Cut and Kill Vs. Organic

Every Thought Heals or Destroys

 

 

A New York Times headline today (May 3, 2013) is symptomatic of all that ails mankind.  The headline reads "Study Finds No Single Cause to Honeybee Deaths."  The same might be said for cancer, suicides, autism, or attacks by terrorists.

 

Our honeybee crisis, manifested in Colony Collapse Disorder, sometimes leaving 90% of hives decimated, is a dramatic example of where our thinking has gone astray.  Mary R. Berenbaum, head of the department of entomology at the university at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois,  and who participated in a study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cited by the newspaper, states our dilemma clearly:

 

It's not a simple matter of just removing pesticides.  It is difficult to predict the effect of removing   one of 100 different contaminants. 

 

There is no quick fix.  Patching one hole in a boat that leaks everywhere is not going to keep it from sinking.

 

What Will Keep Our Boat From Sinking?

 

Our entire society may sink--along with honeybees collapse--unless we rapidly change our thinking!  Everyone on earth is so interdependent on each other, so interrelated, so mutually influenced by each one's thoughts, feelings, and deeds that until we wake up to this reality and act holistically we may all sink together!

 

Our Cut and Kill Mentality

 

Our politics, science, medicine, and criminal justice system focus largely on what can be cut out or killed to "make things better."  This is essentially a deadly approach, leading to deadly results. 

 

Moving Toward Wholeness and Health--The Additive Principle

 

I am reminded of what I learned years ago when I studied acting in New York City at the studio of Broadway actor Paul Mann, who had  studied with the Russian actor and director Michael Chekov (1891-1955).   

 

With Chekov's Additive Principle, in order to build a character, the actor adds one characteristic or trait at time.  In doing so, he not only "builds character" he also in the process overcomes personal flaws, bad habits he has as an actor.  What he adds, as he builds, becomes so powerful, so much a part of him, his dramatic personage, that his own, personal negative traits and habits melt away.  He overcomes the bad by adding the good!

 

Whereas focusing on flaws and bad habits merely enhance them, causing the actor to fear, hesitate, and essentially to weaken.  Good educators everywhere know this.  They help their students overcome weaknesses by building on their strengths.

 

We can only overcome the poisons and weaknesses of our society by focusing on and adding positive, holistic thoughts, feelings, and deeds.  We need to think organically!

 

Instead of  Destroyers of life,

We can become Creators!