This subject is too big for me. There is so much to it and we have been doing it for so long, it would take years of study to address it properly. But, we must end all wars and the one with Nature is extremely important. In the written memory of the human race, we have been at odds with Nature. We have felt we needed to control it, to manage it; we see it as a dangerous.
When the first person put rocks in a small stream, to make a place deep enough to get a vessel full of water, they were interfering with Nature. We are not talking about that, are we? No, but how about Boulder Dam? Are we talking about that? I don't know. When do we cross the line? Where is the line?
We are coming out of an age where we take our war with Nature for granted. Although, some of us are deeply affected, others don't even notice. Commercial farming has become a war with Nature. Farmers are dependent on chemicals that are deleterious to the environment and it is accepted, as if there is no choice. Of course, some of us remember an agriculture without chemicals. We fed ourselves quite well and our agriculture sustained us through two World Wars, I guess it couldn't have been too bad. I was born in 1935. I grew up in a family that was aware and sensitive to nature. The farms in the areas, we frequented, still used horses for the majority of their work until I was about twelve, that would be 1947. A few farms had tractors, that were bought before 1941. After that industry was dedicated to the war effort and tractors were not available again until after the war. It was awhile before pesticides and herbicides came into use. I think they were well established in the early fifties.
But, this is not a treatise against the use of technology. Nor, do I think we should avoid interference with nature. We can't anyway. We are part of Nature. We are one with it. Every time we breathe we affect all of Nature.
And that is the point. Every time we do anything, we affect everything else. Our wisdom, far lags, our ability to manipulate through science. If we had a crystal ball, would we have split the atom? Would we have created 2-4D and all those wonderful chemicals? Wouldn't we have looked for another way to deal with problems of weeds? Would we have permitted the use of poisons that now pollute our water and air?
Would we have made better decisions if we did not see Nature as something to control and dominate? I know folks who say they love Nature {and I am sure they do}, yet, they see nothing wrong with spraying poison on plants they don't like. Would they do it, if they could see the whole picture?
It is a matter of attitude. It is a matter of perspective. Perhaps we are coming out of an age where the masculine was dominate and the feminine was eclipsed or suppressed. The idea that we have behaved so aggressively with our planet; tore her up, shredded her, sheared off her mountains, destroyed her forest, poured poisons into her waters and air describes a masculinity gone mad. If an individual behaved like that we would lock them up in jail or an asylum. We all did it together, through our corporations. Let's pull the plug.
How can we stop being so insane?
What if we accepted our oneness with Nature? What if we loved Nature? What if we loved our Mother Earth? What if we immersed ourselves in Nature and saw things from inside? What if we could see the purpose of all things?
Nature and our Mother Earth have sustained us and allowed us to multiply and prosper, despite our cruel, or at least unfeeling, behavior. How much better could we live if we treated Her with love and respect?
We have mistaken logic for wisdom. Logic is a production of the ego. It is always at war with its surroundings. Logic, when it is not heart driven, is always misleading. The universe, which includes the Earth and Nature, is replete with Wisdom. If we look to our own true Nature and the Nature of the Universe, we will see. We will understand. We will make decisions that are good for all of us.
We are creative beings. We are not going to stop meddling with Nature. Let us meddle with love and light. All worthwhile decisions come out of peace. Deep Peace.
Happy Friday.
Love and Peace, Gregg
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