Had a fun dream that I was going to a friend of Linh's wedding on a Friday and skipping work to go. It turned out it wasn't well planned but the property we were going to was huge with a gigantic rope swing set (not sure what city we were in, but didn't feel like San Diego, felt more like Spain/Italy with narrow streets and steep turns). I swung on the rope which was part of a large wooden framed jungle-gym with swings and posts to swing between.
I vividly remember swinging so high and fast that I was nearly worried my grip would hold no more. Practically zero-gravity sensation of free-fall. Whoa.
And I packed my clothes for the wedding (related to my thoughts of moving out from Linh the day before?) but forgot my underwear or something. The two guys Linh got us to carpool with (she went with someone else or something, not clear about that though) turned out to be gay but wasn't an issue till the guy started advancing toward me in the backseat. Just talking but I had to dismiss him.
I'll think of more later but nothing extraordinarily bizarre or sensationally meaningful that I can recall besides the amusing aspects of experiencing what it is to be the graceful apes that we are.
Friday, July 26, 2013
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
The Golden Rule Is Not Enough
More to discuss on this matter, so if you're interested in "fixing" the world, read on and check back later.
If the Golden Rule states (in Classical/Victorian English vernacular) : "Do unto others as you would have done to you," and if this rule is valued as gold, well, there are some questions that must be asked regarding why the rule hasn't provided salvation from fear, distrust, and harm.
People obviously will spend a lot of time, effort and money to acquire gold, and the USA's and global economic system depends on this value, so why isn't society system of moral and ethical treatment of each other able to hold the same standard? The gold standard for economics essentially places relative value, prices, on EVERYTHING with respect to an exchange of it for gold. A social standard for behavior and interaction should be based on everyone treating each other with equal dignity and respect, but we fail to do so and hence do not consider all human beings equal.
Where is the breakdown? The Gold Rule must be reminded in every situation/interaction, and consequences for breaking the rule are shame and retaliation (by penalty or penal detention). I seek to dig deeper into the psychology if it always comes down, ultimately, to a decision by a human being.
How do we treat ourselves, if this is the basis for treating others? Apparently, not well. Why don't we treat ourselves with utmost dignity and self-respect? These questions must be understood and answered in order to solve issues big and small, because they are the same issues, that plague the world with fear, distrust, and harm to one another, and another.
If the Golden Rule states (in Classical/Victorian English vernacular) : "Do unto others as you would have done to you," and if this rule is valued as gold, well, there are some questions that must be asked regarding why the rule hasn't provided salvation from fear, distrust, and harm.
People obviously will spend a lot of time, effort and money to acquire gold, and the USA's and global economic system depends on this value, so why isn't society system of moral and ethical treatment of each other able to hold the same standard? The gold standard for economics essentially places relative value, prices, on EVERYTHING with respect to an exchange of it for gold. A social standard for behavior and interaction should be based on everyone treating each other with equal dignity and respect, but we fail to do so and hence do not consider all human beings equal.
Where is the breakdown? The Gold Rule must be reminded in every situation/interaction, and consequences for breaking the rule are shame and retaliation (by penalty or penal detention). I seek to dig deeper into the psychology if it always comes down, ultimately, to a decision by a human being.
How do we treat ourselves, if this is the basis for treating others? Apparently, not well. Why don't we treat ourselves with utmost dignity and self-respect? These questions must be understood and answered in order to solve issues big and small, because they are the same issues, that plague the world with fear, distrust, and harm to one another, and another.
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