For an individual, for a family, for a clan, for a city, for a nation to exist, there has to be water that can be shared by all who come to drink. For this world to continue supporting its current inhabitants, our water has to be free of contaminants, user-safe for all. As of the writing of this book it is a recorded fact that one half of the earth’s fresh water supply is tainted, undrinkable as is.
Consider this picture: For every two rivers, one is poisoned. For every two lakes, one is unfit to drink. There are billions of life forms on the Earth. Every life form is reliant on this consistently abused and often fiercely guarded natural resource. As the fresh water continues to be hoarded or wasted the situation becomes more and more tenuous for the rest of us. The disappearance of clean, fresh water, like global warming, is an obvious fact that the worst abuser would have us completely ignore.
Now, what if God came down and demanded that every ounce of water had to be shared by all manner of creatures, equally? This, on penalty of mass extinction for all homo sapiens. What then? Does anyone think that we humans would be inclined to relinquish our hold over this perceived “liquid gold”? Would we be moved, en mass, to find a reasonable solution? Would we be able to restore the balance once more?
What would have to be done to decontaminate the polluted water sources? What would have to be done to insure fair access for all?
Once the waters flowed freely from cloud to sea and back again. As is the Essence of All Things Living and Innate, everything had and has a cyclical element to it. Birth and rebirth is a pattern of continuation that evokes eternity. It is the essence of cause and effect. It is the lesson of each new generation.
We humans have come to believe that we can alter the big wheel. We believe that we can change the nature of things for our own benefit. We also believe that we can outmaneuver the consequences. This has been the case since the beginning of “Time”.
Somewhere along the way there were those among us who were favored. Someone was considered an elder, or stronger, or as having the gift of intellect. As was noted in book 3, this was about the same Time that Time was invented. With the cognizant awareness of cycles came the concept of numbers. With an awareness of counting things: cattle, goats, and people; came the parallel concepts of Time and control.
Time allowed for the management of things counted, assigning a person or persons responsibility for keeping or using that which had been purposefully counted. The numbering of days and years soon followed. This allowed for possession over a specifically designated period of Time. In many early civilizations a chieftain or elder was so-designated. Similarly, that person was given the right to make decisions for the group as a whole, especially regarding the use of tallied resources, including people.
Time, or the assignment of increments to mark the days, weeks, months, and years, gave these leaders a previously non-existent point of reference by which to claim things for themselves over an arbitrarily designated period, as well as, providing a template for giving task-oriented assignments to large groups of subservient citizens. The well documented “lifetimes” of various chieftains and sages around the globe consistently underlines this “royal” or religious element of Time.
The early Keepers of Time probably considered themselves on par with say, the god or gods that commanded alluvial flooding to insure abundant crops or conversely punished with unwelcome droughts. Tribal leaders became drunk with the idea that they too could wield such powers.
Our “fall from grace” is often noted as a period in which a secret knowledge or too much knowledge was given over to the ape-like humans. We had come to know and understand too much. In many legends and religion-based stories, our ancient patriarchs were already indoctrinating the masses, initially handing down information orally and later by way of written script. More and more often, community leaders created events through which to convey information that would support their own world view.
Legend would become more of a motivator to the masses than direct observation of all things nature. To insure ‘immortality” leaders would find many frivolous ways to build things or physically alter the landscape in their kingdoms. Burial mounds and pyramids served this purpose well.
Altering the natural flow of a water way was similarly impressive. Man-made irrigation systems and canals literally changed the face of the planet.
From the very first instances of human intervention in the natural flow of things, our world was forever changed. The acceptable, even laudable diversion of water to suit the needs of the few, opened the floodgates for a continuous cavalcade of selfish human endeavors.
The subsequent decimation of hundreds of thousands of acres of forests, the incessant mining of everything from coal to plutonium, and the ever-present side-effects of industrial pollutants to earth, water, and air have been a direct result of this all-consuming nature.
Consider now all of the things that contribute to the diminishing and poisoning of our water supply. Our insipid infractions are too numerous to count. But it is all based on one particular notion: the idea that we humans have made and are continually re-making the earth in our own image.
In this respect, all of our "manufactured" gods have been made to serve man. They speak of comfort for the faithful, giving us permission to acquire wealth and to rule over the weak. Conflict is ignored if it is perpetuated in the name of God.
