Reconfiguration Of Modern Life – Plan2Evolve.tv
We are reconfiguring our view of modern life, and that means re-framing how we look at ourselves and our impact on our environment – both the physical and metaphysical. Part of that re-framing is looking at the underlying conflicts in our lifestyles and how we are triggered on them, to the point of mass distraction. From food to porn, drugs to debt management, email to cell phones, we are distracted by a myriad of modern encumbrances that serve to keep us unfocused, our lives fractured by our minor obsessions.
As a country, we have been developing exponentially, and have been adding new elements to the process of industry building without consideration. Now, due to a combination of global warming, the internet and mass confirmation of the middle and lower classes worldwide that those running the show have made many inhumane mistakes, we are starting to understand how we can thrive collectively. Perhaps it took the horrors of war and poverty, of melting ice caps and dying bees, to wake us all the fuck up and slow us down finally.
The polarity of any cycle is the tension of the opposing poles – when one is too dominant, they flip, or snap back, or implode, to form again, in balance. Much industry has been created haphazardly, making it up as the industrialists went along. The way we eat, the way we work, the way we dress and the way we relax have all been dictated by industry, without anyone really sitting down and taking a longterm view of methods and practices. Now we are feeling the impact of that lack of mindfulness, the rush to compete and conquer, to be first and best and wealthiest. To have power.
The methods of progress have been to maintain an aggressive stance in order to control and use nature, man and ideas, without forethought or consideration of the potential impact. That stance can no longer hold back the tide of consequences from our collective choices. Nor can it hold back the multiplicity of voices that now make up the conversation – where race, class and gender no longer bar a more complex view of our world. And technology has helped us question, test, measure, discuss, and confirm the results of an aggressive stance, all which now have collectively allowed us to reconsider modern life as it currently exists.
So here we are, 2007, and we are finally waking up. One person at a time, then groups, then nations. Much good work is already in progress – Worldchanging.com, GOOD Magazine, NYC’s commitment to going greener, ethical fashion and embracing veganism. We are evolving, but finally, and foremost, we must mindfully chart our course and make a plan.
Plan2Evolve.tv is shooting content and developing a broadcast site for continued conversations on the reconfiguration of modern life. More great stuff coming, so keep waking up, keep paying attention and trust that polarity always requires re-balancing.
Peace,
Melissa
