Every seed must rip itself apart in order to become the sprout that will eventually become the blossom, so is it with the seeds of men in the critical stages of change.
When an old system is replaced by a better system the old system becomes obsolete. This has been the case of the horse drawn carriage, sailing vessels for transportation, oil lanterns and candles, wood burning stoves, caves for dwelling, mud huts and so many other examples. The problem facing the world today is one of similar however much larger proportions.
The old systems of nationalism, division of race, divisions of classes, war, destruction of environment, enforced scarcity for the material gains of profit, power, material prestige and ego of a few psychopaths with no end of selfish desires is at odds with the new system. A system of peace, good will and unity, a system of sustainability and generosity.
A system that abolishes the extremes of wealth and poverty and doesn't allow the manipulation of people for gain. A world without borders unified in the idea that we are all here and must either share this planet or destroy it. When you see that the new system will make the old system obsolete those who are rooted so deeply in the old system will fight with everything they have to maintain it as is their psychopathic nature.
The problem comes when evaluating history we see what they have been and are capable of doing in the name of maintaining their perceived "right to rule". When this finally comes to a head there is bound to be a collision of epic proportions where the one side, will, as they have stated time and time again "burn it all rather than allow let it go" or again "if we can't have it no one will" this is why we must look to see what they have done in the past and are doing now as they know this collision is coming. What preparation are they taking to prolong the convulsions of their dying empires and how many of us will suffer due to their Psychopathic arrogance? When you look at our time in these very simple terms you can't help but recognize that we are on the cusp of change.
Concerning change and how quickly it can effect the world I refer to J.E. Esslemont in his book "Baha'úllah and the New Era"; "The old world has been passing through the death pangs of an old era and the birth pangs of a new, is evident to all. The old principles of materialism and self-interest, the old sectarian and patriotic prejudices and animosities, are perishing, discredited, amidst the ruins they have wrought, and in all lands we see signs of a new spirit of faith, of brotherhood, of internationalism, that is bursting the old bonds and overrunning the old boundaries. Revolutionary changes of unprecedented magnitude have been occurring in every department of human life. The old era is not yet dead. It is engaged in a life and death struggle with the new.
Evils there are in plenty, gigantic and formidable, but they are being exposed, investigated, challenged and attacked with new vigor and hope. Clouds there are in plenty, vast and threatening, but the light is breaking through, and is illumining the path of progress and revealing the obstacles and pitfalls that obstruct the onward way.
But, in the world of nature, the Spring brings about not only the growth and awakening of new life but also the destruction and removal of the old and effete; for the same sun, that makes the flowers to spring and the trees to bud, causes also the decay and disintegration of what is dead and useless; it loosens the ice and melts the snow of winter, and sets free the flood and the storm that cleanse and purify the earth. So is it also in the spiritual world.
The spiritual sunshine causes similar commotion and change. Thus the Day of Resurrection is also the Day of Judgment, in which corruptions and imitations of the truth and outworn ideas and customs are discarded and destroyed, in which the ice and snow of prejudice and superstition, which accumulated during the season of winter, are melted and transformed, and energies long frozen and pent up are released to flood and renovate the world. Without change there can be no life. Even the mineral cannot resist change, and the higher we go in the scale of being, the more varied, complex, and wonderful do the changes become. Moreover, in progress and development among creatures of all grades we find two kinds of change; one slow, gradual, often almost imperceptible; and the other rapid, sudden and dramatic.
The latter occur at what are called “critical stages” of development. In the case of minerals we find such critical stages at the melting and boiling points, for example, when the solid suddenly becomes a liquid or the liquid becomes a gas. In the case of plants we see such critical stages when the seed begins to germinate, or the bud bursts into leaf. In the animal world we see the same on every hand, as when the grub suddenly changes into a butterfly, the chick emerges from its shell, or the babe is born from its mother’s womb. In the higher life of the soul we often see a similar transformation, when a man is “born again” and his whole being becomes radically changes in its aims, its character and activities. Such critical stages often affect a whole species or multitude of species simultaneously, as when vegetation of all kinds suddenly bursts into new life in springtime. Suddenly we see changes after seemingly long periods of inactivity." ~end~
There is a change on the horizon and it is accelerating.. This is our time so remember that what is normal to the spider is chaos for the fly.. We the people of this beautiful world are not the flies..
Kris Harrison
The Progressive Anarchist