What does "society" mean? Can we as humans live without it? (Can we as humans live with it??) i have been attentively watching what the latest studies on the human brain are finding, to see if they reaffirm the concept that we as humans, are basically a blank sheet (can go either way..... good or… Continue reading What does “society” mean? Can we as humans live without it? (Can we as humans live with it??)
Category: Social Order
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……
A touch of Common Sense…… great medicine for our soul
A touch of Common Sense...... We are all human children, in that we get lost in our minds very easily, and often find it hard to get back out.That is not evidence of some “evil” entity thing going on, there is no boogeyman..... and at the root, there is truly nothing “wrong with us”.Yet, we… Continue reading A touch of Common Sense…… great medicine for our soul
Five Hundred Years of Injustice – The Doctrine of Discovery in U.S. Law
http://ili.nativeweb.org/sdrm_art.html Excerpt:In a country set up to maintain a strict separation of church and state, the Doctrine of Discovery should have long ago been declared unconstitutional because it is based on a prejudicial treatment of Native American people simply because they were not Christians at the time of European arrival. By penalizing Native people on… Continue reading Five Hundred Years of Injustice – The Doctrine of Discovery in U.S. Law
A backlash by western society against spreading Confucianism
Daoism – A summary
A summary of Daoism in China - very interesting for those who are concerned about "what is the basis of a stable, unified, and enduring social order?" Very applicable to our times............. at a time when the central concepts of social order seem to be being shaken. https://asiasociety.org/education/daoism
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
Reality is Dharma 