We are living through rapids of change
Strong emotions, feelings, conflicts – stir us up
Loud voices yell
We must do this,
We must do that
I am right, you are wrong –
Go this way – No go that way
Draw those lines sharp and
Don’t ever cross them
Anger, fear, loud voices
create noise
then more noise
- NO ONE IS HEARD

The times demand we must move and choose
- OR ELSE
Climate change, Monetary crisis,
Health care, Immigration, Terrorism
All demand our attention
- OVERLOAD

Big government, big business, big banks
Who is there to trust?
Our old home is gone
A NEW HOME IS NEEDED

Find a quiet space to listen
A space to listen without judgment
A way forward beyond the noise
Beyond the good and bad
Beyond those lines drawn
BEYOND THE FEAR

IN SPITE OF ALL THE YELLING
- WE ARE ALL CONNECTED

We are going through the rapids of change
The rapids demand our attention and action
The rapids require we ride this together

A symphony is waiting to be expressed
Where all voices can be heard and respected
Where fear, and anger, and suffering
Can be known and shared

Meet, see, and know each other
Go thru and deal with the rapids
Plant the seeds of change
A new world sprouts
Roots hold together
A new home
PEACE

A review of: “Right Relationship” By Peter Brown

written by Hal Mead

Moving from Wrong to Right Relationship

A pursuit of wrong relationship is the prevailing trend of our times. The signs are now well known: climate change, over population, loss of top soil and freshwater, increasing rates of species extinction, deforestation, toxic chemicals, persistent human poverty, unstable world financial system.

Right relationship – One that promotes the common good, rather than only the interests of individuals or a particular class of people. Political commonwealth -wealth is seen as something to be allocated equitably, to be shared in common.

What is A Whole Earth Economy for?

The purpose of the economy is to preserve & enhance the integrity, resilience, and beauty of life.

Cooperation in mutually beneficial economic dealings is the ethical root of society. The key elements of this kind of cooperation are respect and reciprocity -respect for other people and for the environment.

How does It Work?

Life’s task is to grow in compassion and in a way of living that is helpful to all life, and to the earth systems on which life depends.- the consequences of failing to live in this sacred manner will diminish our own life value and the well-being of the whole earth community.

Trusteeship of earth’s commons

Many laws that limit individual freedom are readily accepted (for example, criminalizing murder or requiring one to stop at red lights), this authority will surely have to expand into new and challenging areas if human society is to work toward living within ecological limits. Laws regulating the number of children people can have would likely face serious resistance, yet that kind of regulatory limit maybe needed to stay within the earth’s ecological limits by reducing population.

Essential to this is a shift from an egocentric – I, me, mine, values perspective, to one of collaborative engagement in pursuit of the common good.