feeling of life and vitality.
So learn and grow, so let go of laws and start social development and understanding, see how we work together and why. And when we do this we also have room for people to go on their own journey and self explore, which brings that creativity back to the group at some point. We learn not only from our own experience, but also from others.
One of the crazy things I see happening with laws nowadays is the movement towards making ‘getting hurt’ wrong. Like if we think someone is going to get hurt or might get hurt we try and legislate against it. To make sure it doesn’t happen to us, we then work to stop it happening to others. Which starts us on the path fearing it rather than understanding it. One example is a pathway around a hill, which is narrow and has steep drop offs. Option 1.
We could, bring a digger around, make a nice wide track, digging into the hill and leaving lots of rubble this detracting from the naturalness of the environment, put up barriers, guardrails, signs to warn people, (steep drop offs, falls possible and injury may occur beyond this point, stay behind guardrail) explaining it in intricate detail, as people are so disempowered they don’t know how to figure it out for themselves any more, as they have learnt that somebody else does that for them. They don’t know how to be self-aware. Like: “Am I at a safe distance from the edge for my skill level and surface quality?”, ie: is it solid footing or is it slippery).
People forgot how to assess information for themselves. Like: “What are the potential useful features of this walk?” “There is a form of track, there are bushes that may be hand holds if required, and my skill level is matched to this quality of the track, and what may occur is... and I am aware enough to be able to deal with those outcomes, and my training is sufficient, if training is needed.” “What are the hazards of the track, like
slippery in places, narrow, steep drop offs?”
Learning to deal with those hazards and how to keep ourselves safe as we can minimise hazards while we can still experience the environment.
Some people do not even start to look at these things, as they think I can do that because I want to. They have a perception of being bullet proof, immune from harm, they are so wrapped in cotton wool, they do not know how to consider it, as someone else takes care of that for them. When something does happen they look at who is to blame because they are so used to being taken care of, by the laws or someone else. This is the ultimate disempowered person. They perceive they are not involved with the decision making process, or the looking after themselves process. Someone else does that for them.
Laws and regulations are made to keep them safe, but instead they stop the self-awareness and analysis process. Laws eventually keep people safe, not from the hazards, but from their own ignorance. It is all done for me, before I get here, I do not have to think, I do not have to assess I do not have to be aware of my environment and my own skill and ability level. I am magically going to be taken through this and it will all be perfect. (The fantasy).
The ultimate disempowered person thinks: “I don’t have to do anything, It is all done for me.” This is what too many laws are conditioning us to. Option 2.
The track such as it may or may not be is left alone. People going on it assess the viability of the track for the time of day the weather and what equipment they may need, they see their involvement in the process and do what they need to do to equip themselves with all the resources they will need, some of these will be knowledge resources, some will be equipment, clothing, food, water etc. These people are skilled resourced and empowered and knowledgeable.
They are aware of hazards and assets, and feel 43