How Monster’s Inc. can save us from Extinction and Planetary Collapse

I was cirumnavigating the planet on research vessels working with scientists, community groups and projects globally, and unknowingly, I was taking a litmus test of planetary proportions. I was getting a first-hand ‘feel’ for what was happening on our planet. For anyone who has been globally sailing and exploring, you’ll understand when I say that this type of exploring, lights the imagination on fire. Something curious happens at sea. Every sailor gets to view some “Interesting” aspects of the inner workings of their mind. Most humans were raised on land, thus tend to be programmed to “land’ thinking. In other words.. a phenomenon happens when we come on deck and peer around to see, only water. The mind begins to create a safe environment for us. It sort of ‘fills in the blank’. So those distant clouds may suddenly appear to be far away mountain tops or islands. The distant glow of a long past sunset, has us certain there are surely lights of a town just over the horizon. That sound over the wind is our mother calling for us.. isn’t it?

Yet, after we check the charts, we are assured, there are absolutely no islands or mountains or towns that we can pop over to .. to take a ‘break’. There is no land for hundreds and hundreds and sometimes thousands of miles. This awareness of our own precious floating existence on the wind blown sea, the miles of water that drops below us into the ‘unknown’, can and will ignite even the most conditioned imagination on fire. Suddenly our minds come alive with sea serpents and giant turtles, distant lands and forgotten floating cities that we are sure we can see… glowing just beyond the horizon.. right there…. Just riiiiight there! Don’t you see it?

To give you an example of the extent at which the mind will ‘fill in the blanks”, let me share a personal experience: I was chased down by “pirates” 500 miles off the coast of Nicaragua. (Great starting sentence eh?) I was seeing the glowing red running light of a vessel powered by an engine (yes, there are different lights that tell us bits of information such as what side of the vessel we are seeing, if it is under power and so on) I could see that this vessel was on a direct collision course with us as I was dramatically changing direction to make sure they were “following us” . As I maneuvered port and starboard in an effort to avoid a collision, they also were adjusting course as their light remained at the same triangulated location. At the point I decided I must alert other crew… for my avoidance maneuvers were not working. I then discovered the vessel I was avoiding, was instead, Venus. Yes.. as in Venus… the planet. Apparently, the horizon so clear that the setting planet was a glowing bright red orb, looking exactly like a vessel’s portside running light. That’s right… I had spent almost two hours in dramatic zig zag avoidance maneuvers hundreds of miles out to sea, in an attempt… to avoid a planet. My mind had never experienced a planet-set. A sunset yes.. a planet-set? No. So the mind ‘fills in the blanks’ with what is familiar. Oof.

So I would like to propose a theory.

I shall call it my “Monster’s Inc. Theory”.

For those of you who are not familiar with the witty Pixar animation, Monster’s Inc., here is a wee recap: The premise is that scary monsters were fueling their entire world of Monstropolis from the energy of fear they pull from children as they hide under the bed and behind the curtains. Kids screaming would give them lots of energy to power their entire world. But one child (a cute little girl named Boo.. coincidentally, also my childhood nickname) boldly goes where no little human had before and a story ensues as she befriends a giant blue horned monster with big white teeth lurking in the dark corners in order to capitalize on her fear. The plot twists as a new opportunity was realized because the little girl chose not to be scared but wanted to see the monster and play with him. And we find that the blue scary monster was actually ‘sully’ a big-hearted goofy beast just ‘doing his job’ but apparently had a soft spot for bold little girls. And a new friendship was born. This is when the monster power-plant realized that her laughter contained even more energy than her fear and suddenly the focus became to create laughter instead of fear to power their city. All the monsters were on a new program overnight and the kids saw the monsters as an opportunity for laughter and surprise and love and bliss.

