When I awoke this morning, I was filled with such wonder and joy that I, “me,” had been given another day of consciousness. I know that this is a hackneyed thought, but it is true. “Without me, there is no reality.” Now, the common response is, “So what?” and rightly so. Without a deep appreciation of the uniqueness of life, “my life,” there is little value in this comprehension.

A person sits in a curious position in the current era. We know that the end of civilization is upon us, or at least that is what we are told. Environmental collapse, social implosion, and runaway terrorism are the bedfellows of modernity. In fact,  two militants are hiding under my desk as we speak — I say this “tongue in cheek.” All of this is, of course, pure and utter nonsense. Not that the world is not in dire straits: it is! We have arrived at the “biosphere emergency room.”