We all contribute, probably, to the Middle East
problems or pollution problems (coal for electricity).
Now some places get their electricity from water, but
what of the products we buy. How and where were they
made? Marsha, by being open-minded, ready and alert
to change (dq), then our effort is for change. When
change is available and the intellect for change is
kept alive, then when change happens - we go for it.
Now, if none of these open-minded readiness traits are
sharpened, then this is the degenerative side to
betterness. How does open-minded readiness spread?
How do we control the pace of this distribution?
woods,
SA
[Marsha]
> I'd like to bring into this conversation a personal
> dilemma. What do
> you do when a person, people, or a country you care
> about seem to be
> behaving badly? What do you do?
>
> My mother, who is 84, is a coal-miner's daughter,
> and was brought up
> in Detroit. She and my stepfather are now
> reasonably comfortable and
> retired in Florida. They recently came into a
> little money. My
> mother insisted on getting herself a Cadillac (gas
> guzzler). I am
> beside myself because I think that she is clueless.
> I can see this
> purchase as adding to our environmental problems,
> and contributing to
> George Bush, Bin Laden and the endless killing of
> innocent people in
> the MiddleEast. She sees this as a little bit of
> happiness. I think
> if everybody is clueless we are doomed.
>
> So what do you do when a person, people, or a
> country you care about
> seem to be behaving badly? What do you do when
> reason doesn't seem
> to be working. I think a Buddhist might say to act
> responsibly
> yourself, and chop wood & carry water. But I'm not
> a Buddhist, so I
> could be wrong. And of course there are the actions
> I am blindly
> performing myself that also add to the problems. I
> mentioned the
> MIddleEast and the environment, but there are other
> ways of defining
> the problem. And when I start looking at them, the
> problems change
> and grow exponentially. HELP!
>
> BTW, to care about a person, people or a country is
> attachment.
>
> I bring up this particular situation because it
> offers a way to see
> many different perspectives. Can it be untangled.
>
>
> Marsha
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