Tolerance Teaching Material & Project Ideas For Teachers To Utilize
This is a submission of teachings that can be used to help teach tolerance:
Feel free to utilize my teachings and ideas of oneness and appreciation for one another in the classroom, office, place of worship, or wherever you deem it can help.
"A man walks into a room and sees a room full of people behind a table,angry ,starving, although the table is full of food , they cannot eat because they all wear iron sleeves that prevent them from bending their arms and so they cant bring the food to their mouths.....then the man walks into another room where all the people sit behind the table, calmly, cheerfully, wearing the same iron sleeves, only in that room the people had learned to feed one another..." *(author unknown)*
Seemingly there is this problem with Life's success or failure, it requires everyone as a whole to work together. A little analogy I like to use;
Say you're in an attached complex sharing one roof over your head and a storm comes and most of your neighbors and you board up your windows responsibly, but one clown decides it's not important to and irresponsibly does nothing to prepare. The storm hits and blows just his windows out and no-one else?s, however it uplifts his roof that's attached to all the other roofs in the complex, thus even the ones who were careful still get their roofs ripped off damaging the interiors anyway, due to the CONNECTED roof which allowed the elements in.
The logic is no matter how much you do your part responsibly, it only takes a few or one irresponsible people to cause havoc for the whole. Thus we succeed as one or die as self concerned separatists...for we are very much connected.
The world will have to start stressing, teaching, and recognize that this planet and it?s people are a whole that makes up this function & principle of Life which is in it through all creation. Therefore striking at one portion of people in this whole organism is like striking a part of your own body and only damaging yourself and this function of life which is part of everything.
[ Scientifically We already proved that we are interconnected and affecting each other ],
Through Bell?s Interconnection Theorem which Proved this function of nature and no-one has realized this, as it fits the secrets of life. Because together with David Bohm?s Theory of Connection we now see the workings of the balance of life, where every action has a mirror reaction and connects with the whole. This is a major breakthrough in man to finally see, ?THE WAY THINGS ARE?, and that they effect & reflect each other and need each other as a whole. As well this proves we are connected to the order of this earth, so that?s fact. In an analogy, if we see the whole as a body, then we see that removing a portion of it would be like chopping off a hand or arm, and damaging the earth would be like stabbing your own heart, and all these things are done unto our own well being and stable existance.
We need to realize and instill a deep appreciation for this Grace the Earth and our neighbors who allow us to enjoy the benefits from their works, achievements, and their presence.
For we all serve a purpose and function and without them we cease to function & enjoy their contributions. My Quotes:
"What is inside a person matters, not his or her outward appearance ...IT'S ALL ABOUT THE HEART AND SOUL OF AN INDIVIDUAL, THE HONESTY,COMPASSION,CONSIDERATION, AND BESTOWING NATURE." -Mike Night-
"You must not concern yourself with titles and labels, judge from learning the heart and soul of ones nature and not his title or faith." -Mike Night-
More suggestions-Setting up School Projects;
to schools with AV programs; do audio visual film projects in making community and social science type films as projects that are like those social films of the 50?s -60?s, but geared to our troubled times.
New Idea for one such social film or commercial even::
Make a short lesson film like the credit card comercial where everything disappears on the man who over extends himself, except do it in regards to the people and their works lost when you live with predjudice, hate, bigotry and racism. This can be made real tangible in order to learn that we benefit from the works of the people around us. Show if he hates Hispanics then his couch and lamp which was built by factory workers disapears, he hates blacks then his manufactured refridge and music disapear. His hate for Italians then the cement foundation disappears or the sheetrock and a pizza delivery flyer in his hand or pizza box disapears, hates Jews then his tv goes blank & his Bible disappears,
his hate for orientals his clothes or rug dissapear etc etc.- end the clip with, Learn to appreciate life, & GROW UP!
Once they have this film finished they can release it to all districts and even make it available for other schools all over the country to help in teaching tolerance and appreciation for our diversity and social community.
Peace in Goodness and Hapiness to all,
-Michael-
