The good old days

I am that old that I can remember letting our dog outside to roam the streets of the city and return when he was ready to come home. Anyone else? That was also around the same time that kids left the house on a Saturday morning and returned home when the street lights came on. 

The assumption in both incidences was that the dogs and the kids would be just fine out in the big world on their own. They were presumed safe. What happened? We happened. Anything that you might praise or begrudge today is here because the collective we brought it here. Whether that be material or immaterial things. 

It amuses me greatly when I hear people pin the blame for our hurtful mayhem on God (Creator, Universe, Higher Power). It also amuses me greatly when I hear people praise God for the things that are right about our mayhem. Depending on which way you choose, you believe that God is mean, or you believe that He is nice. God can be both of those things to assure our collective karma is kept in balance...good or bad. He's willing to take the positive and negative jabs that come from us imperfect beings as we try to figure ourselves out. 

Free will has determined, and will continue to determine, our faith or our lack of faith in one another. The energy that is given to doing good will be seen in the world and the energy given to doing bad will also be seen in the world. When you do good, you get good; when you do bad; you get bad.

Here's where it gets interesting. Each generation has to drag unfulfilled karma along, whether that be good or bad karma. What you see happening today is both, carryover karma, and newly created karma. That's why good things can happen to bad people and bad things can happen to good people. Not only do you have to contend with the karma you are creating, you are also receiving good or bad karma created by someone from the "past". A bit of a mind twister, right?

So, when you hear people talking about the good old days when times were simpler, they are referring to a time of higher positive karma with lower negative karma. A time when kids were okay to be out and about without parental supervision. Why? Because people looked out for one another. They were creating good karma. We don't do that much anymore, because we have come to fear one another which is creating bad karma. 

​There is no going back to the good old days. There is only now. If we want future generations to understand the "good old days", we have to start now to reconnect with our soul. Find your soul. Understand its purpose. Then help other people to find their soul so they can understand its purpose. Collectively, we can have the peace we desire, but it all comes down to how you choose to use the energy that comes with free will. <3