People tend to believe that a belief in God and heaven is necessary for a belief in an “afterlife”
Surviving death isn’t synonymous with a religious belief.
We do not understand the nature of reality.
(or at least I don’t)
It appears we exist in an alternate reality when we are “not here”! In this reality the electrons are apparently moving at a different speed around the protons and neutrons so it is out of phase. ( This is my very limited understanding of quantum physics)
Another misconception is that people have to be “earth bound” to communicate with the living:
NOT SO!
I asked “clairvoyantly” about “the meaning of life” which strangely enough isn’t 42 (Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy)
The answer I got was more a concept than words but translated:
I was asked if I could conceptualize NO LINEAR TIME and when I said “No” I was told that “they” couldn’t explain.
We may all be in a huge holodeck:
As suggested by Star Trek Next Generation —
And “What The Bleep”
“Ship In A Bottle” season six — Star Trek Next Geneeration
Until the following I suspected clairvoyance was wishful thinking and vivid imagination
The incident that convinced me that clairvoyance was a reality happened at work. I was a student nurse at Strathmont Centre. I was washing dishes with a male staff nurse. We didn’t have kitchen hands in those days. Kym was six feet tall and rather heavy set and had long blonde hair. A man (deceased) flashed in (when I see or hear things they flash in a fraction of a second) He had Kym’s high forehead and similar features but wore a suit with a crepe ribbon and a cross and had a short back and sides haircut and dark hair.
I asked Kym if his father was a minister. He asked me why and initially I would not answer. I eventually told him what I saw and Kym told me that it was his uncle. He asked me what denomination his uncle was.
I did not know.
After Kym left the kitchen I asked his uncle, whom I could no longer “see”, what he had died of. The words were that fast all I could make out was sclerosis. Because we were with the intellectually disabled I thought “tubular sclerosis?” Then I realized it was multiple sclerosis.
When we were having a tea break Kym told me that his uncle died of multiple sclerosis. I was amazed and said that his uncle had “told” me this!
Kym said “Get more”! I informed him that I couldn’t.
But I saw panama hats and monkeys. I said “He was a missionary in South America” Kym said “Yes”. I then saw masks and a jungle and said he was also a missionary in New Guinea. Kym told me this wasn’t so. When Kym came to work the next day, he said that his mother had confirmed that her brother was a missionary in New Guinea. This showed that I wasn’t just reading Kim’s mind.
AHIMSA
I should have called this book LIFE AFTER DEATH as my experiences convinced me that this life isn’t all that there is –
The clairvoyant Experiences of a Sceptic is not a literary masterpiece
but a true story.
I dont know the meaning of life:
nor understand the nature of reality:
I do know physical death is not the end.
And there are so many amazing stories omitted so as not to break client confidentiality.
The second part I wrote as therapy and had not intended to include.
It wasn’t included in the original l publication
( I started shaking when I tried to write about the abuse so it is badly written and a great deal omitted)
In the following book I hope to help those who wish to develop their clairvoyant abilities.
In “The Clairvoyant Experiences Of A Sceptic” I told a few of my clairvoyant experiences.
Listening to others similar stories made me realize that
it is so much better if you can have these experiences first hand.
