Healing the “Us vs. Them”

Given what’s on our minds, in our hearts, and on the news of late, I asked the Oracle of Initiation, “What first step can humans take to heal the divisive ‘us vs. them’ mentality that we carry?” and got #45, IDENTIFY. So, first steps could include any/all of these:

• Identify something of ourselves in the perceived “other”.
• Identify something of the perceived “other” in ourselves.
• Open space for each of us to courageously claim our own voices.
• Clearly identify, balance, and discern the messages we absorbed from those who went before us.
• Listen to each other’s stories and weave the common threads of these stories together. 
• Employ wit, song, poetry, and social commentary to critique long-accepted social mores and patterns.
• Perceive pockets of harmony and build on them.