You can only do what you can do, at any given time. To
take the blame is actually a form of spiritual pride. What you can do will
often lead to trouble: to suffering, as Buddhists say. All actions have causes
and conditions attending them. But the past is becoming more populated, taking
energy from the future, apparent only in silhouette.
Politics, which is the matter of the city —more lately the nation, or latterly the world — is crossed by ancient hierarchies curated by modern fears. Is innocence the same as ignorance? Is ignorance the same as guilt? When you’re innocent you’re harmless, but ignorance is typically harmful. And the foolish are lost with the wise. When the matter of the world is harmful, is anyone innocent? Lack of knowledge isn’t lack of harm: quite the contrary. The Biblical nations were empires and cultures of dominance led by Victory, goddess of triumph and glory. She is, however, accompanied by slavery and desolation; it all depends on who you’re talking to. You can only do what you can do, and do it without motivation. Justice is the virtue that gives back to everything that which belongs to it.