Kung fu tz (Confucius) say “Perseverance prospers”
So don’t give up – you will succeed
And use the recorded meditations in my blog
A SHORT STORY ABOUT HEALING THE BLUE PLANET
I wrote and published this sci fi short story on the 4th April 2017 when the human population was only 7.4 billion:
It is now more than 8 billion
I wrote this short story as social satire and sympathetic magic
The idea that we were genetically engineered is from Mayan writings plus my belief that humans are not indigenous to the planet
The concept of translocation was once a practice pre Roman Empire and apparently still is in some so called primitive cultures
The idea that humans were livestock for the gods is mine but am sure others have thought this
I chose Ophiuchus because I was I was drawn to this constellation
I chose Kunapipi because I respect and admire the wisdom and spirituality of indigenous Australians
I started writing the prequel the same year 2017 –but I still haven’t finished it – I lose my motivation because I don’t like scary stuff and it is where humans are grown as live stock by the “gods” –maybe I’ll finish it this year
I tell myself that I should write happy blogs but I am allowing myself to re -blog this knowing many people can relate
There are excellent doctors and nurses but generally speaking the medical system is set up to support the drug companies and isn’t concerned about helping people
The success of any treatment or drug is at least twenty five percent placebo effect
With me its nocebo effect
I’ve just started watching New Amsterdam again on Netflix
I’d rather be doing house work but as usual pain and other health stuff is forcing me to rest
I like New Amsterdam it covers real issues that I can relate to from working in the system
I have worked with excellent doctors and nurses but as Jockko Sims character says
“you know the whole system is rigged
— they are not going to let you come here and just help people”
I do not trust the medical system
Because
it is controlled by drug companies that only care about profit not people:
In medical centres there is not enough time allotted to each patient hence production line people
Hospitals are “total institutions”
A person’s rights are taken from them and they are in the hands of people whose goal is to get rid of their nuisance value
This is because staff to patient ratio isn’t adequate
And then there is NOCEBOS — “pointing the bone”
(e.g. — you have less than six months to live)
some doctors have a patronising attitudes to patients:
There is always the good the bad and the indifferent:
The bad and indifferent are dangerous in an health system
I am am not an organ donor because I am aware that
if you have a 50% chance of survival and you are an organ donor — kiss your chances good bye.
In my old age I do not trust nor support western medicine
for a variety of reasons: –
I suffer from medical and surgical mistakes:
Including two major traumas
Came to under anaesthetic in the 1970s
Next time I had minor exploratory surgery –1992 – I came to with the bed perpendicular horrific chest pains and was told that they nearly didn’t get me back
Had a gynea repair in 2007 which I still suffer pain and problems from
It wasn’t until 2011 that a doctor took the trouble to find out what was wrong
She told me that the gynaecologist that performed my surgery had been reported for making mistakes before but was still practicing
At the beginning of this century I was put on triple the normal dose of meclobomide straight up — after being on this drug for several years a doctor told me that I should not be on an anti psychotic
I was put on tramadol and ignored for several years when I said I felt like the walking dead
I have had breathing difficulties for well over a decade and until 2020 told there was nothing the matter
But when I had an angiogram after an heart attack the cardiologist said my breathing difficulties were not related to my heart condition
I was diagnosed with diverticulitis in the early 1990s yet after I moved to Goolwa
I would go to the doctors telling them I had diverticulitis and I was either completely ignored or told that I didn’t
–it wasn’t until a CT scan in 2011 which confirmed io had diverticulitis that the doctors took any notice
And there’s more
A friend now deceased went to the doctors on numerous occasions saying she wasn’t well and they told her nothing was the matter
When her cancer was diagnosed she was told “If you came here sooner we could have done something”
I am aware of numerous people that have died because of medical and surgical mistakes:
some were friends or acquaintances:
some were related to people I have done clairvoyant readings for.
Both my parents died of a continuous high dose of morphine:
their death certificated said heart attack
Dad said that he didn’t want morphine and they ignored him
Mum complained it made her too dizzy and they ignored her.
When I tell people that patients are deliberately put on an high dose of morphine which stops the oxygen flow to the heart as euthanasia they don’t believe me
Doctors are taught Freudian psychology
This affects the way some doctors treat women
Freud says that all women are neurotic And have penis envy
His test subjects were twelve middle class Jewish women
The majority of doctors are controlled by drug companies
Drug companies are horrifically cruel to animals:
Not just when testing drugs but when making same.
One example that I am sure few people are aware of:
They have the abattoirs leave all new borns to die of dehydration and starvation so they can harvest the hormones that this death produces.
How do I know this?