In our more primitive state we were, by virtue of our fewer numbers and physical frailties, naturally dependent on our world to provide for our well being. Once we watched the world very closely, eager to learn her secrets.
Once we were small families, clans, tribes, scattered and nomadic. If there was no food or water to be found, we moved our few possessions until we came across new sources. Likewise, we were vulnerable to the various whims of nature and humans pretty much lived or died as a direct result of nature’s ways.
Where every man, woman, and child, struggled for life, nature was either benevolent or unforgiving. In either case, the amount of thought that may have followed the passing of a natural life was likely to be minimal. Family members were sure to be mourned for their absence, but the idea that they had been cheated of a longer life was probably seldom considered. Burial was conceived of as being a way to keep animals from finding and eating the bodies of the deceased.
The concept of an afterlife only came to those who would have had the Time to consider the possibility. Otherwise, everyone else was focused on making it through one more day.
In a prehistoric life there had to be a continual balance. Early man did not take more than what was needed. He had no way to preserve food until, with aid of fire, he was able to dry and store it for later consumption. Even this embellishment was limited by the abundance or lack thereof regarding the supply of meat or fish. By sharing waterholes with other grazing and carnivorous creatures, a balance could always be struck.
Every living thing requires water. Less the plants and the creatures that dwell in the salt seas, everything else, including all manner of vegetation, requires fresh water in order to live. Even at the top of the food chain we were and forever are dependent on it, (at least during our earthly plain of existence.)
If we had not taken it upon ourselves to reconstruct our physical world, would anything be different today? If our intellect, our competitive edge had not existed would we have continued to be nomadic and clan oriented beings? Would our accumulative population have become so great and so unwieldy as to severely impact on the rest of the planet in such a negative way?
Despite the fact that there are billions of microorganism and insects, unlike humans, they have rarely been known to completely eradicate competing species or to otherwise significantly alter the environment in order to satisfy the desires of a relatively small percentage of the species. Only humans have done so.
By creating controlled or artificially manufactured environments, it is said that 10% or less of our fellow human beings have tipped the scales by promoting and spearheading most of the wasteful and ecologically indifferent atrocities perpetrated on the planet at any given point in Time. It is for the sake of profit alone that they ignore any and all negative imbalances.
These past and present leaders insist that it is our right as a species to dominate the planet. And, by and large, it has seemed as if the rest of the species were predestined to follow and support the Keepers of Time.
This is what all of the so-called propaganda, the legends and the religious dogma would have you believe. I say, We must awaken to the truth! We are one with the universe.
Will our carbon footprints ever be erased? Will we ever be able to undo what we have done? So much of our manufacturing produces toxic waste. We are so happy to use our electrical power and so reluctant to give up our fossil-fuel based transportation.
Historically the easiest way to get rid of unwanted contaminants was to wash them away. Even when plumbing was invented, water was and still is the primary means of carrying off the waste.
As humans we are endowed with a wide variety of talents, skills, physical attributes, intelligence factors, etc. It is because of these complex physiological and psychological variables that virtually every human being on this planet, (currently around 7 billion), perceives his or her world as being subject, even if only in some small part, to the whims of man. After all, we were told by "god" that we would be given dominion over the earth.
In a world predicated on much hostility and infighting, our weaknesses, especially relating to our fellow humans, make many of us wary and fearful of our vulnerabilities. By way of compensation we seem overtly predisposed to conquering or otherwise asserting ourselves over other aspects of our environment.
I have been known to call this phenomena the “kick the dog’ syndrome, (although by no means do we stop there.) Our thinking has become clouded by pessimism and mistrust. We continue to do the same destructive things over and over, regardless of consequence. It is in large part a product of what we are taught as children.
It seems only too clear that we are being educated from a very early age to take things apart before learning how or why to put things together. This destructive vs. constructive paradigm hinges on our belief in Time and the inevitability of our own demise! We are being taught that we and everything associated with us has a fixed and terminal quality about it. This is the religion of Time!
In this way billions of people have become indoctrinated. They do not see how they have come to poison the water, only that the water is poisoned, and probably through no direct fault of there own. They cannot understand why they cannot have the same luxuries as their fathers and grandfathers could have had, but more often than not, probably didn’t.
This “chasing the dream” reward system has long fueled the obsession for further gutting the earth. It holds such sway over us that we become blinded to the poisoning of our planet. Such are the sly promises of those who have no concern for any future but their own!
