Monday, November 5, 2007

How will you define mankind?

Mankind has done horrific things, but that does not define me, and I am mankind. Mankind has killed without love, compassion, or remorse, but that does not define you, and you are mankind.

The Earth has been given the gift of compassion, of altruism, of reason, of thought, of contemplation, of realization of spirit, of selflessness, of perception, of creation through mankind. We are the pinnacle of the evolution of mind, and without us, without this vehicle, the Earth cannot experience the potential divineness of her creation.

Mankind has been given, in return, the gift of will and the freedom to use it as he will. It is your decision how you will define mankind.

Will you define it with hate, hate for the cruel, gruesome things that are done? Will you define it in retribution and revenge, wishing onto others that which you do not wish done unto yourself? Or will you define it with compassion and forgiveness towards all of Earth's creatures, including her own mankind?

We are a wonderful creature, capable of committing divine acts characteristic of a divine creation. Until we begin to see each other in this light, we will continue to flounder in the lack of it.

-Will Adams