"You should do more to change the world"

“You should do more to change the world,”
they say. And then they stress the tremendous
urgency of the needs in the world, offer
inspirational stories of activist heroes, provide
steps for getting involved, throw in a Gandhi
quote and assure you that you too can make a
difference.

They would be right.

But maybe there are other paths to change.
Paths that start from a deeper, less strained,
place.

For depth and a certain calm will be
required if we are to navigate the complexities
of what is commonly called – for lack of a
term with fewer bandannas or placards in its
baggage – activism.

Comment

1. To suffer is to be Christian, the good die young, no good deed goes unpunished. All are expressions of frustation or mascochistic matrydom in dealing with conflicts in everyday day life. This is a common theme in all religions. Budhaists believe meditating into a state of nothingness is enlightenment as to live is to suffer. The battle between good and evil is easy to find in every day lfe if you go looking for it. For example minor corruption exemplified by the statement “I’ll be retired by the time that problem arises”. If one looks at the issue as black and white and stands their ground dogmatically, the friction will ignite you like an meterotite entering the atmosphere. One has to pick their fights and think stategically instead of tactically. Do not ignore the tactical. Analogies such as “death by a thousand cuts” or “war of attrition” come to mind. Unfortunately, if not black and white then a grey zone exists. Some have a good moral compass and can navigate in the grey zone, many others do not and become lost and are unable to find their way back to the light of the good side. One must be a shepherd for these unlucky souls who were seduced by the siren wail of the grey zone. I am no angel, I go around through or over red tape to get things done. I don’t enjoy it, I am just results driven. I prefer to change the rules and procedures that force me to operate in the grey zone. That is the strategic goal to fight to minimize the size of the grey zone as their are others fighting to increase the size of the gray zone where they gleefully operate and exploit the lost souls that we should be shepherding. Regulation is not inherently bad. I embrace and support good regulation. Bad regulation supports the growth of the grey zone. For example the deregulation of the finacial industry through the “Securities Modernization Act” which created Enron and the current international currency systems failure. It is not a coincident that the the prophets of Christianity and Islam both stood their ground against the money traders of their day.

   — mike jacobs · Dec 21, 11:36 PM · #

2. i could not find the guidelines for the sermons…pls help…

   — jake buhler · Feb 5, 11:56 PM · #

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