THE HIDDEN CODE OF y2k

by Robert Roskind

"Only two things threaten our existence:

A breakdown of society as we know it;

The continuation of society as we know it."

-- Jan Blum

Every lesson that mankind must learn to continue life on this planet,with the present power of our technology, is inherent within oneseemingly random computer event, y2k. These lessons include:

1) Our competitive, power-driven instincts must quickly evolve into co-operative ones (As Martin Luther King, Jr. said: "The choice is no longer between violence and non-violence but rather between non-violence and non-existence.");

2) We must cease the creation of our nuclear weapons, powerplants and nuclear waste as they pose a continuing threat to the entire species, now and for many generations yet unborn;

3) We must stop polluting at our present level. Most pollution comes from the first world (one American pollutes more than 500 Nepalese).

4) We must transform our near-gluttonous materialism (which is the source of much of our pollution) and our intoxication with physical pleasuring (which continues to bind us to the physical, not spiritual, plane);

5) We must return our value system to one more centered in people and relationship, as opposed to the present one centered on power, money, and things. These offer only the illusion of happiness, not its reality, which is found in our relationships.

6) We must further develop, and eventually convert to, our decentralized,non-polluting sources of energy (wind, solar, wave, hydro, etc.). There is less than 50 years of fossil fuels left and their present use is destroying the environment.

7) We must take our other technological threats seriously (global warming, biological, nuclear and chemical weapons, El Nino, ozone level, pollution, etc.). Like y2k they are threatening, but unlike y2k their deadline is not known.

8) We must become more self-reliant, depending more on ourselves and each other as opposed to relying on our leaders and governments, who often do not have our best interest at heart;

9) The large corporations must adjust their value system to include not only profit but concern for the environment and people as well. Presently, as their size and power increases, their greed and short term thinking are eating through the earth and corrupting our democracies.

10) There must be a renewal of the use of non-hybrid seeds. At the present rate that seed companies are promoting and selling hybrid seeds (seeds that are only good for one season), in 20 years there will be almost no non-hybrid seeds available. We would have genetically engineered all food seeds on the planet to be non-renewable.

11) Our unabated barrage of sexuality, vulgarity and commercialism in our media must be reduced. It is degrading to the human spirit and undermines the creation and continuation of stable families.

12) Just as American Indian leaders planned seven generations ahead, so must we consider and plan for the generations that will follow us.

13) Technology and material growth must cease to be an end in itself. We must ask "What is it for?".

Every lesson listed above is vital if we are to continue on this planet with the power of our existing technology. Failure to learn any one of them continues to put our species at risk. y2k has the ability to teach us every lesson. The chances of this being coincidence is infinitesimally small. On the other hand, the probability of this event being part of an Intelligent design is mathematically almost certain. And just to be sure our interest was caught, it arrives on the nanosecond of the new millennium.

If learned, the above lessons will create a major paradigm shift on the planet. One that is absolutely necessary if we are to continue here much longer. These lessons will not be learned easily. As with all human lessons, they will be learned through our pain. But they will be learned. This event is an Intelligently created and guided unfolding, imbued with almost unimaginable love and compassion for our species. As individuals asking what can we do to usher in this new paradigm, the answer is clear. In addition to whatever action or work we feel called to do-we must love ourselves and each other as much as we can for the new paradigm is a world based not on fear, but love.

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