Individual Rights vs Functional Society I start with this quote, because it speaks of a downward spiral from humans living ethically in society, to living by our animal instincts. So we could say that human society is at the top end of this, and animal instincts are at the bottom.This quote form Dostoevsky rings bells… Continue reading What does it mean to be a human in society ?
Category: A New Society
A new framework for Democracy
"If we wish to live in a multi-cultural, multi-belief system, multi-ideology society,perhaps our leadership model needs to change to reflect all the various groups being given a representative to vote for them, instead of a one leader, multi-party system? i.e. A Council coming to multi-partisan decisions. It might help to stop us from the tendency… Continue reading A new framework for Democracy
Extremism vs. World Peace
"Until we learn that this one awesome, experience-able, but beyond human comprehension Reality, viewed from myriad perspectives, is what we are ALL pointing at, we will suffer from the extremist divisions we have faced throughout history." Everyone should have their own views. That is very healthy to use ones own 5 sense and mind, to… Continue reading Extremism vs. World Peace
Natural Law and Societal Law
i have been struggling for quite some time with the question of how a set of laws could be set up that could govern all of humankind justly and fairly. Natural Law which governs all living beings, must be tempered with the social concepts which have been evolved by humankind. There is no question that… Continue reading Natural Law and Societal Law
A Rant on how messed up things are…..
Ranting..... Have to ask myself this bunch of silly questions..... "Should we turn over the money changers tables?? "This is a cry for individual responsibility and autonomy............ started out asking these questions many moons ago, and still don't have a good answer after all these years ...... (well maybe we do have the answers, but… Continue reading A Rant on how messed up things are…..
Oceanic Awareness as the Source of All
Early on, in Greek thought and Oriental thought (Indian thought was a bit more complex), humans thought atoms were the smallest thing that existed (the word in several languages means or suggests "indivisible"). In the last century, we have moved through a number of deeper levels to smaller and smaller particles. In those early days… Continue reading Oceanic Awareness as the Source of All
A Society Catch 22……
i am asking myself, after seeing a news item that said "Our discarded COVID19 masks are now harmful for the environment", and while i see the point of this, i wonder, "What is the base guideline of how to define "important" in our society?" How do we gauge what is more important and less important?… Continue reading A Society Catch 22……
Confucius – a summary
Speaking of social stability - Confucius is central.... These summaries are really worth the read!Excerpt: "It is also what a Chinese sociologist called a "diffused religion"; its institutions were not a separate church, but those of society, family, school, and state; its priests were not separate liturgical specialists, but parents, teachers, and officials. Confucianism was… Continue reading Confucius – a summary
Bee Colony – Model of Society – Part 1
Day after day... The same old question..... Since I was a lad. What is the reason for living... life seems so vain. A person, a body, on a point in space... not enough for a twinkle when its life ends and returns to the void. Civilizations erased from the universes mind, not to mention humankind… Continue reading Bee Colony – Model of Society – Part 1
Reality is Dharma 