Hysteria and Manipulation

I wonder if anyone remembers the hysteria that resulted over the ozone holes above the poles. It hasn't been that long ago that the ozone holes occupied the same pinnacle of concern that global warming does now.

Did the ozone holes get subsumed by the greater but related issue of global warming?

No, they didn't.

For those who don't remember, the ozone holes were opening up over the poles of earth due to ozone interaction with and subsequent destuction by man-made chemicals in the atmosphere. The holes were getting bigger and the ozone was what protected our delicate skin from damage by the sun's rays that were blocked by ozone.

The hysteria was on, and the world cried out for prohibition on the use of the chemicals that were causing the destuction of the ozone layer over the poles before the holes got so big that us humans were cooked by the unblocked rays, and consequences be damned.

How did we ever survive.

Well. One of the things that was widely known in the scientific community was that ozone was a molecule consisting of three atoms of oxygen. Basically, regular oxygen molecules with an extra oxygen atom thrown in.

And it was also known that ozone was made by regular oxygen being exposed to those very rays that ozone prevented from hitting the surface of the earth.

So. As the ozone holes got bigger, more and more regular oxygen molecules were exposed to the rays that cause an extra oxygen atom to attach to the regular oxygen molecule, creating ozone.

In other words, the problem was self-correcting.

And this information was readily available BEFORE the hysteria began.

Why, then, did so many people become hysterical about it?

Because, it dawned on someone that most people didn't know the above information, and that the idea of dying of exposure to these intractable rays would scare those very same 'most' people.

Those 'someones' ran with the idea.

As we follow our Heaven Path, we will be exposed to ideas that may frighten us.

But if that fright is sufficient to deflect you from fulfilling your Heaven Path, it is in your best interest to take some time and study up on the subject before you start crying out for someone to save you.

This is because, on the one hand, the people that step up to save you are probably not actually interested in saving you, and, on the other hand, you may not actually need saving to begin with.