Sunday, July 02, 2006
Here’s a thought. What if everyone on earth, of the human persuasion, were to acknowledge and know that the earth inherently has not the least bit of attachment to the human race.
Simply put, we are killing an ecosystem that will support us, and other living things, possibly to be known as collateral damage.
One time I told an acquaintance that whether or not the earth was hospitable to humans had no intrinsic value or necessary desirability. I was told that anyone who felt that way was value challenged. I obviously thought better and knew that values are, again, exactly based on desires, perspectives, contexts and intelligence.
Intrinsic, inherent meaning or value simply doesn’t exist. Step back and look at reality in the cold hard light of logic and you find the IS. What IS. No meaning, no spin, no win, no sway, no way, no play, no fray.
You know, so I thought, why the hell is this idea of perspective and existence free of us so provocative? Why the hell are people so caught up they can’t see themselves and their place in the ecosystem? Why aren’t we all aware of the tenuous, random and arbitrary values we assign to our cultures?
Amazingly enough I caught an episode of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart where he laid out in comedic fashion that the earth will go on. Reminds me of the Matrix when Mr. Smith refers to the human race as a virus. Reminds me of George Harrison’s line in Within and Without You, just that, life goes on within you and without you.
Wise up and agree on a set of common goals and we can save our world. The earth doesn’t care.