Is it Athamë to fight injustice?

 Dear Reader,

This is something I've been giving a lot of thought to as I have been reading the Clear Recital. The more I think about it, the more certian I am that we are called to do good deeds and that right action is thamelic. When faced with injustice, we have the option to look away, to observe it with out action, and to take action (in support or in opposition to the injustice happening). It is my opinion that if one simply observes or chooses to look away when injustice is happening before them, they are morally complicit in it. Now, there are circumstances where one is unable to act and are compelled by situation to either observe or look away. Compelled abstinance of action in the face of injustice is not the same as the deliberate choice not to act against it.

If one were to see a person being beaten in the street, one may choose to look away, watch the beating, or attempt to intervene. If they haven't the capacity to intervene, they are not morally complicit in the abuse the person is suffering. If the observer has the ability to distract the assailiant in some fashion (shouting at them, for example), they are acting for moral good in attempting to help the victim in what limited fashion they can manage. If the observer lacks the capacity to distract the assailiant, they are not morally complicit in the abuse. If they choose to look away and do nothing about the assault happening before them, they are morally complicit. If they choose to watch and do nothing, they are morally complicit.

The Clear Recital speaks of tyrants and how we should not partake of their company. We have reached a point where it is all but impossible to avoid those the Clear Recital describes as tyrants. Now is the time to call upon Sai Vikhë to guide us to resist the evil they engage in. I am firmly of the mind that Déa helps the person who works to restore thamë and to resist injustice. We are moral beings and shall be judged by Déa on what good we have done in this world. As such, we should work to do the greatest good we might be able to do in what time we have. This includes working for social reform, working for justice, and working to care for other people around us.

Some may argue that we are in the Age of Iron and that Sai Vikhë is the prominant janya of this age. If one accepts this argument, then Sai Vikhë is clearly the janya to appeal to for strength and courage to resist the oppressors. One could also argue that appealing to Déa as the protectoress of all worlds from evil is wise. We must not, however, sit this out. We have a duty as Déa's children to protect each other from harm. We are called to honor the light of Déa where it can be seen in this world. The protection of they who are in harm's way is clearly honoring the light of Déa in them.