On 21 Aug, 12:41, Pat <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 21 Aug, 12:05, Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On the way to work this moring I was pondering over a thing with the
> > intent of bringing it up here. Then of course I got into work and
> > promptly forgot all about it.
>
> > However when Pat said this:
>
> > 'The history of our world is littered with good 'bad examples', yet we
> > never see them as such and, so, are doomed to repeat them until we
> > sort out our perspectives.'
>
> > In the 'What is fair?' thread, it brought it all back to me, so first
> > off, cheers for that Pat.
>
> No worries. Synchronicity is a speciality of mine. ;-)
>
> > Our history is rich with examples of one culture or one religoin
> > invadeing the terriotory of another country in order to bring their
> > own form of 'order' to that place. Think British Empire, think
> > crusades, think Tibet.
>
> > So is this ethicaly sound, and is there then any differance between
> > these examples and our troops in Afganistan?
>
> The main difference is time. The TRUTH is that we're all in this
> (world) together and it would behoove us (all!) if we 'grew up' and
> realised that. Some people view their desires as more important than
> those of others. So, rather than trying to seek out a way for all
> parties' desires to be striven for, those with a technological
> advantage, step on those without it and force their desires on the
> others without consideration (might makes right). This is done by
> selfish/self-important, callous individuals who MAY also have a form
> of occult low self esteem veiled by an outward projection of arrogance
> (usually seen by others as false or baseless arrogance). A good dose
> of empathy is the cure, but, unfortunately, it doesn't come in a
> tablet, capsule or injectible form. Rather, it requires humility,
> which to the individual with an occult low self esteem, appears to be
> too big of a price to pay, as it requires themselves to humble
> themselves when they would rather be seen as 'on high'. It was to
> this way of thinking that Jesus appealed to us by saying, "...those
> who would be last will be first and the first last". Thus the true
> servant of God is a servant to all humanity, rather than attempting to
> be the Lord of all humanity. It is for this reason that Islam
> endeavours to instruct its adherents to be 'slaves of Allah', i.e.,
> servants of God. The term 'slave of Allah' is intended to be a great
> compliment, but many non-Muslims don't understand it and take offense
> at the term 'slave', not realising its intention as 'willing servant'.
We are told a similar thing in Sikhi Pat. We should endevour to hand
our heads to Guru ji.
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