Here come the Monsters…

So as my mind is calculating the realness of the planetary shifts and science that I’ve witnessed, I too saw the problems that the others were seeing. But saying that they feel like problems is an understatement. They were not just ‘problems’ but so terrifying, it was hard to wrap one’s mind around them. Monster problems. If I thought back to the 3 day sail through the trash gyre, or the bird wrapped with fishing line, or the plastic filled beach on the most remote islands on Earth, that I was blessed to be walking barefoot on. If I really thought about it in its entirety, I just don’t think I could function. I could dip my toes into the ‘big-ness’ of it, but I couldn’t truly focus on it all. It was too much. Super scary monsters.

Not only this.. but in many cases, it appeared to me that the largest monsters were so frightening and felt so huge, that many humans had to push it out of their awareness all together. The symptom of this will appear to be apathy.

And the Monsters are created...

As people glance at their phones and are met with: Dolphins hung in nets, the trash gyres pulsing with plastics, Japanese whaling ships, record breaking cyclones and other never seen before climate issues…

It is all so overwhelming, these images had to be pushed to the far corners of the mind, stuffed back into the closets of the psyche only to haunt our dreams or nudge us to recycle the bottle, buy organic when we could and bring our own bags to the grocery… with this feeling of “well… what else could I possibly do? Those monsters in the corners are too big.. don’t look under the bed and close that closet door.”

[(hang in there… only 3 small paragraphs and we save the planet.]

Even our community and government leaders sweep their eyes across their desks, viewing the daunting documents warning of the level of response we need. Giant teeth and eyes staring back at them. For many leaders, they hear a strangled response surfacing through their own tight throats and they hear a familiar voice surfacing. It is their voice that has created ‘enough’ results for decades while ‘caring for the public’ and straddling the divide so re-election is possible. “Afterall, I am doing better than most could do… aren’t I?”. “It is not so easy as just making big changes… what about quality of life??? What about industry? What about campaign promises.. I mean, it is how it has always been.” These justifications appear when the mind shifts to the horizons. It is the mind grasping at what it once knew, and it begins to “fill in the blanks” by creating the distant cities and mountaintops where they have always been. But like voyaging into unknown waters where the ‘usual’ is just is not on the charts. We are far away from the shores we are so familiar with now. Yet the mind wants ‘normal’, and so we create it the best we can. But it is only in our imagination.

So if we agree that the state of the planet are those monsters and by focusing on how scary they are.. we are powering them and their monster city. We are actually empowering them. Because our fear feeds the Monstropolis. And our inability to make the bold moves we need to is also based upon fear. The apathy we see, is the terror and misunderstanding of the monsters.

Of course I could write for days about the different monsters.. the blue one and the green one and the black one and the grey one…. But that would feed the fear, and thus the apparent apathy… and this would just be another article feeding the one in the closet, that has its 4th eye peering at you from between your winter coats.

So, Pixar… what if we learn from you? So far we have learned that MORE energy would be created by laughter and joy… A better way of living and more power was created though unlikely new friendships with the same beasts that were soooo scary before! So my hypothesis is that, if we see the monsters in a new light, then the entire world shifts. This has actually scientifically proven. Laughter, love, joy and compassion all have a higher vibration and create healthier cells, healthier water molecules, and overall healthier biology. It is also scientifically proven that the vibration of us and the vibration of the planet affect each other. We also could talk about how reality is affected and created by what we focus on. And if you haven’t noticed… we are driven primarily by the quest of love and laughter and connection and compassion. The greatest reasons for living has also been proven to be our deep love and connection to others and the world around us. Ask anyone in hospice, facing their own mortality and what is celebrated? It is the love.

So how do we get the monsters to start telling us jokes? How do we make friends with them? How do we get all of humanity to wake up out of the fear locked apathy and make big bold moves that actually create a thriving planet?

Well, we make it fun..

