when we are asleep
we often do not know we are asleep
sometimes
even the suggestion that we might be
provokes such a resistance
that we bury ourselves further into the cocoon
of illusion
sometimes
we shield our eyes
to truth
because it seems too terrifying
too destructive
to what we believe is reality
what we believe is our own net of safety and security
but which is only
just
illusion
as well
because if truth can knock it down
if truth can wash it away
it was just illusion to begin with
love is real
truth is real
the world of form
as our past perspectives have told us
is one of duality
dark and light
good and bad
right and wrong
who are we to decide such things?
can it not just be?
this is the world.
right here.
it doesn’t matter how fast we get
or high we climb
or fly
this is still the world.
right here.
birth.
death.
beauty.
carnage.
Taker civilization
we are drones
to a voice
of Mother Culture
which says
“Yes
It’s ok
Everything is fine.
Addiction?
Violence?
Mental illness?
Suicide?
Ecosystem collapse?
Mass starvation?
Control of natural resources?
All just a small price to pay
for PROGRESS!
Or at best
a heavy toll
but still worth it
for PROGRESS!
For living the way humans are meant to live dammit!
It’s ok.
Pay no attention to the hoards of the starving and those without water
as we argue and complain about cell phone companies
and our third cars
and our disposable everything
and piles of plastic crap.
Everything is fine.
Let’s just keep reaching.
We’ll get there.
THere
There
To this wonderful place
where we have freed ourselves from the pains of being alive on earth
through technology
and economics
and politics.
Yes!
Keep going Takers!”
This is the voice
on repeat
looping under everything.
Oh yeah,
and,
“Yes! This is evolution!”
There is a growing wave
of humans
being
and evolving
that are responding to the failures of our past
and the truths that have been kept alive through eons
about oneness
and interconnectivity
and sacredness
and life
and earth
and self
and tribe
and simplicity
and love
Mother Culture says,
“Traitors!
Crazies!
Mongrels!
Quitters!
How disgusting
to want to live like everything else
when you
YOU
are better than everything else
and destined to be eveything’s ruler!”
But that’s ok.
Mother Culture is afraid
because she is sick
and nearing death
at least more now than ever
What we resist
persists
We have been building a civilization
in resistance to
the natural forces of life
and earth
and the cosmos
and yet
the natural forces of life
and earth
and the cosmos
have not abated a bit
have not yielded one bit to our attempted overthrow
and these waters of life
just sweep away
what cannot flow with them
Taker civilization is a vision
a vision that says we
man
are separate from the rest of creation
and because the rest of creation does not behave in a way that bows to our desires and our ideas of right and wrong and fair and unfair and good and evil
it must mean the rest of creation is in chaos
and we must work
harder
and harder
and harder
to put it in order
to put life
and creation
under own control
where it belongs
because it was all made for us
and we are the pinnacle of evolution
and it all has happened just for us
That is the vision.
A vision is a mighty river.
And that mighty river flows unchanging towards death of life
Programs
Like systems
or committees
or political parties
or organizations
are sticks stuck vertically in the mud of the river
At best they can help slightly adjust direction
or maybe for a time constrict or constrain a flow
but sticks in the mud can never change the direction of a river.
In simpler terms
creating programs to combat the side effects of our sickened vision
is compassionate to those suffering in the here and now
AND
it doesn’t change anything
when it is still operating within the sickened vision.
The only options in this approach are to ease the pain of the side effects
which is surely essential
and of the utmost compassion
to the suffering of the here
and now
but the river still flows.
But a new vision
is a new mighty river
And the only vision
that can flow towards the harmonic evolution of life
that can sustain human life long into the future
is one that honors all life
allows all life to flourish
surrenders to the limits of competition
humbles man as a brother among a family of life
and creates harmony in its very essence.
Offering prayers of gratitude
for the vision keepers
those that have kept the fire alive
through all that has transpired
and passed us the flames
Offering of prayers of love
and patience
and compassion
for all beings
especially our brothers and sisters
of the humankind
who
like jesus said
know not what they do.
Offering of prayers for humility
to remember that there is no they
and no us
but a we
a circle
a hoop
and to remember that to awaken a world
we must
and can only
awaken our selves
Offerings of prayers for acceptance
that this here and now
is exactly as it must be
as evidenced by
it being what it is
and trust
great trust
which is surrender
trust that all is unfolding
just perfectly
and we are all ok
Prayers of gratitude
for the abundance in which we live
the garden of Earth in which we are born
and in which we die
for the kingdom of heaven being laid upon the earth
and prayers for the eyes to see
All through LOVE
Aho
