How can we make a positive difference in a globally integrated and declining world?!

Question from the Internet:

“How can we truly make a difference in the world as it is today? Is this even attainable?”

You are right. Since we have evolved into a completely integrated and interdependent world, making a difference seems impossible.

And it is true that alone, on our own, we are incapable of making any difference. It is like a cogwheel in a vast system wanting to change the direction all cogwheels turn, or a single cell in a biological body wanting to change how the whole body lives.

Moreover, as long as we want to make changes according to our inherently and inevitably egocentric, subjective viewpoint and calculations, we can be certain that the changes we want would be harmful to the rest of the system.

So what can we do?

First of all, we have to understand, and we have actually to feel our total interdependence in this integrated world. Then we also need to learn and understand what good and beneficial is in such integrated and living systems according to Nature’s laws that help the Natural system to create and sustain life.

Then we can build and strengthen an initially small but qualitative, mutually committed, mutually responsible and mutually complementing environment where people want to reach “Nature-like” mutual care and support.

Then, when such an environment — or collection of small groups — reaches a certain “critical mass”, they can become a positive and motivating example for the rest of human society — which continues to decline faster and faster. Then this new, “Nature-like”, mutually responsible, and mutually complementing critical minority will be able to pull the rest of the declining and suffering general society behind them, making true changes for everyone.