Ode regularly invites a well-known activist, author, thinker or entrepreneur to pen some thoughts on a topic of his or her choosing, to which you can respond. The only guidelines--be inspiring and provocative.
Our current guest: Ervin Laszlo
"There is no single scientific recipe for positive change. We don't need scientific breakthroughs. We don't need change in science, we need change in attitude. The key factor is the human will to change. Science won't change the world. People will."" Ervin Laszlo
Ervin is completely right about the transformation needed in humanity to bring about all other changes. Science has made quite spectacular advances, but has all too often allowed itself to be misused, or even abused. Two examples: the discovery of atomic energy, used most notoriously to create weapons with the horrifying capability to destroy Life; and quantum physics, where only a few elements of the mechanics have been used in the creation of designs to make objects for profit, with the rest ignored or discarded because of the change in paradigm it would require to accommodate it. There are many others, even in such fields as medicine and genetics. Egoic thinking has not solved any of the problems it has created, yet we still try to use it to do so. And this is true of science, where the beauty of questioning and discovery has made way for censure, secrecy, personal recognition and profitability. When there is an awakening to consciousness in humanity, there is inclusion and wholeness rather than separation, exclusion and ego gathering to and extending itself as 'more'. Then science will be used in the service of the entire planet, including humanity, rather than by individuals or groups of people with 'agendas'. Perhaps then, science will change the world, but for the benefit of all!
Human will is encompassing. It drives people to desire change and find the science to do it. How to make it happen with and through people is an art. It requires the synergy of the mind and heart of one person who has the courage to evoke the souls of other people to want positive change. More often than not, people desire or want change not proactively but only after a traumatic experience of disasters and major loss. It is this lynchpin that any artist of change can capitalize on. Like a canvass we paint with vibrant and beautiful colors, subject and theme that evoke the human senses that without words, people want to buy the painting and have it in their houses not just for the prestige but for the meaning it reminds them when they see it. It is the same spirit that moves people to volunteerism for altrusitic and humanitarian cause.
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