Yesterday, I went on a tour to a recycling station. Finally! I was able to see for myself what happens to the bits and pieces I put in my yellow lidded bin. As I watched a handful of patient workers skillfully and rapidly pulling out the random objects they found on the conveyor belts, I had some interesting insights.
The very act of recycling stroked me as being an act of unity: millions of people had consciously put certain objects in their yellow lidded bin in a concerted effort to reduce landfill and give our beloved blue planet a bit of a relief from the tons of goodies we constantly extract from her womb.
It gives me hope. It shows me that masses of people are willing to do something to attempt to make our world a better place. To achieve that, we had to put several systems in place, which have to continuously interact in a harmonious manner in order to achieve the common goal we all have in mind. Wow!
So despite our individualistic greedy tendency as a whole, we do care for something bigger than ourselves. That is what gives me hope.
In order to carry humanity forward towards a more harmonious future, we need to unite. Get out of our little safe boxes. We need to melt our barriers and open up to the possibility that if we unite and work together, rather than compete or step on top of each other, we may have a chance to make the world a happier place.
If we can do it with recycling, we can do it with many other things!
As I see it, this recycling station example is a grounded demonstration of what I have found in my experimental research project on Ultimate Happiness.
When I go deep, deep, deep, down within myself, all the way down to my essence, there comes a point where I dissolve myself into a very special place that I call the Fabric of Life. Just like a drop of water dissolves into the ocean. In that place, the only thing I feel is bliss, wellbeing, contentment and fulfillment. And hey, I’ve got to admit it, it really feels like the afterglow of the best orgasm I’ve ever had! That’s why I call it Ultimate Happiness.
After exploring the Fabric of Life for many hours every day for over a year and a half, I have come to be able to notice certain characteristics. A few weeks ago, I said to one of my clients: “The Fabric of Life is just like a recycling station: energy goes in, does something, and comes out again in another form.”
Whether we look at it from a spiritual perspective, a biological perspective, an energetic perspective, an ecological perspective, an economic perspective or from the point of view of the laws of physics, we’re all connected in more ways than we can count.
We’re all connected to the Fabric of Life. The only problem is that this connection has imperfections which are unique to each individual. That’s what can give us the impression of being an ‘individual’ which is separated from the rest of the world. If we were connected to the Fabric of Life without any glitches, we’d be constantly living in a state of orgasmic happiness! If you want to learn more about how the quality of our connection with the Fabric of Life affects our level of stress and happiness, it’s all detailed in my book: Beyond the Rollercoaster.
As I watched the tons of refuse on the conveyor belts going up and down through many intricate filtering and transforming machines, I experience the subtle feeling of euphoria I usually get when I spend time in the Fabric of Life. I could sense the unity in the minds and actions of millions of people wanting to do the right thing: make the world a better place.
And you know what? Everyone wins in this concerted effort. The recycling station apparently reports an annual profit of 5 to 15 million dollars. They make money out of our rubbish, we feel better about ourselves for having done the right thing, and our mother Earth is looking at us with a big loving smile. Even the government gets their share in taxes, which eventually are given back to us in infrastructure and services. Everyone wins when we unite. Isn’t that a beautiful thing?