In 1982 the husband of a staff member asked that I report to the RSPCA that new born calves were left to die of dehydration and starvation:
The RSPCA staff called me a liar and a trouble maker:
I put something in writing and it was ignored.
Presumably the RSPCA is funded by drug companies and the meat industry.
Over the years since,
I have learned from people who work at the abattoirs or collect stock from them
that all new borns are left to die this way and that the drug companies ask for it.
It was my podiatrist who told me why –“The drug companies harvest the hormones produces when animals die this way.”
I presume most people know how drug companies collect Premarin = pregnant mares urine?
Another reason
Western medicine treats symptoms
not the cause
Long ago
when I dispensed drugs from the old fashion drug trolley
I noticed that I was giving one drug then another to compensate for the side effects
e.g. antispychotics cause pseudo Parkinsonism.
hence I gave out another drug for Parkinsonism.
I like “New Amsterdam”
And the movie “The Doctor”
they highlight mistakes
and that some doctors care more about advancing their career than caring for patients.
Western medicine came into being at the time of the “Inquisition”
when village herbalists were executed and replaced by male doctors.
Eastern medicine diagnoses using iridology and kinesiology
and treats with acupuncture and herbal remedies.
I was including this Monty Python sketch to highlight doctor’s attitude to patients but it reminded me of humorous events
I was working in a general hospital when Monty Pythons Meaning of Life was in the cinemas:
One doctor would say “Bring in the machine that goes Ping”
And one of the charge nurses when coming on duty would say “morning
morning” –like fish scene.
Be well
be happy
A SHORT STORY ABOUT HEALING THE BLUE PLANET
I wrote and published this sci fi short story a few years ago (under the above title) when the human population was only 7.4 billion:
(1st published 4th April 2017)
It is now 8 billion.
Our cultural norms and the Protestant Ethic are causing the extinction of all life.
I wrote this as social satire and sympathetic magic
I realize my writing style doesn’t fit what people expect
My excuse –I majored in sociology not literature 😛
I wanted to put my idea that humans are not indigenous to the planet
A few lines from this short story:
“Most humans think that those who live in harmony with the environment are primitive and inferior. Actually they don’t think.
They just mindlessly conform to what those in power and their entertainment media tell them.
They are really stupid but consider themselves superior to all other life forms because they talk:
They think if something or someone doesn’t talk they don’t understand.
They thoughtlessly destroy everything. They call some creatures vermin, when humans are the vermin. They kill insects and destroy all the trees despite the fact that insects and trees are essential.
And everything literally goes down the drain polluting the oceans instead of nourishing other life.”
In the following book I hope to help those who wish to develop their clairvoyant abilities.
In “The Clairvoyant Experiences Of A Sceptic” I told a few of my clairvoyant experiences.
Listening to others similar stories made me realize that
it is so much better if you can have these experiences first hand.
Kung fu tz (Confucius) say “Perseverance prospers”
So don’t give up – you will succeed
And use the recorded meditations in my blog
The clairvoyant Experiences of a Sceptic is not a literary masterpiece
but a true story. I majored in sociology not literature
I dont know the meaning of life:
nor understand the nature of reality:
I do know physical death is not the end.
And there are so many amazing stories omitted so as not to break client confidentiality.
The second part I wrote as therapy and had not intended to include.
It wasn’t included in the original l publication
( I started shaking when I tried to write about the abuse so it is badly written and a great deal omitted)
KUNGFUTZ (Confucius) say
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness
SHAKESPEARE
‘To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.’
SOCRATES
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. …
Have a great Sun day
I tried my best to practice ahimsa before I was aware of this word/concept
Impossible in a culture that believes only humans have a soul and only money matters
I fed the local birds for 25 years when i lived at Goolwa –not accptable now that I am in a retiement village
When i lived in Goolwa mindless automatons told me
“Do not to feed the birds -they are meant to find their own food”
It doesn’t occur to them that the human plague (of 8 Billion) has destroyed the homes and food sources of all other life – making so many extinct.
