99 Steps to reclaiming your individuality Step #2

Alexander Neave

Awareness:

Awareness! When I take  walks in nature now, to the lake, or to the forest, I look down and name all the plants, grasses, vines, trees ,shrubbery know about the wildlife and the habitat they live in. That was not always the case, it was not that long ago, when all I saw was green. It still was a pretty green, relaxing, and comforting and I enjoyed it back then, when it was all green, but that's all it was in my minds eye, green. Because in the city where I spent most of my life, you have sidewalk, concrete and asphalt, and in the country you have green, but that was then. Now I see the green as my healer, my medicine my nutrition, my mentor. I suppose there was a time in your life too, where you saw just green, and then occurrences in your life caused you to delve deeper; maybe it's time to return to that place now.

The last two decades have seen some of the most extraordinary technological advances in the history of man. Sadly also some of the most persistent callous and greed motivated retrograde behavior in those same circles. Could one exist with out the other? I think so. It is indeed time for us to exit the Matrix, and become aware of just how garrulously mismanaged and dysfunctional our society has become. The choice though is yours, because for all intents an purposes your life may seem quite comfortable now, but for how long? If you accept the structure of the system that is now in place, then you must also be aware that this is a system that is designed to fail. That is not an assumption, threat or prediction, but a fact. Not a design flaw in it, but critically essential to the sustenance and recovery of the model in its entirety.

Awareness, The tools are available, free for the most part, accessible to all, for the most part. But what is also not a guarantee is that it will always be free or accessible. There is evil in this world, and its two of many pillars are greed and ignorance. And they have reigned uncontested in our society long enough. It is time for change.