Dan, I loved Angela's answer. Classy and top notch.
I remember once a Woman, a teacher, I knew told me I was responsible for everything that happened in my life. I thought no, that isn't true. We argued in circles for days. Then I realized that she was correct. The example that broke me was a car accident.
She said. Imagine you are driving down the interstate, I-15 at the time as I was living in Utah, and imagine a car slams into the back of me. She said, you are responsible. I was aghast, no way, it was his "fault". She said, it wasn't about fault and it wasn't about blame it was about responsibility. She asked me if I knew that there was a possibility of getting in a wreck when I drove, I said yes, she asked if I knew I could get hit and no fault of my own, again I said yes. Then she asked how I could drive on a road knowing that I was at risk and not take responsibility for what happens. It sizzled my brain. I was responsible because I knew there was a possibility of an accident, my fault or not, and yet I "CHOSE" to drive anyway.
My Motto now is "I am responsible". Funny this came up today as I was just thinking about it yesterday. Wonderful how the mind finds these thihngs when it needs them.
Now, The environment and Toxic oceans.
Do you know that many products you buy may or may not cause toxins and effect the ocean?
Do you purchase them knowing that possibly the company that made them outsourced to some other country because there are less restrictions and those other countries might allow waste to be dumped into the ocean?
You can take it from here...
I don't know what SR and the Global Consciousness thingy is, it sounds like a way to put off blame to the whole instead of the part.
Another way to escape or rationalize maybe...