Clarity of Innocence

Together, we live under the illusion that with enough rules and enforcement, we can make our world into a kind and functional place.

Why, then, is our world confrontational and hostile?

Because this illusion has brought us here.

THE NATURE OF LIFE

Every life powers its own way.

It gets that power at conception.

Every dandelion powers its own way into this environment through its own instincts and effort. It survives through its own determination.

Every creature does as well.

All life needs the awareness that thriving is the right thing to do. That support is supposed to happen at birth.

Throughout nature, every living thing supports its offspring in every way it can. It does that by paving the way in every way possible. It removes obstacles to the young’s progress and encourages the power within their offspring.

This support and encouragement is called nurture.

PEOPLE

People are no different.

Isolated from peer-pressure, every one of us will fully support the power within our children.

The result is peace and harmony. These children can’t do enough for us.

That’s a fact. Every child we see demonstrates this same balance of life. Those children who are supported and encouraged are always kind and loving.

Every child who is criticized into compliance is resentful, hostile, and defiant. They are also less connected with their own instincts, needs, and feelings. They are not the same while missing their original power.

LIFE

Life has needs. The primary need of every life is to live from the internal power it was given.

It needs that power to flourish.

That power tells us who we are and what we need. We call that our self-esteem.

CIVILIZATION

We gather together, and the most troubled of us become the loudest. The inner wisdom of the rest gets drowned out by that frantic energy.

Sadly, there is no place left on Earth to begin a new community based on support, encouragement, trust, and love.

Love and cooperation are the natural conditions of humans.

However, the manic energy of those most damaged makes the rules.

Loving people don’t care about power.

Our world is a loving community as long as every person still carries their own inner power.

That’s our natural condition of life.

DRUGS, HATE, SPONTANEOUS VIOLENCE, AND DEFIANCE

These are all consequences of removing the power from our young. They will be anxious throughout their lives.

No life can remain comfortable without the power that was supposed to drive it.

A BETTER WAY

We can each defy peer-pressure and support the power of our offspring.

The result is a loving cooperative family. The only obstacle is the peer-pressure from our culture.

The most troubled of us have energy from anxiety and pain. This is relentless. No longer feeling the internal wisdom of instincts, feelings, or needs, beliefs become based on authority rather than compassion.

The troubled thoroughly believe in forcing their will on the world. They actually believe they are doing the right thing. They create empires that lack wisdom and fairness.

They tell themselves they are good for the world as they steal everything they can get.

THE CAUSE OF CHAOS?

Our young are deprived of the natural power their lives need.

Reverse that, and we get peace and harmony back. Wisdom too.

OUR PATH?

Things don’t look good for humanity.

People are kind and loving. That’s who we are.

But, wisdom cannot find its way into practice.

Truth has become banned. Even within the legal system.

The land of the free, the world’s hope, has followed this same path.

The root cause? Our loss of internal power.

INTERNAL POWER?

Each of us needs the power we were born with to know who we are and what we need.

However, in this environment, none of us gets to keep our power.

The consequence is anxiety within every person. This translates into a hostile and dangerous world.

A world where only action heroes and people in children’s books get to have their own power.

Our children don’t.

They set out, after finishing school, expected to succeed in the world.

They are supposed to know who they are and what they need. All without ever being allowed to live any of that.

The most troubled are making our rules. Deprived of their inner wisdom, they can’t do it very well.

We are living the eternal problem. The most troubled set the stage. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to be a good and loving person in a cold, dangerous environment.

Perhaps our job is to rise above it. Somehow.

Thanks for listening.

Good luck on your journey.

Take care,

Norm Cormier