Troy Williams at Queer Gnosis wrote an important post about the looming, potentially catastrophic challenges humanity faces. He discusses the dangerous allure of fantasies of being rescued by heroes, and the vital necessity of owning up to our own power and responsibility–the two edged truth that we have contributed to creating this mess and that we have the power to transform it. Here is an excerpt:
But there is a danger in how we engage our myths. There are often malevolent Archons that distort truth with deception. Conservative religions and political strategists have fostered an unhealthy and excessive dependency on external saviors and heroes. They perpetuate the delusion that we should look outside ourselves for power. Many frightened Americans look to President Bush to protect us from terrorists. Some of us look to religions to spare us from the wrath of vengeful gods. Many of us look to lovers to save us from loneliness. We are always struggling with self-doubt and self-loathing. We are vulnerable creatures perpetually in need of redemption. We too often look to others to rescue us from real or imagined monsters. We are still (to invoke the great Bonnie Tyler) “holding out for a hero till the end of the night”. But the real question is, who will save us from the monsters of our own creation?
Because here is the brutal truth: Jesus aint coming back. President Hilary Clinton will perpetuate war. Climate change is going to wreak havoc on the planet. Life in the very near future is going to be hell. There is no hero “out there”. We are all we’ve got. And the sooner we accept this reality the sooner we can seriously get onto solving our problems.
Read the rest here.
