Insidious Activity

I hesitate in putting this on, but feel that people are being abused all over the world. Although we may be spiritually inclined we cannot ignore material matters…

 It’s important as Dharma students to know the world in which we live. Dharma is not just about sitting on our cushions, feeling nice about ourselves. People suffer through their ignorance of their true nature, but they are also suffer through actions of others that are meant to confuse.

 Of course, there are many who sincerely work for the benefit of others, but just look at history and the world we live in now. Does the world look right to you? Consider this:

 Rules of government.

1. Chaos creates confusion.

2. Confusion creates reaction

3.  Reaction creates control

4.  Control creates power

5.  Power creates money.

6.  Money creates poverty for others.

7. Poverty creates chaos…

Rules governments do not want.

1.  ‘Common’ sense…something that everyone understands.

What if things are not meant to work properly? What if governments are meant to move to the left and right, so that each has someone else to blame? They take turns!

 Of course, governments do not make money…corporations do. Corporations lobby, and as a result, politicians find themselves in lucrative jobs for retirement. Once you have joined this elite club, you get a piece of the action…tax payers’ money.

Governments create something or someone to blame. They use the Hegelian Dialectic: problem, reaction, solution. They create the problem with the help of the media, wait for a reaction, and then produce a solution – which was the original intention. Profit from chaos.

All we have to do is be aware of what could be going on. We have a choice of conclusions: either this is insidious manipulation, or it’s “just life”.

Being spiritually aware does not mean that we ignore what is happening to our brothers and sisters.
Common sense is what we all have in common, kindness, love, empathy and compassion.