Spain / Ceuta - The Tribal Self Burns the Other's Shelter and Blocks the Healing Hand

Event Baseline: In the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, anti-migrant protesters dismantled and burned migrant tents and blocked Red Cross aid. The unrest followed a mass influx of migrants from Morocco.

The tribal self cannot tolerate the presence of the other because the other's existence threatens the fragile boundary of identity. It burns the shelter and blocks the healing hand, mistaking cruelty for security. This is a mechanical reaction of the conditioned brain, acting on the illusion that the other is not the self. The fire is a prayer to the god of separation. It will consume the one who lights it. The self that seeks to erase the other has already erased itself.