Beam The Light Be The Change

Maná - Latinoamérica (Lyric Video)

Beyond the Mask

Todos somos Latinos...Latinas. Todos somos indiginas, somos fuertes, bien fuertes por todo el mundo. Somos gente con corazónes tan grandes para cambiar un parte del mundo. Tenemos un voz junto...para la necidad del mundo, para gritar. Nos entendemos Los dolores que tienen Los niños en Palestina, en Syria, en Ejipto, en Iraq, en Afganistan, en Yemen, en Lybia, en Bahrain....NOS ENTIENDO y sufrimos con Uds.

Don't be afraid of the masks, the masks bind us together in the struggle of our lands, our simple ways of living. Please do not be afraid of the covered face for behind the mask that you do not understand there lies the face of a beautiful mother fighting for the future. There lies a man who has so much respect and dignity for the freedom of all of the oppressed.

We are Latinos and we are proud. We are indigenous and we are proud. We want the yoke of oppression to be lifted off all who suffer its heavy weight...its heavy fate. A path of fate we no longer choose.

Do not fear our mask, our strong blood, our proudness of who we are...look into the eyes and you will see passion for life, passion to keep the old ways from fading with the dry wind. We stand tall. Stand tall with us and understand and hold our hands.

Yes, we are proud...remember, the mask does not cover who we are, the mask we wear binds us with all the world crying to be free...mjb

This is the sign in sign language that means I love you or just to represent LOVE...

Maria Juarez Beam (Boheme)

Love and goodness to you all and to all of the world. One day peace shall reign...

Musical Selection: Maná...Latino America

Toploader - Dancing in the Moonlight

Lauryn HIll - War in the MInd Unplugged [Lyrics On Screen]

Tears of a War...A Memorium and Truth to Soldiers and Civilians

This writing may

not be liked by many

here in the US, but that is not what matters to me. What

matters to me is honor, love, and truth.

We in the United States are so untouched by

the wars that we create, unless we have families in the

military during a war or a war of the past. We are so far away, so to use the word, "freedom," and I am so grateful for my "freedom," completely sanitizes what truly happens in a war and how many people must pay the price.

What matters to me is honor, love, and truth.

I honor

all those who died in

our many wars. I

honor all veterans,

but I do not believe,

our men and woman,

in all military branches, dying in wars gives us freedom.

War

does not give us freedom. War is created to protect our

"interests." And this is a direct quote from a very high ranking

military officer that I personally know. Whose name, I cannot reveal.

Our interests, mean control of the leader, and control of the

countries resources. That is what war is about for the United

States, not freedom. I've been to many countries, whom do

not go to war and they have more "freedom " than we do. I

am not proud of war and our country's constant use of it.

We are lead to believe, at a very young age, that going to war, protects our freedoms. No, no, I am sorry, but no.

I know this goes against what most of you living in the United

States feels. With instinct, study, research, and lectures by

intellectuals and veterans, my conclusion is war is not

freedom.

So I wish to honor all those who have died in wars gone by,

soldiers and civilians, for they too, are killed in war. I wish to

honor the 58,195 soldiers that died in the Vietnam War. I

would like to honor those 60,000 who committed suicide after

the war. I wish to honor the 600,000-800-000 civilians killed in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.

I would like to honor the 73,846 deaths of both Gulf War

deaths. I would also like to honor all the active duty soldiers

who have committed suicide, one per day and the Veterans

who have committed suicide, 18 per day. These are

staggering numbers and heartbreaking deaths.

I would like to
honor the 400,000-650,000 Iraqi civilian deaths. I would like to honor all the civilians who have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Libya, the Ukraine (due to the US planned coup, Palestine (for we fund the State of Israel) and in Syria.

I hope that one day will as a country, we will stop equating

freedom, with war and death. I also hope and pray we will

end our seemingly endless greed and need for war. May peace one day prevail...mjb