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from page one... One species has risen to the position of conductor - the Human, and like a symphony conductor, we face in the opposite direction from the musicians. Rather than adapting and surviving, we've filled our vocabulary with "I can't," "I won't." We live lives of regret and bemoan our pasts. We don't live in the present, we exist in a mind-numbing condition of stress and second-hand information. We worry about the future, about dying, to the point that we no longer know how to live. We need outside sources of entertainment because we've forgotten how to entertain ourselves. We create imaginary worlds because we can't cope with the real world. We can hate solely on the basis of appearances without understanding the inner being. We aren't very good at expressing our needs and we are blind to recognizing needs in others. We give confusing signals - we say "yes," when we mean "no." We say "good morning" and we don't mean it. We lie to ourselves and we hide our true feelings from others. We don't get enough sleep. We either eat too much of everything, or not enough of what our bodies require. We are poisoning ourselves with chemicals, preservatives, antibiotics and hormones hidden in our diets. We are raping the Earth. We spray every square inch of our plots of land with fertilizers and pesticides. We have wiped out whole species of animals intentionally, and others through sheer ignorance, and Earth's ecology hangs precariously in the balance. We are cruel to animals. We don't live by our senses, we've subjugated them to a senseless degree. We don't listen to our instincts, we use prejudicial reasoning. We deny our animal nature, creation is something we control and manipulate, and we don't recognize our relationship with the rest of creation, or that the Creator lives in us, because we've set ourselves apart. We use the excuse that modern life no longer allows us to be who we once were, when we know that we have the power to make life anything we wish it to be. Perhaps our greatest sin is what we do to our young, who still begin life in innocence. We ignore them, force them to fend for themselves. We don't teach them the lessons they will need to know in order to live successfully. We fill our days and lives with the wrong values, we have no time for ourselves or our children, and we hand the children adult responsibilities before they are prepared for them. We teach greed and selfishness. Drugs and addictions have become our way of dealing with the stress of the lives we create, and they've become the lessons we teach our young. We teach them to repeat our mistakes. Odd that we could do that to children and still live in a culture of youthfulness where the aged are not respected for their wisdom, they are forgotten. It is not too late to learn lessons from the animals. Be good to yourself. Play more. Sleep more. Bask in the sun. Live each day fully and balanced. Be honest and sincere, tell the members of your group what you need and ask them about what they need. Touch...hold a hand, feel a leaf, let the stream run over your fingers. Smell, listen, see the world around you. Arrange your lives around nurturing your young. Respect and love your mate. Learn what the old have to teach. Let go of greed. Protect and stop poisoning your environment. Eat only when you are hungry and only what you should eat. Adapt and survive. Realize that you are not alone and accept that you have something to contribute to the pack. Turn off the artificial noise, the mechanical drone and be here now, in this world. It is a beautiful world and you are a part of creation, and in your heart beats all that the Creator intended. The world is waiting for us to get back in step with the music, to fearlessly turn our backs to the musicians and to face in the same direction as they. To once again gather at the same watering hole. ******* Page 1, 2 Copyright Jim Willis 2001 - Used With Permission Click here for other works by Jim Willis featured on this site Back to Viewer Viewpoint Table of Contents Do
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