{"id":119,"date":"2017-02-03T00:02:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T00:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hippy.com\/hip\/uncategorized\/common-sense-by-paul-williams\/"},"modified":"2017-02-03T00:02:40","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T00:02:40","slug":"common-sense-by-paul-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/hippie-havens\/common-sense-by-paul-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Sense by Paul Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tCOMMON SENSE<\/font><\/b>
\n
A guide to the present situation<\/font><\/p>\n

By Paul Williams<\/a> (author
\nof Das
\nEnergi<\/a>)<\/b>
\n
Copyright 1982<\/b><\/p>\n

Our purpose here
\n
is to take action
\n
and have an effect on the world.<\/p>\n

We have been born
\n
into a moment
\n
of unprecedented danger and opportunity.<\/p>\n

Our failure to act
\n
is itself a choice.<\/p>\n

There is nowhere to hide
\n
from this awareness.<\/p>\n

It is time.<\/p>\n

It is time for each one of us
\n
to commit our energy, time, money, attention
\n
to a vision of enduring peace and abundance
\n
to a vision of humanity as a sound mind
\n
in the healthy body of the biosphere
\n
to a vision of a world that works<\/p>\n

to a vision of our children’s children
\n
growing up in a world without war
\n
a world committed to the freedom and dignity
\n
of every individual
\n
regardless of race, sex belief or nation
\n
a world committed to clean air, clean food, clean water
\n
for all
\n
a world united in the awareness
\n
that in diversity lies strength
\n
a world more full of love than hatred<\/p>\n

It is time for each of us
\n
to vote with our lives
\n
–our daily lives–
\n
for or against
\n
the vision of a more hopeful future.<\/p>\n

Our purpose here
\n
is to build a bridge.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the bridge
\n
is to span the distance
\n
between our present situation
\n
and our vision of a better world.<\/p>\n

The beauty of a bridge is that,
\n
once it is in place,
\n
anyone can walk on it.<\/p>\n

A few people can build a bridge
\n
that can be walked on by many.<\/p>\n

This is our response
\n
to the dangers that face us:<\/p>\n

We will build a bridge of faith
\n
over the great ocean.<\/p>\n

Every individual on earth
\n
is welcome
\n
to take part in this work.<\/p>\n

It is as individuals, working alone or in groups,
\n
that we will accomplish our goals.<\/p>\n

This is the greatest challenge we have ever faced.
\n
We humans are being given the opportunity
\n
to use what we’ve learned.<\/p>\n

Hey, I see you, hiding under the rug there.
\n
Come out, my friend, and be of service. It’s time.<\/p>\n

breathe in, breathe out
\n
breathe in hope, breathe out fear
\n
breathe in courage, breathe out despair
\n
the time for action has arrived
\n
breathe in love, breathe out fatigue
\n
breathe in, breathe out
\n
fear keeps going out
\n
there’s never an end to it, but it’s not a problem<\/p>\n

there are no problems
\n <\/p>\n

keep breathing<\/p>\n

I am bringing forth my own energy
\n
I can feel it welling up in me
\n
and pouring out into my work
\n
I can’t say thank you for the gifts fast enough
\n
I can’t stop crying out for more<\/p>\n

What a wonderful moment to be alive in!<\/p>\n

The momentum achieved
\n
by many different people
\n
in different places
\n
working towards a common goal<\/p>\n

is a tremendous source
\n
of encouragement and strength<\/p>\n

it allows each of us to approach our individual efforts
\n
with joy and energy and love<\/p>\n

and yet that moment always returns
\n
when we are alone with our uncertainties<\/p>\n

On the edge of the dream
\n
we face our deepest doubts.<\/p>\n

Now that it all is almost real
\n
a terrible fear of success takes hold
\n
and we grab desperately, uncontrollably, for failure.<\/p>\n