The larger birds (carnivores) kill the smaller birds for food because thanks to homo sapiens there are not enough mice worms or small reptiles for them to eat
A couple of years back in Australia they started culling the kookaburras to stop them killing the smaller birds
I feed the crows too –one neighbour complained about their noise
The other told me that she likes the Ibis but not the crow.
Crows like many other life forms are disliked because of cultural programming
The crow I fed, fed the baby before she? fed herself
I wasn’t able to take a photo because the baby flew away when I walk outside – came back when I went in.
Humans have this effect on me — have said I am anthrophobic for decades – don’t think it is an actual word)
It upsets me that people use poisons and insecticides
Kill snail s —-I was upset this morning by a post about killing snails
And label rats and mice vermin
And then there are kangaroos which most farmers consider vermin and kill them
In the 1970s I was a member of the original Greenpeace
We were labelled dangerous radicals
I was ridiculed and abused for being in Animal Liberation and a vegetarian
This has changed
These days I am abused for caring about insects moths and spiders
And told that insects are vermin and dangerous to my health
Humans are dangerous–
Considering all the positive changes in my life time I am optimistic that
the caring, intelligent people will prevail and stop all life from becoming extinct.
Enjoy your day
I wrote and published this sci fi short story a few years ago when the human population was only 7.4 billion:
(1st published 4th April 2017)
It is now mor than 8 billion.
Our cultural norms and the Protestant Ethic are causing the extinction of all life.
I wrote this as social satire and sympathetic magic
I wanted to put my idea that humans are not indigenous to the planet
The idea that we were genetically engineered is from Mayan writings plus my belief that humans are not indigenous to the planet
The concept of translocation was once a practice pre Roman Empire and apparently still is in some so called primitive cultures
The idea that humans were livestock for the gods is mine but am sure others have thought this
I chose Ophiuchus because I was I was drawn to this constellation
I chose Kunapipi because I respect and admire the wisdom and spirituality of indigenous Australians
“This above all: to thine own self be true.”(Hamlet act 1, scene 3)
Being true to ones self is much more than just being honest. This Shakespeare quote is how I try to live my life.
Our culture operates on the assumption that people are honest and truthful yet this often isn’t so
considering sociopaths succeed
On a “white lie” level; how often do people say what they think the other person wants to hear or simply tell a lie to get attention? Sadly, lying, cheating stealing and scams are rampant. On the other hand one could argue that telling the truth is not always kind.
I feel so strongly about telling the truth as I believe it to be that even if I accidentally lie I feel guilty.
My friends are people who say what they mean and mean what they say
Even in my old age I meet people who are so phoney and spout untruths as facts
I guess from a psychological point of view people who lie have insecurities
And I am not in a position to judge —
Like many women in my age group whose mothers didn’t love them (they wanted sons) I went through most of my life looking for someone to love me and feeling unloved –which I know affected my personality and behaviour.
The following is from Marion Weinstein’s “Positive Magic” (page 234; Positive Magic: Earth Magic productions New York; 1st published in 1978 by Simon & Schuster Pocket Books New York)
“Makeru, or The Word of Truth
The concept of Ma’Keru, or Maat, was a highly regarded state of being in ancient Egypt. In fact, it was always hoped that by the time a person died, he/she would have reached this state of personal evolution. The word itself is difficult to translate. In hieroglyphics, it look like
I know that my clairvoyant ability is genuine because I was extremely sceptical in the 1970’s when I first participated in Spiritualist psychic developement groups. I made sure that I was being honest with myself so that I knew that I was really “seeing”.
I didn’t write this to brag about my clairvoyant abilities or to make money (coz it doesn’t anyway)
Everyone is clairvoyant — the ability atrophies because our culture tells us that it doesn’t exist – I was fortunate enough that my Dad was a Spiritualist — although he didn’t tell me until I was 29
The clairvoyant Experiences of a Sceptic is not a literary masterpiece
but a true story.
