Peace on Earth, Radical Freedom for All
We are born into this world and we die in this world. Our lives are remembered for a time, and then they vanish into the void of history. Each of us in our time exists, and then we do not. Our power in this world is limited to our minds and our beliefs. Individually, we can affect change in the world only to the degree that we can change the minds of others. Our freedom in this life is contained: we are free to believe as we choose. No person can force a belief which we, in our minds can choose to reject. But this freedom to believe is powerful. It has forced into being religions, governments, and values. From one generation to the next, we pass on those beliefs which we have agreed are in our own personal best interests. And while this has guided the course of our collective history, it remains the most fragile of ideas. A government would cease to exist were the people whom it governs simply to choose to cease to believe. It exists only as an idea. Likewise the gods of old died w...