So what we do, we do for the Vitvan in each of us, for the
future and those who will come after. The Home Farmers have given up and have
nothing to offer that inspires any longer.
The very issues that wrack us today were on the table
in Lincoln's day. Two parties, both arguing that their viewpoint was valid.
But were they right then, and are they today?
Marj argues that “rebels” threaten the Republic and she
must cast them out. But her argument boils down to the Southern one: we have
the right to protect our way of life, which translates out in action to “MY
Home Farm” as defined by Marj, while she continues to look backwards
into the rear view mirror.
In Lincoln’s day the rebels seceded; in ours, we were
kicked out of the Republic...
Is it just as simple as two ways of life or two
viewpoints in opposition, or is one of a more noble nature than the other? I
would say that in “our” vision of Home Farm, we are inclusive; we have room for their “way
of life.” Susan is welcome to putter in the garden and have conniption fits
over dust bunnies; Jane can continue to polish her collection from the Gingham
Bear shop and re-arrange the furniture. Pat can do his minimal amount and then
go hide out. Marj can swat commas and persecute capital letters until the cows come
home! They do fine work on the lowest level -- preserving the physical
infrastructure.
But how about in the more subtle yet most essential
levels, that of the Inner School of expanding spiritual growth and providing value to students?
Their version is exclusionary: those whose chosen Path
upsets them, or embarrasses them in front of the opinion of their neighbors
must be removed from the sterilized euthanized landscape. In defense of
preserving their way of life, they do not shrink from attacking the God given
rights of others, harming them economically, and breaking up families.
Lincoln did not have to want to embrace black people and
had his reservations, but he was willing to grow and accept; and he never
thought they were less than full humans with basic rights to the pursuit of
happiness. He believed in fair treatment for all which means the Rule of Law;
but life is not so simple. In order to preserve that historical wedge of
Freedom and to Hold the Vision that it might come more fully to earth, he had
to break the laws of his day. People can argue eternally whether he damaged the
developing stream of law in history, but I say his argument was based on a
nobler vision: that NO ONE is property subject to another, and any law that
protected that insular view was by its nature inferior.
It is clear that Vitvan stands squarely with Lincoln in
fighting for the historical movement towards Freedom for all to individuate
according to the blueprint laid in each heart by God and Nature. He stood for a
Home Farm and SNO “of the people, by the people, and for the people,” not just
for a select group who impose their blindered will upon the student body.
It is clear who the real rebels and destroyers of the
Union are, who hide behind self-serving rhetoric and justifications, but when
the day is over, they are exposed as those who feel that they are "higher" than
others. Like plans to ship black people away from America, these fake
Vitvanistas like Pat Murray will come to your door and say, “You are a good
student; but you must go elsewhere; we do not feel you fit in here [i.e., in “our”
Home Farm].”
Even Vitvan admitted he did not like everyone who managed
to settle in at Home Farm, but if the Field brought them there, he accepted it,
for he believed there was a Union to strive for. Then as now, there are many who
wring their hands, sit on the sidelines, and wish we could live in a world of
pretense where all is fair, and that it is enough for them to hold this vision in their
private worlds, or hang pretty prayer flags out, but who shrink from
ever confronting those who would harm others in the presence of the entire community.
History and each one’s Higher Self will be the judge of who stood up for the
Rights of All, and those who only gave lip service.
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