One last chance to get off easy.<\/p>\n

Who among us really wants to save the world,
\n
to be born again into two thousand more years
\n
of struggle?
\n
How much sweeter to be the doomed generation,
\n
floating gently on the errors and villainy of others,
\n
towards some glorious apocalypse now\u2026<\/p>\n

Hallelujah! It’s not my fault —
\n
Bring on the end times!<\/p>\n

We hate our enemies
\n
to provide ourselves in advance
\n
with excuses for possible failure<\/p>\n

Only when we give up
\n
the comforts of pessimism
\n
the luxury of enemies
\n
the sweetness of helplessness
\n
can we see beyond our own doubts.<\/p>\n

I am speaking today of a great possibility
\n
a chance to return to life
\n
a chance to create a world for our children
\n
not worse than the one we have<\/p>\n

How dare I be discouraged in the work
\n
by anything so trivial
\n
as the fear of personal failure?<\/p>\n

Fear of success and fear of failure
\n
must be pushed aside and replaced
\n
with enthusiasm for the work at hand
\n
every day a new beginning<\/p>\n

Let’s go —<\/p>\n

There are bridges to build
\n
new maps of consciousness to be delivered
\n
to every planetary address
\n
in every planetary language<\/p>\n

We are ironworkers, skywalkers,
\n
stubborn messengers
\n
of light and life.<\/p>\n

Oh friends
\n
don’t forget
\n
why we’re here!<\/p>\n

The truth is, we have the skills
\n
and we have the courage
\n
if we could only keep our minds
\n
on what we really want.<\/p>\n

When you know what you want
\n
all things are possible.<\/p>\n

We want many things.
\n
Now is the time to take a look at our priorities.
\n
I can’t believe we want security and comfort
\n
for ourselves
\n
more than we want good health and full lives
\n
for our children.
\n
But our actions don’t always express our priorities.
\n
Not because we’re afraid to admit
\n
that our daily choices of where to commit our energies
\n
will make the difference.
\n <\/p>\n

We are afraid to admit
\n
that we could be building bridges
\n
right now.<\/p>\n

The truth is, we have everything to gain
\n
and nothing to lose.
\n
The satisfaction of knowing
\n
you are doing your heart’s work
\n
cannot be matched by any other pleasure on earth.
\n
The freedom of total service to a greater good
\n
is exactly what every seeker is searching for.
\n
Maybe what really scares us
\n
is that if we stopped procrastinating
\n
something real might happen.<\/p>\n

What is the nature of the work?
\n
I think the first step is to add yourself
\n
to the vision.
\n
Imagine that you have a specific role to play\u2026
\n
and don’t take no for an answer.<\/p>\n

breathe in, breathe out<\/p>\n

it is time to remember what I already know
\n
it is time to gather the tools I already have
\n
time to walk forward naked in the direction
\n
where my heart’s voice tells me to go
\n
confident that my tools and my knowledge
\n
will be at hand when I need them<\/p>\n

breathe in, breathe out
\n
fill my lungs with patience
\n
exhale anxiety and greed<\/p>\n

today I take a vow
\n
not to love the world more than myself
\n
not to love myself more than I love the world<\/p>\n

I vow to build a bridge
\n
over this gulf of imagination
\n
that pretends to separate
\n
my awareness of my own needs
\n
from my awareness of the needs of the planet<\/p>\n

we are one<\/p>\n

that means I must serve you
\n
if I wish to please myself<\/p>\n

Let us serve as models.<\/p>\n

And let us vow
\n
to enjoy our work so much
\n
that the hesitant and the fearful will grow jealous
\n
and drop their chains
\n
and run to join the fun.<\/p>\n

How to prevent world catastrophe:<\/p>\n

1) Admit that it could happen.
\n
2) Decide that it will not happen
\n
3) Commit your vision and energy to number two
\n
without ever forgetting number one.<\/p>\n

To choose to build a bridge
\n
is the essential act of love.<\/p>\n

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