Coming off the heels of my blog article last week ‘On Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Grace’, and trying to grapple with the local crime situation, the regional reparation and disenfranchisement issues, and the global climate change and sovereign debt crises, I am coming to appreciate another form of contract that was gifted to us which is crying out to be rediscovered. This contract or covenant can be seen as a special one that is unlimited in its scope and its benefits, and is available to all of us, if we so choose. It complements mankind’s “greatest” invention and is the unseen “big elephant” in the room.
Like finance, it does two simple things, plus more. It acts as a time machine of the past, and a safety net of the present and the future, in that the distilled wisdom of the life-supporting systems within our bodies, among our communities and in our environment can be studied and tapped to help create a more wholesome and healthy world. The fruits of finance over the past 7000 years pales in comparison to the fruits of Nature. This is testified by the billions of years of “research and development” reincarnated over and over again by the unconditional Love bestowed on us by the cells and organs of our bodies, our families and our communities, nurtured and sheltered by the the four basic elements of earth, wind, water and fire. Even more remarkable is the fact that we live in a zero-waste biosphere embedded within a sustainable solar system, galaxy, and supercluster of galaxies which all work harmoniously with each other, testifying to the efficiency and resilience of our universe, as we stand in awe and wonder at the diversity and interconnectedness of it all.
