OMG.. My feelings exactly !!! These unethical, competitive-mindset world has never understood and appreciated the peaceful, simple, good heartedness of the Krishnas, Christs and the seekliberations of this world and their wives too..
On Nov 23, 2011, at 12:45 PM, "seekliberation" <[email protected]> wrote: > Corporate wars....yes, I remember writing a paper about how America tries to > introduce principles of the Kshatriya class into the Vaisya and Shudra > classes. All it does is stress everyone out in the process of trying to do > and achieve things beyond their own capacity. Unfortunately, competition > isn't just in the business world. My wife just started teaching, and from > what I gather, all the way down to kindergarten children in America our > society is dominated by a competitive mindset. Everyone is always trying to > get 'one up' on each other. Sometimes it's grossly obvious, and in other ways > it's subtle. But the stories I heard from her give every indication to me > that this competitive mindset is a part of our culture, not just our approach > to business. That being the case, my POV is that we need a cultural shift > more so than a policy change. If we induce a policy change or enact laws, the > competitive side in our culture will find a way to work around those policies > anyway. > > This reminds me of a CD I listened to from Alan Watts where he talks about > how making tax laws is the only guarantee that taxing will be unfair. The > moment you make a law, the clever people come out of the woodwork to find > ways to work around that law. Then you make a new law that prevents clever > people from doing that, and they simply refine their approach and design a > way around the new law you just created. > > From everything I read in Vedic literature or any other spiritual scripture, > less evolved people seem to be present and something we all have to deal > with. Even Lord Krishna had to deal with being kidnapped, attempted murder, > lots of hard work, fighting wars, and he even died from an accident by a > hunter (so even God is vulnerable to collateral damage). The situation with > Jesus was quite similar. > > So my interpretation on this is that we should strive to make the world a > better place, but there's no reason to be that upset about the way things are > when even God himself comes here and doesn't necessarily get to live without > the frustration of unethical people. They're always going to be there for us > to deal with. (unless of course we get 7000 Siddhas flying together, in which > case all 6 billion people on Earth will instantly get along harmoniously for > eternity with no more ill intentions ever again). > > seekliberation > > > > And I'm sure you'll find corporate heads that look at running their > > business as like they are in a war. Ever hear of "corporate wars?" > > Just look at Microsoft-Apple-Google for example. Sometimes we have to > > dodge to stay out of the crossfire. > >
