how to change the world?
Here´s what I think..
First, stop looking at other´s mistakes.. Thats the initial step.. We always tend to look at how the world is bad, ran by evil secret groups, bush is to blame, whatever whatever... But then what do many of us do? Smoke cigarretes, use cars when we could walk/use public transport, buy all sorts of industrialized products, watch tv, waste energy, take too long showers, eat bad food, agrotoxic-filled vegetables or tortured-animal meat, dont exercise, snort cocaine, take all sorts of prescription drugs, consume animal-tested products, have no patience with our families, forget about the poor people, etc etc
I feel the first step to changing the world is changing ourselves, in our microcosm, in our interactions and choices of what we consume and so on... For one to achieve this, its important to have ways to notice one´s mistakes, techniques, such as: introspection, self-honesty, psychoanalysis, yoga and meditation, relationships and being open to criticism, etc etc... The technique that I have found at least for myself to be one of the best ones is the respectful use of psychedelics. Big doses and rarely. I always take in controled situations, in comfortable places with very close friends, or in nature, or in ayahuasca shamanic rituals. Taking psychedelics can help with proper attitude, but not necessarily (which means, dont advertise it as a universal panacea, use it consciously if you can and educate others, but dont think everyone should take it. ´There are as many ways to god as there are created souls´).
I think that becoming conscious of things, acting in the microcosm is a crucial step towards a better world, without which nothing permanent happens.
But I also think, personally, there are those of us that have potential to do even more than that... I think Consciousness and it´s mental/social/ecological transformations can be manifested in all sorts of different areas. People can give their positive influence in all different levels, works and places.. It all depend on you finding what you do the best, what you have a vocation to, what you like the most, or so on..
Personally, I have thought about this a lot. I have been trying to act as consciously in the microcosm as possible.. But I feel I can also give a bigger more lasting contribution to the world. I have wondered how could one make a difference. Im graduating in psychology soon, but each day become more under the opinion that one-on-one clinical psychology can bring no lasting change, takes too long, works with already crystalized and society-brainwashed people. So I have come to a decision on what my plan will be: Work with children, make an education system..
I mean, you guys talk about an island, and I know its partially a joke, but just imagine it, what good would it do? The world would still be screwing itself and soon someone would invade it, rob us, whatever. There needs to be a lasting change made..
What I thought about the education system is because children nowadays are many times spending much more time in school than even with their parents. But school is a very bad influence: It is still based on the paradigm of the industrial revolution, more specifically the assembly line (where each ´stage of production´, or school subject, is hammered repeatedly, and is not aware of what comes before or next). So students are made to memorize arbitrarily decided socially valued information. They are not made to understand anything, to know how to live in the world. Students may know how to calculate the voltage or whatever, but they maybe dont know how to change a lightbulb..
So my idea is to create an educational system with an integral interdisciplinary attitude, where kids will not be there to memorize, but to understand and to integrate their understanding with the world they live in. Take physical education, for example.. It is not supposed to be ´ok now divide in 2 groups and go play ball´.. Physical education should help the student learn about their bodies, about how to work with it, about each student´s particular tensions and body postures, about how physiology works, about nutrition, and also about playing sports, but not only. So for example we already see how physical education cannot be separate from biology.. We must extend all subjects and connect them to others, teachers must know what the others are working, interdisciplinary projects must be made, and so on
I feel that the world is shit not because there are not enough cameras or police on the streets or propper punishments, because we are like baloons, and if you press on one side, the air will just come out on the other. The question must be dealt from the roots, and this is through a propper education that helps creating a situation where children grow their Consciousness, and not amounts of useless informations to score good on tests.
If anyone feels they have some contribution to make or would like to help me with this, or even if they just want to leave a comment or idea, by posting here or PM, its very welcome.
But for those that are not thinking of the education area, dont feel threatened or dont think that this is the only way. If you work in the health industry, or culinary, or whatever, you can make your own contributions to the world, but remember to first think of yourself
Peace to all, and good luck for us
