Our Universal Right
We are constantly hearing about something called “rights.” Usually in one of these familiar lines of thought: we aren’t getting our fair share of them, or someone is trampling on them, or this right should be universal, or they don’t deserve that right, etc. Later we’ll look at rights in the modern context but for now it’s this idea of a universal right that sets me thinking. What right are we sharing with all people since the beginning of time, and will continue sharing uninterrupted until the last one of us takes our last breath?
This right would need to be primordial, and like so many things profound in the Universe, it would need to be simple so that everyone could understand. It predates any national constitution or UN resolution. Its roots are in the cooling crust of our ancient world, in the Earth’s DNA itself, it is our first and foremost right and upon it rests any and all other rights we may claim to have. It is our Right to Live.
You have the Right to Live to the extent that you are capable of
…adapting to environmental forces,
…avoiding death or significant injury,
…acquiring food, water, and shelter.
Our right to live is not issued by decree or formal legislation, not issued by special revelation, and as such, it is neither dependent upon a government nor a church — its only support comes from our ability to exercise capable action. Those actions are adapting, avoiding, and acquiring. Our right to live is paired with these three responsibilities. If you cannot or will not adapt; if you cannot or will not avoid and/or acquire — then according to the Ancient Law, the Law of the Earth, your right to live is forfeited.
