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Is it standing on the inside looking out or standing on the outside looking in? Can the above be seen from the below or can the below be seen from above? Does the lesser depend upon the greater or does the greater depend upon the lesser? Can we, or will we ever see beyond the far? Why, Oh! Why?
Why do we insist on allowing those human enterprises that produce and sell any and all substances and materials that are dangerous and harmful to the well-being of the peoples' of the World and the environment of the Planet? Why do we fan the fires of separation via hate, prejudices, intolerance, exclusion and destruction? Are we not of the same seed from out of the past. When we look at one another, are we not aware that our physical attributes and the materiality of our bodies are much the same? Do not all who procreate do so to extend and insure the survival of the human species? Are not our basic needs of food, shelter, clothing, love, acceptance and respect? Pretty much the same where ever we may live? Why is it taking us so long (50,000 years or so) to realize that diversity does not call for separation. Rather it calls for unity, balance and peace. Our daily Teacher is Mother Nature. There is nothing as diverse as Nature. And yet all the countless expressions and imprints of this diversity co-exist in harmony, balance and peace. We live in an ordered Universe. Nature is our living example of Unity. Why has the basic automotive engine staid basically the same since its' inception? Why have the alterative means of different energy sources been so slow in developing? Surely if we can send men to the Moon. And do all the thousands of innovations, we have done since the beginning of the 20th.Century up to now. Why are we so dependent on oil and gas. Don't we know? (Big Business, Yes! Greed, Yes! Control, Yes!) Why do we have millions of people starving and dying (men,women and children) on a daily basis when we have the knowledge and the "know how" (technology) to prevent this holocaust? Why do we have 40,000 children a day dying? What grief would you suffer if just one of these children was ours'? Multiply that by 40,000. Imagine a Football Stadium filled with 40,000 children and in a blink of an eye they are all dead. And all TV stations, all the newspapers and every type of media are showing, printing pictures of the fallen and twisted bodies of this unbelievable tragedy. As the air waves are being filled with newscasters trying to find the words to describe such a nightmare of horror. Asking the question; how could something like this happen? Why are 2,500 persons dying of Aids each day in Africa? We have decoded the DNA. We are far beyond the discovery of the Atom with its' proton, electron and neutron. We are now dealing with the discovery of the finer particles of the Atom. We are advancing in a new frontier called Nano-Technology which is said to be just around the corner. Along with an Army of Servo-humanoids manned with Artificial Intelligence. But wait a minute; what about the devastating Health problems of the Human Species at this point in time? Who cares? Indeed, Who cares? Why do we allow ethnic cleansing; the killing of the innocence? How is this possible in a "knowledgeable and enlightened" World?
Why do we as Citizens of the World allow the deprivation, hunger, disease and death that plagues the 'Refugee Camps' throughout the World? Are these human beings or just beasts of the field. This " Molly and me and baby makes three" mind set has to change to "one for all and all for one." WE ARE THE WORLD. We are family. We will not survive as a Species until we realize that we are all in this "Lifeboat" together. Our survival and safety depends on our being one with another,when the need arises and shouts and pounds in our ears. They do say "no man is an island unto ( his or her ) self."
Why do we still allow the sale of land mines? And why are we so lacking in compassion as not to clear the left over land mines (millions upon millions) that are taking and maiming countless of lives on a daily basis all over the world. Why do some believe and say; "I cannot do this or accomplish that. No, not me?" When they have never tried or proven this to be so? Fear of failure, how do we know? Fear of censure, how do we know? Surely we do not enter Life knowing fear, failure, censure, despair or defeat? The slate is clean so to speak. There are no minuses only possibilities and potentialities. Horizons await! Why do we settle for less instead of more? Surely this is not innate or inherent? Are we destined to be less than we are? No! A failure instead of a success? No! To be "down" instead of "up." No! It is hard to believe that we enjoy taking a ten count and out. In being a failure, a quitter, a loser instead of a winner. Zen do say;"Down seven times, up eight." Why do so many never leave the Starting Gate? The race for them is over before it begins. Defeat becomes an accepted norm. Reason? Laying down seems easier. "Yes"!
Why do we say everthing is alright when it is not? Why do we try to satisfy everybody when we can't satisfy ourselves? Why do we say; "I love you" when we are not even sure we like ourselves, let alone love our selves? Why do we say; we know, when we know we do not know? Why do we not say those things that need to be said? Or do that which needs to be done? Why do we do those things that we need not or should not do? And fail to do that which we should do? Why are we so indifferent, so unconcerned in the face of all the inequities, injustices, the hurt and pain that daily walks through our lives? Why do we choose the lesser instead of the greater? Or settle for just existing instead of living? Why do we softly kill ourselves second by second by our choices, our lifestyles, our attitudes and our habits? Why do we insist or persist in doing all we can to ruin our health, our well-being? To shorten our lives seemingly on purpose? Why do we choose to walk with the dead instead of with the living? Why do we allow love to be only love in the dark, denying that love is the light to disperse all the shadows? Why do we turn our backs on life and opt out to slowly decay? Why do we refuse to change even though we know we are in a rut and that our life is becoming more and more meaningless? Why are we our own worst enemy? Why do we believe that we are alone in the midst of abundance? An abundance that has always been and always will be. Why are we so myoptic that we cannot see that we are surrounded by Love? Why do we give up on ourselves when we are the Expressed Image of all there is? In truth we have no beginning or ending. This is a heritage gift; we are the inheritors of "all and everything". We are the point of no point. We are of the Void, out of the Void and in the Void. Why do we stop asking "WHY"? Panama 2008
If you strive to succeed Remember it is not A whisper can be Uruguay 2007 How have you furnished it? Attractively I hope! Life is like a flowing river. And if this be so we need to embrace the flow and make it a part of our lives. If darkness prevails, it is because we allow it to prevail. No one needs to live in the dark. No one needs to live in doubt and despair. No one needs to suffer or live in sorrow. No one needs to be less than they are As has been said; "We are Masters of our fate. And Captains of our souls" No one but you are responsible For who and what you are. So stand up and be counted! As worthy of the name "Human". Colombia 2008 |
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