Let’s take the story back in time. We had gone thousands of years on this earth just as it was in its perfect condition. It providing us well everything we needed with little to worry about.
Then suddenly not so long ago most of the world took quite a turn. Was it the discovery of electricity or perhaps the invention of the engine or both that catapulted inventions so that it would today bring us to the brink of possible extinction or some type of disaster to the Human Species.
The Industrial Revolution has no doubt changed just about everything we do on a daily basis. So far removed in such a short period of time are we that we cannot even comprehend a daily life like that of only 3 to 4 generations ago; That of our great grandparents, or to the newest generation of maturity of our great-great grands.
To face such a catastrophe of the human species while living on such a forgiving and resource[full] Earth seems like a completely ridiculous idea.
However the facts presented to us can’t just simply be ignored—and is it really so outlandish to be all that unbelievable. Some would say YES—others would say, open up your eyes. The facts do seem quite overwhelming. We have to admit that the population of people on the earth has reached outrageous proportions.
Think for a moment of what we know about the disappearance of whole groups of people such as the Maya. The Mayan people had built incredibly large cities in a very large area of what we now call North and South America. Archaeologists and Anthropologists have looked for clues to what happened to such a large and powerful group of people. Seemingly, suddenly walking away from all they had built. It has been concluded by some that they had simply over-used their resources—leaving themselves so depleted—life as they knew it changed so dramatically that it pretty much came to an end. Could that be all there was to it, that even in a time without the industrial revolution, such a thing could happen. Well there was also the thing that happened to all the Native Nations of the Northern and Southern Continents of the Americas–the Spanish Conquistadors.
Of course it is also true of the over-use of resources,as we have discovered in other areas of the world where whole groups of people just seemed to become extinct.
Easter Island is one of those places. Today we face something similar but far more outreaching. We have not used up only local resources that make it so we can’t live in just one area of the earth, but instead we are now facing a complete change of our entire planet, yes a complete GLOBAL CHANGE. The earth is changing—is going to change—and so are we. Whether by force or by Nature—Change is inevitable. The question right now is whether Humans will be able to weather it out, or will be become like the Dinosaurs that once lived grandly on the earth, that are now extinct from it.
What do I mean when I say by force when you think, truly it would be by the force of Nature wouldn’t it? Well yes but, I am talking about a different kind of force. One that we would choose, to avoid the necessary forces of nature, that would be far more unpleasant. To now choose to make the changes necessary to alleviate or who knows, perhaps even reverse altogether the destructive forces that are right now in action, would certainly have a far better outcome. Another words we are now being ‘forced’ to take action on this ‘choice’, that we can only hope will have a positive effect to what is now a drastically disastrous effect on the earth with the ever increasing speed climate change is taking. For example if only 500,000 homes reduced their electricity usage by 15-20% annually, this would mean a reduction of literally millions of pounds of carbon emissions each year. Wow, now just imagine if millions of homes did that same thing. Then just imagine if we began to reduce in other areas as well, such as travel. In fact a 15-20% reduction in electricity usage is actually very little, it is easily doable to reduce as much as 90% or even eliminate altogether. It really is not difficult, nor does it need to be expensive for each home to create it’s own electricity. Just imagine what a difference these small changes can make. I will be pointing out some facts about alternative energies and Conservation in a later chapter, since I truly believe that a little education goes a long way. When one understands more what the numbers actually add up to, then it becomes easier to put them into action because they really are amazing. It is so do-able, I find it amazing that we continue to ignore it as though it were not an emergency. We have done that for too long already, now we can only hope that drastic action will actually make a difference. We do not even know if we have not already gone too far for even a drastic change to make a difference, but of course we must try.
At the last entry I left you with the thoughtful question of why are we here? I shared that I have a thought on it. It is hard for Humans to consider such things unless it puts us at the top. The human ego has a hard time grasping concepts of equality of even lesser. However, my thought does just that. I look at life, all life that is, as an altogether thing. All life has it’s own thing, not one above the other necessarily, just different. We each (all living things that is) have our own tasks, purposes, etc. It’s accepting those differences for what they are that seems to be so difficult for the Human Mind. Not a fault necessarily, it’s the way we are as humans, and I suppose that needs to be accepted as well. There are some things that come about as a result of it though that I believe we have a better ability to change, and that is the destructiveness that can come from over egotistical thinking. I have actually heard people say that human life is the only important life on earth. What does that even mean? Perhaps they are so ignorant that they do not know that so much of the life on earth actually provides life for humans. That in fact, were it not for nearly all other life, there would be no human life. Maybe that’s why all other life came before human life, well of course. Now I have thought this through pretty well and conclude that in fact it is only human life that really does not have any real purpose to the earth. Well, here it comes, and I must first tell you that I am a creation believer, so I believe that we were created simply for the purpose of enjoying all the life on earth in all it’s magnificence. If we are truly able to enjoy it as it was meant to be enjoyed, we then too develop a great appreciation and even understanding of and for all life on earth.
Perhaps that is why Humans have the ability of the “Higher Thinking” capacity than other life on earth–in order to have a “better” understanding or concept of the wonderful sphere of Earth and our Universe–and just how absolutely amazing it and life on it is. Once again I must re-state that all life comes from the earth, we are all the earth. Well, that’s about it for today. Please share with me your thoughts and opinions, join me in this discussion.
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