Oneness

Joseph P. Kauffman
Are we really so comfortable in our ignorance that we
choose to look away from these horrors purely for the
sake of comfort, as if an entire planet full of suffering will
somehow not affect us? As if we are not just as responsible
for humanity’s actions as anyone else? Are we really so
preoccupied with our own lives that we can’t even
acknowledge what we are doing to the Earth?
The fact that humanity has allowed so much disaster to
happen shows clearly our level of insanity. We have a
delusional perception of life that causes us to behave in
destructive and irrational ways. We are ignorant to the laws
of nature and of our own existence, reflecting our mental
confusion in every action that we take.
It is not our fault for thinking the way that we do; we
merely adopted our ignorance from the generations of
ignorant people before us, conditioned to be ignorant
from the moment we were born. We are not to blame for
our ignorance, but we are still responsible for our actions,
and our delusional perception of life has produced far too
much suffering.
Ignorance can no longer continue. We cannot turn our
heads away from what is happening in the world and
expect it to solve our problems. We need to change our
way of life and how we interact with our environment, and
this can only be done by first changing our way of
thinking.
Every action is preceded by a thought. The way that we
think and perceive greatly determines the way that we act
and behave. If we want to change the way we treat the
world, we have to change the way that we view the world,
and especially the way we view ourselves in the world.
This change is necessary, and every human being who
has been conditioned by society needs to evolve their
ignorant perception of life, and become aware of the ways
in which they impact the world.
This change is necessary, but it cannot be forced upon
you. No one can make you change or force you to see
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