Reflections on Peace, Philosophy, and Life
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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Listening to the news - not always the most helpful activity - I'm reminded of something my friend Jon said in the 70s: "The only good things in the world are atomic weapons and cancer." A bit drastic, don't you think? Why would anyone say such a thing?
Isn't it obvious? The current display of human behaviour (and when was it different?) truly suggests that humankind is superfluous to creation, and Jon's comment merely states that we are busy killing ourselves and these items can speed up the process.
My own version of that statement was: "Life is hard, and then you die!" And for many people, that just about sums up their experience of being alive.
Is there any point in living? It doesn't seem to be the case, does it? Should we commit suicide and get it over and done with? Or just carry on to the bitter end?
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