Wondersense

To completely enjoy any joyful experience, one must not get attached to it. Otherwise, the mind will always be preoccupied with losing it.

Whether it’s in regards to sex or race, here’s the fundamental problem with society’s current drive for equality…the idea that two wrongs make a right.
You don’t fix the “white male privilege” problem by over bombarding people with females or non-white races, no more than you would fix bullying by encouraging the beating up of bullies.
The push for equality seems to have become more about revenge, than about respect for all. If we are to move forward as a species, we have to instill in our youth the idea that all persons have value. But depending on the situation, that value may not be equal…and that is ok. Not all people are capable of running a mile in under 4 minutes. But the opportunity to try doing it, should never be taken away from anyone. That being said, we all can bring some value to this world and how we choose to do it, is purely up to us. And therein lies the problem with today’s current society. It wants to dictate to each of us, that actual value. It’s not about black being better than white or male being better than female. It’s about each having value in their own way. We as a society, need to stop dealing in comparative balancing. Otherwise, we will just continue this current pendulum of inequality.

Balance is not always even. I know this sounds like a contradiction, but it isn’t. What I am referring to is “balance in the moment.” When we look at balance over a very long period of time, it eventually seems to even out. But in the moment, it can seem very un-even. I believe this is because of the rigid restraints we put on balance. We need to let balance be more flexible. Balance can come over time instead of the moment. It can also come via different levels of the consciousness (happiness or depression) or by manifesting itself in different physical ways (health or sickness). And balance needs to more based on quality, rather than quantity. Focusing solely on quality is very limiting. So you see, balance is a very flexible thing. And when we try to force it to be otherwise, we are not letting it manifest itself correctly.

Greed. We’ve all felt it… we’ve all been the recipient of it. But what is the real source of this unhealthy emotion? I think the answer is easy if we look at its opposite… generosity. When one exhibits generosity or kindness, one is considering someone else’s needs over their own. True, one can hide behind “over generosity” because of guilt or lack of self worthiness. But true generosity comes from the heart…from a sense of love. That love can be love for a family member or a close friend. But it can also be a love, for the actual “act” of generosity itself. For some people, kindnesses and generosity are a way of life. One that they have a real genuine love for. And this comes from their sense of abundance. Not an abundance of material things. But an abundance of things of real value. Things (or more specifically…feelings), like love, self-worth and happiness. And it’s the lack of these real things, that creates the foundation for greed. When our thought process begins from this sense of lack, we will always be struggling to fill that void whenever we try to fill it with things of no value (money, house, etc). This is because these things have no real permanent or lasting existence. They are always in short supply and only temporary. So you will constantly be trying to replace them greedily. Instead, what we should be filling that void with, is with what is really needed. And that is the missing feelings of love, self-worth and happiness. By the very nature of their design, these things are always available to us…but only if we so choose to access them. And because they are always available to us…we will always have an abundance to share with others, generously.