One of the many unrecognized saints living amongst us was Kathryn Kuhlman, whose saying "Expect a miracle!" expressed her recognition that a joyful grateful optimistic attitude brings blessings and healing. That same response must be applied to our current predicament on Earth. To many of our most well-informed, open-minded and thoughtful observers the situation looks hopeless. Feedback effects (or "tipping points") are already taking place which clearly point to catastrophic events which make it hard to even imagine our survival as a civilized species. But we need sufficient humility about our knowledge and accomplishments. We really don't, for instance, understand electricity - though we do ever more amazing things with it.
There is a spiral to life that goes out and eventually comes back. An example is the fact that "What goes around comes around" gives warning against selfish motives and faith that one's good efforts will somehow eventually pay off. This is why world dictators are finally falling, and those attempting to hijack our democracy here in the United States will also ultimately fail.
It is a scientific fact that the truth will ultimately prevail, just as certain as that more carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere will yield more rapid climate changes. One can no more successfully lie to oneself and/or others than stand in front of an oncoming train and expect not to get hit. We've been fantasizing selfishly, and that's not the same as producing a miracle by idealistic faith. The chickens are coming home to roost.
Life itself - the whole Universe - is miraculous. That's the key to solving our problems. Yes, it's scientifically well-established (though most don't know it yet) that we're going to go through hell (some are already). But we don't have to - if we change. This is where, in that great spiral returning home, science meets religion. We are falling short of the mark and must redirect our aim if we are to continue to elicit miracles such as phones, computers and planes.
I am convinced that - though no individual human knows how to stop the planetwide tragedy that is befalling all of us - we, working together as a whole with spiritual guidance, can bring to existence a concrete heaven on earth. And I am not just relying on pretty cosmic philosophies or oldtime religion faith healers. I have spent my whole life reading science, and don't regret a minute of it. But I have come to the conclusion that reality is both more complex and more flexible than we think. Countless times in all our lives, things happen that we cannot explain. The inventions, and apparently superhuman abilities, of Nikola Tesla, make the study of science a continuing experience of jaw-dropping awe. That some of his most idealistic aspirations were hindered by the financial mindsets (greed, if you will) of those around him should not be surprising. The world is full of conflict. The U.S. military budget - in large part motivated by such lower impulses more than reasonable defense - is the biggest causer of the economic mess we're in, but the mainstream media hardly allows even mention of cutting it's budget to be considered. The scientific advances of Tesla towards providing wireless transmission of power were de-funded by J.P. Morgan when he saw they threatened his investments. Much science now has been patented, and much has been classified and so little progress has been made in positive directions but much development of destructive capabilities has gone forward. Now that everyone is coming to recognize that no one is safe from the ecosystem collapse we are experiencing, it's time to bring out and apply these constructive technologies - for the benefit of all rather than of any one country or corporation.
I believe that there are many new ways of accessing the energy that is all around us (not just solar and wind). I also am guessing that, since Tesla's time, quantum leaps in weather modification make it possible that we could use the same advances that have made possible electromagnetic weapons to help stabilize the climate and heal the planet. There is a history of use of energy to help plants grow, and applications are already going mainstream of electromagnetics being used to speed bone growth. Considering the almost magical (or should I say miraculous) communication technology we have now, don't you think it possible that (all the old pessimism about the world being impossible to change aside) we may be able to get everyone on Earth on the same page to do those things we all need to re-stabilize things?
