Advocate for Humanity's Potential - Day 108 of 365 Days to a Better You

Do you believe in humanity's potential?

I'm surprised at the dim view so many people have of our human race. Even many people who pursue a spiritual or personal development path look at the world and shake their heads.It's always seemed like a contradiction to me to believe that you can better yourself through techniques, practices, and ideas, but not see that the same is possible and necessary for the species as a whole.Life experience and the news have skewed many of us to believe we are a hopeless, maybe sinful, maybe unenlightened lot without hope of change. I believe that mindset has sunk in so deeply for so many that they have given up on trying to better the world. They pursue their path for themselves and leave the world to itself.To me, this negative view of humanity is the result of garbage in, garbage out. We have been fed garbage thinking about ourselves for so long that we don't know how to see humanity any other way. What if we fueled our minds with better visions?I want you to imagine for a moment a world where 7 billion people had their basic needs met and were allowed to fly after their dreams. What if everyone had the time, the opportunity, and encouragement to do what you're doing for yourself?As powerful as your own transformation is, wouldn't it be amazing to live a world where everyone had that vibe, that energy, and that intention?Many of our political and religious philosophies claim this not possible. By their reckoning, we are forever doomed to be 7 billion fragments of a whole pursuing only what gratifies us in this moment and creating conflict when what we want crosses what someone else wants.I wonder. I've always believed this is a game of critical mass. It is the critical mass of our collective thinking, actions, and beliefs that have in EVERY SINGLE way created the world we have.Power hack:

• What if we simply chose better thinking, actions, and beliefs?
• What if we stopped believing that peace is impossible and acted as though it is inevitable?
• What if we started acting as if there's plenty for everyone (which there is) instead of hoarding ours like a wolf at the pack's kill?
• What if we looked across race, gender, religion, and every other difference and saw ourselves rather than THE other?
• What if we invested our energy as a species in building the future together rather than tearing apart our present?

"Ray, Ray, Ray. That all sounds nice. It's a beautiful but naive Utopia. What a magnificent and impossible vision. 'They' would never go for it."Would you? This isn't really about any proverbial "them" that would never agree to live that way. It begins with us - you and me.Are we willing to go to the mat for that kind of a world rather than staying stuck in the trap of self-identification and difference? Are we willing to stop scapegoating others and make the changes we need to make to see that through?If you believe, as I assume you do if you're reading this blog, that what you think can transform your life; then why can't what WE think transform our world?There is no law or decree that says we must live in chaos, conflict, and suffering. We can choose different thoughts, different actions, and different results.It all starts with you and me! Fear and habit are all that stand in our way.Have an awesome day! I love all of you!RayWebsite | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | Support Us