Domesticating….Us
Recently I have become fascinated with the term domestic or domesticating, it’s many meanings and how the process affects our lives. One such definition I find timely if not freighting is: make fit for cultivation, domestic life and service to humans. When we state service to humans are we referring to animals, humans or both?
The French word for domestic is domestique a derivative of the word domus or house. The Latin term for domestic is domicilium or the word domicile or dwelling, domicile is the source for the English word dominion or dominate.
‘Modern Man’ seems to find it necessary to feel dominate. Be it people, animals, personal possessions, other countries, something. We do seem to be quite preoccupied with our possessions and the amount of work it took to obtain these possessions. Some professions are based on dominance and possessing, for example the military or politics. Both wish to dominate in exchange for a possession. Other professions could be included as well such as the medical profession. Physicians are domesticated to fit into the medical doctor paradigm dictated by established criteria. Religious organizations also fall into this category of domination and possession. A congregation is presided over by a minister or priest who expect some level of obedience. Children are domesticated to “fit” into a family dynamic, while the family is domesticated to “fit” into a community, city, state and country.
The ancient ones state that to discover the kingdom of God /Spirit is to discover your personal truth through intuition, instinct…natural life! Within the realization of your physical being is the realization that you are the same as all other beings, all natural life. Including animals and plant life. So then… it would seem that according to the ancient ones dimensional or physical life realized through intuition is Gods way of domesticating life to the ways of…God.
We do have a choice as to how we define domestic and how or if we choose to be domesticated at all! The choice is ours to ponder.