Ketamine and The Queen
I listen to all kinds of music.
One of my favorite refrains is
If you knew better, you would do better.
—Snoop Dogg and Robyn
Funny thing, I've been noticing myself saying that a lot lately...
—Pick a Topic—
education
If you knew better, you would do better
health care
If you knew better, you would do better
environment
If you knew better, you would do better
governance
If you knew better, you would do better
and the list goes on...
and so does the refrain.
Sometimes I get a little judgy...and depressed:
Even though we have scads of ancient and contemporary wise guidance,
most of it proven to have significant merit, we seem to keep making the same
halfhearted reaches into conscious living.
We know better.
I read all kinds of media to keep abreast of social issues, economics, medicine, and our environment.
Sometimes I find inspiration. Sometimes I read dispassionately.
And sometimes, like just this week, I get my panties in a wad,
like when a symbol of
outrageous privilege and colonization is glorified
(don't get me wrong, I liked the Queen, well, at least her speeches)
or
ketamine-assisted psychotherapy at $4500-a-pop is called
innovative mental health care.
We know better.
Then, I remember—
“We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. A wonderful thing it is and the source of our happiness. We need not wait to see what others do.” Ghandi
Next, Rumi enters the conversation :
“Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world.
Today I am wise so I am changing myself.”
You dig what I'm saying?
That's why I roll out the mat and show up every day
for the body-mind I can make a change in...and with.
How do you put your wisdom and knowledge into action?
How do you respond to and engage with what you perceive and believe about yourself and the world?
If you are of like mind, join me on the mat.
And if you are not of like mind, I’d love to meet you and have a conversation, perhaps as we roll around on our mats.
