Greeting you all,
Thanks for your contribution and insights, 14 Chakras, J_rod 7 and all the others.
J_rod7,
Are you by any chance familar with Wisdom? - i am asking, for i have the feeling, Wisdom Itself chose to speak with your words. On this one!:-)
14 Chakras,
No!
No, we "should NOT be trying to solve the problems we are facing from the same level of consciousness that created them in the first place."
We "should focus on raising our consciousness so we can bring forth lasting solutions that create a sustainable, peaceful and increasingly abundant world."
To begin with.
PROPERLY understanding overpopulation, properly tackling overpopulation demands a revolutionary NEW level of consciousness: SELF RESPONSIBILITY.
We, Humans, MUST understand, acknowledge and effectively accept our responsibility for ourselves, for other species of Earth and for Mother Earth self.
The point of departure in our approach is the ultimate Oneness of Humanity in Spirit and Consciousness, hence our Responsibility for what is, was and will be with us and with our Planet.
"Instead of looking at the problem being too many people, perhaps we can agree that problem is that the world cannot indefinitely support more people living the way we are currently living."
Spot on, 14 Chakras! - what the last part concerns.
"Responsibility begins already in the dreams", said Dali, echoing Sigmund Freud and indeed, the reality, all that is - apart from the four fundamental elements - is a creation of Man; it is the cristallization, the realization of THOUGHTS and WILL .
"Be responsible of your own thoughts, master your thoughts and you could make mountains perform saltos!", i should really dare state!
We chose the way we now live; we created the current reality; yes, we are co-creators and as such we must ALSO be able to rectify, refine, add to, edit or undo THIS reality.
Now then.
We all agree, we are on a wrong track, that there is something fundamentally wrong with our world and the way we go about life.
It should also be clear, that Earth is a closed, interdependent system, where not only the quantity of energy is always stable and the same (remember the first law of thermodynamics, id est 'Principle of Conservation of Energy', entropy), but even the quantity of water is the same - it can not substantially increase, in any case - and in these circumstances, management, rational use, sound planning are indeed a matter of sheer common sense.
Or could you possibly advocate, that we unlimitedly keep bringing new Humans into such a world?
Would there be any trace of any spirituality in so doing?
Why not first fix our mess? - at least!
And to all those waving the 'Lots-of-vacant-land-around' argument, we ask:
But at which cost? What about the Flora and Fauna?
Once again, overpopulation is a reality and we would better pull our heads out of the sand!
In the choice between extinction and evacuation - we are imposing to ourselves - it might yet not be too late to strongly embrace education.
And, as you rightly pointed it out, one should certainly consider the spiritual character of being a Human more thoroughly, with more self reflection, that is neutral-positively - also with regard to overpopulation.
Allow me to quote a good friend here:
A wise Shaman once said:
"We are killing our grandchildren to feed our children."
That is what it is down to, sadly.
That is also what overpopulation exposes: the mode of temporality in consciousness in which the current Humanity dwells: focused exclusively on the here and now, narrow, vegetative, trapped in the vicious circle of fight for sole physical survival, short-sighted, materially egocentric, subjectively anthropocentric...
We have forgotten, we are infinite in time and space; that we are essentially spiritual beings and as such, the Embodiment of the Transcendental Totality in a
potentially absolute mode of being and manifestation.
Earth Humans should be doing better than that.
Looking forward to your further contributions.
Namaste.
RaKaR
Sprechet zur Weisheit: "Wahrlich, du bist meine Schwester, und in dir wohnet die Klugheit, die da ist meine Freundin."
(OM 31: 271)
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