People have always been my biggest disappointment to the point that sometimes I feel like Sybil. People scare me and they make me sad. It’s a well known fact that you cannot control anyone but yourself, and sometimes not even that, but the things my fellow human beings do often boggles the mind. Whether it’s genocide or pedophilia, hate-mongering zealots or ignorant money grubbers, parents who kill their children or children who kill other children… it makes me wonder what is wrong with my species? The world would probably be better off if the Neanderthals had evolved dominant instead of homo sapiens sapiens. We’re so full of ourselves, we had to call ourselves wise (sapiens) twice. We’re probably the vainest and stupidest creatures to ever walk the face of the earth. Our vanity is in fact the root of our ignorance because we can conceive of nothing beyond ourselves. If, as the Christians say, we were made in god’s image, then conversely god is shaped by our consciousness in our own image. We become a reflection of the divine and can do no wrong, even though we do… lots of it. We do enough harm to our world, our fellow beings, and each other to beggar belief.
In the course of human history there have been thousands to hold up as examples to follow and thousands who should have been cast out of humanity entirely. Why is it that we always find it easier to follow the evil example en masse than we do to follow the good one? When was the last time you heard of an army of good Samaritans following along in the wake of one ennobled soul? Instead, we have criminally self-centered depots with armies only too happy to commit genocide to keep their misbegotten leader in power. We have religious zealots who convince their followers that only killing others will get them into paradise.
While it is true that we rally when some natural disaster blights some region, we seldom maintain the level of attention required to address the issue fully. We still have people living in trailers provided during their displacement from the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans. And what about the Tsunami that hit India… all water under the bridge it would seem. If we were to live up to the standards that we envision for ourselves, famine, disease, and pollution would already be things of the past. Victims of natural disasters would not languish in a purgatory of enfeebling bureaucracy.
We fail. We fail as a sentient race, and we fail at enlightenment. We are not worth the carbon monoxide laden air we breath, the pesticide laden food we eat, or the chemically altered water we drink. Humanity is not so great as it thinks it is, and the sooner we get that through our heads, the sooner we can actually make strides to fix the problems we have created and begin the process of spiritual perfection.
July 16th
In Haiti, Voodoo pilgrims seek healing and good health in the holy waters of the Saut d’Eau, a waterfall where the voodoo spirit of love, Erozulie Freda, appeared twice in the 1800s.
The 3rd Epagomenal Day is the Birthday of Set(h).
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You’re absolutely right, humans do create gods in their own image. We’re not terribly imaginative as a species, either.
There is something to be said for iconoclasm.