Need Is a Nasty Word

Sally Erickson, producer of the documentary "What A Way To Go: Life At The End Of Empire," has an excellent article over at Speaking Truth to Power. The article explores her personal upbringing in relationship to our collapsing ecosystems.

Here's a teaser excerpt for you:

My soul was hijacked by the terrorism of Big Business. Big Busy-ness. The whole point of leaving day-to-day life at home to come to the mountains was to have time to read and reflect, and to write. Big Busyness took over. I fell into the pattern of giving my all, even my soul. I got lost along the way.

That's true for most of us Creatures of Empire. We have lost our way. Thankfully, it looks like we have collectively created the end to that. But that end is not looking very pretty for the vast majority.

Talk about creating your own reality. America faces extremes at every level, on every front. How many will stop and sit and think and, most importantly, feel about it? How many will engage in a spiritual practice to come back into contact with themselves? How many people will write in their journals, or meditate, or walk in what precious little of the natural world is left? How many will feel the implications of what Empire is doing?

I'm ready to surrender.

Not to Big Busyness, but to need: for connection, for rest, for clean air and nutritious food.

Continue reading at Need Is a Nasty Word.