Life is a terminal disease; what am I trying to say here? Well, the obvious is that the moment we are born into this world, we are on a headlong journey that ends in our death. Think about that for a moment. We spend most of our life doing things like "working to get ahead", or "saving for the future".

What is all the hoopla about, if in the end, all of that struggling and saving still ends the same: we die. I once read a book by Alan Watts called "What does it matter".

In this book, he wrote (and I paraphrase), If we take a hard look at life in our society, the only logical decision to make is when to commit suicide". I am not a nihilist, nor was Alan Watts.

What we need to do is look at life and realize that our society has become one of what I term "dis-ease". The majority of people are caught up in trying to "better themselves" at the expense of everything else; they have forgotten the divine nature of our existence.

Take a look at the night sky on a clear night and realize that in all the vastness of space that you can see and beyond, that there is not another planet with life such as ours. The opportunity of a lifetime has nothing to do with hoarding dollars, or attaining positions of power, that opportunity is to realize what a rare and special existence we have been given.

In our society, we talk about addiction. Usually this is in reference to drugs or alcohol. Something called our ego also has its addictions. Some of these we call greed, power and fear. These addictions are much more serious than drugs or alcohol. We are addicted to "being better than", or "having more worth".

These are some of the things that our ego's addictions have perpetrated, another would be war. I believe war to be a result of fear in our lives, which might be the worst addiction of the ego. Lao Tzu, in the Tao Te Ching says, "There is no greater illusion than fear, no greater wrong than preparing to defend yourself, no greater misfortune than having an enemy. Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe."

So, bottom line, what point am I trying to get across? The potential for a new age, one of freedom from addiction, one in which we realize the human potential, see through the veils of fear, greed and power, and act out of compassion for our universe, our planet, each other and ourselves, is possible. A new way of thinking and acting from our hearts in our interactions with nature and each other could become reality.

It's all up to you.

Dave Watts

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