Sunday, August 9, 2009
* Taking Whole
Taking a company whole is superior
Destroying it is inferior to this.
Lao Tzu
He did it again. He likes to be the center of attention. He is the night dancer
dressed in dried banana leaves with body powered in white ashes. Each time the
world has to react to him. In less than three months: those mad Jaluos, Acoli
MPs are in cahoots with a nascent armed rebel group, and now this. He pushes
the envelop of some wacko notions only his head can conjure, and people react,
to which he does the familiar foxtrot dance. It doesn’t matter what the
idea—only that it benefits his cause—which is his personal interests.
In the wisdom of ancient China, this is not the Way of a sage general. It is
not “taking whole.” Taking Whole is premised on the inevitability of conflict
as the human condition and the interdependent of the universe. It is achieving
victory with minimum bad blood. It portends a transcendent view, practice and
action. It is synchronization of the heavens, earth and sentient beings for
harmony that leads to progress and prosperity.
In Iraq there was no real victory because there was no Taking Whole. The
wholesale dismissal of the Baath establishment ensured the continual quagmire
and loss of lives. When the whole wasn’t taken in the settlements in
Versailles, it spawned the white man’s second world war. Millions perished. It
was also the root of the Iraq problem as the winners divided the lands of
lesser being s aamong themselves. On the other hand, the rebuilding of the axis
countries was taking whole that gave unprecedented period of overall peace and
human progress.
Taking whole is about enlightened leadership. The president is the Mind of the
nation. If he is crafty, the people will be devious. He should be farsighted
and appreciate the interconnectedness in the affairs of the nation. The latest
contemptuous attempt at having only the indigenous natives of Bunyoro
contesting for national elective offices in their respective locales is yet one
among a series of snafus and unskillful acts. Another person would have handled
the British Banyoro compensation moneys , if any, with finesse to the
satisfaction of all concerned. But not our man—Mr. Museveni will screw this
thing up. He will open up several fronts of weeping, anger and resentment with
unpredictable consequences
Odiya
Harm No One
Odiyatalks
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