Our Moral Landscape

There isn’t only one way to be moral. Just as there are many ways to be physically and mentally healthy, there are many ways to be physically and mentally unhealthy. An everyday observer would agree that the world is not inherently fair, while everyone assumes that they’re moral – but our morals are suspect.

Morals are an internal compass that guides a person to distinguish between right and wrong, or good and bad – behaviours that cause suffering and behaviours that eliminate it.

Morals are right conduct. They aren’t just thoughts and actions; they are the motives behind those actions. When we start talking, are we trying to benefit from the conversation? If we adhere to moral honesty, we tell the truth – even when it’s inconvenient – because we value the integrity of the social bond over our own short-term gain.

For this, we need wisdom. Wisdom should govern our moral landscape and, for wisdom to come to the fore, we must have empathy in order to be compassionate.

Morals are not what we believe. If they’re are about what we like and dislike, we’re merely building a landscape that makes us feel comfortable.

In pure consciousness, there is no I, and no other. There is just the situation, which we examine. Meditation is the clarifying tool for pure observation to take place through a clear lens.

Humans are a work in progress;
we shouldn’t assume.