I dont know the meaning of life:
nor understand the nature of reality:
I do know physical death is not the end.
And there are so many amazing stories omitted so as not to break client confidentiality.
The second part I wrote as therapy and had not intended to include.
It wasn’t included in the original l publication
( I started shaking when I tried to write about the abuse so it is badly written and a great deal omitted)
A SHORT STORY ABOUT HEALING THE BLUE PLANET
I wrote and published this sci fi short story a few years ago (under the above title) when the human population was only 7.4 billion:
(1st published 4th April 2017)
It is now 8 billion.
I wrote this short story as social satire and sympathetic magic
The idea that we were genetically engineered is from Mayan writings plus my belief that humans are not indigenous to the planet
The concept of translocation was once a practice pre Roman Empire and apparently still is in some so called primitive cultures
He idea that humans were livestock for the gods is mine but am sure others have thought this
I chose Ophiuchus because I was I was drawn to this constellation
I chose Kunapipi because I respect and admire the wisdom and spirituality of indigenous Australians
People tend to believe that a belief in God and heaven is necessary for a belief in an “afterlife”
Surviving death isn’t synonymous with a religious belief.
We do not understand the nature of reality.
(or at least I don’t)
It appears we exist in an alternate reality when we are “not here”! In this reality the electrons are apparently moving at a different speed around the protons and neutrons so it is out of phase. ( This is my very limited understanding of quantum physics)
Another misconception is that people have to be “earth bound” to communicate with the living:
NOT SO!
I asked “clairvoyantly” about “the meaning of life” which strangely enough isn’t 42 (Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy)
The answer I got was more a concept than words but translated:
I was asked if I could conceptualize NO LINEAR TIME and when I said “No” I was told that “they” couldn’t explain.
We may all be in a huge holodeck:
As suggested by Star Trek Next Generation —
And “What The Bleep”
“Ship In A Bottle” season six — Star Trek Next Geneeration
In the “special features” of What the “Bleep” they mention that Professor WilliamTiller gives the mathematical constructs of a hologram that we “are” living in.
(William A. Tiller is a professor emeritus of materials science and engineering at Stanford University)
Until the following I suspected clairvoyance was wishful thinking and vivid imagination
The incident that convinced me that clairvoyance was a reality happened at work. I was a student nurse at Strathmont Centre. I was washing dishes with a male staff nurse. We didn’t have kitchen hands in those days. Kym was six feet tall and rather heavy set and had long blonde hair. A man (deceased) flashed in (when I see or hear things they flash in a fraction of a second) He had Kym’s high forehead and similar features but wore a suit with a crepe ribbon and a cross and had a short back and sides haircut and dark hair.
I asked Kym if his father was a minister. He asked me why and initially I would not answer. I eventually told him what I saw and Kym told me that it was his uncle. He asked me what denomination his uncle was.
I did not know.
After Kym left the kitchen I asked his uncle, whom I could no longer “see”, what he had died of. The words were that fast all I could make out was sclerosis. Because we were with the intellectually disabled I thought “tubular sclerosis?” Then I realized it was multiple sclerosis.
When we were having a tea break Kym told me that his uncle died of multiple sclerosis. I was amazed and said that his uncle had “told” me this!
Kym said “Get more”! I informed him that I couldn’t.
But I saw panama hats and monkeys. I said “He was a missionary in South America” Kym said “Yes”. I then saw masks and a jungle and said he was also a missionary in New Guinea. Kym told me this wasn’t so. When Kym came to work the next day, he said that his mother had confirmed that her brother was a missionary in New Guinea. This showed that I wasn’t just reading Kim’s mind.
AHIMSA
I should have called this book LIFE AFTER DEATH as my experiences convinced me that this life isn’t all that there is –
The clairvoyant Experiences of a Sceptic is not a literary masterpiece
but a true story.
I dont know the meaning of life:
nor understand the nature of reality:
I do know physical death is not the end.
