On 21 Aug, 13:55, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
> The idea that humility is the basis of grace is, I think, wonderful.
> I have personally known several public officials who have taken a
> great deal of flack and criticism over the years, yet know them to be
> humble, loving people with empathy for others central to their
> actions. I wonder at the nature of our need for criticism, perhaps it
> is driven, as you suggest, from occult low self esteem. Roger Ebert,
> the movie critic, is one I have watched over the years and enjoyed
> even though he can be caustic and bend toward the popular at times.
> Because of a recent bout with throat cancer, he continues his work as
> a writer with a wonderful blog. He posted recently that very few
> people under 50 read the movie reviews and it is becoming a dying
> trade. It got me to thinking who wonderful life might be without
> critics - which of course, does not include integrated discernment and
> positive feedback. That everybody wins spirit can be hard to find.
>
It's hard to find because it's not imbued into us as children. If
we taught that we are all in this together and were shown through
example how we all can benefit, it would be a lot easier to find.
Rather, we're taught how to compete and beat each other; so we grow up
and fight and kill one another. Garbage in, garbage out. If we are
to make that next evolutionary leap, we need to understand some home
truths, but those truths upset the paradigm of fat and happy cats and
those cats were taught to perceive others as competitors rather than
brethren.
> On Aug 21, 7:41 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > 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'.-
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