A friend just asked me what I believe is going on in the world right now. I have a strong opinion about it all. I think that people lost track of life. Instead of living, they chose a lifestyle. Instead of considering what they could enjoy, continue using and repair, they felt that they couldn't live without the next edition of each object in their lives. Now, everyone is deeply considering what they can live without. Waste has been a national attitude. People have not been aware of things like: the gift card or rebate card that expires on them with $2.30 left on it (multiply that by 10 million), the prices on an item at the shelf being $1.19 but at the checkout it's $1.69 (multiply that by 10 million) - things that are wasted money or money spent without intention. And cars that run perfectly being traded in for new, different looking models. Cell phones, computers, all the gadgets and tools that companies couldn't be content with just making a living selling - they wanted to make a killing. Yes, it's greed, but it's something else, too. It is looking outside of ourselves for distraction, entertainment, non-stop chatter in the mind to keep us from becoming the very special beings that we can become. Drala teaches us to see everything around us as sacred - to not just look at things but to see them. It teaches us to see ourselves as sacred...as the good human beings that we truly are. Then the clutter just falls away. We don't need to play the games of the setting sun world that would hold us static in our fears and limited beliefs. We have pushed the Dralas away. We need to call them back now.
