Many attribute the success of your work, or at least in part, to the times we live in. Since the announcement of the death of all ideologies, it seems that men desire to return to times where he has reflected more about his own human condition. Your work, in all its simplicity, seems to have met these desires. What can you say about my comments?
The death of ideologies has not been announced. What has been announced is the death of a whole system of archaic thoughts. Men will always need an ideal because this is part of the human nature.
All men in my view are like volcanoes. The mass accumulates but nothing is transformed in the surface. A man asks himself: will my life always be like this? In a given moment the process of eruption begins. If he is an intelligent man, he will allow the lava in the interior to leave and change the scenery in his surroundings, if he is not, then he will try to control the explosion. From then on, he will use all his energy in trying to keep the volcano under control. I have been pragmatic enough during my life to understand that in certain moments of my life, it is necessary to withstand the pain caused by the explosion in order to be able to enjoy the new scenery around me.
There are many opinions as for why humanity is always searching for its own ethics. A friend of mine sent me a story once by the Internet about a man that used to tell his grand daughter about the two animals that used to inhabit his soul: a dog that protected it, and a wolf that used to devour anything it could find around. The grand daughter asks him then which one of the two was the strongest, to what the man answers: the strongest is always the one I feed the most, depending on the circumstances.
The central ideology of the human race, from the beginnings of the times is this: respect your neighbor, please.
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About the volcano.
Yes, I think we are all. And it is sad that we spend so much energy and invest that energy to tolerate whatever it is that should have made its way and exploded a long, long time ago.
Because, I believe, anyhow, the explosion will come.
Some dreams will need to be realized.
Paulo,
I love your analogy of men and a volcano, it gives me a clear vision of what goes on inside us. What you say about contolling the explosion and letting it flow out is powerful. Life is not static and our own personal and spiritual growth springs from those transformations that the explosions provoke not only to create a new scenary but also new opportunities.
Tanja
I know this book and the other one too by the same author – it is great, but I know also that some of my friends would say that it’s just a fiction.:-)
Not everybody is on the same level of thinking,
unfortunatelly.
love
Agnieszka
Indeed we have to learn to disconnect from the conflict in order to appease the “volcano” and live a more meaningful and peaceful life.Letting go of judgment and through observation might be a start.
Dear Paulo,
I want to thank You, especially for this last sentence.
I know that You don’t answer our questions,
but I have so many.
If the ideology of human race is to respect your neighbor, why it’s not really happening.
I know, You would say – it’s ideology, not reality.
But why people respect you more, “love” you more when they feel, you’re strong?
There seems to be two ways – one – through power
and the other – through love.
When and how will love win over power?
Why there are still so many people who are affraid even of talking about God?
Where does this world go on?
I know we should start doing good in our own neighborhood, but how many of us are there,
is it enough?
I pray, I hope,
I believe that some day love will win!
I’m just being a little impatient, that’s all.
:-)
love
Agnieszka
I’d like to recomend everyone to read “The Celestine prophecy” by James Redfield.