When faced with chaos, most of us try to make some sense of the situation. The most common symptom is to blame God or the government. But I see that some people, in their present search for global peace, are seeking out the truth behind the media veil, in some cases curiously dabbling in the ancient mysteries for some sort of guidance. But with busy work and social schedules few have the time or desire to commit to an authentic practice and wind up choosing some quick results program. Also, there is the tendency to speculate about the nature of the universe and quickly reach a pseudo-conclusion to set the mind at ease. Other people reach the same conclusions and soon you have movements centered on convenient superficial truths to satisfy that group. The problem arises when the modern philosophy dabbler comes up against time-tested disciplines which require one to put one’s ideas into practice. We can talk about being a vegan or Buddhist, but have we ever been one? So how can we give opinions about things we’ve never truly experienced? Yes, we read a book or watched a program on the subject, does that make one qualified? Does reading a label on the bottle give the same benefit as taking the medicine inside the bottle? (to be continued…)
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