In the Letters to U: From the Mysterious Dr. M. an alternative view of the world is put forth. In that world, Quantum Forces are at work impacting our daily lives and influencing global events. Quantum forces that are influenced by human thoughts and actions. Although the language of Dr. M.'s world is the scientific language of Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Physics, and Quantum Sociology, and the world of the Enia pulls at your imagination, what Dr. M. describes is as real as the chair in which you are sitting. It is as real as the empathy you feel when you see so many people suffering.
Remember how God (whoever or whatever that means to you) use to get all the blame for our pain and suffering. I think it is a step forward that today more and more people are looking to governments, decision-makers, and power brokers for answers to the question we always took to God. "Why?" I'm sure that God appreciates our small step forward. Now that so many of us have come to see that it is our individual and collective choices that are exerting the greatest negative influence on our planet we can hopefully see why Dr. M. emphasizes the importance of the Prime Directive. It is about aligning human priorities.
Does it even begin to make sense that we (humans) spend billions of dollars slaughtering our own kind and then turn around to spend billions of dollars more rebuilding what we have destroyed? Oh, and millions more in humanitarian aid to assist victims of natural disasters the impact of which could have been mitigated by a change in priorities before the disaster occurred. Had the development of Haiti and the safety of its people been a priority in this geographic region, Haitians may have lost fewer lives then they did by comparison to Chile', even given the differences between the Haitian earthquake and the Chile' earthquake. Haiti could have been better prepared but for a shift in priorities before the event. How about spending just a small portion of the billions-4-war to provide safe homes-4-humanity? Or on unlimited and state-of-the-art training and equipment for coordinated legions of First Responders and Disaster Relief Personnel?
War is too costly for most and too profitable for a few. It will not go away without effort at Creating Peaceful Space. Peace has to become a human priority and that will not happen without a Prime Directive that is the will of the people. The Handbook On Being Human, vol. I tells you that you are a being of power, great power. That you have the ability to influence the world around you in ways seen and unseen. Not that it will happen anytime soon, but just consider the fact that if tomorrow every individual on the planet said I will not take up arms or act to harm another human for one year, we would have a year of Peace. Image that!!! Nothing else would have to happen! No Extraterrestrial Beings coming to force us to get along. No Divine Entities coming to bring the fear of final judgment. Just you, and me, and all of our family saying, enough is enough! Peace be with you! And then, keeping our word. Think about it!
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(Correction in previous blog)
Dr. M's message concerning the prioritization of the Prime Directive leaves me with a feeling of hope! As brought out in this week's blog, our collective Prime Directive can have a major impact on saving lives especially in a world characterized by potential crisis whether it is viruses, earthquakes, hurricanes, toxic chemical explosions, or terrorist attacks. For instance, by utilizing our innate Prime Directive, it can lead to the prioritization of building codes in Port au Prince, Haiti or in the Midwest United States along the New Madrid fault (where scientists pre-warn that a devastating earthquake is past due). (Branson, 2010). As sociologist Clarke (as cited by Neal, 2006), Pulitzer Prize author of Worst Cases: Terror and Catastrophe in the Popular Imagination writes: ‘‘We put ourselves in harm’s way by the ways we organize, or fail to organize our lives.’’
In exploring non-injury as a way to achieve universal peace, I agree, that we truly are beings of great power with the ability to influence world affairs. Perhaps, in imaging a year of peace by “not taking up arms or act to harm another human”, the first step involves reconciling our differences enough that they can no longer take over our mind, body and emotions, hence preventing injurious acts. The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (IV, 4, ii, 6), known to be the oldest (around the middle of the first millennium BCE) core teachings of the Hindu scriptures brings Dr. M’s message of the Prime Directive to light in stating: "Here they say that a person consists of desires. And as is his desire, so is his will. And as is his will, so is his deed; and whatever deed he does, that he will reap."
References:
Branson, K. (2010). Hot Topics: The Earthquake in Haiti. Retrieved on March 8, 2010 from http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/special-content/2010/hot-topics-the-earth-20100115.
Neal, A. (2006, September). Worst Cases: Terror and catastrophe in the popular imagination. The Journal of American Culture, 29, (3), 392,393.
The Hindu Ethic of Non-Violence. (n.d.) Retrieved on March 8th from http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/pamphlets/AhimsaNonViolence.htm
Namaste'! Your comments are always so 'right on' and your supporting references reinforce Dr. M.'s point that the message of Creating Peaceful Space is an old message. And the fact that we have come to this state of global affairs means that we have ignored the message for thousands of years. In the Handbook Dr. M. provides a list of some of the historical events that have resulted from our choice to ignore the message of Peace. Although scriptural references are many, we need not resort to them to realize that humans are on the Wrong Path. We are the most destructive force on our planet and are fast reaching a point that Dr. M. and the Enia are warning us we do not want to reach. Can you feel the Oku Enia getting stronger as it pushes its way into this world?
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