ANARCHY

Jamie and I have been talking about how our society and government are largely a creation of the Ego. Over the years I have read a few things about Anarchy and it is interesting how it got equated with chaos and disorder. The first definition in my dictionary is: "absence of any type of political authority". I certainly can't speak for all who claim to be anarchist, but a common theme is the belief that a natural order will exist, that is superior to the man made order, if the man made order is abandoned.

Well let us examine this. I think that our society, hence political systems, are a creation of the group ego. The system exist mainly to enhance the egos of the elite. The higher up on the food chain the more ego enhancement.

Years and years ago, I use to pose this question to my friends; "how would you behave differently if there were no laws?" At first I would get exaggerated responses; then on reflection they would conclude that they wouldn't behave any differently. However, they were afraid some people might. They didn't see laws as modifying their behavior, but still felt they protected them from others. Interesting, so are we to conclude that laws are a response to fear?

The most often heard argument against a benign natural order is peoples' perception of nature. Many folks look at nature and only see predation; a dog eat dog world. They believe that to be civilized means separating yourself from nature. The major problem I see, in this view, is that nature is like a huge inkblot, you read into it what you project. A fearful person sees fear. An angry person sees anger. You will project on to nature whatever you feel is true.

I don't think the anarchist were wrong. They were out of synch with the time. There was no time in the last two thousand years where their ideas would work. If you had eliminated all social structure, the collective ego would have created new structure just as repressive as the one abandoned. This is especially true with the rise to the top of the psychopaths this last one hundred years.

How about now? There seems to be a new generation of people who can visualize a natural order based on the idea that we can love one another. They feel it! They see it! They know it! In my mind, there is no question, that the light is shining bright. I see evidence every day that folks are waking up. We don't need to be afraid to let the existing order collapse under its own weight. It is all ego. For many years we have suffered from living in a society created by ego; let us create one out of love.

Love and Peace, Gregg