Coffee Trees
Personal Growth: It’s almost an oxymoron. The idea that people grow as individuals…isolated from the greater system. I don’t believe it.
In fact, if one was to be isolated from his or her entire species…let’s say on a continent devoid of any human life…That person would still be adding to growth of his or her species through every insight, every joy and every disappointment.
Similarly to quantum entanglement of particles, we all come from either the creator source or the big bang if you will. As we gain insight, our experiences are transmitted to each other across vast oceans of space and time. There’s no real need to discuss these insights in detail…although when one chooses to do with sincerity it has the potential to either assist or inspire others as they travel along their paths.
One thing I’ve noticed on this journey is that I’m having an easier time distinguishing my personal conscience, the needs of my society and intangible connections.
When I am feeling like I have a question about what I should do next, it’s less about being right…and it’s more about doing what is right.
I was thinking about the idea that DNA and light are intertwined. According to a theory, when light hits DNA there is a sort of phantom effect which records the DNA in space and time. I like that idea.
But what’s the actual point? Are we simply sub-systems which run around and try to solve problems more efficiently? I doubt any of this has to do with solving problems. There is no problem. I think this has to do more with bandwidth for honesty. How much truth can one being handle before he or she simply rejects either the personal microcosm or the greater system as a whole? As the abundance of available knowledge grows without statistically any hitch, I’d say human beings are ideal candidates for absorbing, contemplating upon and disseminating truth. We may not be pro’s at it yet, but we’ll get there.
To think that I’m only 32 years old, and there is so much access…so much freedom of knowledge available to each other either through the internet, word of mouth, music and books. It makes me feel like I’ve been handed the keys to a limitless treasure house of so much value, that even if I tried my very best and gave half of it away, wasted what was left and took the scraps for myself…that tiny sliver, that ridiculously minute sector of treasure would be more than I could ever spend in my entire lifetime. That’s what I’ve been handed. Not through some elaborate inheritance, not through physical or mental toil or labor…but because our society currently says, “It’s good to learn and share your ideas.”
I don’t think this has anything to do with money or respect from peers anymore. We’re approaching knowledge and understanding for the challenge of gaining sharper wisdom and clearer insight.
I was reading the story of Etana this morning. It’s a very old story. In the tale, an eagle broke a pact with a snake and was punished by the bearer of the net. Net, grid, sky, magnetic field, they all seem to interrelate and make more sense now.
At the end of the story, the human, Etana helped bring an eagle back to a healthy state, and he was given a ride. He saw lakes and oceans become smaller and smaller as his perspective changed. As he was held by the eagle’s talons he saw his old life which used to seem so large…become like a tiny dot.
Are there good reasons to be afraid of things? Of course. There currently are many things to give someone pause. But I don’t think those things and reasons are good enough reasons to stop someone from achieving his or her dreams. I don’t think any dream is worth sacrificing one’s personal conscience. A dream is a dream, my mind is now.
If I had to speak my last words. The sentence would be made from body language. Perhaps a nod, perhaps a smile.
-Tyler