The death knell of the Confederate flag and the events leading up to it have triggered a lot of pondering for me. Flags are generally the repository of meaning for a collective.

The taking down of the Confederate flag signifies that the collective of the United States is publicly rejecting what that flag stood for– slavery, apartheid, and its related violence. Some have projected other values upon it; we can be assured that these people were not African Americans.

A flag is merely a piece of cloth; it is the energetic that is projected onto it by the collective that makes it significant.

A flag is particularly strong to collective projections. I remember that during the Vietnam War the US flag held a strong projection of support for the war because supporters had flag decals on their cars. I was not one of them.

Even now, the American flag means different things for different people. I hope and pray that the bulk of the collective begins to take a good look at our country in the world, with the aim that other countries will look upon it with positive feelings because we have proved ourselves to be worthy.

One of these days there will be a world flag that a larger collective will project common meaning upon. I hope I see that happen.

In the meantime, I especially like prayer flags, like the ones in a yard in our neighborhood.