Perhaps the following quote from Einstein might state, better than I can, the merits of my constant harping about LOVE and Brotherhood. He says 'Perfection of means and confusion of goals, seem to characterize our age. If we desire sincerely and passionately the safety, the welfare and the free development of the talents of all men, we shall not be in want of the means to approach such a state. The little snipettes or illustrations from my personal life or history show the many techniques and problems we all impose on each other and ourselves. It is possible that I have integrated some psychology into history and applied critical thought or perspectives to evaluate the society of this current age in a little unique way for some. I do not know, for sure! However, I do know this - I am trying to be honest and loving in a constructive way while holding THEM in the light! Here is a particularly light-filled person who I regard with the highest respect talking with another person of perspicacity. From the book 'Questioning Krishnamurti' (1996) and the section 'What Future Does Man Have?' we see David Bohm FRS talking to Krishna, as Joseph Campbell and his friends called him before his death. Please complete the last sentence in as many ways as you can. "DB: Well, perhaps we could bring it out still more. That is, thought is limited, even though there is a very strong predisposition, feeling, tendency, to feel that thought can do anything. K: But it can't. See what it has done in the world! DB: Well, I agree that it has done some terrible things but that doesn't prove that it is always wrong. You see, maybe you could always blame that on people who have used it wrongly. K: I know, that is a good old trick! But thought in itself is limited, therefore whatever it does is limited. DB: And you are saying it is limited in a very serious way. K: That's right, in a very, very serious way. DB: Well, could we bring that out, and say what way that is? K: That way is what is happening in the world. The totalitarian ideals are the invention of thought. DB: Yes, we could say that the very word 'totalitarian' means they wanted to cover the totality but they couldn't - and the thing collapsed. K: It is collapsing. DB: But then there are those who say they are not totalitarians. K: But the thinking of the democrats, the republicans and the idealists and so on is also limited. DB: Yes, limited in a way that is... K: very destructive. DB: that is very serious and destructive. Now in what way could we bring that out? You see, I could say, 'OK, my thought is limited but this may not be all that serious.' Why is it so important? K: That is fairly simple: because whatever action is born of limited thought must inevitably breed conflict. Dividing humanity geographically into nationalities and dividing humanity religiously and so on has created havoc in the world. DB: Yes, let's connect that with the limitation of thought. That is, my knowledge is limited. Now how does that lead me to divide the world? K: Aren't we seeking security? We thought there was security in the family, security in the tribe, security in nationalism. So we thought there was security in division. DB: Yes, that seems to be how it has come out: take the tribe, for example; one may feel insecure and then say, 'with the tribe I am." I LOVE Krishnamurti! Einstein would agree the divisions are dangerous too. That is why he recommended an International Police Force and the end to all standing armies. It was his life's greatest purpose, which is saying a lot considering all his thoughtful contributions of heart and soul. We need more than ever to register and regulate with true transparency the technological and religious techniques that hold so many in their grasp or provide so much opportunity for power-hungry people to enslave even more of our souls. The alienated humans who mistakenly believe they are in higher echelons of power disparage those who never were so cursed as to wish their fellow man such evil. |