Shaken or shocked?

“Feels like the earth needs to be shaken a tiny bit, like a snow globe, just to mix things up a bit.”

I say, the earth is sufficiently ‘shaken’. Only do I prefer to call it shocked. Shocked into disintegration by man. If there is any globe that needs to be shaken up a tiny bit, it is his ‘shouldered-globe’; the human mind. Gently, of course, God forbid the frail mite comes to harm. But I am quite sure he will bring that harm onto himself, as he continues to ask Mother Earth to please throw her weight around and rock his very foundations, in severe, dreadfully life-threatening, catastrophic ways. And who knows, he may one day, wake up, from his endless indifference sleep that helps him to carelessly destroy everything he touches.  If ignorance is willing to unleash its grip, or rather when he is ready to end his friendship with ignorance and insincerity. 

Mother Earth is all beauty and kindness, takes all the abuse and tries to nurse all her children with love. But there are too many indifferent children. They only care to grab everything and pay no attention to her care, love, concern and tireless devotion. Over fifty years ago, it was amply clear something needed to change in how man deals with Mother Earth, but it is still pushed forward, 'tomorrow' is the panacea, another thirty years ahead, soon. While many poses rise, it is mostly, to tap into the changing internal desire-climate of man where he loves to flirt with being caring for Mother Earth, while he truly only wants to sell more and consume more, without changing or transforming anything. 

The snow on earth is melting, but man’s heart becomes more frozen. Not surprising when materialism is all he cares for. He takes from Mother Earth and remains silent when she sounds the alarm of natural imbalances that would require him to wake up. She keeps indulging his whimsical nature, like a genuine mother, the child is her all. But deep down she feels what is happening, and starts to nurse grievances, for being given, not even the slightest bit of consideration. Man, is simply not paying any attention to her needs and what she asks or tells him. There is no response given when she asks something. He only takes. And the more he is given, the more he asks, like a bottomless pit. 

It is clear that Mother Earth and human beings are unable to communicate; every attempt she made, failed. She is not appreciated anywhere, even medicine only wants to see what she has, and after isolate it and make a patentable deviation from it. Even when she is stretched to her utmost capacity, she is unable to get through to man, who is painfully unaware of how he and Mother Earth are interdependent. 

Man prefers artificiality and is bloated in admiration for himself and how his artifices and bluff, get him everything and everywhere. Always staring in the mirror, congratulating himself, patting himself on the back, how great he is.  But in reality, it is not he who is great, he receives many great qualities from Mother Earth, who somehow always manages to give in her docile manners, to please him in his, own ways. Yet, he thinks he does it all and that she is merely lifeless resource material that can be abused, exploited, polluted, ignored and dealt with by the indifference of hob-nailed boot callousness.  

Mother Earth can also play the no reply / indifference-game. At that time, the affectionate side, is withdrawn, no more affection, no more love, and no more concern. Now man worries, he realises, what he is missing. He realises, what he received from Mother Earth, and slowly he starts to value it and a degree of sincerity and even humility start to quiver in the recesses of his unaware depths. 

Nothing is simply there; if it is there, it is a blessing, someone took the effort to put ‘there’ and that asks gratitude and consideration, care and love in return. 

Love, while the supreme force, is not always, able to conquer all; everyone or everything. In case of indifference, it is not. Indifference prevents what goodness intends. No matter if goodness, in the elevated forms of pure love, concern, affection, caring devotion, enduring and prolonged, is given, it will not conquer the most powerful force on earth that man wields: ungratefulness, from which unwillingness and hopelessness unhappily come into being, that ensure ignorance-rule and that destruction will grow and grow.  

Love cures all? Not quite, not when it comes to human indifference. Love finally bows to indifference, and it will take a homeopathic approach, like cures like; similar but more potent in force is the medicine given to man’s indifference. Mother Earth says, fine, you are indifferent to me and ungrateful for all the good I have been showering you with. Let me use your approach to life. Here comes my version of indifference. My child, wait and see how consequential my indifference will be to you. Wait and experience, I guarantee you, your days will be numbered. 

But man only laughs, it will not be so bad, he says. Don’t worry, the parents tell their concerned children, just go and play and come celebrate our vacationing, five times a year with us, remember, life is all about enjoyment. Besides, you are too young to be so eager to make changes or do your sincere bit. Leave that to the scientists and the politicians, they know what materialism and revolving-door debating is. Don’t you worry, the rational mind of man, has it all figured out… 

Only reason and truth do not ever meet. Reason walks between measures it has itself brought into existence, adjusting them, as easily, to better meet his desires. Even if they never rhyme with reality, the currency Mother Earth uses and communicates in. 

At some point, man will come to his senses. But there is nothing like going rock-bottom first, when there will be a serious power battle, between his indifference and the indifference of Mother Earth. In the end, man will have to bow his head and touch her feet. Without it, man is unable to live on earth. He cannot live on earth, if Mother Earth is indifferent to him. And if he cannot live on earth, he will be unable to progress in his consciousness. 

If he, is not given, the good qualities Mother Earth can endow him with, he will have nothing to give, lack in every way necessary or valuable, by which to progress. At some point he will have to realise, that he is dependent on Mother Earth and that his indifference and ingratitude to her, are the root of all the misery. That indifference and ingratitude to Mother Earth, by very definition, are the unsustainable approaches. It is always about, sustainability, climate and all these far off, vague and generalising abstractions, which ensures that nobody feels responsible, able to do anything or move beyond just pretence or laughing derisively. When it comes to sustainable, it goes far deeper, it all starts in man. Mother Earth is not the problem, he is, his indifference and ungratefulness are.   

When he becomes sincere, he will realise this, and see, it is really about loving concern for Mother Earth and gratitude to her. From that sensible soil in man’s heart, all the rest, will come forth, all that is needed can be done. Each doing the bit he truly can do.  

It is not an intellectual solution that lacks, but a change of heart, is what is needed. No, not the deceiving heart of greed and egoism is, needed. But the genuine heart, of loving concern, oneness, and gratitude. These qualities can grow and expand from one person to many, into a new world of light and interdependence between man and Mother Earth, as it was intended.  A salubrious expression of life.