The World is Burning

(Good news, you don't have to burn with it.)

I find myself in the waking of the moon ruminating

On my purpose in the world of cosmetology. Ultimately questioning if it means anything at all. While predatory wars on humanity, genocide, and misinformation run rampant- what could a hairdresser do for the world while it’s burning? Turns out, this isn’t earth’s first rodeo. About 4 to 4.6 billion years ago our planet went through an era called the Hadean Eon. Coined from the Greek god of the underworld called Hades, this era is when the planet was initially formed due to “accretion of dust, gasses, and frequent collisions of larger planetesimals.” Resulting in the release of copious amounts of heat. At this time, nothing could survive - better yet, nothing was even alive. Yet, with the eventual development of earth’s crust and other variables, a few “short” billion years later in what we know as the Mesoarchean Era, “life” began to flourish. Microorganisms, better known as bacteria became earth’s first evidence of life. Acting as a catalyst of what is alive and exists today- You and I. 

Wannabe kings, dictators, terrorists, assholes (whatever you like to call them)

Attempt to create worlds where life does not move forward at all. In fact, the fear projected onto us regresses us further into the past. Like the heat that once suffocated the earth, humans like Trump or Netanyahu set out to do the same by removing clear pathways forward. Creating propaganda that divides and restrictions that kill; they are the antithesis of life. What men like them don’t understand is that evolution is inevitable. The fires and volcanoes that once scorned the land, solidified into crust, creating the foundation of our planet. Making room for microorganisms, sea creatures, then land mammals, and now us.

Our planet’s relentless evolution is a testament of the bounds of our internal nature

While the fear they use to attempt to paralyze us is persistent, our optimism continues to lead. The future we wish to see lies in the willingness to co-create with each other as we always have. The sorrows we feel have always existed heavily on our shoulders, waiting for the moment we slow down to feel the weight. Genocide of innocent children and other oppressed groups- as well as the propaganda against them- ran rampant in the dark well before 2023. Psychologically unwell “leaders,” separating families from their homes, young people murdered in the streets by government sanctioned bootlickers, all again, existed well before the past three years. So what’s new now?

Awareness and opportunity.

Unlike those who did their absolute best to survive before us, we have the unique privilege of real time news, independent journalists, and the slow dismantlement of group like think. While paid and bought news sources attempt to bottleneck us with depressing half truths, we continue to become more resilient to propaganda and fear mongering. We have the opportunity in most countries to be forged by the shortcomings of senseless pain to become something way better, just like earth. 

There are frequent moments where I feel inferior

To the magnitude of the world. What is my purpose? What can I do? What is the point of life? Through my journey of my existential crisis, I found answers through a professor whose student asked him the same thing. Later on, I’d have a reiki session that would answer in a similar tone. Here’s what I gathered: The earth is symbolic to a school.There are no coincidences, everything is as it should be. While we’re here, our purpose extends beyond what we’ve been conditioned to think. It’s not our career, the statuses or money we can acquire, none of that directly relates to purpose. We are here to learn how to love and develop compassion for all, and to enjoy a life that supports our many senses. Reframe the questions, “What is my purpose? What can I do?” To, “How can I help move life forward?” We do this through practicing love in whatever form we can, unlearning inherited traumas, and dismantling broken systems. As well as protecting our planet, and most importantly, protecting the life within it- which includes each other.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFKWfB_j4EI

So yes, the evil that exists is setting the world on fire

But we will not burn with them. The flames they create and fan will rise, but the ashes left behind will serve as a reminder that fire can destroy, but it also cleanses and rebirths. Leaving space for us to continue creating lives that exist without the suffocation of our freedom, much like our planet. 

Free Palestine. Free Congo. Free Sudan. Free Iran. Free the world.

Free Your Mind.