WORLD NEWS TRUST: Illusions Of Inclusivity In The Culture Of "Whatever" (Carolyn Baker)

Carolyn Baker -- World News Trust

Most individuals who recognize that something is terribly wrong with the world and who for all their complaining are consciously struggling to create a more humane existence on planet earth, also empathically perceive that the essence of empire is its merciless, relentless ability to divide and alienate human beings from each other, from themselves, and from the earth community. As a result, awake, compassionate, twenty-first century earthlings understand that human consciousness cannot be transformed until we have learned on every level that there is no separateness-no "us and them", no division, no "other." Certainly, all persons whom I perceive as allies in our collapsing world work very hard to move beyond their empire-inculcated "otherness disorder."

Yet as we know, reality in the human story is usually complex and multi-faceted. While it is true that none of us on a fundamental spiritual level is separate from anyone else, it is also true that in order to function harmoniously and equitably in our day-to-day existence, human beings require the establishment and maintenance of limits. One of the most obvious tragedies we must recognize when confronting the collapse of civilization, is that we have arrived at this juncture in human history precisely because we have failed to honor limits.

In thinking about this, I invite you to bear with me beyond what may at first sound like psychobabble because the reasoning process I'm laying out is meant to supersede the unavoidable jargon which I believe is both necessary and useful.

Human development begins with a state of absolutely no limits as an infant symbiotically bonds with its mother and is incapable of distinguishing itself from its caretaker. This glorious union is unequivocally crucial for the ultimate physical and emotional wellbeing of the infant. If the boundary-less bond does not occur or becomes dysfunctional, painful emotional wounding results which may set the stage for a lifetime of anguish.

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