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y the United States was also developed in the name of progress. Military progress isjustified as a defense under the aptly named MAD (mutually assured destruction)banners which provide the much desired security we all supposedly want. Is thisreally progress, or have we been sold lies, brainwashed, and betrayed?The truth is that much of what weve been sold as progress simply isnt. Wevecreated a world of have and have not, rich and poor. We have created lifestyles fullof artificial barriers and eliminated a sense of connection with nature , each other,and to our own humanity. This artificial system has the rich few destroying theenvironment at the expense of the majority who live in terrible poverty . This systemis of our own making. It is sustained partly by our own lack of empathy, which inpart has been created by the brainwashing that surrounds us from the moment weare born.The current economic system has been thrust upon us w ithout our consent, creatinga disconnection from each other and the natural living world that sustains us. Theirony is that our highly sophisticated system of deductive research in science hasfinally come full circle. Where once, in the name of progress, science created themost destructive products of our modern world, now, finally, science is screaming,Stop!. This path we are on is killing us. We need to develop a much broader viewof progress. We need a vision that integrates nature , partnership, complex systemsof ecology, a rational view of the good life, and what life can be. We mustfundamentally change our priorities, our beliefs, our views of this world, ofourselves, our place, and our relationship to each other.Its not enough to develop an understanding of the depths of the difficulties weneed to overcome. We have to transform this new understanding into a lastingprocess for changing ourselves. We need to find ways of fighting the most powerfulforces in the universe that are lined up against us. What can provide you with thestrength of will to carry out the necessary changes? The answers are not easy. Theyare, however, as old, true and faithful as nature .In his book, Earth in the Balance, Al Gore tells us what factors led to his extraordinarycommitment to solving environmental issues. These factors, which he has sharedopenly, point towards the first step. He says in the introduction to his book Formany more months, our lives were completely consumed with the struggle torestore his body and spirit. And for me something changed in a fundamental way. Idont think my sons brush with death was solely responsible, although that was thecatalyst. This catalyst, along with others that came together in a very short period74