Heroes Not Zombies

I never cease to be amazed by the sunlight. In this photo it’s like there is more sun than the sky can handle! It’s bursting out and radiating everywhere.

Generally it’s not a good idea to take a photo directly towards the Sun but in this case I didn’t want to capture just the colours in the clouds. I wanted to include the source, the Sun itself, to show these radiant, red beams as a part of an overwhelmingly abundant diffusion of energy and power.

The Sun provides ALL the energy needed for Life on Earth. In fact we living creatures only capture and use a tiny fraction of the energy made available to us.

I think this is something we often forget. We live in an abundant universe. We live in an abundant planet. But we don’t live that way. Instead we live with scarcity. The dominant economic and political system is based on consumption. It rewards those who grab the most for themselves and ignores waste and pollution. It’s literally killing the planet.

But wait, if we live in abundant universe what’s wrong with consuming more and more? Well there’s a difference between abundance and infinity. We live on a finite planet.

Nature doesn’t destroy and doesn’t produce waste. It transforms. Ecosystems achieve dynamic balance amongst a diverse host of living creatures, each one thriving and benefiting from the health of the whole.

There is enough energy flooding the Earth to allow Life to flourish. We could shelter, feed and sustain everyone on the planet. We could learn to live according to the principles of Nature and develop the tools and technologies which allow us to thrive without waste and without destroying the very planet we depend on.

There is an abundance of love if we want to manifest it. There is an abundance of intelligence and creativity if we want to nurture it. There is an abundance of passion and will if we choose to release it.

Think what life could be like if we drew on those sources, those powers. Think how we might all thrive if we channeled that into caring for the Earth and Life.

I came across a piece by the author Ben Okri the other day. It was in Resurgence magazine. He wrote

In the past we have used fear. We have thrown at people the distressing facts, the numbers, the temperatures, the loss of species.
Fear doesn’t work. Guilt doesn’t work.
So I thought that maybe love might work. With fear we act hastily, unsteadily. With love we act wisely, comprehensively.

I think love is the highest economy of life. It is the most efficient force for civilisation.

Nothing else can save our world but love. For love is the last power that stands between us and extinction. When we act with love, we act with all the powers in the human spirit. No other quality comes close to bringing out the genius of the human. Toughness will fail, and will exhaust itself in the end. Only love is cosmic. Only love is endless.