It’s inevitable that we strive for improvement, growth of virtues, adaptation to changes in the environment, positive impact in our immediate surrounding and by acting positively all around us we better our society in general and ultimately the civilization. Deep within our psyche we balance all virtues and faults trying to achieve some sort of an equilibrium, and what emerges at the surface is kindness, empathy, tolerance and understanding; all of them together underlying fundamentals of the niche that is us. And only then we can stand tall and proudly craft a promising future. It’s as simple as that, this is written in our genetic code.
Our tomorrows are intertwined with many challenges. Our egos are a big part of this, they need to be removed from the equation. There are so many of us, we must think in plural. Our growth in numbers, our different cultures and religions, they’re a marvelous blessing an enrichment of our values, not a curse or a reason to drive ourselves into mists of oblivion. Ego is not only lack of knowledge, is also lack of understanding. All voices are present in this symphony of mankind, we need to learn to listen, not just speak. Each and everyone of is a part of everyone else, we’re never alone… so, why ego?
The building block of capitalism is our nature of consumerism, bit by bit influencing every aspect of our lives, and gradually transforming into greed, envy, intolerance, aggression, emphasizing an expanding division and volatility. Utilization of economic goods creates false pretenses of happiness, satisfaction, fulfillment and joy. This is a mechanism which exploits our need for more, greed as an input, and more greed as an output; a marketing ploy abusing the positive cybernetic feedback. The need to consume, just to consume. It’s not only an apparent destruction of our core values, but it’s destructive on the environment, degrading ecological systems, hurting the planet.
And this stands as a sacrilege to our senses, an offense to our build, it’s opposite to our nature. With modesty, moderate consumerism based on necessity, peaceful acceptance of outcomes, achievement of inner tranquility, we understand our soul better, thus creating a path based not only on ambition, but also on improvement, evolution and growth. Our society is democracy, not capitalism.
We say that if life is a deep sleep, then love is the dream. So, love more?
