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. The eminent nineteenth century philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, offered us this simple, yet brilliant insight: "The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation." How does that relate to you and me today? The answer is that most humans are still living lives filled with stressful challenges and/or under incredibly difficult, or literally desperate circumstances.This brings us to the gang members who are punching holes in the tires of cars parked on the streets in the San Fernando Valley. What are you seeing in this current rash of mindless destruction? You are seeing "desperation" slinking through the night -- desperation that is anything but quiet. So what roles are we, as responsible adult's, playing in this game. We participated in creating the conditions and the circumstance that fostered the growth of a world filled with unnecessary, human-created challenges -- a world built on fear -- a world based on separation -- a world filled with zero-sum games -- a world that moves the world's least ethical people (drug czars) into the class of the world's wealthiest people. The petty hoodlums roaming our streets at night are not the real criminals. They're desperate kids gone mad in a very sick world. They're a symptom of a much deeper problem. The real criminals are the fairytale beliefs that rule both our lives and their lives. Fairytales like: We are separate from nature. We are separate from Creator/God. We are separate from each other. We can destroy our environment and not reap the consequences. We are powerless victims of our external world. Punishment solves problems. Et cetera. etc. etc. . . The world of desperate kids and adults-resigned-to-mediocrity is not going to go away until we wake up! (The "we" in the previous sentence includes you!) Here's just one wakeup call: http://www.joy101.org ' Also, see the page titled: Making Social Changes. . |
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