Is money
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When everything is valued by how much it costs
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When people believe that everything can be bought
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When the media slavishly cover everything the rich do
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When even the worst arms dealer is feted because he is rich
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When vulgarity is admired
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Welcome to our world
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A little green man from Mars might wonder how we can ignore and deny the myriad problems we are thereby creating
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But then again he might notice how naturally self destructive this behaviour is
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When the only criteria is money then everything is for sale
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Putting humanity on a downward spiral which leaves morality and ethics aside
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This in turn leads to ever more corruption and cynicism
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Welcome to our world today
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And tomorrow?
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A breakdown in many areas as different interest groups compete for pickings
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A self destructive spiral gathering momentum along with the accelerating pace of change
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Our times are so interesting because so many different apparently unrelated areas are reaching their tipping points
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We are moving into uncharted waters
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Tipping points are where suddenly there are no more large fish, and the whole food chain is destroyed, disrupted, changed
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These events always have unpredictable consequences
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Who thought about the rapid increase in the number of jellyfish when they fished all the big tuna and turtles out of the oceans?
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Who thought that swimming in some areas of the sea might become dangerous, even life threatening?
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Reaching tipping points means that we have broken the natural chain or balance of something resulting in unexpected situations
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Tipping points are also where our greedy behaviour leads to unexpected changes
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Unpredictable situations
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Some might see evidence of this around them in fact if you look closely you will see it everywhere
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And so?
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Your own personal journey in this life is also about how you behave
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It too has it's tipping points
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Points of integrity and honesty
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Choices you make
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No problem to be greedy a cheat and liar, just be warned you pay
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You pay to every last dime, kopeck, centime, and this over many lives if necessary
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No one avoids paying their karma
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Personally the idea of doing this life over again to learn the lessons we should have learnt this time around is not very appealing
But go right ahead and ,make your own choices
Anyone can join the party of greed
It seems so easy to start with
However as life goes on less and less has flavour or meaning
How can it when self is the only interest?
When physical things are the only value
The other choice of ethical and moral behaviour might not look so sexy
Look around though who has peace of mind?
The paranoid rich or the altruistic?
For the record a bit of this and a bit of that still creates karma
Karma that multiplies through our lukewarm and non commitment to anything
On the altruistic side it is a harder road for sure that of helping others and being generous of pocket and spirit
Feels pretty good though with few sleepless nights
Few worries as one learns to let go of fears
In fact riches of a different kind
No one can take love from you and love is what evolves with true altruism
Not so true of money or power
Just growing fear and paranoia if not this then stubborn denial of a life ill spent
Amazing really though because the answer to life is right in front of us
Serve others, give your love, grow your compassion, those ancients were not fools
Why do we not listen?
Because it takes courage?
Discipline and will power?
Yes all of those and why not?
In a funny way it takes some of those to rip people off as well!
Just that one leads to a sad life and the other to fulfillment
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