leadership and responsibility
It is flawed logic to argue that we have all of eternity to “fix” this mess we are in on earth. This argument - and that’s what it is - assumes that at some point in the future we are going to fix things. The assumption, however, is flawed, because each time we reincarnate we must overcome successively stronger weighted tendencies - as we become more deeply set in our conditioned reflexes.
The job gets harder the longer we put if off. Global warming makes the case: putting our heads in the sand eventually extends us beyond critical mass - to a point where things can no longer be fixed. If we don’t find ways to better illuminate the path, it will stay dark here; we will keep living in the dark… forever.
The light-headed optimist glibly responds in chatty rhythm, “I really don’t have to be all that worried. Heaven [the other side] is so full of light, and that’s where I’m going; I’m leaving this darkness behind!” This is a naive, egotistical and immature point of view, because it can be just as dark for us over there as it is for us here. Only our immediate circumstances are escaped by death.
“Oh, but I am in the light here,” comes the predictable response. “I am growing everyday, and I’m becoming more one with the universe.”
Light IS in everything, but we are talking two different games here. It’s like a newly minted sailor walking up to the veteran captain, and, upon surveying the churning sea, saying with a forgivable chirpiness, “Wow, sir; the ocean is really big and dangerous - but, I know that we’ll make it, sir, and we’ll be fine. You want to know how I know that, sir? Because of all my training and my really great mental attitude!” Read the rest of this entry »
