September 02, 2024 – A

We cannot think our way out of where we are
to some other, better, place instead.

All of our problems stem from the way we handle
our other problems.

Growing up is the solution 
to all of our problems today,
yet, all of our "solutions"
are built around not having to grow-up ever.

We want things to change
without being different.
Or, to be different
without changing.
The status quo must remain untouched forever.

Slavery goes but inequality and injustice remain.
Etc. throughout society and culture.
There is no evidence of growth and maturity
anywhere throughout the world.

Make it the universe.

Here is the situation that holds throughout the universe:

At birth everyone everywhere is born
exactly at the mid-point between
the Garden of Eden and the Garden of Gethsemane.
Everybody but Jesus, the Buddha, and indigenous peoples 
do it the way Adam and Eve did it,
with what "I" want,
how much can "I" get/have/amass/etc. before "I" die,
what can "I" get away with, etc.
driving our boat on its path through the sea,
and "Thy will not mine be done"
(With the "Thy" being our intrinsic intuition
and our innate, newborn, drift toward
liberty/justice/equality/truth) left to be lost on its own
in the wars and wrath of eternal brutality 
characterizing all expressions of civilization over time.

Only indigenous peoples--
with Native Americans leading the list--
show a propensity for doing it the way it needs to be done,
with those who have being considerate of those who have not
and everybody working together for the true good of the whole.

That's the right way to do it,
which stems from our intuition
and our in-born sense of liberty/justice/equality/truth.
Which is lost and gone forever
in the quest for wealth and glory
at the heart of civilization wherever it is found.

And what chance do we have
of turning things around?

This is where Jesus and the Buddha come to the fore
in not caring what their chances were,
and living in the service of liberty/justice/equality/truth
in each situation as it arose
all their life long,
no matter what.