Miraculously Interconnected.
The sun shines, the rain falls and the seed germinates. The sun provides the energy, the earth the nutrients and the rain the moisture. The seed draws its power from the sun, its moisture from the rain and nutrients from the earth. This is a simple explanation a detailed account would be too complex and confusing.
The female produces the egg from the nutrients in her body, obtained from the nourishment from the food she has eaten. Likewise the male produces semen. When a couple mate only the strongest one of millions of sperm will reach the egg first. We are the winners in the human race the first out of those millions to live as human beings. Transformed into beings out of the vast cosmos but still part of the interconnected whole.
The flower of life is consumed or withers and is transformed into compost. Returning as nutrients to the earth this is the cycle of life. Nothing is wasted or destroyed it only changes form. Man has progressed in understanding over the last two or three thousand years. Empty space is not empty and the colour of the flower is not the colour we see, we see the colour that has not been absorbed by the flower it is the same with any other thing we look at. We now realise the world is not flat or the centre of everything.
Primitive man needed an explanation for natural phenomena. Man has an insatiable curiosity and a big ego, if we do not know we think up a logical hypotheses and work with it till it is proven or disproven. Thunder, lightening, droughts and floods were explained with the invention of gods. Today some of the gods are folk law, others have become myths, others fight on for supremacy. While some men still struggle searching for answers, others pray to their gods.
A monolithic single God could be the way to find peace but first we need to agree on which god and which prophet, or we will still have problems like Israel and Palestine.
Everything in time must change, when will people change with the times?
It is time we realised nature is a delicate balance everything is an interconnected part of the whole cosmos. Nature is infinite man is mortal. To declare war on nature by meddling in its balance is hastening our extinction. Man is a part of the natural system but not an essential part. Man has become a parasite that is in danger of killing its host.
We have to conserve, buying only what we need and not waste precious resources on war. Our commercial system has to change from a greedy, throwaway society to a caring compassionate one.
Not only the flower withers and dies, all things are subject to change, all things are passing. Completing the circle of life and becoming nourishment for the new eternal life. As Mr Spock said to Captain Kirk,” There is life on the planet Captain but not as we know it.” Another helpful quote “The Tao that can be described is not the real Tao.” These words are attributed to Lau Tzu. Along with religions I will put all the gods in the too hard basket; I dare not put them in the egg basket as gods are often violent and vengeful while eggs are fragile and vulnerable.
Man does not need threats or bribes from a god and a religious hierarchy to goad them to live in harmony. What is needed is the understanding that all things are constantly changing and interdependent. One then realises that greed, hate and ignorance are the cause of discord. The survival of the fittest is misunderstood, the reality is the survival of a species is trust and sharing. There is no action without a like reaction. The reaction to force is resistance, love and kindness is not met with resistance. If one wants respect they must be respectable, what one gives one gets, this is the law of karma.
Born out of the world from the earth I came. Into the earth I will return home. This is the cycle of life; let no one mourn the change. Clinging and wanting what is impermanent is against the laws of nature and brings only grief, change is unavoidable. When the transition comes to me, do not cry, I have been freed from my body. The person is now as the grass that grows; cows may turn the grass to milk. The flowers will bloom; I will be pushing up those daises. The birds will still sing in the entire vast array that makes a day and the non-existent separate I will be once more united with the all.
I so enjoyed reading this post, Jack. It’s so true that as soon as we’re conceived, we’re caught up in the circle of life, and eventually death. Your explanation and photos would be extremely comforting to anyone who is afraid of dying.
Your comment is appreciated, lets me know my writing is understood. Thanks Sylvia _/\_
I haven’t dropped in on you for a while, Jack, as my life has been going through a very difficult patch and I took a hiatus from writing on my own blog and from visiting others, in order to recalibrate. I’m back in the swim again and found your posting amongst my emails. As always, I’ve immensely enjoyed your gentle and wise expressions. Yes, the world must evolve towards compassion and sharing, and far away from what it’s become – materialistic, consumerist, narcissistic. Recently, I’ve disengaged from a number of people who were determined to follow the path of the ego; they rejected my ways and even my love. It’s been very painful…and destructive to my heart and soul. Not everyone respects the gentle path, the way of accountability and responsibility. It seems that sometimes the darkness truly does despise the light. It’s definitely time for me to spend more time among like-minded people, like yourself.
All things are subject to change is the cause of pain and suffering to the grasping and clinging of the world.
Others who are going through physical difficulties change is a blessing.
So pleased to have you back and thank you for letting me know you enjoyed my post. _/\_
I couldn’t agree with you more. If people do not realise how fragile the link is becoming between all things natural, our earth will be destroyed. Seems to me that many ignore this link and it will be to the detriment of ourselves and our earth.
Colline it is good to know you agree with my post.
I hope others read my writing and at least consider my thoughts on moving with the times and change their obsolete thinking. _/\_.
So beautiful and so important Jack. Powerful!
I appreciate and value your comment Cindy. _/\_
You will be star dust, in fact you already are! ❤
A naively romantic person is one definition of stardust.
Whatever, I like the heart,
What about the Cain Toads did you Google them?
Did you see Rorschach Cow?
Jack oh I so loved reading this post, you hit home on so many points that I agree with.. We should all consume less and conserve nature, and I totally agree we are parasites sucking the life out of Planet Earth. .
We are are so privileged to have been chosen to have life on this planet . Gaia, our Earth Mother.. And we are all part of her, we live in a fragile balance, and we are upsetting the balance more and more..
When will we see the damage we do, and when will we understand that we are connected to the tiniest of micro organisms that reside inside us affectively fighting off infections regulating our bodes digesting our food just as the bugs of the earth eat and change leaves to compost…
A great post and Loved each photo Jack,, so well presented this post.. Nice to see you back 🙂
_/\_ Sue