I have come about an understanding about the absolute purpose of our being and I think it’s not ambition but an aspiration. But if it is an aspiration what could be the absolute aspiration? Clearly the pharaoh must have taught his people to aspire to a position in his court. His method must have been a reward for serving him. But what service did he put his society to? It was the building of the Pyramids. Now the pyramids like all his other social projects were aggrandizement meant for him. And with the pharaoh at the top and his workers at the bottom another structure was created which was the hierarchy of society. Interestingly this entire society was put to one goal only: aggrandizement. Aggrandizement of any kind is inherently fleeting. For example if we aggrandize money it will get used up and disappear. If we aggrandize a seat of power sooner or later it will also disappear. Hence neither aggrandizement serving ourselves nor for another can be the highest we can aspire for. In fa
Interesting certainly, accurate? I doubt!
ReplyDeleteWell some of it may be accurate perception from people like Carl Sagan, a kindly scientist-writer who definitely yearned for peace. My daughter has loved his science fiction. So, although he was not a believer in God, such as we may hold together here, there's something to look at in many of his writings and messages - at least for our American/European/Western empires, no? (Oh and by the way, there's a possibility the first planet ever besides our earth capable of supporting life as we know it may have just been discovered this past week.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I'm baffled to say least that the nations who once claimed to follow one they called "prince of peace" are so far from such an achievement yet continue to provoke so much war and destruction of the earth. Again and again I want to shout "Stop such bloodshed and chaos! I wonder who will be the leaders of peace and renewal of the earth in the years ahead?
There is a person that put the issue of success vs.failure into a very practical perspective.
ReplyDeleteAnd a saying of the Prophet (Saw) puts it very well. The saying is "all action is judged by intention". And to me it corroborates his statement below.
He said that if we give everything of our self to a cause, then even when the cause is in error we come out to be winners, just because we gave it our best!
In a wider context: We may never see and perhaps it is impossible to ever have the Utopian peace we wish for. Even so the struggle for it provides grounds for our escape from our own pettiness and misery. And that alone is the point of this journey we all our making!
So, struggle forth but be sincere, lest you truly loose! World Peace! Can come another day :)
Well-spoken although I will need another read to fully understand and to comment...
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