I heard about a farmer in the Midwest who was really good at cross-breeding corn. He paid a lot of attention to which varieties had the best qualities and patiently mingled them in ways that naturally 'incarnated' the best qualities of each into his experimental crops.
When he was satisfied that the new seeds were really good, and when he'd got enough, he'd share them with neighboring farmers.
Somebody asked him, "Wouldn't it be better for your business if you kept the best seed for yourself--wouldn't it give you an edge with your buyers?"
The farmer said, "No. When my neighbors grow inferior corn, it'll cross-breed with my corn and take me backwards. Sharing is better for all of us."
Cultivating and sharing goodness is a wise thing.
The agro-conglomerate Monsanto entices farmers to switch to Monsanto's genetically modified seed and then SUES those farmers if, after a successful harvest, they save some of the harvested seed from their own crops to plant the following year.
Monsanto also sues farmers whose neighboring non-GMO crops cross-pollinate with Monsanto's GMO crops making them 'inferior.' They even sue farmers whose own organic fields get cross-pollinated by Monsanto's GMO crops and the GMO corn 'naturally' springs up here and there in the organic farmers' fields. They sue the organic farmers for patent infringement!
Cultivating and enforcing small-mindedness is not a wise thing.
Monsanto is more like the possum than the chicken.
Except Monsanto is a GMO possum.
On steroids. A mutant possum bullying traffic. Buying up roads. Suing drivers. Refusing to evolve naturally. Forcing growth unnaturally and unwisely.
The Monsantos of the world are a reality. Thank God for those who know how to take wise action in opposition to them. May the rest of us be mindful of what products to support and which to avoid.
The world is always in need of people who know how to grow and cross-pollinate wisely in the evolution of the human spirit.
Problems cannot be solved at the level of consciousness that creates them.
Creator of us all, help us grow.