So here is the way we do this. Like in the movie, there are unlikely friendships that can emerge out of getting to know each other and realizing that everyone can get what they want at a vibration of love vs. fear. And there actually will be more power available! Let’s take the monsters out of the closet and let them slide out from under the bed and…

Get ready to fall in love…

What if I told you that what we have been so terrified of has actually been a catalyst for some of the newest and most exciting technologies, projects, programs, products and industries that are ramping up and creating a healthier more beautiful world? What if I told you that all of the solutions to a healthy thriving planet are already in existence? They have been tried and proven. For those of you unaware, the most brilliant minds on the planet have been meeting in garages and conference rooms, creating roadmaps to the most beautiful future. Not only that, but the indigenous who have been holding ancient wisdom and information, are now sharing openly with the world. And it gets better.. There have been gatherings and think tanks and masterminds and gatherings of economists and business leaders and scientists and inventors… artists and engineers and silicon-valley geniuses and tribal elders and many more who have been sharing information across generations and industries and dinner tables. They have been strategically designing solutions .. and then.. wait for it.. wait for it!! They have created business and inventions and technologies and road maps and more. That is right, it is already here. These ideas have already been built and tried and now they are being put in place or are already in place. And more.. MUCH more is on its way in the most profoundly astonishing manner... fit for the movies.

Another cool thing is that the plans are not to return us to fire and whale oil lanterns… It is not about bringing back the horse and buggy or of losing our ability to flick on a light or have clean water flow out of the tap at your home. There are no plans that have people giving up abundance and comforts. Such as clean energy when we flick that switch and the water flowing from our tap is structured and chemical free. All of the plans allow for MORE abundance for MORE people in a way that creates a world where ALL life thrives. The fun thing is that there is nothing to actually be fearful of. Skeptical? That is sneaky fear… and that is also feeding more of what you probably don’t want with a little less umpf. So if we focus on the truth and focus on the solutions that give us amazing jobs, exciting new technologies, entire new industries and healthy thriving ecosystems…. And you feed THAT reality?? Now we are talkin’.

It is true power. Better foods and waters are being created from regenerative farming techniques and they actually will reduce then remove many of the problems facing societies. There will be a great decline in cancer and depression and anxiety and dementia and more. Because these new systems create cleaner environments with less toxins, there will be less disease. More food will be available in each bio-region, with greater nutrition. Diverse landscapes will bring back diverse populations of animals… and the soil becomes healthier and the waters become clean and the fish populations recover with fish that are healthy. New refrigerants are being used and building materials are being smartly adopted and grown regeneratively. We are generating clean fuels within close looped systems that grow organic foods. This already exists. Communities that must respond to climate shifts can do so in a way that allows resilience and new industries to thrive. The sweetest new vehicles are already showing up.. driving on roads that will harness the sun and create energy. Did you know we are creating energy with turbines within city water pipes? This sounds like a futuristic dream, but it is here. And a LOT more. From agriculture to fisheries, politics to educational systems… and from new business structures to the latest in space exploration and beeeyooooonnnnddd.

So what Now?

We just need to ramp it up! Let’s create more power as we shift the circuitry by shifting our relationship to this story. Let our imaginations run free and fill in the blanks with solutions instead of our conditioned programs that want to keep things the same. We are adventuring beyond anything that humanity has ever seen. We are WAY off shore people. We are explorers. This is no longer can be the story of the ‘climate crisis’... This is now the story of how humanity united together and began to rise in the new vibration of technology, re-wilding and innovative planetary solutions. This is OUR story.

So if you are ready to write it… its time.

Please join me.

Let us dance with the Monsters.

And to our dear World Leaders,

For those who have the power to make big bold moves and pour more energy into the solutions that we have tirelessly been creating, congratulations. This is the biggest opportunity in the history of humanity and you were chosen to be in one of the most important positions on the planet. If you are unsure of the roadmap that you need to follow to make the greatest leaps now? Contact me. I will guide you to the greatest counsels of minds on the planet and join us in this dance. If not… you are about to find the people rising on their own and you will just be late to the party. It is best to show up now. It's time.

Brooke Darshana

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