A World of Meaning

Archive for May, 2010

I heard it said once that when resources don’t cross borders armies cross borders. I think at the root of that is the attacker’s concern for survival or greed (hyper-survival?). Germany got uppity before world war one and tried to build empire, as was the fashion in those days. Then it was beaten down hard, and tried to regain it’s sense of pride and worth by building another empire, at the same time finding someone else (the Jews) to beat down in place of the Germans. The resource was sense of self, sense of worth. The Sudeten lands were German-populated lands that Germany took, then they took Austria, which was pretty much all German. “Hmm. This is working. Let’s take more.” And so Read the rest of this entry »

We live in a world with many troubles arising. Land disputes, economic turmoil, religious conflicts, demands for freedom and respect, struggles for safety from hostile outsiders. We wonder how to have peace, how to end wars, how to stop others from hating us or our country, and some feel a duty to go to war. We are tired – but not tired enough – of the battlefield. We live in a culture of finger pointing, denial and projection. We don’t know who we are and we don’t now who our brothers and sisters are. We are ignorant. Why all this strife? It is merely that we don’t see where the battlefield is in truth. If we did, all would settle down instantly. Read the rest of this entry »