Tao Te Ching

We are the World

Those who have most power and wealth
Treat the planet as a thing to be possessed,
To be used and abused
According to their own dictates.
But the planet is a living organism,
A Great Spiritual Integrity.

To violate this Integrity
Is certain to cull forth disaster
Since each and every one of us
Is an inherent part of this very organism.

All attempts to control the world
Can only lead to its decimation
And to our demise
Since we are an inseparable part
Of what we are senselessly trying to coerce.

Any attempt to possess the world
Can only lead to its loss
And to our dissolution
Since we are an intrinsic part
Of what we are foolishly trying to possess.

The world’s pulse is our pulse.
The world’s rhythms are our rhythms.
To treat our planet
With care, moderation and love
Is to be in synchrony with ourselves
And to live in the Great Integrity.

Verse 29
Photo; Earth