I am not grieving this as a loss. I am fearful of what could replace it. But I have never seen much to celebrate in our culture. It is sick. If you are a minority or someone from a group that is oppressed I don't think the loss of this society is much of a loss. I see this as chance to introduce a new way of thinking about humanity, life, ecology and so much else. I grew up in poverty. It was not horrible to be impoverished. What was horrible was the reactions others had because you are impoverished. They despise you. They act like you will steal from them. They treat you as garbage. You learn to be invisible. You learn to read others minds. You learn to be what others want you to be to fit in. But you never really fit in. Your brain is altered from that trauma. Your brain is keener. You are aware in ways other never will be. So for me this is a chance to show others what they will go through and how to grow from it. How to become a better human being from it. How to possibly change the world for good. Human Kind may end. But the world will not and while I am still around I will love every moment it offers me and help others do the same.
Adyashanti says "Let you heart break wide open." That's what it took for me to get past the grief.
I am not grieving this as a loss. I am fearful of what could replace it. But I have never seen much to celebrate in our culture. It is sick. If you are a minority or someone from a group that is oppressed I don't think the loss of this society is much of a loss. I see this as chance to introduce a new way of thinking about humanity, life, ecology and so much else. I grew up in poverty. It was not horrible to be impoverished. What was horrible was the reactions others had because you are impoverished. They despise you. They act like you will steal from them. They treat you as garbage. You learn to be invisible. You learn to read others minds. You learn to be what others want you to be to fit in. But you never really fit in. Your brain is altered from that trauma. Your brain is keener. You are aware in ways other never will be. So for me this is a chance to show others what they will go through and how to grow from it. How to become a better human being from it. How to possibly change the world for good. Human Kind may end. But the world will not and while I am still around I will love every moment it offers me and help others do the same.