Humans are the ultimate fixer-uppers. Truth be told, in our realm we are the ONLY fixer-uppers. Humans spend every moment of their lives solving problems; fixing things that have gone wrong or seem not to work as we would like them to. So, why have we had such little success in fixing our culture, in solving the most pressing problem that we face as a species? The answer is easier than you think and that very simplicity makes it more difficult than we could imagine.
Take a look at your local bookstore shelves and you will find scores of self-development books devoted to telling us how to become better at something or learning how to do something. Architects can buy books on how to become better architects and people who want to become architects can buy books on how to become better architects. Sometimes we have to use these books in conjuction with a formalized course of study but the idea is the same; that there exists the notion of the optimal. Either we are becoming better at what we do or are, or we are discovering how to become what we want to become.
There is one area that is missing in these books. We are already human beings but you will not find a book on how to become a better human being. That is the book or course of instruction we need. It is true that if all humans become better then the race will be better, but that is a temporal fixe given the fact that good humans became what we are now. It is an even more powerful idea that if the race can be made better all humans will be better. That should be our goal.
Stay tuned.
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Monday, September 21, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Get it!
Nothing disappoints me more than the reluctance of my Christian brothers to accept the fact that we are one race. It is disappointing to me because this teaching is so powerfully presented in the very book that they claim to their scriptures. It is as if the message of the Bible is incidental as far as they are concerned.
In the beginning God created the heavens (and the earth). I placed those parentheses because the contents are redundant; the earth is a part of the heavens. When it comes to the creation of man most miss the fact that there is only one creative act. God creates man from the dust of the earth; a commondity that was in plentiful supply. In that man there was both male and female, just as it is with every zygote that grows into a foetus and into an adult via infancy. We began as male and femal and each of us began our lives as male and female.
The point that most miss is the fact that God did not create the Woman. The creation of Adam was the last creative act in the Genesis account. The woman was taken out of Adam because she was a part of the man. This is why Adam declared, "This is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh." Why do Christians have such a difficult time with such a simple concept? Is our desire for vengeance so strong. Is our "hatred" of those who do not agree with us so overwhelming? What is the problem with us?
In the beginning God created the heavens (and the earth). I placed those parentheses because the contents are redundant; the earth is a part of the heavens. When it comes to the creation of man most miss the fact that there is only one creative act. God creates man from the dust of the earth; a commondity that was in plentiful supply. In that man there was both male and female, just as it is with every zygote that grows into a foetus and into an adult via infancy. We began as male and femal and each of us began our lives as male and female.
The point that most miss is the fact that God did not create the Woman. The creation of Adam was the last creative act in the Genesis account. The woman was taken out of Adam because she was a part of the man. This is why Adam declared, "This is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh." Why do Christians have such a difficult time with such a simple concept? Is our desire for vengeance so strong. Is our "hatred" of those who do not agree with us so overwhelming? What is the problem with us?
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Gone but not forgotten
I posted the following on my facebook page and it has generated quite a bit of discussion:
Recent deaths have brought out the usual remarks, "He will never be forgotten." When I think that some of these people were practically forgotten in their waning years, I wonder why people say these things. To all intents and purposes you... forgot about him while he was alive and you were busy living your life, what makes you think you won't forget him now that he is gone?
Recent deaths have brought out the usual remarks, "He will never be forgotten." When I think that some of these people were practically forgotten in their waning years, I wonder why people say these things. To all intents and purposes you... forgot about him while he was alive and you were busy living your life, what makes you think you won't forget him now that he is gone?
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