Unity
Recently I received an e-mail complaining about our current state of affairs concerning health care reform. The e-mail devolved into a general rant about our government and suggested that if things didn’t go the way they want it, then revolt would be the solution.
While I find politics interesting, I have always felt that less government is ideal. In the Daodejing, it is said:
“If you want to be a great leader, you must learn to follow the Tao. Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts and the world will govern itself. The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be. The more subsidies you have, the less self-reliant people will be.
Therefore, the Master says: I let go of the law and people become honest. I let go of economics and people become prosperous. I let go of religion, and people become serene. I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes common as grass.”
Although I do not consider myself to be a political activist (mainly because I see politics as it is today to be a symptom of our societal ills, not a solution to it), I am prone from time to time to make comment on the subject. What follows is my response.
Science, Religion, Faith and Happiness
A friend and I were discussing religions (as I had been reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins), and he, like Richard, sees religion as nothing more than superstition formed by lack of knowing the real truth, which is science.
Throughout history, our religions have changed and adapted as our awareness and understandings also changed. We have gone from worshiping the sun and moon and seasons to worshiping beings that control the sun and moon and seasons. We have had pantheons that oversee almost every detail in our lives to singular omniscient deities that are seen as eternal parental figures.
The Traditional Victim
A person I know was upset today because their supervisor at their job was disciplining them on their performance. They were angry. They felt they were being wronged. They could not understand why they were being picked on. They repeatedly shifted the blame for their misfortunes onto their supervisor. I listened patiently, as one who really has no influence in such a situation can.
Selling is Part of Life
Trying to live my life in balance, I encourage myself not to categorize my experiences. This is a difficult choice, especially since my career has been sales for over a decade. I have to keep in check the desire to press what I want others to buy from me and the impression that I can judge in advance what others want from me with being open and simply listening to them tell me what they want.
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