Dated September 17, 2006

Ever love a tree? I have. I love trees...and some days, trees probably love me too. (I dunno, they aren't real verbal about it.)

But, love those trees as I do, today I found myself wondering if we weren't going about this all wrong. This fighting the tide of greed and ignorance thing. Cursing the industrial complex as it leads us down the road to consequence. Barbed wire and consequences...they'll teach you a thing or two.

So enough of the protests and the guerilla style interventions. Enough of the recycling, reforesting and re-educating. Let's just drop it already.

What we need is a planet with only a few acres of cultivable land. We need a dirt parking lot as far as the eye can see (forgive me my botanic brethren and sistren.) We need an all but dead planet. We need to live without what's important for a little while...to refocus on what's important. We need to live without fresh air and greenery to miss it enough to hold it dear again.

Our familiarity has bred contempt and nature has become undervalued by society. So be it.

Apparently reason has left us..so let's drive Mother Nature into full on hibernation. Let's bring on the retaliatory lashback of our own short-sightedness.

We need to fall to learn. So please, let's get this thing over with. It's time to stop prolonging the inevitable.

What say? Styrofoam burning party anyone?

Love,

daf

I trust you know this already daf, so thank you for bringing it to mind.

What you're saying is: When we feel impatient for change, and see imminent collapse and diaster around us - this is exactly the time we need to remember Ghandi's advice "Be the change you wish to see in the world".

In other words the feelings of impatience and fear are there to remind us to look within; find the place inside self that is outside of time, and is perfect already. The divinity within. Know God, know peace.

Yes?

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p.s. thank you Solane Star for pointing out the Oprah bookclub on Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth.

Man I hope so, Kay. Because what you said sounded really good.

I think I was being sarcastic mostly in order to point out the direction we're heading in. But man I could sure use a fat dose of what you said.

daf