A Student's Story

Curly Kale, the Monkey Bar and the Butterfly Ripple Effect

The following story was recently composed by a student:

I could not help to notice the look on his face when the Mystic appeared in the mystery classroom just recently.  He had just come from the local nursery where only one week ago he had requested some curly kale seedlings. On this particular day, he went to the nursery to pick up his curly kale, where the shopkeeper was standing on the porch eating an apple, and he greeted her. The forlorn look on her face activated the Mystic to engage in conversation with her to delve into the mystery of her countenance. His intuitive mind together with his compassion for the inhabitants of Gaia spurred the following interaction:

The woman told the Mystic that there were family problems (the Mystic asked her “Who does not have family problems?”) as she pointed to her young daughter who had fallen from the monkey bars in the school playground. Her wrist had been broken from the fall and it was now in a cast. When the story of the monkey bars accident was told to him by the mother, he exclaimed to her that that was a topic he had recently written about in his Galactic Report. The shopkeeper/mother wanted to know more and leaned over to listen.

The Mystic told her that he had written about the useless activities that we, the Earth inhabitants, engage in which also includes as an example, monkey bars. The mother became more attentive as the Mystic relayed the information. “On other more evolved planets, including the Moon, Saturn and Titan, children are already born knowing through telepathic communication. Play is irrelevant to their childhood because they are given responsibilities from the inception and also useful tasks to accomplish such as gardening as they assist the adults. They do not need playground equipment to entertain themselves or exercise. Here on your Planet, the children’s minds are programmed to “think” in the way that works for the good of the malevolent ones.”

 Let’s elaborate on this for a moment, so the reader can relate to this.

 “When a child from the get-go is conditioned through a faulty, false educational curriculum, the child grows into adulthood, unbeknown to him/herself, that they have been brainwashed and conditioned into a system of deception. An example is a sports activity which is extremely harmful to the body and mind. It keeps one in a state of self-conflict. One of the conflicts is to be in competition with fellow school mates which creates disharmony.  The other conflict, is the desire to gain in the form of money or fame. Another conflict is that one already knows that the curriculum is useless to the mind, the future employment and therefore one has spent one’s youth and the most fruitful years to become a liar to the self. One is conditioned to work just to acquire possessions, useless trinkets that binds one into debts chained by the bills of bondage  oppressors.

While the Mystic was talking to her, he noticed that the young daughter was busy reading a book about race horses. Next to her, was a beautiful drawing of a butterfly the girl had recently finished drawing. He asked the young girl whether she knew what the butterfly ripple effect meant and instructed her to look it up if she did not know. The Mystic then continued on to ask the mother how many people were told about the broken wrist after the accident occurred. She went down a long list which included cousins, siblings, neighbors and friends. The Mystic then replied, “You see now how one useless activity can affect the whole include so many who are innocent of the act? That is the butterfly effect. It can go either way, for the good or the bad.

“Which way would you go,” he asked the mystery students. Are you courageous enough to self-educate and not be caught up in this false belief system? If not, why not?

I AM. The mystic in your kitchen ask for giddiness, and IT will be there.

Is love? The Law of Responsibility.

“What does responsibility mean, Mystic?” A student once asked me.

If you talk of the oneness of humankind and at the same time, you close the door on them , are you not actually closing the door on yourself as well? This could be the door of prosperity, the door of love, it could be the door of harmony, the door of peace or most important of all, the door of the oneness with the One.

“What do you mean by that, Mystic?” he asked me once again.

A  storekeeper I once knew was entrusted to sell goods to all customers that entered his place of business.  He  wondered why his business was failing. The customers were dwindling and sales were down. He called me for consultation. After having engaged in an investigative conversation with him, I learned that he had prejudice with greed. He only wanted to sell to the have's and not to, the have not. The have’s were willing to pay higher prices and he knew that he could hike the prices up as they could afford to pay accordingly. The prices were then out of reach  for the many average or below-average income customers. After one year in business, he realized that his average sales were below the profit table due to items sitting on shelves longer than they were supposed to.  He had lost his leverage. Being an irresponsible storekeeper with a malevolent intent towards his customers and potential customers (which represent all beings), the results became evident  in his own life. He could never salvage his business after that bad reputation he had built for himself.

Those that struggle to pay their debts for the goods that they think they need but do not, are also irresponsible. Why do you think that is so? Because they chose the path of accumulating for the sake of having, and now have difficulties in feeding themselves.
  The food of harmony, peace and oneness with the One.
 Those that owe to others constantly become desensitized to the needs of others in order to survive. 
Is that called responsibility?

Is it responsible to take always from the system, whether it be food stamps, subsidized housing, unemployment checks and then go out for restaurant dinners, buy clothes constantly to feed vanity and be making car payments and fancy cell phone payments?  What does responsibility mean in the end? When we have high intention towards everything that we do in life then that is responsible.

I met a man yesterday that resembled Mark Twain in his appearance. I wanted to see if he had the same morals outlook as this famous author, because we sometimes judge the book by its cover. I shared my thoughts with him that he appeared to be responsible with his actions. After pursuing the conversation with him, I learned that his philosophy of responsibility is to always leave a situation, place, person or thing better and more improved than he found it. To me, I had engaged with a conscious man. Are you responsible in life in a poetic way, as Mark Twain is?

Every being we meet along the way must be treated like a sacred entity with utmost respect. Otherwise, one is irresponsible.
 Which are you? Responsible or irresponsible? 
Are you willing to be responsible in every thought and deed? If not, why not?