There are few who want to change the world - and even fewer who want to change themselves.

I think you've noticed by now that 2008 - or what shall be later known as the 'post T.Harv Ecker era' of my life - is filled with themes about money and enterprise. Eventhough it took over a year for what T.Harv said in his book to sink in, once it did.....it sank like the Titanic. 

Change - the only thing that is inevitable and constant - and the only thing humans are least appreciative of. "Few people want to change the world, even fewer people want to change themselves."(Krishnamurthi, Education). In another book which has sparked a mental revolution in me, "Money and Mindfullness", a successful businessperson who quit his high-ranking job for something more 'meaningful' volunteered in an organization that sends volunteers to Africa to help with humanitarian work. But he soon found out that a lot of useful time and energy is wasted solving problems among volunteers rather than actually getting things done. He found that when he asked people why they'd come to work for the NGO, they said they wanted to change the world. He also found that these same people were the least willing to first change themselves and asked the question whether we start by changing society first, or we start by changing ourselves. 

"What is society?" - Krishnamurthi's idea of what society vocalised my own thoughts. Even if some ignorant people think he's a madman, it comforts me that I'm not the only madperson I've ever known. Society is made up of a collective - behaviour, beliefs, traditions and customs also known as 'culture'. And since Thought is at the seed of all of those collectives, and Thought is always in a state of Flux, Culture is not and cannot be a permanent fixture of Humanity. Who makes up society and all its collective? You and me. When individuals change, society starts to change. Even if you weave one strand of yellow in an all-white fabric, it is no longer a totally white piece of fabric now, is it?

I think it' pretty obvious that the problem is everyone else is waiting for everyone else to change. That happens with anything from buying the first handphones to deciding on the latest fashion trend. Since we know this undeniable trait of humans, it would seem really simple  to just go ahead and change ourselves and what we want to change about 'reality' instead of waiting a lifetime for 'change'. We can either play catch-up with society or we can just go ahead and do it while society plays catch-up with us. 

We live in a divisive, separated, polarised world which breeds prejudice, antagonism and fear. Polarised - you're either rich or poor, smart or dumb, pass or fail, single or married. Idealist or capitalist. Eventhough I have no real recollection of living at other times, I still think our times are interesting times. As we become more divided as a whole, old barriers are also breaking down and melting away and bringing us together. Change is a constant and as it uproots the old, it drops new seeds in place.