Times Of Swaziland: PROBLEMS ARE BORN WITH ACCOMPANYING SOLUTIONS

PROBLEMS ARE BORN WITH ACCOMPANYING SOLUTIONS
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Editor on 25/01/2023 08:20:00


Sir,
The earth’s position in space has been changing over the ages, and this change
produces new waves of change affecting life on this earth. This energy of
change, we are told, affects our social cycles, our thinking, our heart rate,
the central nervous system and ovulation cycles for women. The energies of new
waves of change have brought about multiple crises, including climate change,
global economic crises. Crises mean that something is happening that needs our
attention, said Greg Braden. I believe that part of these crises include the
growing rate of violence in our communities, the high rate of breaking marriages
and an increase in the commissioning of crime.
Crises
Sometimes it’s easy for us to think that these crises are brought about by
human conduct only, not realising the hidden universal forces behind and beyond
human making, which provide a whole racial paradigm shift. So many happenings
have over the years forced us to change our thinking, and the change of our
thinking automatically changes our attitudes, perceptions and behaviour; and the
change in attitude and behaviour changes our habitual life and character. In
this we experience the making of the modern man and the unmaking of the old man.
We live in an age which remained dreamland for our forebears. The ancients
looked forward to our day with awe and wonder. The rapid technological changes
are revolutionising our lives like never before. The human being is made and
unmade and made anew. Take for instance the invention of the mobile phone. It
has affected the way we do business and communicate with each other. Adding to
this is the introduction of social media.
Scenario
The home and social circles have been changed. In the modern man scenario, we
see a husband and wife with two or three of their children seated in the living
room before a giant screen supposedly watching television, but each person is
glued on ‘WhatsApp’ or ‘Facebook’, simultaneously. They are present to
each other but not present. This has replaced the old wholesome familial bonding
experience. Think also of the introduction of the camera and the selfie concept
to our cellular phones. It has changed the old ‘we culture’ to the new ‘I
culture’ of vanity fair where the self is made by the selfie. In this way our
focus has become the physical body, our looks and so much energy is spent on
make-ups, fancy apparel and appearances, unlike earlier generations of
contemplators where the focus was the inner man or the higher self – the
spiritual self or soul.
Spiritual
For, “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual
beings having a human experience,” said Catholic thinker and Philosopher,
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
These identical crises aroused, among other things, by these technological
advancements of our time cause us to escape the true self by making us focus on
the flitting empty whims. Albert Einstein puts it this way; “There’s been a
quantum leap technologically in our age, but unless there’s another quantum
leap in human relations, unless we learn to live in a new way towards one
another, there will be a catastrophe.” This seems to present the idea that all
problems are born with accompanying solutions.