fear; aversion to discomfort (revised)

We have become slaves to our addiction to comfort and convenience. Our response to a war on the grounds of the acquisition of oil, though most are morally opposed to such flagrant evil, sit on their hands in fear of "loosing" their own freedom. The point is, we are not free, not if we continue following the herd.

Love for the earth and children is my only complaint and I see no hope if we don't abandon ways of war and move towards non-violence. I have found love to feel better than hate. I have founddeep satisfaction in choosing to suffer in the name of love, and great pain when I suffer on another's behalf due to greed and calvinism. I leave each to their own code of morals and seek nothing more than to aid in the self discovery, that the life most live is based on fear, or, an aversion to discomfort.

Everything about our culture clearly points to an addiction to comfort. Rightfully so, if there is a great pendulum swinging, as soon as we strapped shoes on our feet and started to grow food (not necessarily in that order) we began to swing from a life of scavenging and survival, or harmony with the seasons, environment, etc. to a life of domestication where the biggest threats to safety are absent-mindedness around heavy machinery.

We are not being hunted any longer, at least by predators looking for food. In excepting slavery we have traded freedom for a relatively secure life. Just as the pendulum swings for the status of the human species, another swings for the whole of life, and more still for the myriad process that occur in symphony beneath the sun providing us and the whole of creation this very inhabitable planet. Change is upon us and I leave it to the individual to either open their eyes, or follow the herd over the cliff's edge.

Extinction is inevitable, and so is hope. Nature is both provider and depriver and its no ones choice which as we are just one of the many creatures of creation. All I can do is bask in this life I have in my grasp. I"m gona hold on to it until death, disease or who knows loosens my grip.

So 2nd and 4th Wednesday will be still, a discussion on the role of non-violence but with a focus and exploration of fear and distraction in the context of the American Dream.

Peace and love; slavery and war: your choice.