If you want to blame it on Eve, and Eve
on the serpent, so be it! But as reinvented Adams, we shall place no blame on
others. He did and was punished. As students of Self-Awareness, we realise
we are talking about the human mind. There is a tendency, based on the
underlying assumption that the physical world is all there is to reality, that “I
am not to blame” for whatever is out there – it is always others who are to
blame. But this is not true. When we see how minds work, because we see our
own, we cease to blame others. We only see our choices. And we have a
choice at every turn. Of course, if we see it. If we don’t, then we’re just
normal and ignorant, like before that smart snake came along to teach us...
Today, in a globalised world, we all have
choices and they are clearer than ever, with just a little intelligence and a
quick overview of world history. For centuries past, man could gather together
in his little tribes and make war upon others for food, riches, land, flags,
creeds or ideologies. Mother Nature could hardly care. What of a few screams
and some sanguinary splashes here and there? It’s a pity, maybe, but the
species is still… viable. Because the Biblical God told them to increase and
multiply, and they do that very well!
This was the mindset, even for countries
perpetrating revolutions, like America in 1776, France in 1789, Mexico and
other Spanish colonies in the 1800s, Russia in 1917 even. But with the
Industrial Revolution, and the mass manufacturing of more powerful arms, we had
the World Wars of the 20th century with their mass destructions, and small
clans became whole countries, blocs and continents. After the splitting of the
atom, nuclear weapons and chemical and biological arms began proliferating, and
today, Mother Nature really can get worried about her little boys
playing with matches… one day someone’s going to get even stupider and strike
the wrong match at the wrong time.
In this 21st century, we should now
realise that small-scale warfare is wrong, anyway, and dangerous. But if small-scale
“undeclared” conflicts (of which there are hundreds at any given time) escalate
into threats affecting nations, whole regions, and then continents, and then the
entire world, then we’re all in the same boat heading for self-destruction. The
governments and politicians we are paying to protect us will actually turn
around and kill us – and then they will cry again and set up another United Nations,
and see if that one works – if there's anyone left!
That is where the perpetual choice of Eve,
and Adam, comes into the equation.
So, the choice is ours, but how do we
make it? The only solution is an individual enhancement of human consciousness:
I am responsible; it’s me, not others. I work for peace by creating peace in my
own mind, first. Then that will affect others. The rest is just illusion and wishful
thinking.
For the record, let us state what needs
to happen, wishfully, in the “outside” world. We have to:
1) Stop outmoded nation-state hegemony by
implementing proper education.
2) Halt the manufacture of arms and
destroy current arms stockpiles by obliging democratically-elected officials to
do this, and exerting pressure on non-democratically elected officials to
follow suit.
3) Grant more powers to the United
Nations Assembly to arbitrate and solve conflicts; we should be able to find
some intelligence amongst the 193 member nations of the world, and if lacking, we
must remove unsuccessful officials, find others who can do the job, and implement
proper education.
4) Reject US, British, French, German,
Russian, Chinese, etc. armed interventions outside their territories. The
representatives of the big warring countries must be re-educated. Single
nations can no longer patrol the world, it breeds mistrust and rejection.
5) Call a halt to violent entertainment throughout
the printing industry and the media, as this affects immature minds and
continues the threat of violence and war amongst the populace, part of the
re-education program for a New World.
6) Do away with bad discriminatory education
that justifies war crimes and violence as used in the past. It’s over. It’s the
past. Today is today, and we must now become non-violent merely to survive.
7) Start proper education of the
psyche of all men and women and children, everywhere, to promote enhanced Awareness,
inclusive Consciousness. We now live in a globalised world where boundaries and
differences must be overcome if we want to survive as a species, and this means
working on the mind, and correcting the kind of “normalcy” that breeds warring,
violent lunatics, always justified by “circumstances…”, and always blaming
others…
This is a multi-generational plan. We
have to find a way to implement an intelligent, viable program that spans
generations. Short-term elected officials cannot achieve this. Which is why it
is illusory, and the start has to be made by each individual mind, wherein the
problem actually lies. If I can do it, you can do it, and this – hopefully –
will have a domino effect on others…
The
choice is mine. Now.
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