RELEARNING

It is 7:12 AM, early for me to start blogging. I have been up since shortly after five. Shearing day. {Those who aren't familiar with my blog can read Mistakes Happen for some background.} I went out last night at 11: PM and the sheep were still not in the barn. I went out in the dark at 5:15 AM, the barn was empty. As it got light, I observed the sheep from the living room window. About 7, they started to move toward the barn, I was able to close the barn door without incidence. Humph! I could have stayed in bed and got seven hours sleep instead of five and a half. Oh well, I will survive. The shearer is coming at 8 AM. I have a few things to do. I will finish this blog later.

The shearing is completed for another year. It is now 9:15 AM. Let see if I can be coherent on 5 ½ hours sleep. I am not sure I can convince anybody that we need relearning. It is difficult to see the power of conformity, obedience to authority, group think, the desire to belong, worship of wealthy people, and all the other things that shape our consciousness. We grow up heavily influenced by parents, teachers and caregivers. Then we have the groups we want to be accepted by. We don't want to be out of step. We want to be accepted.

There is all the things about medicine, science, economics and education. We can't know all about everything. Some of us cave in to authority and believe what we are programmed to believe. Some of us try to make decisions based on our own learning and perception. We like to think there are some areas free from contamination; science for example. But it isn't. Scientist have egos like the rest of us. Money and power influence who gets grants, what universities get them and who can do research and what research is accepted. Scientific elitism is a serious problem. Folks who come up with ideas, that go against the grain, of accepted belief are often demonized. We would like to trust authority, in at least, the sciences, but we can't. It is hard to accept, but until this present authority crumbles, there is very little we can trust.

Can folks come together and create communities based on what they know and experience every day? Can we find a way to look at the Earth and the Universe with fresh eyes? Can we give up all our stored up beliefs and see what is really there?

For a healing/learning center to work it must be composed of folks who can do this. We do need a guide. I would suggest our present society is based on fear. I would suggest our emerging society be based on love. What would happen if we gave up all our beliefs and based all our decisions on unconditional love? What if we insisted on seeing the Earth and the Universe as creations of Love?

In future blogs, I will take individual aspects of our society e.g. medicine, agriculture, education, etc. and examine why we need to relearn, things we think we know, and how we might approach seeing differently.

Love and Peace, Gregg