Deep down you know

" Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune." -Carl Jung

Any sane person who reflects upon the world today knows there is something not quite right. You may not know what it is, but you recognize that something is there. Forty years ago I was eighteen years old. It was a completely different world than today, and I don't mean just technology wise. What I'm talking about here concerns people. People are different. Their self worth has gone up over a thousand percent while the dollar has fallen to almost zero. Confidence is one thing, but self worth unchecked soon becomes arrogance on crack. We are all guilty of this. Everything we do has everything to do with us, and to hell with the rest of the world. And this attitude has been promoted as winner take all. Few people today stop long enough to ask one basic question. Is this the right thing to do over all? In other words, does what I am going to do effect the world negatively in any way?  And do what is right instead of doing what benefits you.

 How else can you explain our disregard for the future generations? We are like parasites in a feeding frenzy, and everyone is afraid they won't get any food. At the rate we are going, there will be nothing left for the second or third generation to come. Between corporations killing the planet in order to maximize profits and us, consuming all they have to offer at an alarming rate, you cannot deny we are heading for catastrophe of the major kind. Have we forgotten this is the only home we have? There is no plan B people. This is it. And even if there was a plan to colonize another planet, what kind of life would it be for the children. Artificial light, air, water, etc. No parks to play in. Living on an otherwise dead planet that we have to generate essentials in order to survive.What kind of life would that be?

 There is a simple solution to all this. It is non violent, and it is legal. It's called non-participation. It calls for all of us to begin cutting out everything possible that requires a monetary system to sustain it.

To be continued......