So here we go...

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I find it ironic that we have such an abundance of opportunity to live comfortably and at peace within ourselves and with each other yet we are constantly fighting the neighbour. It is a conditioning that is sickening when you consider that the 'civilized' world is out in foreign land killing each other over oil and whatnot and they represent everything we have been taught to aspire to.

It would be so easy and reassuring to wake up in the morning and tend to the fields or voluntarily go to work in the assistance of someone else. You would only work to swop that skill with the skill of the person you were helping. In other words you would be a farmer and a neighbour needed his land to be cleared to build a building of some sorts. You would get your tractor and required equipment and go and help him clear the land for this building. In return he would come across to your side of the world to help build a barn or some such similar building as that would be his expertise.

Could you just imagine the lifestyle were one fellow human assists another because they can, have the time and are willing to share. We would have a world where people greeted, where people assisted a struggling member and he in turn would reciprocate with whatever he could as and when he could. We would visit the farmer for groceries, fruit and milk products. Visit the hardware for building assistance etcetera. BUT IT WOULD FAIL, as humans have ego.

I know there are communities out there that do live like this and in Israel I worked on a 'Moshav' Moshav 'Idan' in the Negev desert which is a community farming project where everyone shares the cost of equipment and the use thereof. They also share in the community profits from their farming with each farmer growing something different in order to support the community and others farming for profit at the markets. I was employed as a casual worker and even though I did not get to the administrative or management side of the farm it seemed to me that it worked well. Whether or not they still exist and are running peacefully I am not sure.

We have an abundance of water, fertile land, and seed to feed the world yet we spend our entire lives fighting over money, power and possessions. It would be great if these communities could set up and use the unemployed, the elderly who by the way have an immense knowledge and understanding. It would also give the community a sense of belonging, reward and enrichment that would not otherwise be found in this world today. Maybe this would be my retirement objective. Find such a community and settle down and do a honest days work and be rewarded with a healthy home cooked meal and a chance to sit and admire the sunset. Retire to a comfortable bed and sleep as if I deserved it.

Sad, really, really sad that the world chases us from kindergarten stage right through to retirement age with the benchmark in life being what you own, how much it is worth and judgement comes on how successful the world percieves you to be.

Enough rambling from me.

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