"Masks Off" Everyone!

Humans are complex living creatures with miraculous physical bodies involving mystical origins and wildly intelligent mechanics the likes of which scientists still can't fully explain. And perhaps never will. In this way, the biggest canopy of our lives remains a mystery.

Oddly enough, we have clues embedded in prophecies, ancient texts, intuitive insights and spiritual wisdom that point us to, well, something, even if we disagree as to what that something is. Through practices designed to deepen us into our inner universe, we discover an inescapable truth: that humans are intimately interconnected with and interdependent on each other and the whole of Life.

It matters not what religious or spiritual community we align with. It matters not where we are born or raised. It matters not what languages we speak or foods we eat or clothes we wear. And it matters not what color our flesh is. Because beyond the diverse characteristics we carry as individuals resides the innate perfection of Creation itself.

Creation—the natural world we live in—functions in an ongoing harmonious rhythm. Humans are the only creatures that believe we can ignore that rhythm or that we exist outside that rhythm. Humans are also the only creatures who claim the fantasy of dominion rather than dependence.

Humanity is responsible. Our human immaturity is the seed of our suffering. Our human arrogance is the carrier of our greed, narcissism and entitlement. And our human error is the creator of our division, injustice and harm upon this sacred Earth.

Supreme Beings do not create these things; humans do. It's up to us to nurture our wisdom, heal our arrogance and correct our errors to bring this Life to its fullest beautiful potential. It's up to humans, not to some super power. Just us humans.

In all our glorious diversity and mystery, I'm confident we can find our way there but we must choose to or we never will. We must unmask, expose, and acknowledge these perpetrators within our own character. Then we can begin to heal them within our relationships, communities, and the global humanity.

This path calls for curiosity, courage and compassion while it demands exposure, vulnerability and faith. Humans have the capacity to mature. But we must choose to walk this path together. Since we are inescapably interconnected, we succeed or fail as one. The whole ship floats or the whole ship sinks and either way we humans are responsible.