How would we act if we thought that no-one would ever find out what we had done?
How many of us are capable of performing a kind act for someone, without ever telling another person?
Perhaps more pertinently, how many of us are capable of performing an unkind act to someone, if we thought that no-one would ever find out?
Is it only the fear of being caught out (and the consequences of this) that keeps us all from turning on one another?
Personally, I prefer to believe that people are intrinsically good and that it is the conditioning that we are exposed to from an early age that can knock us off our true path.
We have forgotten our natural loving nature and allowed ourselves to believe that we are all separate.
Society teaches us that the world is a harsh, dog eat dog place – that to survive and flourish we must beat our competitors. By whatever means necessary.
This programming works at a sub conscious level to condition us to see every other human as a potential competitor, rather than as a unique expression of the miracle of life.
As a species, it also imbues us with the conviction that we are the most advanced creature on the planet and therefore have the right to do with it what we wish.
“I didn’t do it”
Collectively, we think that no-one is watching as we clog up the oceans with oil and plastic, destroy the natural oxygen giving forests, bury radioactive waste for future generations to sort out, hunt beautiful creatures to extinction and drop bombs on women and children in the name of peace.
How did we get it so wrong? And, more importantly, how can we put it right?
We could start at an individual level by reconnecting with the divine spark that glows inside us all.
We all know the difference between right and wrong. It is within us and cannot be destroyed, no matter how much some of us would like to bury it.
If we sit quietly for a few minutes each day, breathe regularly and don’t follow our thoughts – just be present in the breath and the sitting – we will slowly discover a peace and calm within that allows our deeper nature to come to the fore.
We will realise that we are not all separate – that we are made from the same material, breathe the same air and have the same wants, needs, hopes and fears.
Empathy leads to compassion and with compassion comes the sense that we are reliant on each other for survival – none of us can ever achieve anything worthwhile without the help and support of any number of other people.
With compassion comes a sense of responsibility – that we each have a role to play in the lives of those who we come into contact with, as well as a wider role to protect and conserve the planet for future generations.
Once we reach this stage, there is no doubt that our every move is being watched and evaluated as to whether we acted in the best interests of those we came into contact with, or whether we could have done more.
It is our own conscience that will tell us whether we have done the right thing or not. And it cannot be fooled.
Love Rules 
We have never had a natural loving nature. That’s a myth. Cavemen killed each other all the time and there were like 6 of them on the entire plant. They killed each other with whatever they had handy. I think we would like to believe that we are kind and loving, but we aren’t. There is absolutely no research or evidence that proves that we were ever kind and loving to each other. Yes, there are personal instances of kindness but that has nothing to do with our nature as a species. Individual acts have intimacy and personal feelings attached to them and even then people who supposedly love each other, beat and kill each other all the time. Some of us are good at working together during a disaster, if you don’t count the looting and murders committed by those who aren’t helping,, but once the problem is gone we go back to our natural state and that natural state is not a loving one. It’s all about ego, greed and power. When men are raping two week old infants, it’s hard to believe they have a loving nature. Violence against women and children is off the charts, wars, drive-bys, torture of humans and animals. I could go on but you know what I mean. Even the research done on tribes who have never before seen a human from the “outside” world, show that aren’t peaceful. Well, they found one (old research) but after further questioning they also found out that the tribes people had terrible resentment and hatred toward each other, even though they were never allowed to express it. There were so few people in the tribe (25-30) that there were tribal laws forbidding certain acts because if they killed each other, the tribe would become extinct. It’s a vicious cycle. You don’t want to teach your kids that the world is a violent and horrible place but if you don’t teach them about the reality of life, they can easily become it’s victims. And the reality of life is that violence is everywhere and trust is almost a joke, especially when directed at our own government. You can’t drink anything anyone hands you , you can’t really let your kids out alone, day or night, and you can’t tell who the bad guys really are. I think we need to face the facts and one of the facts is that we aren’t a nice species. We destroy everything, including the very air we breath, the water we drink and the land we live upon…the very things that give us life. We are violent to the point of insanity and it has always been that way. We kill other species and trample things into the dust. We cut down our forests, the trees that provide us with the oxygen we need to breathe. We never learn. The people who try to help can’t get the money they need to fund their grassroots organizations. People have a million excuses why they don’t want to stand up and act for any cause. This is who and what we are. Lots of people will disagree, of course…they will cite certain nice things that have been done, but individual acts isn’t what this is all about. As a species we are destroying EVERYTHING on the entire planet. We ARE destruction, we are violence. We are a blight on this planet and all the other things that live upon it. And, we have never been any different. I posted a book called the SIXTH EXTINCTION. We are in the middle of it and it’s all our own fault. The first five were caused by natural causes but this one is caused by US and, as I said, we are in the middle of it now.
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I appreciate what you’re saying. I still choose to believe that there is hope. I also believe that there are more good people than bad. And if enough of these good people wake up, it won’t be too late.
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