What to do for the best.

"In every deliberation, we must consider the impact on the seventh generation... even if it requires having skin as thick as the bark of a pine."—Great Law of the Iroquois


My English friend uses a phrase - its sometimes hard to know what to do for the best! When we pray in Science of Mind we often affirm and pray for what is in the greatest good of all, this is what she means I think, for the best for all concerned including herself.


When we make decisions do we consider everyone in the equation including our planet or do we just consider our own good? Unfortunately too many decisions are made from a selfish perspective, shortsighted or without consideration of the ripple effect.


The Iroquois have a great philosophy I admire. The Ecologically aware community have adapted this idea of seven generation sustainability, a concept that urges the current generation to live sustainably and work for the benefit of the seventh generation to follow. What a difference it could make to think this way.


Our society is more and more consumed with instant gratification, I want it and I want it now. I recall a comment flippantly thrown out by a 19 year old when I commented on the damaging effects of CFCs in spray cans - "Who cares about the ozone if you cant have nice hair." I wish this lack of any deep thought about their actions could be attributed to the young only, but sadly it's not so. I cried when I read about the salmon on the California coast dying out because of run off of chemicals from the farms in the area. What are we doing to our planet! Oh you who hold dominion, ask yourself the question, what can I do for the best? And I don't mean the business owners or industry moguls, though they are included, I am asking you; the everyday consumer of products. Act with your buying power, with the seventh generation in mind. Just change one product to organic today or refuse to buy shampoo with parabens in it. The biggest impact in buying organic is not on your own health but the health of the land we depend on for future food. Think about it.
Let me know if you have suggestions or tell me what you have done lately with the good of humanity in mind.