What's the world coming to?

I can't figure out if it's the universe that's getting back into balance, or it's we as human beings. The pendulum seems to be swinging more widely back and forth these days. I get a visual of a dog madly shaking water off its body. Wild gyrations, fur and water flying everywhere, commingling in a haphazard and chaotic way. Kind of feels like the energy that is existing in the world right now. Powerful forces pulling us apart and pushing us together. My life feels like a non-stop movie that just keeps speeding up, gradually, yet perceptively.

So many splintered people; violence, fear, terror, coloring the way we treat each other. People trying to murder each other in organized, methodical ways. People trying to figure out if we are the true cause of the way the universe's environment is changing. Some people merely trying to keep on in the face of despair, because there's always this hope that the world will repair itself and we can live in relative peace and prosperity. We treat our seniors and children and infirm in mixed ways. Some benefit from good care and plenty of compassion, while others suffer from the worst we have to offer.

What I dislike most about the human-made climate that exists at this point in history is the moralizing and dictating many people have taken on as their role in governing our actions and behavior. Everyone's an expert! Everyone's got the answer and is busy telling everyone else what to think and do. When I read the magazine the vitamin company kindly sends me every few months, I'm told how to tune up my body to its ultimate level for my age. When I tune into the media, I'm told whatever it is someone wants me to know about the current state of the world. When I read or listen to what our elected leaders have to say, I'm told how I am to live my life and how much it will cost me. The "experts" tell me what to weigh, what to eat, what to wear for my body type, what kind of exercises to do to accomplish my goals, how to do anything better, etc. Alot of bias, and infinitely varying viewpoints all purporting to have THE answer. I am not a robot, and can think for myself. I can deem if someone's expert opinion fits in with my worldview and upholds the values and beliefs that serve me. I am open to changing a viewpoint if it makes sense. Much in today's world does not make sense.


If we truly had this existence thing perfected, we would be experiencing a cooperative exchange of energy with each other. That is certainly far from the truth of where we are as a force on this planet. So much grabbing of power and resources in order to control each other. If we were truly in balance, there would be enough food, water, and shelter for every single living thing that existed, each soul living out its life cycle, and journeying on. Each person existing for self and others, adding his or her imprint to the world in a positive way.


But, that is not the way the universe works. Sometimes, the relative calm is toppled by chaotic forces that are stronger than can be contained and processed, and explosions erupt. There are natural forces that exert themselves in often transformative ways: rockslides, avalanches, blizzards, floods, earthy tremors, you name it. The universe has existed for eons before we existed, and will exist for eons after we are done. To think that we have ultimate control is absurd. I am all for not squandering the bountiful gifts of this place we call home, but let's be reasonable and think with sound mind, and be self-responsible. Let's teach each other how to do what needs to be done to fulfill our basic needs. Let's treat each other with respect for each other's existence. Let's not think that we have all the answers, and push them on each other. We have to walk a mile in another's shoes to know what they are experiencing, and we need to open up the ear within our hearts to hear what they are really saying. No more yelling, no more prosyletizing, no more moralizing, no more killing. Let's just treating each other with dignity and respect.



Maybe that's how we change the world.