from us.
the positive we acknowledges the negative we as part of itself.
the negative we is self-denying.
to speak in terms of we instantly reveals
whether or not we are united:
the positive we is all-inclusive.
the negative we is all-exclusive.
the positive we is all-accepting.
the negative we is all-controlling.
the positive we seeks equality.
the negative we seeks dominance.
the positive we desires the well-being of all.
the negative we desires self-preservation above all.
the positive we expresses truth as belonging to all.
the negative we declares truth as belonging to some.
one we fosters unity; the other we rejects it.
which we will we choose?