by Stayaway from Bnei Baruch

Created on: May 30, 2009   Last Updated: June 11, 2009

Human society has developed to a point where it is able to observe its integrated nature. The current global financial crisis demonstrates that we are all part of one system from which no country or individual is separated. The crisis is a result of the egoistical and unbalanced relationships of humanity. The only cure to the crisis is to understand the interdependence of the human system and try to bring it into balance with nature. Nature is an integrated system that lives in perfect balance because it acts within the principles of love and bestowal. Humanity will also find balance when it operates within these principles.

Human society has developed from small family units to large nations, and from independent nations to the new global age. In this global age each country is connected and dependent on the others for its livelihood. In the past, a small farmer was able to completely care for his own needs, without a sense of connection to the rest of the world. The present situation is completely opposite to that. Not even the richest and most powerful countries can survive without a connection to the rest of the world, due to the global nature of exporting and importing of goods. The global financial crisis started in the most developed and integrated nation: the United States, then quickly spread to every other nation in the world. No market and no nation is immune because in these times, we reveal the truth of our nature: that we are each interrelated parts of one whole.

The truth of our interconnection is revealed by these global events, but what is also revealed is our discordance with nature. Humanity relates to each other through its ego, but when relationships are egoistic, there is no balance. The human ego only wants to feed and serve itself, to the greatest extent imaginable. When each person relates to every other person with his ego, there is no mutual give and take. There is only "take," which is impossible to maintain on a long-term basis.

In the current global social system, we are experiencing the final result of a global egoistical relationship. Each nation, each bank, and each individual only looks out for its own needs. The result of this type of relationship is the global crisis that that we are currently witnessing.

If we observe nature without the influence of humanity, we see a perfectly balanced system. Nothing consumes more than it needs and nothing is wasted. In fact, each part of the system naturally provides what the other

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