Yes. I guess I am inspired by that photo of the yoga practitioners, in their higher-level-of-consciousness glory, to simply state that if you can't sit with and acknowledge that you are a human like all others-- in Thich Nhat Hanh's unforgettable words, the refugee girl and the sea pirate; the child in Uganda and the arms merchant-- you are going to act with unbearable, stupid cruelty. And you're not going to be able to see it. You're going to look at that picture of the masked schoolchildren and think the problem is that they weren't wearing N95s.
As soon as someone says we must <Verb> for <Collective Noun> the likelihood you are being hustled is about 99.9% and the likelihood they are sincere is about 0.01%. Make of that what you will, but sincere or not, you will most likely suffer.
I think C.S. Lewis said it best,
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
I wish I knew all about hacking so I could hack into Klaus Schwab's Swiss bank account and redistribute his wealth to those at the bottom of the ladder leaving just a note on his bank balance saying ' You will own nothing, you will be happy'.
Yes. I guess I am inspired by that photo of the yoga practitioners, in their higher-level-of-consciousness glory, to simply state that if you can't sit with and acknowledge that you are a human like all others-- in Thich Nhat Hanh's unforgettable words, the refugee girl and the sea pirate; the child in Uganda and the arms merchant-- you are going to act with unbearable, stupid cruelty. And you're not going to be able to see it. You're going to look at that picture of the masked schoolchildren and think the problem is that they weren't wearing N95s.
As soon as someone says we must <Verb> for <Collective Noun> the likelihood you are being hustled is about 99.9% and the likelihood they are sincere is about 0.01%. Make of that what you will, but sincere or not, you will most likely suffer.
I think C.S. Lewis said it best,
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
Truth. And I don't know what to say.
I wish I knew all about hacking so I could hack into Klaus Schwab's Swiss bank account and redistribute his wealth to those at the bottom of the ladder leaving just a note on his bank balance saying ' You will own nothing, you will be happy'.
Great post, but, for me, was overshadowed by the adorable dog face stuck between the sheep. 🤗
I was thinking exactly the same!
He (?) looks so happy! 🤗