It's been so long since I've posted anything here outside of a few random comments or purposeful obsequitous obedience to my own desire of engaging in discourse with forum members. So, it's time for a post.
When in the course of human progress and development, the economic reliance upon produced goods leads to unforeseen and new growth and abundance, whatever toils and hardships on the downswing of the business cycle should cause us to rethink our political and economic system and glance if not look far ahead to what the current pace and unbounded expansion bring to the future of our species.
The world is at war and century-old problems in the cradle of civilization and humanity are resparked as the rest of the world watches, both from afar and from first-hand to lament at the nature of the great tragedies befalling humankind because of its rebellious and obstinate nature. The supremacy of law, of books, of systems and societies clash while some realize universally present humanity and that mutual acknowledgement of the celebration of life. And yet no change can happen, save for the few people who, as in the past, form a commitment to better the world, slowly, in whatever capacity possible, knowing that those who are endowed with a greater conscience are obligated to act in accordance with the Good.
We, as a nation, are frightened from the events that shake us, realizing prosperity is fleeting and that pain, even if healed, remains in memory to be lulled again in most cases to the drone of a systematic means of surviving and obtaining food as well as struggle in our social structures in vain pursuit of what is recognized as success.
Some have turned to God, I hope truly so, and some rely on themselves, and some dream, and people eat drink, fall in love, marry, and continue to live, as in the past.
But there is change in the acknowledgement of our limits, change in the ways we put our trust in scientific certainty, change in the way we teach our children, change in the way we even perceive ourselves and our roles in the world. We have come to a point where choices will have permanence, and where we are no longer innocent, having been afforded insight into the dramatic impact we have in our environements, on ourselves and in the people we love.
There is change. And these are different times.
What does it mean to be human? I pose it for discussion after a few reflections upon our current state. What are we, and what are we becoming?
Cheers !
When in the course of human progress and development, the economic reliance upon produced goods leads to unforeseen and new growth and abundance, whatever toils and hardships on the downswing of the business cycle should cause us to rethink our political and economic system and glance if not look far ahead to what the current pace and unbounded expansion bring to the future of our species.
The world is at war and century-old problems in the cradle of civilization and humanity are resparked as the rest of the world watches, both from afar and from first-hand to lament at the nature of the great tragedies befalling humankind because of its rebellious and obstinate nature. The supremacy of law, of books, of systems and societies clash while some realize universally present humanity and that mutual acknowledgement of the celebration of life. And yet no change can happen, save for the few people who, as in the past, form a commitment to better the world, slowly, in whatever capacity possible, knowing that those who are endowed with a greater conscience are obligated to act in accordance with the Good.
We, as a nation, are frightened from the events that shake us, realizing prosperity is fleeting and that pain, even if healed, remains in memory to be lulled again in most cases to the drone of a systematic means of surviving and obtaining food as well as struggle in our social structures in vain pursuit of what is recognized as success.
Some have turned to God, I hope truly so, and some rely on themselves, and some dream, and people eat drink, fall in love, marry, and continue to live, as in the past.
But there is change in the acknowledgement of our limits, change in the ways we put our trust in scientific certainty, change in the way we teach our children, change in the way we even perceive ourselves and our roles in the world. We have come to a point where choices will have permanence, and where we are no longer innocent, having been afforded insight into the dramatic impact we have in our environements, on ourselves and in the people we love.
There is change. And these are different times.
What does it mean to be human? I pose it for discussion after a few reflections upon our current state. What are we, and what are we becoming?
Cheers !
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