The Way Forward

Did you notice that we are today playing re-runs of Twilight Zone and some Star Trek episodes? (especially the great Frank Gorshin one)


These two are "enemies" for being "opposites", while their planet has gone "poof" as they were fighting each other. (2)

Western (and now, world) culture operates on the principles of opposition, exploiting differences and selfishness. People project their fears and weaknesses onto others.

My TLDR is that "survival by competition" has moved to "survival by cooperation" and that
• We are all equally human, and our differences are complementary.
• All humans are dignified and equally entitled to happiness. Nobody is any "less" and that our gifts and wealth are magnified when shared, rather than hoarded. Hoarding itself brings unhappiness because someone else can always hoard more.
• The greatest wealth is "enough".
• For crying out loud, treat others as you would want to be treated.

You can probably guess where I'm coming from.
People mouth these words but don't put them into practice.
I am with a group of what might be called "street Buddhists", very focused on breaking the cycle of division and inequality, though ANYONE who practices these principles (given here in condensed form) will make the world a better, safer and happier place one person at a time. That's how it happens until a tipping point is reached when society (and societies) turn against nationalism, racism, misogyny and the like, because

• We are all equal as humans and we are all different.
• There is no "resting place" as long as others are in danger or need.
• The notions of happiness that society dumps on us fail by design (extreme wealth, glitter, power over others, trophy spouses ... you get the idea) so we can spend like crazy to catch an unattainable goal and by doing so contribute to some exploiter's extreme wealth, glitter, power over others, and trophy spouses (one or eight or however many) (1)

Peace 🪷

(1) Money, Sex, War, Karma. By David Loy. Free introduction (pd) from the author.
https://www.davidloy.org/downloads/Loy-Money_Sex_War_Karma_Introduction.pdf

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