New year / New day
A New Year
a new day
and all seems just the same
people go to and fro
the coffee tastes good
life goes on
busy
and still
most are not aware that we stand on the brink
that the edge is close by
the slippery slope
most of us are not aware
or do not want to know
or simply deny
the facts
that things will never be the same
from a certain point onwards
and that this point
has come
The United States Climate Report says it bluntly
and in very specific scientific terms:
But still
life goes on
Trump is lying as usual
and denying his own agencies findings
and rolling back environmental protections laws
one after the next
Life goes on
business as usual
wildfires are burning out of control
coral reefs are bleaching until they are dead
and the Greenland glaciers are melting with record speed
together with the rest of them all around
Did i mention the oceans rising
some island nations already looking for a new home
did i mention the Amazonian rainforest been cut down rapidly
did i mention species extinction every day of this new and virgin year?
No, i don’t need to mention all of that
because it is well known
and reported about
by the media
But did i mention
that the media is under attack too
given a bad bad name > the Fake News
by the likes of Mr Donald T. and his enablers
or given prison or the death sentence by other regimes
It all sounds bleak
but its a fact and its a trend
driven by the likes of Trump, the demagogues
the populists, the autocrats in position of power, the presidents
the next potential Hitlers
I am not kidding
the list is long and spans the globe already
their rise has been surprising and nobody did see it coming
Trump in the US, Modi in India, Widodo in Indonesia, and Bolsonaro in Brazil
Duterte in the Philippines, Urban in Hungary, Ortega in Nicaragua, Putin in Russia
Erdogan in Turkey, Maduro in Venezuela … even Berlusconi wants to get back to power in Italy
And i did not even mention Africa or China or former CCCP nations in the East
or the many faceless populist political movements that are pressing for a seat in government
like it is already the “New Normal” in good old Austria
Just check the facts, if you have a good enough stomach for that kind of shit
Well, i know, its just a bit too much to come along with the morning coffee
Sorry! ; )
But why do i even mention the big bad wolf
Hitler, may he not rest in peace!
This phrase comes to my mind:
“Migrants are the new Jews”
They are the perfect target for the popular discontent and anger
and they are the perfect vehicle for populist authoritarian leaders of the way to power
And they are coming, the migrants, nothing can stop that wave
the more the suppression and upheaval and economic deprivation goes on in their countries
the more this spiral will accelerate in speed and numbers
and so on …
“Why am i so negative today?”, you may ask.
Yes why am i?
I did not get off on the wrong foot
I have slept well
meditated …
But hey! this is where all this started
This is where i opened my eyes to all of that
in a flash!
Maybe i should stop meditating ; )
But now that i said all that i don’t want to leave you without some perspective
my perspective
the way i deal with it:
– Meditate deeper, ground myself in the unchangeable Ground of Being
– Understand that governments come and go, empires rise and fall, trends and fashions are just a blink of an eye
– Be passionately informed with the best information the internet has to offer
– Think for yourself, think long and hard, develop an opinion about everything and the rest
– Speak up, make your opinion heard wherever, whenever
– Confront people, make them think, make a difference
– Become political, run for president ; )
– Don’t forget the great weapon:
Cosmic humor
The Blessed Life
The blessed life
is not the easy life
is not the convenient
and comfortable
The blessed life
is the challenging life
the one that loosens up
all the boundaries
that pushes the limits
that takes you beyond
of what you think you are
We all live in the dream – more or less
the dream of form
of a defined identity
distinguished from the rest
separated for the The All and The One
We believe that that’s it
and we know no other way than that
And if we strive
we learn and grow
and we can become
a good and even great individual
a real respectable person
Blessed is the life
that pushes us
beyond that
Blessed is True Love
for it does just that
And then
there is
no way
back
Why is it?
Why is it
that murder novels
are on the top of the bestseller lists
and not Rumi
and not Krishnamurti
and not Saint John of the Cross?
Why is it
that the hero of today
are firefighters or people in sports
or insanely successful CEOs
Why is it
that the saints, the world teachers, the mystics
are only a mere 0.000001% of the world population
the exception to the rule, the Abnormality
and the rest of us is called Normal
Why is it
that nobody anymore is leaving everything
to go to the Himalayas in search for Ultimate Truth?
Why are humans
so distracted
so content
so busy
with just about everything else
but the ultimate meaning of being alive
Why is it, that humanity is just moving on and on and on
without any real sense of direction?