And there are so many amazing stories omitted so as not to break client confidentiality.
The second part I wrote as therapy and had not intended to include.
It wasn’t included in the original l publication
( I started shaking when I tried to write about the abuse so it is badly written and a great deal omitted)
In the following book I hope to help those who wish to develop their clairvoyant abilities.
In “The Clairvoyant Experiences Of A Sceptic” I told a few of my clairvoyant experiences.
Listening to others similar stories made me realize that
it is so much better if you can have these experiences first hand.
Kung fu tz (Confucius) say “Perseverance prospers”
So don’t give up – you will succeed
And use the recorded meditations in my blog
A SHORT STORY ABOUT HEALING THE BLUE PLANET
I wrote and published this sci fi short story a few years ago (under the above title) when the human population was only 7.4 billion:
(1st published 4th April 2017)
It is now 8 billion.
Our cultural norms and the Protestant Ethic are causing the extinction of all life.
I wrote this as social satire and sympathetic magic
I realize my writing style doesn’t fit what people expect
My excuse –I majored in sociology not literature 😛
I wanted to put my idea that humans are not indigenous to the planet
A few lines from this short story:
“Most humans think that those who live in harmony with the environment are primitive and inferior. Actually they don’t think.
They just mindlessly conform to what those in power and their entertainment media tell them.
They are really stupid but consider themselves superior to all other life forms because they talk:
They think if something or someone doesn’t talk they don’t understand.
They thoughtlessly destroy everything. They call some creatures vermin, when humans are the vermin. They kill insects and destroy all the trees despite the fact that insects and trees are essential.
And everything literally goes down the drain polluting the oceans instead of nourishing other life.”
MISCONCEPTIONS
I realize some people still equate witches with evil people who sacrifice animals.
Not us!
I moved to a retirement village at the end of April 2023 – I have only told one person in the village that I am a witch and a clairvoyant –this age group definitely think witches are evil –am wearing my pentagram today no one has noticed
My tradition is Alexandrian/Gardenarian and we work sky clad
I became interested in the 1970’s – my first degree initiation was 1983
This is the first page of my Book of Shadows started in 1983
“Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfil
An it harm NONE
Do what thou will”
The concept that witches were evil began at the inquisition when the Church of Rome was trying to get rid of the Old Religion and the women herbalists.
The Satanists, who we are sometimes equated with, got their ideas from Malleus Maleficarum,
which is about how to torture people to get them to say they worship the devil and not about witchcraft as it says if you Google!
Our rituals are similar to American Indian rituals –at least the one I am aware of, which is Sioux tradition.
After telling a friend that I used to lecture on Wicca in the 1980s and early 1990s –
I told her that in the 1990s when it was becoming popular it attracted a lot of people to training courses
Her reply was “you must have made a lot of money“
WE DID NOT CHARGE
Neophytes were asked to donate for candles and incense.
Back to witches not being evil.
I will not kill anything — Not spiders: mice: insects: trees –
I believe everything that exists has consciousness and deserves respect.
I have cried on many occasions because I haven’t been able to save a bird: animal or reptile that had been hit by a car – at least I move them off the road so that they are not continuously run over.
I get upset when moths throw themselves at the window to get to the light.
This doesn’t mean there are not people out there calling themselves witches and killing animals.
Male witches are called witches,
so if someone claims to be a warlock be suspicious.
***
The following words had different meanings once:
Wicca meant wise or to bend
Heathen = dweller on the heath
Pagan = village dweller
Weird = magic
Sinister = left-handed
***
Blessed be
and be kind to non humans
I should have called this book LIFE AFTER DEATH as my experiences convinced me that this life isn’t all that there is – mind you the last time I posted a blog with this title it only got 2 likes – guess I am threatening the status quo
The clairvoyant Experiences of a Sceptic is not a literary masterpiece
but a true story.
I dont know the meaning of life:
nor understand the nature of reality:
I do know physical death is not the end.
