#92.20 - Reframing a jigsaw
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| Completed Grasshopper Warbler |
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| Works in progress |
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| Right at the very beginning |
Blake said, Joys Impregnate. Sorrows Bring forth.
These are two two polarities we live with - Sympathy and Antipathy. When we are in Sympathy, we are asleep. We are non critical. We are dreaming. Think of when you fall in love at the start. Everything is possible then. During Sympathy we store up - we fill ourselves. It feels good sympathy. We never want it to end.
And then there is antipathy. When we are in antipathy we have to wake up. We are given a sharp poke and we need to get up. Truth is told to our faces and most of us do not like it. This is very unpleasant because it challenges ourselves. We have to take a long hard look at the mirror and we often end up not liking what we see there. Instead of doing something about it, what do we do instead?
We end up papering over the cracks. We say, oh this is fine. You are making a big deal out of nothing. Stop whinging will you. Your standards are too high. Why can't you be like everyone else?
Everyone else who is trashing the hell out of this planet.
This is the simple truth. Really there is only one simple truth.
WE HAVE ONLY ONE PLANET. Elon Musk can go to Mars if he wants. That's fine. But most of us ain't going there. I saw the Mars exhibit. If you think self isolation is bad - wait till you have to live on Mars. Going outside will literally kill you. Maybe this is to get us all used to going to Mars?
WE HAVE ONLY ONE PLANET.
Right now, we, in the developed world, the dream we sell to the REST of the world is that EVERYONE CAN LIVE LIKE THIS.
WAKE UP CALL: NOT EVERYONE CAN LIVE LIKE THIS BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY ONE PLANET.
The resources which it takes to power the life of the developed world requires at least 2.5 planet. At least. So where do you think the rest of our 2.5 comes from? It comes from yes, you guessed it - the rest of the world. So many people either have to live below the 1 planet requirement OR they have to die.
Many people have to die to service our life.
And they don't just die literally, they also die metaphorically. Daily they die in schools as their self esteem is worn down. Daily they die in jobs they were never meant to do. Daily they die with worry. Daily they die in refugee camps. In migrant crossings. Daily they die. And then we, what do we do? We just turn away. We fund governments with taxes that go to create armies and gunboats and bailout dicks who continue to destroy the planet. Exactly what are you planning to do about this when this is all over?
For a start you can start living like you have one planet.
Think about how you consume. What is it you put into yourself? Whether it is food or spiritual sustenance. Either way it needs to nurture you. To build up your immune system, not contribute to your neurosis.
Secondly, need to look at your lifestyle. Is your lifestyle somehow managing to contribute to ecocide? Are you travelling to unnecessary places so that you can boast to your friends about where you have been? For the Insta? Are you buying crap you don't need? Look at the lifecycle of an object? Why don't you find a way of fulfilling yourself that does not require you to contribute to the throwaway economy?
Thirdly, think about where you spend your money? Large faceless corporations, or local shops? If you have a bank account can you bank it in an ethical bank?
Finally, skill up. Do something useful. Suddenly everyone is baking bread. Suddenly everyone wants to grow their own. Suddenly we are all sewing and knitting. Find something which requires you to make an effort. Has you failing and then eventually succeeding.
Come to your own abilities as a human being.
If you are able to contemplate death. What is your purpose here on Earth? What happens when we die?
I have spent a long long time asking this question and I have come to an answer which suits me. This is what I have come up with.
After we die to this place, we end up in the cosmos. Our spirit, our individuality takes all we have learnt and brings it back to the cosmos. We bring learning, our discoveries there. How we have lived our lives has consequences. And we have the great reckoning. We then have to learn lessons as a result of our actions. This is karma, of course.
Does this really happen? Honestly, I do not know. But it feels right and most importantly, it is a good way of consciously living, it makes you weigh your choices carefully. If what you do now echoes in eternity for yourself and others - and it does, really - then you are going to live the best life which you possibly can - and this will undoubtedly NOT be the life which requires 2.5 planets or more.
