A Mother Earth Smack Down?

I was surfing through my Facebook page and I’m sure one day in the future this will date me as to a time frame when this blog happened but there we are in the digital age. Anyway I saw this posting from a colleague “2012: A Time for Change trailer” and watched it. I was going through the ramification of emotions that this film is supposed to touch and the guilt trip this is supposed to inspire on all of us that we had better start realizing that the damage we are doing to the Earth will undo us overall. It is true by the way we need to connect and communicate our intentions better to Mother Earth or she’ll spank the living shit out of us and rightfully so. So there is my position on all of that in case anyone was wondering. However after seeing the trailer going through the gamut of ‘what can I do to help and change things’ and it hits me. What would it take to turn ALL of us around in our seriousness of this? I’m not someone who is a motivationalist by trade and I’m certainly not a tree hugging activist nor would I want to be any of the above. I’m not made of that stuff. The only thing I’m ultra passionate about is my wife, family, and my artistic endeavors. But I also like to think so I decided to throw some thoughts at this and this is my take on that genre in all forms (film, radio, articles, etc.).

Those who want to see this change happen need have a couple of factors occur. First and foremost this change must occur globally. EVERYONE has to be on board. Native indigenous folks almost don’t count because the ones that are at one with nature and living with and off the land who ‘get it’. These folks have no need for technology so they won’t be an issue. Every country that has converted over to 20^th century technology at the turn of that century needs to be on board with this thinking. No exclusions. Now this comes with a couple of questions that have to be answered I’m not qualified to handle. Who will create these guidelines to live by and enforce them? If so how? Now if killing people is involved to enforce this personally I think the enforcing country is missing the point of all of that for ‘the betterment of mankind thing’.

The next thing we have to accept is responsibility for what we’ve done. It is a huge emotional undertaking. We’d have to take a good long look at ourselves and say yes we’ve been trashing Mother Earth by utilizing a means that make our daily lives easier at the expense of ruining the Earth we live with. When acceptance of this is taken into the heart and soul only then action can be taken to its fullest completion. This acceptance forces us to the next level of commitment to make these changes.

The last part to take on is making the decision. Making that decision to look at how much do we pollute the world around us with our consumer habits. What we use, how we use it, what do we do with it when we toss it out. The list goes on. We’d have to look and scrutinize these things we have come to accept and embrace. Personally I love air conditioning and plumbing. These are great inventions that have made my life very comfortable. Seriously though look at we’ve done to the world as a result of utilizing these two things. Please, I’ll trust if you are reading this you can look up on the internet the effects of all the components of these two industrial innovations and how unsafe disposal is to the environment. That’s just two! Let your mind wander on how many more there are and what they are doing to the landfills we dump them into and the chain reactions to the environment that are taking place every day. We’d have to agree that we’d have to pick apart the very things we have strived to create to make this ‘civilized’ society more comfy. At first glance I get all itchy inside at the very idea of being without these things however let’s take a more serious approach to these practical things. We are at a peak in our civilization where we can begin right now putting our resourceful race to the task. We can find, discover, and create ways around some of these things without leaving a footprint that squashes Mother Earth. We can invent safe ways to accommodate this drastic change without hurting the environment. I believe we all know what prevents us from doing so. The all mighty currency we all pray fall prey to every day we wake up and go out hunting for. That piece of paper that allows us to buy more power to destroy the Earth under our feet every day. I find it disturbing that we can’t seem to face this eight hundred pound gorilla that is sitting on our coffee table staring us right in the face. It is because of money that we don’t change this decision. We’ve made up in our minds to just let the next guy in line deal with it and maybe some time someone down the road of time with come up with the solution. I’m saying the means is there the will to change it isn’t. If the habitants of this planet put their wallets away and quit doing ventriloquist acts with them saying they don’t have the money to make this kind of change we’d get further ahead in acceptance of the responsibility to the problem.

Think of it this way. Take money out of everything. Just remove it out of your mind. Transactions, paychecks, credit, take it all out of the equation. What kind of world would you see? What kind of world would you create without it? Would defending the right to clean up everything seem different to you? Would you think twice about it? There is no currency just people showing up for the day doing stuff because well they want something to do that moves the human race forward. There is plenty in the stores you get what you need and decide to not be glutinous because you want to be healthy in your decisions because you want to be a better person. Everyone will want to do their bit to move the human race forward.

