Overcoming The Odds: The Human Equation

The doom and gloom that spreads across the Internet is certainly nothing new.  Throughout history, mankind has been predicting its own demise.  How strange that none of these predictions of Biblical proportions has ever materialized.  The harbingers of doomsday scenarios fail to understand that humans not only have free will, but also manifest very complex ‘dramas’ which some believe to be a schoolhouse for lessons.  Others see the manifested drama as simply a form of entertainment for a species whose infinite potential of its intellectual expansion, transcends the majesty of the entire Universe.  Civilizations come and go, but humanity prevails.  We prevail because that is what we have written in the script for the grand play now showing on planet earth.

We are at a stage of social and emotional development that has all the outward appearance of a catastrophe just waiting to happen.  But that is the essential ingredient for a really “edge of your seat nail biting” story.  And of course it comes in many forms, especially from the far right fanatical religious groups.  They are all cheering on Armageddon.  Now that is really bizarre, but not to be outdone, are the middle of the road fanatics who believe an economic meltdown is immanent.  Is it really?  We survived the Depression of the 30’s and there is no doubt in my mind we will survive what is being called the Great Recession.  It does place a lot of people in tenuous financial positions, but they will survive; albeit they may have to engage in downward mobility, but that is not necessarily bad.  In fact, we might all become a bit stronger if we let go of materialism as a way of life (yep business will suffer but that is part of the story).

Now there is a really fun part to this story that sort of attempts to get around the human equation by predicting an end of the world scenario that cannot be thwarted by modern technology.  This is the earth “getting pistol whipped” by the tail of Planet X  scenario or a chain of monumental earth changes.  Now that makes for a great movie idea…oh yea I forgot they did jump on that with the soon to be released movie: “2012”.  The harbingers of doom forget that what we might manifest as a calamity is also subject to our manifestation of unexpected solutions.

Will we suffer these horrendous calamities?  It’s the not knowing part that keep us alive, aware, and feeling the raw and pounding free flow of emotions that makes us unique and indelible within the Universe (the divinity of humans).  And of course those of a religious persuasion will shout that God will punish the wicked especially those who believe that they themselves are divine.  If you have trained yourself to live in constant fear then these words of doom will have you shaking in your boots.  If you are still rational, you will see that it is all part of the script intended to entertain that most majestic of creations: the human.