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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Separation - separateness
Is a defining characteristic of our civilisation today
A sense-of-self that has increasingly dominated our civilization for thousands of years.
For the discrete-and-separate self
Is how we experience our lives - you over there and me here
With this view inhabiting an objective universe means more for you is less for me.
This is the self of today
It is not working
Greed and the corruption our world view brings is destructive
It is destroying our planet
We all know this we all sense on a deep level 5% of the population controlling or owning most of the resources is not a healthy state of affairs
We are nearing the end of unbridled capitalism
To move forward we need to shift to a gift society
In a gift society more for you is more for me, because I know that if you have more than you need, you will give the surplus to someone who needs it.
In this very simple way, we become connected;
I wish for your good as you wish for mine, and do unto you as I would have you do unto me.
As taught for thousands of years, this simple rule is the truth of the coming age.
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Today we are moving into a time that realizes the truth of the connected self
A connected self in which not only my well-being, but my very existence, my very being-ness, depends on the well-being and indeed the existence of all other beings on the planet.
This same truth is also what moves us to compassion for others
For those with less than ourselves
It can be experienced directly in psychedelic states and other altered states
Normal states as well, indeed in any state we can experience the pleasure of connectedness
The feeling that we are awakening to a much more wonderful world
Something magical, something mind-blowing a world so much more interesting than the one we inhabit today
We want our minds to be blown because we are done with the Age of Separation and the small, isolated self that inhabits it.
It is time for this social movement to begin in earnest.
And this can only happen when we truly believe this to be possible
To be the only way forward
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Do you?
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C. Eisenburg
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