Interesting story? Fiction? I don’t know. I like to believe that the human race is capable. I really want to believe that people on this planet really don’t want to rub themselves out over a piece of little paper they decided together to put value on. I hope people start to see that ignoring this will hurt us in the end and continuing on this path will catch up to us one day. How catastrophic will it have to be? How many will have to die before leaders take it serious?

One of the three conversational taboos.

I was witness to a dialogue yesterday that made this soul not so happy. Through a vein of thought I saw someone I love dearly get judged and somewhat stereotyped. It wasn’t a pretty sight. I found myself lowering my resonating energy level. Down, down, down my oscillating vibrational level went till I noticed “I was sinking to their level”. This startled me and vexed me because I’m forced to ask that age old question as to why did this get to me? Then it struck because this was one of the taboo topics my friend. You never discuss religion. It never ends pretty. Unless you end it on its premise, love. However this one did not.

It ended on a quote. My age old trump card I pull when I have someone on the receiving end thrashing out at me with quotations from the good book. I’m always a big fan of ‘Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.’ It reminds the person on the other side of the conversation. You know what I sense you are letting pride stand in your way of your thinking. Allowing yourself to be the judge of this conversation and really can we take a moment here and remind ourselves of Who really is in charge? I dislike using it but those of Christian faith adhered themselves to it and even those who choose to believe Jesus was if anything a profound teacher have to respect it. So when someone gets up onto their pulpit and starts casting out quotations and shoving their finger at me because I didn’t measure up to their faith and belief and forbid I say it their lifestyle give up. Right there. Go back to your church and start confessing your sins and add it to the list. Bless yourself and I with forgiveness because it doesn’t wash and may we never tread on that ground conversationally again because we have our own beliefs here. My favorite response when of course they sense I’m correct and try to back out or down play what has happened is when I ask “Go back through every encounter we’ve ever had. When have I ever crossed this line with you? When have I measured your life by your faith? Never. Why? Because I know how important your love is for your faith and it is just something you never mess with. Why do it to another?” I’m not made of that stuff nor should another. My friends haven’t we learned anything from what history does have to offer. You can’t force another to any religion it has been tried (Inquisition ring a bell) and we know how it always ends. Bloody.

So I gave that quote to another so the conversation could end on what was dished out to begin with. Was it right? Don’t know that isn’t for me to decide or judge. I do know this. This person won’t make that same mistake again with my friend for I believe he got the message and took it to heart. To live in fear isn’t rewarding to the soul and one would want to cease that as soon as possible. He’ll beg his Lord for forgiveness for being so prideful that I’m sure of. Now will he learn anything from that? That is the question isn’t it. Anger is much like a virus. Starts out with a contact spreads throughout the body replicating for strength as soon as it can with only one goal in sight hostile takeover. The only path it leads to is resentment if not treated immediately. The cure: unconditional love. Love the person you’re pissed at. Love them for they are your equal no matter what. They are made of the same stuff you are. They are the same as you and they have the same capacity you do for love. Give someone love freely and they have no choice to break down eventually and give it back. Anger is always weaker than love. You can’t stay angry. Try it. You can however love unconditionally twenty four seven look at your children and say it isn’t so. So the only cure for this resentment is unconditional love. It is truly the most powerful force in the universe.

So is there a happy ending to this story? Yes. Love is felt on this side of the river. This encampment is ready to forgive and love unconditionally. This side has been ready to love from the very beginning and will do so tomorrow because that is the next step in our evolution as creations of our higher power. Our creator did not make us so we could attack one another. I just cannot bring myself to believe that was His divine purpose. (My disclaimer for this paragraph is: This is solely my opinion and like assholes well you get the picture.) I really do believe He wants us to have a very serious relationship with Him and I am willing to do so solely to fulfill His purpose for my existence. Nothing more. Everything else that happens, like this blog, is a treat or a sweet candy to enjoy along the way. I’ll enjoy it, smile, and think joyful thoughts until I figure out what to do next.