Reflections on Peace, Philosophy, and Life
The image that keeps occurring to me to describe the current situation is the world, is that of the ship "Titanic". The world is the ship, and it's slowly sinking; meanwhile - because there is no competent captain - the passengers are squabbling amongst themselves, as to which cabin they have and what the furnishings should be and who can be where. The crew, that is there, is trying frantically to warn the passengers and trying to slap patches on the multiple leaks, but nobody is listening because they are too busy squabbling.
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The image used includes the following description:
Memento Mori mosaic from excavations in the convent of San Gregorio, Via Appia, Rome, Italy. Now in the National Museum Bath of Diocletian, Rome, Italy. The Greek motto gnōthi sauton (know thyself, nosce te ipsum) combines with the image to convey the famous warning: Respice post te; hominem te esse memento; memento mori. (Look behind; remember that you are mortal; remember death.)
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There is so much bad news about our environment available. Nobody can escape it. From the devastating heating up of the environment as seen by heatwaves everywhere - even the permafrost is melting - to the endless numbers of species which have died out, to the devastating wars, the endless misery of refugees and starvation of millions - even the rich UK has an increase in children with malnutrition - and the homeless and poor everywhere. On top of that, the most fundamental sources of food we have are poisoned through the crap we put in the water and ground. Even the air is poisoned.
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... as thyself. A version of the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. First found in the Old Testament. Jesus tells the parable of the Good Samaritan to illustrate this commandment.
Often quoted, not lived often enough, sadly!
What does it mean to me? Who is my neighbour? Is it really just the persons living in proximity to me?
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Prem Rawat likes to tell the story of the two wolves.
"In a village far away, a boy was puzzled by the behaviour of the villagers and went to the chief and asked if he could ask him a question. The chief said, 'go ahead, what's on your mind?'. The boy said, he was puzzled because he'd observed that some of the people sometimes did good things and sometimes the same people did bad things. So how come? The chief explained, that everybody had a good wolf and a bad wolf inside them, so sometimes they did good things, and sometimes they did bad things. The boy thought about this and then asked the chief, 'So which wolf wins?'. The chief simply replied: 'the one you feed wins'."
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