The Upside Down
The human condition. It seems to be hard for everyone. Apparently, we are distinct from other animals in that we are self-aware. That’s a step up, right? Ironically, it seems that this awareness has been inverted to be a liability rather than an upgrade. Unlike other animals, we often find ourselves in conflict and confusion with our own being, other humans, and nature itself.
On the individual level, many of us struggle to meet our most basic needs such as sleep, optimal diet, energy and health. And we are often in a battle with the most human part of ourselves - our mind and emotions. Both whirl around each other, often leading to loops and impossible dilemmas. A constant sense of dis-ease.
Between humans, love seems to be the ultimate goal, the pinnacle of our connection. But what is love, here in this world? Often it is a sense of alignment that makes us feel comfortable and safe. We feel a sense of harmony in our ability to predict mutually beneficial patterns. But when that changes, we may also find our feelings of love have changed as well. So there seems to be an undercurrent of control involved in this sense of deep affection for another.
In the world, humans are busy and appear to have mastered our environment. But if we are dropped into nature without food, water, shelter, clothing and tools, compared to any other animal we will be woefully unprepared to survive.
It is my belief that within us humans, there is a divine spark that remains after our physical body ceases to exist. Evidence of reincarnation, out of body experiences, near death experiences, remote viewing and even dreams, suggest that our body limits our conscious capacity, rather than creates it. So, in a sense, the human ‘dying’ experience might be the start of our ‘real’ life!
With all our advancements, how has ‘human’ not gotten much easier? Why does it seem like almost every large system designed to assist in the problems for which we seek resolution, often exacerbate the issue? Why does it feel like on an individual level, we all want peace, safety and connection, but on a global level, we get everything but that. Why does the world seem distinctly anti-human? And anti-world as well? Are we living in the upside down?
Share your thoughts. Add any ideas for how we might harness our amazing humanness to create lives and a world that makes more sense.
