Jolanta Talaikiene, Transformation, Acrylic on canvas, 30x24in
The Human Race Will Rise Again
The human race will rise again.
This chaos is not inevitable. This discord won’t last forever.
Our disorders are distortions, not permanent conditions,
symptoms of a disease that will one day be cured.
We weren’t born for constant conflict
to spend our lives fighting for survival, competing for recognition
defending ourselves against oppression
with our minds infected with anxiety
and souls corrupted with bitterness.
We were born for joy, and one day joy will return to us
as spring always returns, bursting with life and light, after the freezing winter.
The human race will rise again
as the cold hard masculine mind opens
to the soft warm spirit of the feminine
as selfishness gives way to empathy
and hierarchy to equality, and the impulse to connect
transcends the desire to dominate.
The human race will rise again
as the boundaries of our egos melt
and we feel our oneness with nature again
and perceive the world’s pristine beauty again
and sense the meaning of life again
as a radiance that pervades the air
and shines through every object and being.
The human race will rise again, and is slowly rising now.
Balance is returning, new structures are emerging
with an order that’s stronger because it incorporates chaos
and a sanity that’s deeper because it arose out of madness.
The human race will rise again
and life will no longer be a frenzied struggle
full of stress and fear, but a glorious adventure
full of grace and ease
no longer a punishment to be endured
but a privilege to be savoured.
We were born for wholeness
and we will be whole again.
We were born for joy
and we will return to joy.
The human race will rise again.
Picture by Jolanta Talaikiene from EMN Museum of Art
Poem from the book “The Leap”
