what are we willing to do? how far are we willing to go?

i wonder...

what ARE we truly willing to do, and how far TRULY are we willing to go...

with this 'progress', this 'development'?

because what exactly are we progressing towards? what exactly are we developing?

i sure don't think its good... i sure don't think its exactly healthy... for real.

what are we doing to the earth?


really... like really...


i just wonder what is going thru all of our minds...

i almost cannot type my feelings out... i am frustrated... i want to shut down... retreat... i cannot express how i feel, because i don't understand??

how far are we willing to go... to progress? to live a life of middle or upper class?

to have more things, and have more 'freedoms'... to spend more money...


it goes no where... we will all die?

but, there are people dying now... BECAUSE of these ideas of progress, of success, of the reasons and rationale behind living this life...

let us look back, and this is only one historic story, there are more to draw upon, in the world... and this is what i see happening now, in the city of toronto, and 'developed' cities...

during world war 2 times, in europe... men, as they were the ones who generally held positions of power in which to make decisions...

they ended up doing things, that are just horrible... to millions of people... consciously... they lived throuh all the experiences of killing so many, of following the orders of their superiors, who followed the orders of their superiors... who follow the order of his superior... and his superior was hitler... who wanted to kill so many human beings... who he believed were unworthy of being alive...

millions of people killed... millions of people part of that killing process.

how far are we willing to go? what are we willing to do...


right now, in my immediate thoughts... there are tar sands in alberta, i am picturing these HUGE black tailing ponds in my mind... i can see, and feel what they are and ARE... these tailing ponds are the leftover of the process 'they'- various corporations, with human beings working for 'them', who consciously choose, amd listen faithfully to 'their' orders... these human beings, being pawns... working for money, to shift themselves to a more 'comfortable' position in life... WHY CAN'T WE LIVE DIFFERENTLY????... these tailing ponds side by side with the Athabasca river... with creatures and earth so beautiful and alive... it is only a matter of time before it is all gone... this tar sands extraction process is so damaging to the land it is phenomenal... it is showing up in the most obvious and scary ways via rare and horrible cancers and overall UN-health...in the people who live downstream... the people who previous to these violations of the natural beatiful earth started being performed... they lived off the land, were sustained by it... eating the animals and fish and foods and medicinces of that earth... the land where their ancestors grew, and remined healthy and vibrantly alive... the land they respect, and love, and honour... as sacred life... a living earth.

we are taking this tar, this oil... and we are building more, making more, spending more, processing more, producing more... and the marketing and advertising conglomerations are, and have been as far as they can profess... are telling us that we need to do all of this... this is what it means to be developed, to progress... and to be honest, simply to sustain the life we are living now...WE here in north america that is. in 'developed' lands, 'humans of progress'. WE here in this concrete jungle we have truly created. where we purchase purchase purchase, spend spend spend... become in debt, debt, debt...

we can retrace it all back, to the presnt... it is all really clear.

what are we willing to do... to live this reality. how far are we willing to go to acqire all these THINGS?

and why can't we realize where it all is coming from... and the processes and the harm and violation being done to our fellow humans, and the EARTH more importantly to have it.

we will all die...

what kind of life are we leading?

what kinds of life am i leading?

what kinds of life am i TRULY leading...

reflect...feel and KNOW your truth... please...



what am i willing to do... how far am i willing to go...

to do what i know is NOT right... in order to say,

'wait a minute... this is not right... this is just not right... '

when do we start to recognize who is making the decisions for our framework of life here, and it ETHICALLY, MORALLY, SPIRITUALLY, ENVIRONMENTALLY, TRULY is just... not... RIGHT...?


and when do we start to recognize we are all a part of it all...

and that we can change our ways, in subtle ways, and in grander ways... and we just SHOULD be doing both... we can CHOOSE to live differently... we can... i know we can, and ALL people CAN.

we can choose to live, be, act, decide BETTER.

for the betterment of all, and the earth. and all of the beautiful creatures, and sacredness within it... sincerely.

i wish for all to let themselves shift... shift into a place where they start to be able to ask themselves these questions, and they start to have more clarity as to their answers... because their heart, and their TRUE ethical and moral mind guides then, it guides us all.


what are we willing to do? how far are we willing to go?

YOU CHOOSE.