And there are so many amazing stories omitted so as not to break client confidentiality.
The second part I wrote as therapy and had not intended to include.
It wasn’t included in the original l publication
( I started shaking when I tried to write about the abuse so it is badly written and a great deal omitted)
A SHORT STORY ABOUT HEALING THE BLUE PLANET
I wrote and published this sci fi short story a few years ago (under the above title) when the human population was only 7.4 billion:
(1st published 4th April 2017)
It is now more than 8 billion
I wrote this short story as social satire and sympathetic magic
The idea that we were genetically engineered is from Mayan writings plus my belief that humans are not indigenous to the planet
The concept of translocation was once a practice pre Roman Empire and apparently still is in some so called primitive cultures
He idea that humans were livestock for the gods is mine but am sure others have thought this
I chose Ophiuchus because I was I was drawn to this constellation
I chose Kunapipi because I respect and admire the wisdom and spirituality of indigenous Australians
I wrote and published this sci fi short story on the 4th April 2017 when the human population was only 7.4 billion:
It is now more than 8 billion
I wrote this short story as social satire and sympathetic magic
The idea that we were genetically engineered is from Mayan writings plus my belief that humans are not indigenous to the planet
The concept of translocation was once a practice pre Roman Empire and apparently still is in some so called primitive cultures
He idea that humans were livestock for the gods is mine but am sure others have thought this
I chose Ophiuchus because I was I was drawn to this constellation
I chose Kunapipi because I respect and admire the wisdom and spirituality of indigenous Australians
I started writing the prequel the same year 2017 –but I still haven’t finished it – I lose my motivation because I don’t like scary stuff and it is where humans are grown as live stock by the “gods” –maybe I’ll finish it this year
For those who don’t want to know that the human plague is making all life extinct because they believe they cannot do anything about it
KUNG FU TZ (Confucius) SAY—- “Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness”
When I was growing up the population of the whole of Australia was 9million
And the majority lived in the eastern states
The suburbs in South Australia were basically small country towns
We moved from Northfield to Salisbury
Which still had horse troughs in the main street and there were still farms with return veranda houses
We didn’t lock our homes or our cars
In the hot weather we slept on the front lawn
Small businesses treated people as valued customers
The bus driver would drop children off at their front door if it were raining
I could phone home from a public phone box even if I had no money
I just asked the operator to put me through
Everyone was friendly and they helped each other
Salisbury is now the suburb from hell
When I first moved to Goolwa it was basically a country town
Everyone said “Hello” whether they knew you or not
And small businesses treated us like valued customers and friends
These days no one says hello unless they know you
People are rude and impatient and only a few small businesses have been able to afford to stay in business
The meaning behind my story is that the human plague isn’t just bad for the ecology and other life forms it is bad for humans too
CHECK OUT “THE ISSUE POPULATION MATTER” it wont embed?
A SHORT STORY ABOUT HEALING THE BLUE PLANET
I wrote and published this sci fi short story a few years ago (under the above title) when the human population was only 7.4 billion:
(1st published 4th April 2017)
It is now 8 billion.
Our cultural norms and the Protestant Ethic are causing the extinction of all life.
I wrote this as social satire and sympathetic magic
I realize my writing style doesn’t fit what people expect
My excuse –I majored in sociology not literature 😛
I wanted to put my idea that humans are not indigenous to the planet
A few lines from this short story:
“Most humans think that those who live in harmony with the environment are primitive and inferior. Actually they don’t think.
They just mindlessly conform to what those in power and their entertainment media tell them.
They are really stupid but consider themselves superior to all other life forms because they talk:
They think if something or someone doesn’t talk they don’t understand.
They thoughtlessly destroy everything. They call some creatures vermin, when humans are the vermin. They kill insects and destroy all the trees despite the fact that insects and trees are essential.
And everything literally goes down the drain polluting the oceans instead of nourishing other life.”
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