Spiritual disciplines from around the world have for millennia stressed the importance of the messages we say both to ourselves and to each other. Our societies have known for millennia that the messages we tell ourselves and each other are a primary determinant in the world we will achieve…
Spiritual disciplines from around the world have for millennia stressed the importance of the messages we say both to ourselves and to each other. Our societies have known for millennia that the messages we tell ourselves and each other are a primary determinant in the world we will achieve for ourselves, and the communities we will make for ourselves.
Do we want communities where people are genuinely caring and compassionate? We need to propagate messages of genuine caring and compassion.
Are we doing this now, broadly speaking? I am of the belief that we are not, or least are not often enough.
We can change the world we make for ourselves, if we are willing to begin by changing our messages.
The problem is that fear sells and fear controls. So we are fighting a battle against those who want to sell and control at any cost. But we must still fight and truth is powerful in the right hands.
Fear sells and controls in the absence of alternatives.
We are fighting a war—not a battle—against those who want to control by fear. Of that there is no doubt.
Still, even fear can only go so far, and fear based on lies and propaganda cannot even go that far.
Hope and Truth have the advantage of time.
When we draw people in with hope, we never need worry about what they will think or what they might do—we have already secured the cooperation of their best selves.
When we give people hope by telling them the truth, we need never worry about being contradicted. The truth can always stand on its own.
Fear is a powerful instrument of control, but we can counter fear by giving people reasons to hope and awareness of the truth.
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Truly everything that's old is new again!
Spiritual disciplines from around the world have for millennia stressed the importance of the messages we say both to ourselves and to each other. Our societies have known for millennia that the messages we tell ourselves and each other are a primary determinant in the world we will achieve for ourselves, and the communities we will make for ourselves.
Do we want communities where people are genuinely caring and compassionate? We need to propagate messages of genuine caring and compassion.
Are we doing this now, broadly speaking? I am of the belief that we are not, or least are not often enough.
We can change the world we make for ourselves, if we are willing to begin by changing our messages.
The problem is that fear sells and fear controls. So we are fighting a battle against those who want to sell and control at any cost. But we must still fight and truth is powerful in the right hands.
Fear sells and controls in the absence of alternatives.
We are fighting a war—not a battle—against those who want to control by fear. Of that there is no doubt.
Still, even fear can only go so far, and fear based on lies and propaganda cannot even go that far.
Hope and Truth have the advantage of time.
When we draw people in with hope, we never need worry about what they will think or what they might do—we have already secured the cooperation of their best selves.
When we give people hope by telling them the truth, we need never worry about being contradicted. The truth can always stand on its own.
Fear is a powerful instrument of control, but we can counter fear by giving people reasons to hope and awareness of the truth.