Monday, November 22

A skill for life

In less than two week I will attend my graduation celebration, one week before I'm officially graduated, and definitely while I'm still walking on crutches. The 'smart' goal I set myself, however, seems more and more unachievable. The lack of reason and compassion in man-made laws in this underpopulated corner of the planet means that I might be escorted on crutches to the plane outside the country, but maybe I'll have some magical-mystical recovery until then.

I don't regret to the slightest my decision to become a teacher for Alexander Technique. I learned many things about myself and the human form in general, and how to stay more conscious in a variety of constellations. However, I'm yet skilled enough to handle the uncertainty I'm facing in my immediate future with poise, ease and grace.

Migration belongs to human life since mankind left Africa about 60.000 years ago. Only isolation, either geographically, physically or politically, interferes with the continuation, inspiration and enrichment that comes with human traffic. Looking for a better environment to improve one's life seems like a natural instinct, and, ironically, the country I want to live is founded by migrants. I can't find solace in the fact that almost all 'nations' now thoroughly prevent man's wanderlust. Most goods sold on the global market can commute much more easily than the humans that provide them. GM seeds were allowed to have a lasting impact on the entire Australian biosphere, while a boatful of asylum seekers causes a media panic, 'national security' is in danger.

Of course, I don't claim that migrants have been a welcomed lot throughout history. Yet nowadays the ill effects of incest on our genetic make-up is well established. Diversity contributes to survival, isolation leads mostly to degeneration. Although the fair-skinned mutants within the human race claim superiority,
their survival requires an unsustainable amount of resources. If a joy-ride on a boat goes wrong, depending on the arbitrary place of birth you will either be rescued by heroes, or captured by the military 'defending national borders'.

So taking the advice to redefine my goal makes only little sense to me. Alexander's dream to bring his principles into general education remains far away as long as his profession isn't even particularly recognised by the authorities of his country of birth. When it comes to at least corporate acceptance, the UK seems much further, although I doubt that AT teachers can be trained by self-study via the internet. Australia is a sufficiently small society to create and sustain some drive to improve society, although it will certainly take at least a handful committed people to bring a better use and direction into our society.

Communication and travel allows us to experience this planet as a whole, creating a truly global consciousness. Laws and customs of society evolved much slower than technology progressed, a conundrum imposed on every 'civilisation' throughout history. The selection process for laws ignores evolutionary ideas completely,  and therefor reflects neither what's needed nor what's desired for more overall happiness.

From an evolutionary perspective, the diversity of laws throughout different societies provides plenty of survival strategies. The fascist idea of "One law for all" translates more or less into evolutionary suicide. Most legal system base on fear, instead of being motivated by organising respectful interactions between responsible beings. Knowledge of and adherence to the dominating rule set replaces responsibility in submissive societies, which honor ideas like war heroism and revenge.

As an anarchist, I don't like lawlessness. If this sounds contradictory to you, you might be just ill-informed about the concept of no government. If laws make sense, enforcement is hardly needed, self-regulation provides conformity. And allows for easy adaption to changed circumstances. Organised crime organisations and secret societies operate on a limited yet accepted rule set and survived much longer than most official state-like entity (with maybe the exception of the City of London) or 'nations'.

The attempt to create uniform legal circumstances for corporate operations creates environmental and civil rights nightmares. The lack of transparency hides the corrupt connections between governments and corporations, and in case this anti-social activities become known, the structure of the systems that empowered and instill these behaviours remains unchanged. Intransparent bureaucracy breeds irresponsibility, ignorance and violence. The illusion of democracy in the Western World prevents evolution as mankind as a whole, and just maintains global injustice in unknown dimensions.

While a lot of people have at least sympathy for my desire to live in this country, they seem surprised about how difficult it can be to migrate to their country.  I feel owned by the passport assigned to me by my place of birth, a slave to the nation, chained by taxes and laws restricting personal freedom. I have trouble maintaining my self-esteem when I get reminded that I'm not deemed worthy living in this country. While I have acquired enough local knowledge to devise strategies how to start my teaching here or in another big Australian city, I face the dire perspective to start all over again.

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