DAY 94 – REACHING THE MOUNTAIN TOP: A HOLISTIC HARMONY BY THE YEAR 2100 (THE TOMORROWS WILL NOT BE LIKE THE YESTERDAYS)

DEDICATED TO THE GOODNESS THAT LIES WITHIN THE HUMAN SPIRIT

From the moment each of us takes our first breath we are on a journey of acquiring the necessary knowledge and insights in our attempt for a life with fewer difficulties. As children we do not know this. As adults we sometimes do not appreciate how essential this is in one’s own personal evolution into a mature adult that can reach for and climb to the mountaintop.

This mountaintop represents the summit where most human problems no longer occur. It is where the human consciousness has evolved to a point where people throughout the world freely cooperate with one another for everyone’s mutual benefit. It is a place where inner harmony exists within each person’s body and mind and harmonious interactions are ever present between human beings no matter the diversity of the people involved.

Our individual lives are intertwined with the lives of our fellow human beings in numerous ways. Personal difficulties often ripple their way into the lives of those closest to us and many times they ripple their way into the larger sphere of humanity. If we are to create something better, then we need to understand life, to the fullest extent possible, so we do not create the unwanted for oneself, other people and the earth.

At the base of this mountain is the world humanity has always lived in. There are so many good, decent and beneficial things that are initiated and reciprocated by human beings. We show kindness, consideration and respect not because of a self-centered interest but because it lives inside of us. We help one another in the most mundane of tasks along with the most perplexing of situations. Giving the best of ourselves is worth nurturing not only for those of us who are alive today but also for the generations who will follow.

We also find at the base of this mountain humanity having to simultaneously co-exist with life’s difficulties. Some of our problems each of us creates for oneself and other difficulties are heaped upon us by our fellow human beings and by nature itself. While people throughout the ages have wanted to get to the mountaintop, it often seems that the climb upward has many pitfalls that make it seem an unattainable task. Yet with specific knowledge and the in-depth insights that come with such knowledge there is nothing that can stop humanity from reaching the zenith of a better world. It is ours to achieve if we set our minds to making it a reality.

Reaching the mountaintop requires us to grasp the immense importance of seeing and understanding the process for the tomorrows to become better than the yesterdays. Because everything of importance is not a sprint that immediately happens but a marathon of human endeavors, we can put our actions into a perspective for what may follow and thus spur ourselves to continue going forward in our quest for something better no matter how long it takes.

We know that progress, whether small in nature or of an enormity that forever changes human destiny, occurs in steps, stages and a sequence to them. When seeing a problem that needs to be fixed, conceiving of a new useful invention or realizing a philosophical concept that raises human consciousness, actions must be taken to achieve something that previously did not exist. Yet with this as an end in mind, we should always remember that the steps and stages along with a sequence to them becomes part of everything we create. Reaching the mountaintop for a world with fewer problems is no different.

When we look back at human beings going to the moon and setting foot on it, we can more fully appreciate the steps and stages along with the sequence of actions that made achieving this possible. At each point in the process there were numerous people who had to figure out the technology to make each advance achievable. From the first experimental space flight in an unmanned capsule, it eventually led to a human being taking flight and circling the earth. Within a few years an unmanned capsule landed on the moon which was then followed by human beings landing and walking on the moon.

Each stage in the goal of taking a human being to the moon required an order to them. Each sequence was necessary because this is how knowledge develops and enables human beings to build upon what was just learned. With each advancement we would not have today an orbiting space station where astronauts do experiments that gives us a better understanding of our universe and discoveries that could lead to potential products that are beneficial for humanity. The people who have been involved in the space program over the decades may have envisioned a realistic possibility for an international space station but not even these experts would know the necessary sequences that would take place. Things in life that are created have a way of developing even without the exact knowledge of how it will unfold.

In everyday life human beings have the capability to persevere not only in normal times but also when faced with the most difficult of circumstances. Carrying out one’s everyday affairs requires a certain amount of perseverance, but it takes on an added dimension when a potentially life altering dilemma strikes (a devastating accident, a life-threatening health issue, a weather event that rips through a community and destroys its peaceful surroundings, a war breaks out in a country or between countries and anything else that has a severe disruption to everyday living) that shatters the normalcy of someone’s world. It is here where people rise to the occasion by persevering on a level they may have never gone to before.

While perseverance is essential for the great human undertakings, we also require patience at the same time to let the process take its course until the end goal has been met. Human beings have the propensity to immediately want certain things to occur no matter how unlikely it is to happen right then and there. This is especially true when it comes to personal and societal difficulties. People do not want to live with a problem for extended periods of time. The longer problems are with us the more people may lose faith and the more impatient people often become.

Most human endeavors take time to go from the initial idea to seeing it become a reality and the larger the magnitude of the objective is the longer it will take. With any goal that we set out to achieve we need to persevere and have the patience to see it through to its conclusion. Reaching the mountaintop and making this the last century for most human problems requires a worldwide perseverance and patience combined with a resolute determination to succeed unlike anything else in human history.

While we are on this journey to reach the mountaintop, we need to become cognizant of the progress that is taking place as it is happening. Such awareness will give us the positive encouragement to not only carry on but also to do more. Seeing humanity achieve great strides towards a tomorrow that is better than yesterday gives us inner strength to the point where the cherished ideals that are part of being human becomes the solid foundation that we continue to build our future upon.

There is a path forward leading to a better future. We can create a world where every human being can always have nutritious food to eat, clean water to drink, a decent place to live in and adequate clothing to wear. We can create a world where every human being will be considered equal to their fellow human beings without being mistreated, discriminated against or hated. We can create a world where violence and war are a relic of a painful past that we only read about in our history books and never personally experience. We can create a world where our earth is treated with the utmost of care so that it functions optimally for life itself by becoming a clean and sustainable planet. All of this and more can be created by us.

The world of the future is where our children and grandchildren along with every generation thereafter must go to that is beyond just surviving but is where they are thriving. Harmony is the key to this. Finding inner harmony within each of us will lead to harmony with our fellow human beings. At the same time living in harmony with our fellow human beings will lead to more personal inner harmony. Both forms of harmony are essential since harmony with our fellow human beings and inner harmony are intertwined with each other with a force that reinforces both aspects of harmony.

When we reach the mountaintop for a collectively better world all of humanity will realize that the reason that we have arrived there is because of the time and effort that billions of our fellow human beings have devoted to creating such a world.