System Busters
Why is it that we spend so much of our time in the pursuit of things that are temporary? I have been looking at my life and the lives of others around me to get answers. I spent half of my life following a flawed system of following someone else’s dream.
As a child my parents sent me to school each day. I would spend 6 to 8 hours learning how to compete in their world. I was tested and graded and compared to others who were following the same guidance. I went through this schooling process, pursuing the ambitions and learning rules set up by other people. I didn’t know any better, it was the only option offered to me.
Who chooses these required courses? The board of education? Our parents? The government? Corporate business? Churches? Why are there so many required courses and so few elective choices? Who decides what is important? Have these schools been successful at preparing children for life’s challenges? I was unable to satisfy my own questions.
Why then, do we place so much importance on what other people think? Why do we need the approval of our family, friends or society to determine our own happiness?
I am a systems buster. It is a term that I adopted a few years ago that describes me and my life. I am naturally contrary. If you ask me to do something, I will look at the reasons you want me to do it, then decide if I am going to do it. If I can find a better way to accomplish the task, I will do it my way.
I spent 12 years in school learning someone else’s rules. I have spent most of the last 40 years discovering that those rules are flawed and broken.
My real education began when I started thinking for myself. I found that my early education was lacking in the most important areas. Who am I? Why am I here? How do I find the answers to life’s questions? What is my life’s purpose?
Native Americans have a different way of looking at life. The elders of the tribe are the teachers. They are the Wisdom teachers who have the knowledge, skills, and understanding, to pass on these abilities to the next generation. They answer questions and teach life skills to children knowing that it will have far reaching effects on the future generations to come. When a young boy or girl approaches adolescence they are encouraged to prepare for a vision quest. This is an important part of discovering what they will do in life. A period of fasting and prayer, combined with sweats is used to connect that child with the spirit world. It is during this rite of passage that a child discovers the path that they will follow for the rest of their life. Natural skills and abilities are encouraged and developed. Education consists of helping each child follow their own path.
If you ask me when I was a child, what I wanted out of life, my answer would have been, “I want what my parents and teachers want for me.”
If you ask me now what I want out of life, my answer would be, “I want to follow my own heart.”
I am a danger to these old systems when I speak my heart.
The old ways are crumbling. The pursuit of money, power, and control, are the old, broken, and flawed ways. I have friends and associates who have worked their entire career to build a nest egg for the future, while predators in these old systems are robbing eggs out of their nest. Why are we so consumed in the fear of not having enough? It is time to enjoy the labors of our hard work. Stop looking for answers outside of yourself.
I am not alone in my beliefs. There are many systems busters. Each day I read from the web, the wisdom of these teachers and elders. I am encouraged by the numbers of people who are discovering their real purpose in life and are using those skills in helping themselves and others. The old ways are rapidly disintegrating. The false systems of education have failed to teach the important life skills that we need. People are not only protesting the abuse of wall street, but are protesting the old and broken ways of education, religion, society, and government. They are angry at all the lies they have been told.
The wisdom of these fools have failed us and it is time for change.
I can feel the changes. Many others can also feel these changes. We are rapidly moving towards a new and better life. It is like watching the last gasping efforts of a cold winter fade before the springs promise of a bright and warm sun. Spring is in the air and it is filled with the promise of new life and abundance. Our individual dreams and desires can be fulfilled. Humanity is hungering. Children are now being born with gifts, skills, and abilities that need to be nurtured and encouraged. Intuition and wisdom must be used to help these children.
It is not too late for us. We can discover and develop our natural abilities and skills. They are still here within us.
We must take the time to vision quest. Prayer, fasting, solitude and going within ... these are the courses of study that will guide us in following our true natures.
There is a whole new world to discover around us, a world of our own making. We are capable of doing anything that we set our hearts upon. It is this intuitive part of ourselves that will take us into new heights of humanity. In this pursuit, we will find the lasting happiness that will guide us into our new world with values and guidelines, and happiness, that will benefit all.
