The middle of Winter is often characterized by quiet, and not so quiet, desperation. When we awoke, yesterday, to find the hot water line to the sink was frozen, the desperation was not that quiet. It got down to - 21.8F and the wind was blowing all evening, but it hasn't frozen in about fifteen years. On investigation, it turns out that the mice had slowly removed the glass wool insulation that Jamie had, some twenty years ago, placed between the pipes and the outside wall. It is in an area behind the sink and below the floor; not easy to get at. Over the last several years, we noticed bits of insulation on the kitchen floor, some Mornings. They finally removed enough.
Today I have have completed my 78th year on planet Earth and tomorrow I begin my 79th. I must have learned a bunch, but most days I don't think I know much. This Morning I almost grabbed hold of the handle of a hot cast iron frying pan. Just lightly touched it before I pulled back. Didn't burn myself. Smart huh.
This Earth is a kindergarten or first grade. We are just beginning our spiritual understanding and although we have made great technological strides, our scientific knowledge has far outstripped our wisdom. We created hydroelectric dams but then flooded out native populations and destroyed huge swathes of the environment. We have coal burning plants that heavily pollute the air. We strip mountains to get the coal and destroy forest and streams. We develop nuclear power and have no way to deal with the nuclear waste except to drop depleted uranium on unsuspecting populations. All this pales beside the destruction to our health and environment caused by the chemical industry. How is it that we have such amazing scientific knowledge and no wisdom?
We have painted some things as being great scientific successes, for instance Borlaug's Green Revolution. But close examination shows a peasant agriculture, that has existed for thousands of years destroyed, and replaced by one that is dependent on pesticides and chemical fertilizers that are made, you guessed it, in the Western World. There were much better ways of increasing production and feeding those folks. Ceasing Western exploitation for one.
See I must have the Winter Doldrums; that is a depressing picture. But I don't mean it to be. I just want to make it clear that, we may have made some scientific advances, but we are spiritually and emotionally barely out of diapers. We need to realize how stupid we have been, but dwelling on it won't change it.
We are right at a hinge point. We are on the verge of great change. The stupidity of the old world is still with us and it is more and more glaringly so. When your eyes begin to open, the realization of what the world has been, is horrible. Unknowingly, we created a very dismal and painful world.
Many people were very disappointed that Dec 21 came and went without obvious change. But even if you are not aware of it, the light has been increasing rapidly. It is important that people see how bad it was. We need to own up to what we created to begin creating with wisdom. For those, who can now see how crazy it has been, switch your attention to the world you want. See the world of love and wisdom emerge. Those who are just beginning to see are going to need help in having their attention changed from, the horror that was, to the love and beauty that can be.
Stay away from television as much as you can, you don't need your nose rubbed in the horror. This period of uncertainty will be very short. We will get through it just fine. Focus on your relationships. Pour all the love you can into them. See everybody with love. Appreciate everyone. Create paradise around you. It will a spread.
Love and Peace, Gregg
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