The reckless few who benefit from this reign of destruction and incessant hoarding are as false teachers who must be overpowered. These are the preachers of Armageddon. These are the powerful and the greedy. These are the Keepers of Time, the task masters.
All who are subject to life overseen by these Time Keepers, are inevitably educated in the ways of Time, in the need for time, in its Olympian status within the hallowed walls of physics and applied mathematics. It is a tar pit to escape this mental and spiritual mire. Converts to the Cellular Transformation must be physically strong and morally committed.
As I have said before and I shall say again, Time is a man-made concept, a tool for enslaving the masses. A tool can be destroyed. Even a sword can be broken.
Our minds must be freed. This is the symbolism and the true nature of water. We must find ways to produce our power without damming rivers. We must learn to acquire food and drinking water in harmony with ever other creature on the planet, using systems that respect the natural flow of the water and the natural lay of the land.
We must find ways to share the water with all creatures, taking only what we need to sustain ourselves in the moment. We must not use water as a waste disposal system. We must take great care in not using or producing toxic chemicals in or around our water supplies.
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Two of the greatest man-made water pollutants are pesticides and herbicides. We must stop using them! Do not think in terms of profits over Time. Think instead in terms of feeding your family and perhaps a few neighbors. Hoarding land is as equally malicious as is hoarding water.
Divide up the land in small parcels. Break it down to what can easily be managed by an extended family and consider that use without the aid of fossil fuels.
Where land borders on water, share access to that source. If there is a lake or river, work collectively to manage it as a resource. Avoid overuse by any one person or small group. Be fair and understanding in times of flooding or drought.
Plant and grow only what you need. Vary your crops both seasonally and annually to make the best use of the land. Turn under the harvested plants to provide compost for the next crop. Allow your land to be used by other animals. Make use of their contributions in terms of fresh milk, eggs, or meat, and don’t forget to recycle the dung as fertilizer.
If you are able to adapt to life in other climates, go and start a family in that part of the world. Humans have always been adaptable to a wide range of environments. There may be a thinning out period, but that is to be expected in any species which exceeds its sustainability. We must hold to the belief that we are a part of creation and never separate from it. This is the Essence of All Things Living and Innate.
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We need to trust in the Essence of All Things Living and Innate to recreate the balance as it once was. We must allow ourselves to be anticipatory in our regard to the natural changes that are bound to occur. And without resistance we must give up the things that contribute to the poisoning of the earth.
If we choose to ignore this path, the world, the universe will make its changes without our help. As the water becomes polluted, as ice caps melt, water’s form and essence will turn against its abusers. Its scarcity for our use will reduce our numbers in not-so-pleasant ways.
As humans dwindle, cities, and then whole regions will revert again to the wilderness. Deserts will remain deserts, forests and grassland planes will flourish. Jungles will retake cities. Animals big and small will adapt or die out. And when all is said and done, the Essence of All Things living and Innate will remain unchanged, a perfect balance at the heart of it.
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Much of humanity has migrated to the cities and to, in the United States, the suburbs. People in these heavily populated places have little choice for water, food, and land of their own making. A great deal needs to be done to make cities more sustainable and cleaner. As one apocalyptic seer has proclaimed, we have been spoiled by rapidly depleting our fossil fuels as slaves to our being and are having a difficult time leaving fossil fuels behind because they have made us powerful, but not richer. Your discussion about water in this article, is largely the result of the use of fossil fuels in every aspect of life, disrupting, depleting, and poisoning our water sources.
Once, while visiting Niagara Falls with a bright doctoral student who has since carved out several deanships, now retired to savor his tenured full professorship, soon to be emeritus, he remarked, "I wonder where all that water comes from?" While watching the falls. I was shocked and dismayed that he knew nothing of the freshwater cycle. These, are our leaders.
A couple little corrections again… Sorry the old professor reading papers in me…
"religious epithets?" Delete "out" from "without out our help." "Grassland plains"
"we are a part of creation and never separate from it". That is the key, right there. But humans have a parasitic nature ...and just look at what they do to other parasites, including each other. I fear we may have gone too far.
Intuitively, I know I've lived many lifetimes, and none more interesting than the one I'm living now. However, being born an old soul somehow did not excuse me from the same job I share with you and that is learning to craft a positive attitude about