These are two two polarities we live with - Sympathy and Antipathy. When we are in Sympathy, we are asleep. We are non critical. We are dreaming. Think of when you fall in love at the start. Everything is possible then. During Sympathy we store up - we fill ourselves. It feels good sympathy. We never want it to end.
And then there is antipathy. When we are in antipathy we have to wake up. We are given a sharp poke and we need to get up. Truth is told to our faces and most of us do not like it. This is very unpleasant because it challenges ourselves. We have to take a long hard look at the mirror and we often end up not liking what we see there. Instead of doing something about it, what do we do instead?
We end up papering over the cracks. We say, oh this is fine. You are making a big deal out of nothing. Stop whinging will you. Your standards are too high. Why can't you be like everyone else?
Everyone else who is trashing the hell out of this planet.
This is the simple truth. Really there is only one simple truth.
WE HAVE ONLY ONE PLANET. Elon Musk can go to Mars if he wants. That's fine. But most of us ain't going there. I saw the Mars exhibit. If you think self isolation is bad - wait till you have to live on Mars. Going outside will literally kill you. Maybe this is to get us all used to going to Mars?
WE HAVE ONLY ONE PLANET.
Right now, we, in the developed world, the dream we sell to the REST of the world is that EVERYONE CAN LIVE LIKE THIS.
WAKE UP CALL: NOT EVERYONE CAN LIVE LIKE THIS BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY ONE PLANET.
The resources which it takes to power the life of the developed world requires at least 2.5 planet. At least. So where do you think the rest of our 2.5 comes from? It comes from yes, you guessed it - the rest of the world. So many people either have to live below the 1 planet requirement OR they have to die.
Many people have to die to service our life.
And they don't just die literally, they also die metaphorically. Daily they die in schools as their self esteem is worn down. Daily they die in jobs they were never meant to do. Daily they die with worry. Daily they die in refugee camps. In migrant crossings. Daily they die. And then we, what do we do? We just turn away. We fund governments with taxes that go to create armies and gunboats and bailout dicks who continue to destroy the planet. Exactly what are you planning to do about this when this is all over?
For a start you can start living like you have one planet.
Think about how you consume. What is it you put into yourself? Whether it is food or spiritual sustenance. Either way it needs to nurture you. To build up your immune system, not contribute to your neurosis.
Secondly, need to look at your lifestyle. Is your lifestyle somehow managing to contribute to ecocide? Are you travelling to unnecessary places so that you can boast to your friends about where you have been? For the Insta? Are you buying crap you don't need? Look at the lifecycle of an object? Why don't you find a way of fulfilling yourself that does not require you to contribute to the throwaway economy?
Thirdly, think about where you spend your money? Large faceless corporations, or local shops? If you have a bank account can you bank it in an ethical bank?
Finally, skill up. Do something useful. Suddenly everyone is baking bread. Suddenly everyone wants to grow their own. Suddenly we are all sewing and knitting. Find something which requires you to make an effort. Has you failing and then eventually succeeding.
Come to your own abilities as a human being.
If you are able to contemplate death. What is your purpose here on Earth? What happens when we die?
I have spent a long long time asking this question and I have come to an answer which suits me. This is what I have come up with.
After we die to this place, we end up in the cosmos. Our spirit, our individuality takes all we have learnt and brings it back to the cosmos. We bring learning, our discoveries there. How we have lived our lives has consequences. And we have the great reckoning. We then have to learn lessons as a result of our actions. This is karma, of course.
Does this really happen? Honestly, I do not know. But it feels right and most importantly, it is a good way of consciously living, it makes you weigh your choices carefully. If what you do now echoes in eternity for yourself and others - and it does, really - then you are going to live the best life which you possibly can - and this will undoubtedly NOT be the life which requires 2.5 planets or more.
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