"Human Resources": A New Definition
I have talked often in this Blog about language being the foundation
of every culture and that the language of beauty is the language of
Peace.
I recently was invited to become a participant with a group of people
who's collective Vision of a human culture living more harmoniously
with All Life, is possible. We all come from various tribes and
cultures. As with any group of people collaborating together from
differing cultures, communication is vital to being able to
understand one-another's differences and commonalities.
What is common among all humans is the need for water, food,
clothing, shelter, healthy inter-personal relationships, and love.
Going about providing for these needs is different between Earth or
Natural Way cultures and Industrialized cultures. Without these
elements, the Spirit having a human experience suffers.
I find it interesting that Buddhism recognizes the the same aspects
in interpersonal relationships the Mayans call yail (pronounced
ya-eel), a simplified meaning: love/pain. I have contemplated this
relationship yail, every time I feel the twinge of pain in my heart,
from some form of language spoken to me, that I still experience as
being connected to generational trauma as a result of the rape, and
genocide to our Mother Earth and her Peoples. The human behavior of
inflicting genocidal homicide and suicide can be traced to its
language, which is the mind construct of it's beliefs. A language
used in a dominant culture, to propagate beliefs of subjugation and
oppression, is maintained through willing adoption and unwillingly
imposed circumstances. Once indoctrinated, humans, consciously or
unconsciously, recreate this cycle of abuse amongst themselves, and
in other inter-personal relationships.
I have been becoming more acutely aware of my experiences to yail
since a Mayan friend introduced it to me. In fact, I have found any
word can be contemplated, to take one deeper and deeper into one's
Self knowing. I have also found the practice of going to the root
origins of words interesting; in how the meanings of words change
depending on context, the evolution of the culture, and how it
reflects a culture's self awareness of it's inter-relationship with
All Life.
Now let us take for example at the word “resource”. This word
means different things to a human being and a capitalist business
person. I thought about this word so commonly used by the US
Government and corporate businesses and began to read articles from a
variety of sources (see references below). The word “resource”
and “human resource” to a modern capitalist economist, put in the
context of “using, utilizing, and profiting”, has been
disconnected from its inter-personal relationship with life and
language of Nature, and our Earth Mother. It is necessary to
disconnect relationally from nature, to subjugate the “resources”
to lesser non entities so as not to face the atrocities of greed
created by this economic-based culture and to "use" humans as fodder to gain profits for the war/nuclear industry. Today the Economic and War
Gods' language and beliefs systems have become so prevalent,
intertwined, and common, that even well meaning do gooders,
environmentalists, and commoners, all speak their language, thinking
nothing of the current and historical, cultural influences this
language has in shaping our worldviews and interpersonal
relationships with each other - as one species, our Natural World,
and All Life.
Now as a human being who is aware that well meaning people,
particularly those with corporate patriarchal backgrounds, use the
language of the economic and war gods with lack of awareness about
how their language would be perceived by other cultures (or that they
know no other culture's language), do not take their language to
seriously nor personally anymore. For in fact, you see, these 2 gods
have been in power for a few thousand years, and we know that a
dominant culture does not have to look at themselves, for they do the
defining of others. The dominant culture in “power” does not have
to listen to those they have historically subjugated and oppressed by
their way of life. They will even come as do gooders, going to teach
the “poor” natives their language and beliefs, so that they too,
can revere the economic and war gods,who will promise to give them
great wealth, fame and prestige, under the same corporate models,
but now for environmental “sustainability”. This is like saying
“clean coal” or “clean nuclear energy”. Am I being too harsh
here? Really I do not mean to sound harsh, it's just that it is an
old movie, and the script is getting old, and I am rather content, to
see the beautiful sunset, of these gods' days. Know that the New Sun
generation of youth that are here, they will transform the “industries”
built by these gods, if not simply by their lack of interest and
participation, but by their love for our Mother Earth and her
language and culture.
So let me move on here,because if I go back to historical roots of
the word “resource”...we will find that “re” has an old
french meaning in the resonance of music, as in, “do re mi fa so la
ti do”...re, as in ray of sun? And in latin to “rise up”.
Source: the point of origin. Therefore, let us re-learn, re-member
the language of beauty. When referring to another as a resource, know
the meaning to be “a ray from the original Source of All Life.”
and you will find your way back to the Natural Way of
interconnectedness with All Life; or you can just refer to these
“human resources” as People of the New Sun. As mi Abuela Rosa
Marguerita taught me, it is truly holy and sacred to become Human
Being.
Now if we have changed the meaning of just one word in the language
of the economic and war gods culture, this does not mean that a
transformation of their culture will miraculously change for the
greater good of all life, rather, it is one word, a beginning, and as
the Buddha said, He could not enlighten anyone, or make them practice
Buddhism...a human has to desire it for themselves. So too, it is
with the Way of Peace. If you have never heard the language of
beauty, believe me when I tell you, that when you do, you will
recognize it because once the sweet nectar of it flows from your
heart to your mind and through your lips, it is so powerful that you
will not be able to live without it.
~ BearSense
Culture at Work is everything and everything is culture
Suffering
Too Insignificant for the Majority to See, Alice Walker, Shambhala
Sun, May 2007.
In
Japan's nuclear cleanup, is human life cheaper than machines?
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_nature/2011/04/fukushimas_biorobots.single.html
Occupy Harvard: Take a Break, Think
So much to learn / re-member. I prayed with the water today and watered myself and the garden. (Hopi Survival Kit)
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