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ALWAYS TRY TO EVALUATE ALL THE THINGS IN THE LIGHT OF REALITY,
FOR THE JOY OF THE TRUTH AND CONFIDENCE! (*1)
TO REACT REALITY (*2) (IMPATIENTLY OR IMPULSIVELY)
IS TO ACT THOUGHTLESSLY;
WITH A KNOWLEDGE OF REALITY
THIS IS A FOLLY OF IMMENSITY. (*3)
(CALM AND SOLITUDE TEND TO SURFACE REALITY, WHERE AS EXCITEMENTS EASILY SUBMERGE IT.)
*(1) – CONFIDENCE ARISES FORM KNOWING THE FUNDAMENTALS, THE PATTERN OF THINGS, THE UNSHAKABLE CAUSES – REALITY; AND NOT OUT OF KNOWING THE ONLY RELATIVELY STABLE AND
EVENTUALLY WORTHLESS, SPROUTING OFF REALITY – THE APPARENT OR EFFECTS. FOR INSTANCE, THE FACTS THAT WE PERCEIVE IS OBVIOUS; BUT HOW OR THE CAUSE IS THE CONFIDENCE CREATING, ABSOLUTE KNOWLEDGE. THEN AGAIN, BIRTH AND DEATH ARE PLAIN, THE CONFOUNDING CAUSES ARE JUST HOW AND WHY? HOW, WHEN, WHERE, WHY ARE THE CAUSE – REAL SCIENCE. WHAT – HAPPENS – CONSTITUTE THE EFFECTS, OR APPARENT SCIENCE (IF THE MATERIAL STATUS OF SOLID, LIQUID AND GAS, ARE GOVERNED BY THE SPACING OF MOLECULES. WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE MOLECULES?
THIS, ALAS, IS APPARENT SCIENCE. THE ROOT OF A PLANT SEEKING WATER IS CALLED HYDROTROPSIM. WHAT MAKES ALL OTHER ROOTS TURN IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SUCCESSFUL ONE? THIS IS ANOTHER BLANK BY APPARENT SCIENCE YET ITS DANGER IS THE COMPLACENCY IT INDUCES. AS EVERY CONCEIVABLE DEVELOPMENT OF TODAY, DEALS WITH THE APPARENT; LEAVING THE REAL TO CHARLATANS. )
(*2) – SUCH REACTIONS ARE USUALLY THE RESPONSES TO EMOTION. FEW PERSONS ARE CAPABLE OF PREVENTING THEM, BUT MANY CAN CONTROL THEM – BY REASON. THEIR MAIN HAZARD IS THAT THEY DISRUPT RATIONALITY – AND REASONED THINKING.
*** – Reality is not always deep seated and hard to perceive. For instance, finding out why one does what one does, is easy and rather satisfying. But, of course, one must be absolutely true to oneself.
(*3) – CONDITIONED REFLEXES STRUCTURED AS EMOTIONAL RESPONSES ARE USUALLY ADJUSTED TO THE APPARENT AND NOT TO REALITY OR THE NATURAL LAWS. HENCE SUCH ACTIONS CAN’T BE VERY BENEFICIAL, AND SHOULD ALWAYS BE RESTRUCTURED WHEN EVER DETECTED. THE PRACTICAL
OBJECTIVE IS TO ACHIEVE EQUANIMITY. BLAME OR PRAISE SHOULD ONLY BE A CAUSE FOR SCRUTINITY, AND NOT PERMITTED TO BE A DISTURBANCE AS WELL. THE SAME SHOULD APPLY TO
STEADYING OTHER VICISSITUDES TOO. AS ALWAYS CONTROL IS BY ACTIVE REASONING, AND NOT BY MERE PHYSICAL REPRESSION. (ANY PHYSICAL REPRESSION IS ONLY TO FACILITATE STUDY OR ACTIVE REASONING.)
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AGREEMENTS BETWEEN HUMANS, AT ALL LEVELS OF SOCIETY, CAN COME APART; NOT SO MUCH DUE TO CHANGE OF MIND OR UNDERSTANDING*(1), BUT TO A CHANGE OF HEAT OR DISTRUST(*02). THE BEST DETERRENT FOR THIS IS TO FIX ALL AGREEMENTS, TRULY, ON THE BASIC CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY; ‘DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD EXPECT OTHERS TO DO UNTO YOU’ – IF YOU WERE IN THEIR PLACES! IT CAN CURE ALL SOCIAL ILLS*(3).
