What is going on outside.

[whitecrow]

Originally Posted by Xhaosis

I do not agree such a notion of simplicity. It not only puts me in a nullified space of hope...I do not see great rose bushes being fed with the blood of our failures...

The passing of the old always brings sadness, and there's no sense denying it. We'll do a lot of grieving before this is all over.

If you don't want to believe what people are telling you here, that's alright. At some point you'll look back and realize you could have changed your options earlier had you listened.

For now, you're in the Old Paradigm - don't feel bad, we've all been there, it's our heritage. You're still seeing the society that's crumbling as having been a great and good one, and so you feel the pain of its passing especially keenly. Those of us who realize its true nature can accept its passing as something that has to happen if the planet is to regain health.

We don't rejoice at the crumbling of the old ways. It's going to be a bumpy ride and there will be lots of suffering. The fact is there's been humongous suffering around the world already - and it's only just now beginning to visit the fat western cultures that caused so much of it.

It is possible to ride this out in equanimity. It's also possible to have to be dragged kicking and screaming every inch of the way. That's a personal choice, but either way we'll be going over that same waterfall.