The Point and Pointlessness

There are only two things that motivate us to get out of bed every morning.  They are love and fear.  If we manage to get up and go to work each day it is because we either love our jobs or we are afraid of poverty.  If we do not have a job outside of our homes we may get up to take care of someone or something that we love, but lately there appears to be many who get out of bed each day just to put fear into others.

There is a state of being that we also experience when we are in a place where we are feeling neither.  All human responses are based on either love or fear, and when we are unable to feel either one of these emotions we are in that state where we will need to figure out what our response is going to be.  Some people do not recognize this as a place of regeneration. Regeneration itself is a terrifying thing to them.  Change is not what they are looking for in themselves.  They prefer to require it of others whom they expect to rearrange things to suit their needs. They do not understand that it is a necessary point in time when they are being told that they must wait for the knowledge which can only come in silence and stillness.  Getting in the face of others is increasingly becoming a norm as it continues to be the remedy of choice for many.  Because of this, we are facing the extinction of multitudes of human beings who cannot possibly solve their problems for them.

 Many situations in life have taught us that we must be quick about responding to everything or we will be punished or ostracized.  So many times we react impulsively and incorrectly to save face or avoid embarrassment. 

Author Bertrand Russell said “The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” Our world now is a very fast-paced and changing one. It is a time when we have accelerated toward an unknown that would seem to be bent on destroying us. It is.  Do not be deceived by the distractions.  We are truly headed for an end.  It is the end of a way of life, but with the current trend of reacting with aggression it is likely to be the end of civilization.  Whether people have consciously recognized that fact or not, we are being steered toward that position where we need to be still and recognize where our responses need to come from in order to maintain life.  We would not be the first civilization to be wiped off the face of the earth.  Few civilizations were mightier than ancient Rome but it did not stand. The Mayans, the inhabitants of Easter Island and countless other cultures were conquered or absorbed by others for various reasons, but at the bottom of every loss of life and culture is an incorrect response to the winds of change. I see very few people who know or want to know that they could be consummately wrong in how they are responding in fear to things that they refuse to seek a balance in.  What they do seem convinced of is that the world they are familiar with is dying and they are so terrified that they are unknowingly accelerating the death of one era because they so fear its demise. 

When we fail to understand an evolutionary time and how some things must be taken in order for something else to be given we are making the transition a thousand times more difficult than it needs to be.  All change has pain involved.  Even if you are doing something that you have looked forward to for a long time, such as starting a new job, or a new relationship, going on vacation, or having child, there is always a certain amount of stress and fear that comes with the transition.  You can experience that stress with a love for the desired outcome or you can make the transition many times harder by not going to that place in between love and fear and allowing energies to guide you to the right response.

Since the church shooting in South Carolina, there has been an absurd trend happening in many cities – especially in the south, of people attaching Confederate flags to their vehicles and outside their homes.  What statement they are trying to make with this is difficult to say.  One can only assume that they are saying they support the reason behind the shooters ideals. If they thought about the reason that the Confederate flag ever existed they would know that it stood for a culture that approved of and sanctioned enslaving people for the monetary benefit of some. That particular culture and way of life had to change because no one has the right to enslave others.  I cannot imagine these flag wavers believing that it is right to have a society that supports this.  I can only assume that they believe that it is okay to enslave people that we cannot relate to, but it must be understood that if slavery and control of others exists it can exist for them as well.  That fact must have not even entered their radar, but it is only an idiot who can assume that he/she is free from the dangers of wealthy and powerful people deciding one day that people of any color or creed or nationality could be used as a commodity or chattel if they choose to make use of anyone who is perceived to be less intelligent and less powerful.

I see another trend that is happening rapidly in many parts of the world now that, if unchecked,   can destroy nations.  It is the mass migration of people from their homelands to nations that are in dire straits themselves.  The desire to flee their country’s problems is understandable but it is a sure fire way to make sure that the problems will never be solved.  Without unity and solidarity against tyranny there is no hope, and they are knowingly or unknowingly bringing the tyranny with them as they are accustomed to this way of life. The entire planet is being bombarded with the pains of evolution, and it needs to be viewed as if each country was a family unit that must stick together or the family can do nothing but collapse.  One family’s/country’s collapse can have a domino effect on its neighbors. If there is chaos and calamity in my own home I can assure you that I will not be able to take on the problems that are afflicting my neighbors should they decide to run next door to my house.  Our world is not the same world that could handle a limited amount of migration as it did in the 1800’s.  The population of the world has multiplied by the billions since then and we are seeing resources and capital dry up lightning quick.  Reacting in fear is understandable but it does not fix the problems. 

I realize that most of my words here will not be understood by everyone and they may be construed to mean that I care nothing about the desperate problems of war torn areas.  You could not be more wrong if you assume this.  No problem ever gets solved by fleeing the scene of the crime.  What I am advocating is that people stand still for a moment and ask themselves if there is something that they can do from where they stand that can make a difference in their own environment.  What I am seeing in Europe is that people are pouring into their countries in alarming amounts, and I wonder if the migration of 10,000 people into a country like Greece is solving any problem for anyone.  If that many people can come to the common conclusion that their country is in turmoil, cannot those same 10,000 decide to become a unit of solidarity against it?  Yes, they are up against tyrannical governments and their military, but these 10,000 have the power of a common goal in their favor and is it better to run away from this and face death in the migration in poverty and homelessness?  It is anger and fear that causes us to flee.  We see this in situations as simplified as an overwhelmed parent who abandons their family.  This may seem too simplified to equate with a country that has gone to hell and has turned against its citizens, but I can assure you that the same principle is at work.  If you are facing poverty and tyranny at home you will also find that in today’s world we are suffering from an abandoning of many problems and refusing to take a stand against them.  A commitment to life and home and righting the wrongs in our lives is necessary where ever we may be and what ever situation we might be in.  I cannot tell you that everyone will survive the major upheavals that are taking place everywhere in the world any more than I can tell you that your marriage will stay together or your health will always be good or you will always have enough to sustain yourself, but I can tell you that it is impossible to change your world if you can commit to nothing that life has already put in front of you.  If you respond to everything with fear or arrogance or the coveting of what your neighbor may have you miss the point of what your life has set up for you.  You are where you are for a very good reason and when you find that you can no longer respond with love in any given situation it is imperative that you step toward the middle and take the time to let a higher power show you the best response for not only your needs but also of the needs of those whom you will be turning to for a possible solution.  They may not have one, and without taking the time to contemplate the ripple effect of what you do you can be the author of everyone’s destruction.  

To say that all situations can be solved with a response of love is as wrong as saying that all can be solved with fear and a gun in your hand, or a surety that you can right all wrongs with fanatical bullying of those whom you may see as the problem.  A step to the middle ground where there is no movement until the correct movement for each individual can be found is our only chance now.  Once we have determined what is correct we will be able to connect with others who have possibly found the same conclusion.  Together as a unit there is true power and a force that is based in a higher intelligence which we can maintain in the numbers that are strong enough to either change with what evolves or promote a change that can turn the tide and save us.  We are not put here with nothing to help us make the world the best it can possibly be, but we are incapable of doing it without the connection to the source of higher wisdom.  We have made too much of a mess in the world to easily correct the problems that ego and fear have brought about.  I cannot speak in blanket terms to everyone in the world.  I can only speak to you, while you are here reading this blog. If you have been responding to your world with love and are finding that no one gives a damn that you care, or if you are responding in fear and are causing more chaos, you can go to the center from either point and know where you truly need to be. Either side can be out of balance, but there is a place in the center where you can know the right amount of what you are that can make a focused point out of what is now drowning in pointlessness.