Hatred, doubt and division are tools for which we no longer have use.

We are ready to let them go. We are ready to move on to a New Condition and State of Being where acceptance of individuality, of uniqueness, of variation is possible without the need to fear erasure or assimilation. In this scenario, community, rather than attention, is currency.

The principle of Community, which we uphold as a core value of our Order, is as infinitely scalable as the Mysterious Model of the Tree of Life; just as there is a tree mirrored in every leaf, and there is a galaxy mirrored in every solar system, there is the principle of Community in our extended family, in our local environment, in our county or state, in our nation, and between all nations. Nobody has to be the same, nobody has any need to prove their superiority rather than their preferences. There is room and space for all, and there is space for the mutual appreciation, acknowledgement and celebration of every part of the All.

Our Order, as stated previously, is a Mystical Body rather than a political or religious one, but we can see and feel what is happening in the world around us. We're human too.

All attempts at division, whenever they are executed on any level, are based on the assumption that certain things are as incompatible and inimical as oil and water; yet, when one makes use of Love as a surfactant, or Celebration as an emulsifier, or Empathy as a base, the apparent separation dissolves into Unity. Life shows us bountiful examples of this, and when we see it, we should rejoice! It is one of the best and most creative expressions of our shared Humanity, and our collective genius. It also forges perpetual bonds of mutual comprehension, which is the only cure for all misunderstandings, deceptions and misdirections. The splendour of endless diversity, where everything shares space and contrast without loss of definition, or the sovereign right to exist, is the true Healing and Restoration of the World, the Tikkun Olam.

If you are human, and I am human, and we can share a common set of things we appreciate, that is enough. The differences and contrasts no longer have to be contrarieties or conflicts. They are simply expressions of uniqueness, both personal and collective. Nothing more.

If you are human and humane; if you seek to be caring, fair and just; if you are striving to learn and grow despite your own blindspots; if you love those close to you; if you are fighting not to let anger, or despair, or grief, or trauma, or suffering, turn to hate; if you still feel joy and seek hope - you are like us.

If you are hateful, bigoted, inhumane, wrathful, divisive, and committed to the increase of suffering, grief, oppression, and the division of others - you are not like us.

This is the only division necessary.