I don’t know what the channel will be saying today, here goes with it.
On this planet, everything is connected. Everything is one. All the problems stem from the fact that humans believe they have dominion over nature. That nature is somehow to be subjected to human control. This is categorically untrue and nature can and is fighting back. Ultimately, nature is the warrior because humans are vulnerable to its incredible force. Humans cannot match the fury of an earthquake, a volcanic eruption, storms, all manner of ‘acts of God’ as you call them. Floods bring chaos. Landslides, tornados, hurricanes, all of them bring chaos to human life. And yet you still think you have dominion. It is that thought process that will bring your demise.
You bring war to this earth. You bring bloodshed and corruption through your greed. You don’t think of the ways in which you can do things differently, the ways you can innovate only how you can cleave onto things that will ultimately bring about your demise because of the damage they bring to the environment. And yet you cleave to them because they make someone, somewhere far wealthier than they need to be or the average person will ever be. Yes, there is enough abundance to go around to every person on this planet but while you allow the few to hoard it, you will not see it. Because you allow yourselves to believe it is finite when it is not – and in whose interest is to to believe this way? Not the average person’s interest for sure. But for those who accumulate more and more while you allow yourselves to be distracted from what they are doing? It is very much in their interests.
What will it take to make you wake up? To see what is truly happening? To see that the greed among the few is running rampant, to see that they believe you to be beneath them so they can do whatever it is they feel like doing to you? What will it take for you to realise that you do have the power over them? That you can bring them to their knees. Start off with not buying what they are selling. Do you really need the latest model of phone? Do you need that latest thing from that online company? Do you need that new car? From that particular manufacturer of electric vehicles? Can you find alternative routes of production for things? Can you find a different way? One that is far more conducive to the planet? To saving your species?
Why don’t you read books instead of watching television endlessly? It is just an avenue to sell you more things you do not need. Your endless consumption is ruining the environment, enriching the few, and making you no more satisfied with your life. How is this a good thing? Why don’t you enjoy culture and the creative arts? Go out and enjoy nature, learn how to value it better. Purchase locally sourced food that is actually going to nourish your body rather than convenience foods which do not. Stop staring at computer screens pretending you are fighting a battle from history – learn about the battle instead – or committing a violent crime or driving a sports car or whatever else happens in these games. Pretending you’re playing a sport – go and play the sport in the park. Stop playing deliberately addictive and brain-numbing games on your phone. Gather knowledge instead. Knowledge about the world, about life, about nature, about anything that you find interesting rather than something that makes you completely pliable to those who would want you that way. Or interact with fellow human beings in social groups who are walking in nature or tending to nature or who are indulging in the same hobbies as you might have. How do you know you won’t like it if you do not try it?
Stop watching the news on repeat, it is only telling you what others want you to know. A microcosm of what is going on in the world. Ask your own questions, search for the answers yourself. Stop being like the chick in the nest being fed all the time, seek your own intellectual nourishment. Recognise that most things are propaganda intended to force you into thinking in ways that are approved of. Think for yourself. Ask the difficult questions. Challenge the status quo. Be bright, be bold, be innovative, have initiative, be who you were truly meant to be.
But most of all…wake up. Before it’s too late.
Louisa Simpson 