When you finally come to grips with the idea that much of Western (or modern, capitalist/consumerist) society exists within a low-level mental cloud of illusory belief systems, you will realize that there is a lot that you need to unlearn, in an effort to reframe your world as you know it.
Tag: earth
I was thinking the other day, while hiking around the smoky woods, how it’s a shame there are so many more fires these days, seemingly. Talking to my dad this morning, he reflected some of the same notions.
We work hard to maintain appearances, don’t we? Be it banks, government, our schools, churches, the media, or our own selves, there is virtually unnoticeable progress, and instead, slowly swirling eddies of superficial, endless noisemaking.
In the next millennium, those who look back on our time may be curious as to how we persisted — and managed to survive — in such a strange, unbalanced, violent, and stupid state.
So long as they can keep us scattered, infighting, and polarized, our dreams of the peaceful planet and the greater harmony that is our natural state, will remain just out of reach.