Soon enough, I am going to die.
You know what? The same is true for you.
Whether we fight back or not will not change this.
We can't fight death. We can't control death. We can't predict the manner or time of death.
I'm not arguing fate here; fuck fate. I'm defining, and accepting death. I will die.
You will die. Every creature on Earth will die (though preferably not all at the same
time). Death is a part of life.
Fear of death is not safety. Fear of death is fear of life. Hiding from death is hiding from
life.
We can't fight death either individually or collectively. What we can do is fight those who
worship death. They don't understand death; death is a part of life - and they hate life.
We can fight them, and we can destroy that which they worship, because that which they
worship is not truly death. Death is a new phase of life, it is a continuation. Death gives
birth to new life. Those who worship death and despise life do not truly understand death. They
don't truly worship death. What they worship is sterilization.
Sterilization is the extinguishing of life. It is the final, permanent end of the processes
and transformations of life. It is entirely different than death. Sterilization
does not give birth to new life, as death does. Sterilization is something to be feared;
death is not. Death is inevitable; sterilization is not. Sterilization is the enemy of life.
Death is a part of life.
You will die. I will die. We will both die; perhaps we will do so together. This cannot be
changed; and really only those who fear life would want to change it. Fear of death is
fear of life. We will all die. We need to accept this; we need to understand it. In order
to truly do what must be done in the interest of continuing life on this planet – we need to
be OK with death.
We cannot, and should not fight death. We can, and should fight sterilization. We will be
much more capable of doing so once we release our irrational fear of death is in fact
irrational; and ultimately - harmful. Death is not coming for you. In a sense, it's
already arrived. It's been your companion all your life. Death makes it possible for you to
feed and clothe yourself. You could not exist without it. You and death are partners in
survival. What we need to do, is unite with death. We need to honor our side of our
agreement with death. We and death are natural allies. So long as death is with us,
sterilization - the real enemy - has not taken place; and our needs can be provided for.
So long as the worshippers of sterilization have succeeded in making us fear death; our
natural ally, we will fear ourselves, our own lives. We will remain ignorant of the deal we
make with death when we consume the flesh of another. We will be afraid to live our lives
as we otherwise would because of an irrational fear of something that cannot be separate from ourselves.
This isn't a suicide note; it's simply a resolution. It's a resolution to stop living my
life in an insane, poisonous way, and to begin living my life as the true gift that it is.
The circle of life has been gracious enough to make an investment in me. Many
investments, really. Will I allow myself to remain insane and ignorant and be afraid of that
which is a part of me? Will I continue to live in fear of that which made my life possible
in the first place and makes the continuation of my life possible? My life will not end when
I die; it will simply change forms - as it has been doing since the moment I was born -
since billions of years before that, really. When we look back at the history of life,
in fact – it becomes clear that death has been and continues to be responsible for the
growth and development of the community of life. By denying and fearing death, which
results in our failing to do our duty - we put a stop to that process of growth.
Death is not the extinguishing of life; it is a transformation of life – it is death that is
responsible for the diversity of life, and through diversity comes strength. Death makes
a deal with us when we consume the flesh of another; it offers us life to be
transformed into the continuation – and expansion - of our own lives and the lives of our
offspring. It expects of us the same that it expects of all the diverse creatures that it
creates; it expects us to serve life. Since we ourselves are living things and all living
things depend on other living things in order to continue living, this has never been a
conflict of interest. It is only now that the worshippers of sterilization have encouraged
and conditioned us to fear our long-time friend - our greatest ally - that a conflict of
interest has arisen.
The worshippers of sterilization have caused us to regard something that is a part of
ourselves and very familiar to us as separate, mysterious and evil. When we die, our
lives will not be extinguished; we will live on in equally enjoyable and fulfilling
forms of existence through the circle of life (perhaps more enjoyable and fulfilling if we
do our part now to assist the growth and development of the community of life). Our lives
will not be extinguished, they will be transformed.
If on the other hand, we continue to allow the worshippers of sterilization to continue
sterilizing our environments, then eventually our lives and our lineage and all that has
been invested in both will be extinguished as well. Our lives will truly end - something that
would not happen if we were simply to die. We need to fight this. We need to make the
distinction between friends and enemies and we need to understand and develop healthy
relationships with our friends and in so doing empower ourselves to face the real enemy.
I am your friend. Let's fight our enemies together. If we die it will be OK. Death is our
friend too. If we die serving life, as we were meant to it may even be an enjoyable,
fulfilling experience.
If we allow our fear of death to continue to prevent us from fighting, we will surely be
sterilized; probably sooner rather than later. Our lives will be extinguished, and that will
not be OK. We will be fucked and we will never ever again have a chance to
participate in the great circle of life and death. We are the generation that gets the
chance to make this decision; we’re the only ones who are here. We can’t shoulder those who
came before us or those who will come after us with the responsibility to save the circle
of life; because those who came before us have become us. We are them; any notion of them as
separate from ourselves is an illusion; the fabrication of a nonexistent ghost – a
phantom: a haunting. They are not outside us, they have become us. Their responsibility
is our responsibility. And of course, we can’t shift responsibility to those who come
after us, because if we don’t get over our ignorant, harmful fear of death and stand up
now to make sure the circle of life continues, then there won’t be anybody or anything
coming after us anyway. This is it, it’s all or nothing. Now is the time for action. Serve
life by living yours. No more excuses.
Let's let go of our irrational fears and begin to live as we were meant to.
