(Originally posted in 2017...but still true!) I came across this inspiring and thought-provoking video yesterday: The Coming Anastrophe by James Corbett.
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| Image: Sundara Fawn - 2007 |
Some people think that we can't really
move forward, to heal society and all its ills, until there's a 'collapse' or 'catastrophe' of some kind;
otherwise (the story goes) we'll just keep putting patches on a system
that's so broken that anything built on top of it will inherently be
flawed. Corbett offers an alternative story: that an 'anastrophe'
would be a sudden and rapid awakening of humanity that would lift us
unified out of the many troubles facing the world.
He says that the
change must begin at the community/neighborhood level. I admit that his
views can seem a bit utopian but I appreciate him for shining a
spotlight in a new direction -- away from the fascination many people
feel in waiting for 'the BIG one'; the catastrophe that will hopefully, finally catalyze us out of the many messes the world is in.
I
think he touched on what many intentional communities, and people living in the alternative culture are feeling
these days. There's a feeling of waiting; that it's not quite time to act; that we need a 'sign' from outside ourselves.
I know that, here at the Sharing Gardens we sometimes find ourselves waiting for a big external stimulus to move us to the next level. We built up something to a certain crescendo-point but then it peaked and now it seems we're waiting to receive our next instructions...Is this just a cop-out? I'm not sure... I know that, until I/we have clear guidance before acting, that our efforts are often wasted. It's important to be clear before moving forward but I also sometimes feel this can be an excuse not to act at all. There's some famous quote that says - " All that's needed for evil to take over the world is for good people to do nothing".
I know that, here at the Sharing Gardens we sometimes find ourselves waiting for a big external stimulus to move us to the next level. We built up something to a certain crescendo-point but then it peaked and now it seems we're waiting to receive our next instructions...Is this just a cop-out? I'm not sure... I know that, until I/we have clear guidance before acting, that our efforts are often wasted. It's important to be clear before moving forward but I also sometimes feel this can be an excuse not to act at all. There's some famous quote that says - " All that's needed for evil to take over the world is for good people to do nothing".
Feel free to comment below, if so inspired. Blessings.
