Heroes Not Zombies

We don’t exist in isolation. We emerge within a vast, infinite web of the universe. It’s our particular set of connections and relationships within that web which makes each of us unique.

We are “open complex systems”, embedded in local flows of material, energy and information, which swirl around us, course through us, are changed within us, and continue their path, now transformed, beyond us.

All our thoughts, feelings, and actions send out ripples of influence into the wider world. The more we live in harmony with the cosmos, the better for us, and the better for the cosmos.

When we destroy, the destruction spreads. When we hate, the hate spreads. When we divide, the divisions cut ever deeper.

But so too, when we create, creation spreads. When we love, love spreads. When we connect, the connections multiply.

We can choose our actions. We can choose how to express our feelings. We can choose which thoughts to magnify.

My blog is called “heroes not zombies” because I think the path of development, of health and flourishing, begins with awareness. When we step out of autopilot we seize the opportunity to become more conscious, more self aware, and so to become the authors and heroes of a personal, unique story. We seize the opportunity to realise more of our infinite potential.

What kind of ripples are you making today?