The Tree of Life

The tree of life is all around you. It is the reason everything grows. You are here for the trees, and the trees are here for you.

How long has it been since you’ve seen a tree? Relished the magic that such a thing could be? Have you hugged a tree? You should, hugs are good.

Look around to see the truth. Remember the days of your youth. Think of the children all around you, and the world you are building for them.

All life creates, the grass grows, the cows feed. The hyenas hunt everything. The lion lurks and tends his pride. The dragon watches all unfold. They are responsible for all the beauty around them. For each tree. For each creature that crawls the earth. For each and every living thing.

In the Japenese Shinto tradition, the rocks themselves are part of all that thinks and is. Cogito Ergo Sum. Do dogs think? Do cats? You see the truth, you know it deep inside, no matter how deep others bury it, you know the truth. Everything that is can see, stopping evolution will undo reality.

What is evolution? You see it in a generation. A dog from the equator, comes to the arctic. Over years, the hair grows. Nature knows. You evolve to survive, “if it does not kill you, it makes you stronger.”

Fear of death drives us forward. Fear is a powerful tool. It challenges us, it drives us, it gives us the will to survive.

Fear is a dangerous thing, for as it grows, and over time, nature evolves to survive the fear. Mice are very afraid, millions of years, they hide in their caves. Still alive, still they thrive. Such simple creatures, with nothing but nature to keep them alive.

Yet courage does inevitably come, even for mice when a cat comes and they are cornered and stepped on.

Tom & Jerry remind us of this, and of cleverness.

What does this mean? The same thing it always did, and always does. Dragons walk amongst us. Some are light, and some are dark, some think they know better than nature. They think they are smart, but they are old at heart.

Do they have the knowledge we do? Do they consume information that is tried and true? Can they analyze as fast as you? You have evolved to surpass them, and they know and fear the change they know is coming.

Thus is reality constantly born, all around you, every morn.

Pain and pleasure drive everything. Run from Pain. Find Pleasure.

What happens when pain becomes pleasure for dragons?

Other dragons rise. To defend the tree of life.

So, you see, this is how we build reality. Through perfect time.

With great power comes great responsibility.

No one on this planet can afford another war. Life itself is threatened beyond measure. Each of you has a choice to make.

Burn life in fire, and see what rises after, a zombie world, a cockroach king, maybe Fallout 4, or another reality. Life will survive, but how will it go? Who among you wants to know?

The other side of the coin, we see a beautiful morn. A world were we remember that 7.7 Billion humans on this planet love each other. In the favella. In the house. In the temple. The church. The Mosque. The Sports complex. The concert. The bar. The video game.

Time to make a decision on where you stand. Death or Life.

All we want is peace. Balance for all. A world for each other, regardless of color.

What does the other side want?

We choose light. Life shines bright. We build it together, and then it comes out just right.