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Time to Overgrow the System From the Grassroots Up
The time for revolution and overthrowing has past. Now we need an
evolution where we "overgrow" the current dysfunctional system from
the grassroots up. You are probably familiar with the story of the
Native American grandfather who tells his grandson that there are
two wolves fighting inside all of us: The wolf of fear and anger,
and the wolf of love and peace.
"Which wolf will win?" asks the young boy.
"Whichever one we feed," replies the grandfather.
And so when people ask me to predict what will happen, I tell them
the only thing I can predict with certainty is the uncertainty of
any prediction. The future's just too unpredictable these days. This
is a Universe of infinite possibilities, so it all depends on which
futures we invest in.
There is something far more empowerful than predictions, and that is
Tell-A-Vision. If you're fed up with the current programming, my
advice is turn off your TV and tell a vision instead. That way, we
will have healing and functional visions to step into -- and that
beats what we've been stepping into. So I will tell my vision for
2006: This is the year of the American Evolution, where all those
who prefer the Golden Rule to the rule of gold get past left and
right, and come front and center.
I see Americans of all political stripes, plaids and polka dots (not
to mention solids), choosing to face the music and dance together.
Sure, we'll have to learn some new steps, but it's time for a new
dance - A-Bun-Dance. That is where we get up off our assets, move
our buns, and dance together in rhythm and flow. And what better way
to turn the funk into function, and leave the junk at the junction?
I see us in a new reality show -- Extreme Planetary Makeover --
where everyone can play and everyone can win. Just think. Something
more compelling than reality TV ... it's called reality!
I know, I know. Only a crazy person would dare to propose anything
that sane. But maybe it's time to declare the current
institutionalized insanity illegally insane, and set about building
a sane asylum big enough for all six and a half billion of us. As my
guru Harry Cohen Baba has said, "Life is like a good deli. Even if
something isn't on the menu, if enough people order it they have to
make it." So what kind of new world order are we ordering up? Do we
feed the wolf of fear and buy into the "it's every man for himself"
story? Or do we nourish the wolf of love and evolve into the "we're
all in it together" story?
If we're going to be a Super-Duper Power, we have to be super-duper
powerful in activating the power of love, and cultivating the power
of joy. So laugh more. Why not? We all know there's something funny
going on. The wall of lies cannot withstand the vibration of
laughter. All seriousness aside, only a farce field that combines
truth and laughter can bring down the Irony Curtain once and for
all.
Release the old story -- been there, done that -- and speak the new
story into the world. Dare to imagine what we could be doing if we
weren't spending so much of our livelihood on weapons of deadlihood.
Think about it ... think tanks where they think about something
other than tanks. Young people living for their country instead of
dying for it. Health and education fully funded, and the Air Force
having to run a bake sale so they can buy a new bomber.
Can we change the course of history? Can we shift our karma into
surpassing gear? I cannot say for sure, but if we choose to give up
that old Dodge and trade it in for an Evolvo, that's a good first
step. So ... let the Evolution begin. We don't have to wait until
the first Big Shot is fired. If we create a powerful enough field,
the Big Shots will end up firing themselves.
May the FARCE -- as always -- be with us.
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