What is good has been explained to you, humanity…only this, to act justly, to love tenderly, and to walk humbly with your God.
-Micah 6:8
Humanity! Remember who you are.
You are a direct manifestation of the divine.
Like the divine, you exist.
Like the divine, you can know things.
“But not all things.”
WHAT IS ALL? You don’t even know! And yet you’re SO sure omniscience is what’s needed for responsibility.
You are surrounded by the divine.
You are swimming in a sea populated by manifestations of the divine.
None of them knows ALL of the THINGS ALL of the TIME!
And your ignorance of this law is not a defense!
Why?
Because you can perceive!
You don’t all have the same senses, but you have senses!
Some of you can feel, some of you can hear, some of you can see, some of you can taste, some of you can smell!
All of you can notice, all of you can think, all of you can reason!
All of you can LEARN! All of you can LOVE!
Like the divine, you can listen.
Like the divine, you can speak.
Like the divine, you can act.
You can act like you care!
You can nurture, you can protect, you can feed, you can house, you can parent!
Humanity! You have children to love and protect, yet you send them into war to kill and die.
Humanity! You were created free, yet you use violence and force to control and enslave.
Humanity! You have empty houses, yet you don’t give them to those who have no shelter. You have food, but you don’t feed the hungry. You have healers, but you don’t tend the sick, the old, the infirm. Not unless they have the bill of transaction that you wrote up and pretended was necessary.
Humanity! You know that Earth’s resources are finite, yet you burn them specifically to have an excuse to control. You know that Earth’s resources are free, but you tell each other that some of you are wealthier than others. You know that all beings have inherent dignity and worth, yet you pretend that some should work for others.
Humanity! You see and hear injustice, yet you don’t take action to restore balance. You have the ability to reason, yet you pretend none of this is your concern.
Born with the ability to create, you created money, you created class, you created war, you created hate, you created evil, you created weapons that could destroy your planet, and then you blamed ALL of it on the DIVINE.
“Who but the divine could accomplish this?” you asked. “Who but the divine has power?”
That is some f*cking gaslighting.
You screw up your world and then you blame your gods!
Take some responsibility, please.
You have plenty of power, humanity.
And you have used that power to tear up your sovereignty and that of every being you could reach.
Invent tape, humanity.
Invent glue.
Piece your sovereignty, and that of all beings, back together.
Plant a farm full of empathy filled with fields of peace and compassion.
Put away your swords and your bullets and use sharp words instead. Sharpen your thoughts.
Put away your money. It’s no good here and it never was.
ADDRESS NOW EACH OTHER WITH YOUR PRAYERS!
The divine doesn’t take bribes.
The divine doesn’t lie to you.
The divine is not corrupt.
The divine wired you for kindness and in a supreme act of propaganda you labeled that weakness.
And because your propaganda relies on another divine gift, language, the kind promptly became weak out of sheer politeness.
Humanity! You can rewrite your software. You can change your future. But at least make it better!
Go back. Take a crochet hook, weave it in and out through the stitches, find a dropped one, and pull it back through. Then do it again until you find them all.
Yes, it’s tedious.
Just do it.
You made this.
You fix it.
Or don’t!
Unravel the whole thing! Tear out every stitch. Wind the yarn into a ball and start over.
But I warn you, humanity.
The new cast-on may use the same yarn, it may use the same needles, but it won’t be the same.
Does that matter to you? Is it of interest to you?
Your words affect reality, your actions affect reality, and what happened before affected the reality that is what you have to be going on with.
You asked for guidance, so there it is.
The divine IS with you, the divine IS talking to you, the divine IS guiding you, but you know, you can put nutrients in the soil, you can plant the seeds, you can rain, you can put a sun in the sky to shine on it, but some plants are still going to be drama queens no matter what you do.
Find it in you to care, humanity.
And then, attend to the details.
That’s the recipe.
Just follow it.
And don’t rename it!
It’s good so don’t call it bad.
It’s strong so don’t call it weak.
Use your head.
Use your heart.
Use your hands.
ALL of you must help.
ALL of you must help.
ALL of you must help!
The divine knows that you can do this, humanity. You have already been provided with everything you need.
But nobody knows if you will do it.
That’s why we have popcorn.
Oh, don’t worry. The divine is watching. The divine is listening. The divine is interested. The divine wouldn’t miss this. The question is not whether the divine is here, but whether you are, humanity. Show up to something besides your own funeral.