At the beginning of this year, it took a little bit of time before I
was writing the date of the new correctly, as often happens in a new
year. But this time something unusual happened this year. A few times
I inverted the 2 and the 3, and wrote
“3012”. At first I thought that the ‘mistake’ was calling my attention
to this being a new time, as the 12 years of the new millennium seem
still rooted to the year 2000, whereas 13 seems to be in a new dimension
of time. But then I realized it is more than that.
It is for me a way of thinking about the future that extends far beyond our usual horizons.
I think of what I have held in my heart - ways of holding responsibility for others that emerged from the Iroquois Nation, and has been formed into the saying: “In every deliberation, we must consider the impact on the seventh generation”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_generation_sustainability
I send my thoughts and prayers forward to the future, that our actions reflect the consideration of the effect on the generations for the 1,000 years that are before us.
We are at the beginning of a time, a new cycle. What will be happening then? What will people see when they reflect back to the year “2013”? – and the choices we made at this time and in these years, and how they would come would set the course, lay a foundation, for the hundreds of years that would unfold into the next millennium.
When I think of the future, I think of what groundwork we lay for the future – for the many generations to come, and for the Earth and her future.
We are in the throes of one time of civilization – before the recognition of our intimate connection with each other and all of life, the One life of which we are each part. We are celebrants, expressions of this One, unique, many, and from the same Source – coming to know that we are part of this One, interdependent, and inter-responsible for each and all of our welfare.
This is the kind of ethic that is being born today, even if its birth is yet mostly hidden, or yet obscured by forces or by habits of consciousness. We haven’t yet awaken to the inner truth of our full humanity and spiritual promise lays waiting within us. Yet the awakening that we are called to, that hearts are aroused to, is the beginning for the future for us, and for all those who are to come. To know this as we seek to love each and everyone in life, is to align our lives with the present and the future, for the benefit of All, and for all Life.
Seven generation sustainability is an ecological concept that urges the current generation of humans to live sustainably and work for the benefit of the seventh generation into the future.[1] It originated with the Iroquois - Great Law of the Iroquois..
It is for me a way of thinking about the future that extends far beyond our usual horizons.
I think of what I have held in my heart - ways of holding responsibility for others that emerged from the Iroquois Nation, and has been formed into the saying: “In every deliberation, we must consider the impact on the seventh generation”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_generation_sustainability
I send my thoughts and prayers forward to the future, that our actions reflect the consideration of the effect on the generations for the 1,000 years that are before us.
We are at the beginning of a time, a new cycle. What will be happening then? What will people see when they reflect back to the year “2013”? – and the choices we made at this time and in these years, and how they would come would set the course, lay a foundation, for the hundreds of years that would unfold into the next millennium.
When I think of the future, I think of what groundwork we lay for the future – for the many generations to come, and for the Earth and her future.
We are in the throes of one time of civilization – before the recognition of our intimate connection with each other and all of life, the One life of which we are each part. We are celebrants, expressions of this One, unique, many, and from the same Source – coming to know that we are part of this One, interdependent, and inter-responsible for each and all of our welfare.
This is the kind of ethic that is being born today, even if its birth is yet mostly hidden, or yet obscured by forces or by habits of consciousness. We haven’t yet awaken to the inner truth of our full humanity and spiritual promise lays waiting within us. Yet the awakening that we are called to, that hearts are aroused to, is the beginning for the future for us, and for all those who are to come. To know this as we seek to love each and everyone in life, is to align our lives with the present and the future, for the benefit of All, and for all Life.
Seven generation sustainability is an ecological concept that urges the current generation of humans to live sustainably and work for the benefit of the seventh generation into the future.[1] It originated with the Iroquois - Great Law of the Iroquois..
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