A Brief Excursion
I want to interrupt the normal flow of posts about the spiritual world. I want to talk about tragedy, drama, disaster because I think sometimes, the only way to see the real people out there, is when events so large they push aside the normal day-to-day masks we wear, that the deep down person hiding inside is visible
It is in times of major events when we see the unexpected, when heroic behaviour arises and when humans can be at their worst or their best. It is hard to face catastrophe, extremely difficult to behave well in the face of overwhelming events, yet over and again we see apparently normal people not only do it, but do it so well they can only be called Hero.
Living in the world around us it is easy to get into the viewpoint that people are pretty much fucked. They cheat, lie, steal, indulge in casual violence for the pettiest of reasons… the list seems endless. It can be a source of depression, a cause for apathy as we look around and see a world where the least common denominator seems to be controlling the state of play of our society.
Yet on occasions of terror, of trauma so massive it is hard to imagine much less face, we often find the apparent scum of our society are those who rise to magnificence.
Recent events here in Australia have once more brought out the best in people. The Aussies have come out to support and cherish those who have suffered hardship and loss when the bushfires showed us Nature’s February Fury as they destroyed lives and towns.
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