A SUBCONSCIOUS ITCH
Last night I was randomly selecting videos on YouTube when I came across a few which troubled me:
On reflection of these bizarre and, frankly, egotistic missives I added my brief comments where possible and slept on it….
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This morning I felt irritated by the videos I had seen last night and so I meditated to pinpoint what it was that had aggravated me so much.
My subconscious was itching to bursting point!
‘Why are humans so damned vain?’ it growled immediately.
Don’t they know their fragility? Don’t they notice that they are only one species among billions? Don’t they recognise the contribution made by the lives of countless other beings all around them?
Time after time, I see humans so focused on themselves, so enamoured by the illusion of superiority, dominion over nature and, above all, the conviction that they are “created in God’s image”…… the vanity of that makes me physically cringe.
CREATED IN GOD’S IMAGE?
‘What does that mean? Who says it? Why do we believe it?’ screams my subconscious!
I breathe deep to quell the rage I am feeling.
I look at the daisies scattered and bobbing in the lawn beyond my window. I watch some bees visiting them. I hear the blackbirds trilling to each other, oblivious of the nonsense humans believe about themselves….. while the trees wave their joy in the gentle warming breeze. I love their patience and calm. I try to be just like them to restore some balance within myself.
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Did you skip watching the videos I added above?
Good. You did yourself a favour!
These self-obsessed people do not merit your precious time.
They try to fill your heads with fear and selfishness!
They have lost touch with their true place in this Universe.
They want you to believe them, to be just like them.
DON’T.
I have no idea what God is or what appearance he/she/it may have. I don’t need to know that anyway. All I really need to do is BE ME for as long as the energy flows through me and then moves on.
As for extra-terrestrials, portals to other timelines, guardians of some obscure Sumerian “looking glass” and the meddlings of mad scientists at CERN -
P-L-E-A-S-E !
These people may be willing to live in some sort of Hollywood sci-fi fantasy about their imagined power, but I prefer to kick off my shoes and walk barefoot on the ground or swim in the sacred water absorbing the delicate but eternal power of universal nature as all my ancestors have done.
Then I am grounded, knowing my true humble place and contributing as best I can to this wondrous miracle that we call life.
IN THIS WAY I AM TRULY FREE.
So I created this meme, illustrating the comments I had made on those disturbing videos…. I don’t expect the video makers to understand me but I had to try.
I also stumbled across these nut jobs a while back... guardians of the (galaxies) 😂 like we don't have enough real shit to deal with?
Maybe 10 years ago, I bought an 8” potted azalea to give to the mother of two offspring, for Mother’s Day. It was in full bloom. A week later I was going to chuck it, but happened to notice this awkward square in the brick retaining wall, too small for the riding mower. Grabbing a hand shovel, I told the plant “Ok, now look; this is on you _ no special treatment _ you’ve got sun and air and rain and earth.”
Every year it’s in full bloom on the second Sunday in May. So too is a sprout which was stuck in a bonsai container two years ago. I must admit I do fuss with it a bit, as it’s on the deck coffee table, where I often sit in the sun and drink my second cup.