Before We Knew Anything
Before we knew anything
We thought
The sun and moon
Were god.
Before we knew about stars
We made
Mystery
Of everywhere
We trod.
There was no end
To the tales
We thought up;
The ideas
We invented.
With allegiance
To fictions
Out of our minds
That were
Quite demented.
We created ritual
Thought up nations
Manufactured culture
Had systems
That we
Implemented.
Now we are victims
Of our own organisation
Slaves of a society
Of our own creation.
Opher – 6.2.2021
Civilisation is a system based on myths that unite us and harness our energy.
Social cohesion is what has been behind our success. It enabled us to work together to achieve incredible feats.
We elevated men and women to kings and queens, emperors and bishops, imams and priests and gave them power.
We created religions, nations and culture – all fictions.
We practiced xenophobia, racism and misogyny and used it to justify genocide, invasion and slavery.
Now we are global.
It is time to do away with the frippery and become real.
One world – one people.
One planet.
Time to create a new story – a real one this time – one that can unite us all and enable even greater feats.
Time to shed the old out-dated narratives – we’ve outgrown them. The nations, religions and cultures need to be consigned to the past.
We need a global vision.