*(01.) THE NORTHERN IRELAND’S POWER SHARING ASSEMBLY WAS DISSOLVED TODAY. (ON 12.02.2000) JUST SEVENTY- TWO DAYS AFTER IT WAS CONSTITUTED, FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN A LACK OF TRUST. SINCE BOTH SIDES ARE MADE UP OF DECENT, DEDICATED AND INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED POLITICIANS. THE IRONY IS THAT THE DIVISION IS BASED ON RELIGION; THOUGH NEITHER SIDE CAN EVEN BE CONSIDERED AS EXTREMIST! SO WITH A COSMIC RELIGION AND COMMON GOALS NORTHERN IRELAND CAN BE AN IDEAL, FLOURISHING WORLD DEMOCRACY. (THE I.R.A. IS LIKE A SALVATION ARMY, COMPARED TO ISLAMIC TERRORISTS. THE KEY WORD IN TERRORISM IS HATE. IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE I.R.A.HATES ANYONE. BUT THE ISLAMIC TERRORIST HATE EVERYONE WHO IS AN INFIDEL.
*(02.) THIS IS, OF COURSE, PROVIDING THAT SUCH UNDERSTANDING THAT SUCH UNDERSTANDING ARISES FROM A STEADY INTELLECT AND UNBIASED, RATIONAL ASSESSMENT. THE CACOPHONY OF YELPING DOGS MAY BE MUSIC TO A DOG – FANCIER, BUT EXASPERATING TO OTHERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE STRIVING TO THINK!1 SELFISHNESS IS THE DOMINANT FACTOR IN THESE DISCREPANCIES; WHERE ONE IGNORES THE BASIC NEEDS OF OTHERS, TO WHOLLY SATISFY ONE’S OWN INDULGENCES.
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THERE SHOULD BE NO HUMAN CONSIDERATION, WHERE ONE IS EXPECTED TO TREAT ANOTHER
DIFFERENT FROM THE TREATMENT ON WOULD EXPECT ONESELF, IF THE POSITIONS WERE RESERVED: A RATIONAL JUSTICE.*(01) THIS IS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT IN A COURTHOUSE; WHERE WINNING BY WITS IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN CONVINCING BY CONSCIENCE AND, WHERE THE ONLY HUMAN ELEMENT FREE OF STATUTES IS THE JURY. COMPUTERS CA N MAKE PERFECT JUDGES.
CLARIFYING INFRINGEMENTS AND DECIDING ON CANDOUR*(02). THE CONCERN OF THE COURTS IS WHO DID WHAT; WHY, IS COINCIDENTAL. BUT THIS IS THE CONCERN OF SOCIETY, SINCE IT IS THE CHARACTER THAT NEEDS THE CORRECTION*(03).
*(1) INEQUALITY AMONGST HUMANS IS A FACT OF LIFE. BUT SUCH DISPARITY MUST NEVER BE PERMITTED TO LEAD TO AN INEQUALITY OF JUSTICE. THIS IS WHAT HUMAN RIGHT IS ALL ABOUT. BUT HUMAN RIGHT SHOULD NOT, IN ANY WAY, SHIELD A CRIMINAL FROM JUSTICE.
*(02) WHEN ASSESSING ANOTHER’S CANDOUR, BOTH HUMAN BIAS AND MACHINE LIMITATION CAN BE ELIMINATED ALMOST COMPLETELY BY A COMPUTER COUPLED POLYGRAPH; WHICH COULD THAT MAKE EXACT MAKE DECISION AS ESTABLISHED, CONSIDERING ALL THE CRITERIA PRESENTED TOIT AT THE MOMENT. BUT IF, A HUMAN PRESENCE IS ESSENTIAL, THERE IS ALWAYS THE (POLY) JURY!
*(03) IN ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH THE TRUE CHARACTER OF A PERSON, SIMILAR TO ARRIVING AT A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS, NO INFORMATION SHOULD BE WITH HELD. THE SERARCHIS FOR THE DISEASE – NOT JUST CLARIFYING ASYMPTOM! CRIMES, WITHOUT A CRIMINALLY BENT (ACQUIRED TENDENCY) PERSON, ARE SECONDARY. HENCE, THESE INVETERATES SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE TO PROVE THEIR INNOCENCE NOT VICE VERSA! IF A CRIMINAL IS CONVICTED ON HIS CHARACTER AND NOT ON
PARTICULAR OFFANCE, THE ‘LAW’ MAY
VERSA IF CRIMINAL IIS CONVICTED ON HIS CHARACTOR AND NOT ON A PARTICULAR OFFENCE, THE ‘LAW’ MAY FEEL A BIT UNEASY BUT, SOCIETY WILL BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF. THE NATURAL LAW TAKING OVER?
HITLER, IDI – AMIN OR EVEN RAPIST MIKE TYSON COULD HAVE DEFENDED THEIR ACTIONS; BUT THEIR CHARACTERS ARE IN DEFENSIBLE. THE SURE WAY TO CHANGE A CRIMINAL IS TO HUNT HIM FOR HIS RECORD (CHARACTER). BUT ONCE A PERSON CHANGES GENUINELY, HIS PAST (CHARACTER) WOULD SOON CEASE TO HAUNT HIM – EVEN IF HE WERE NOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES – SUCH IS NATURAL LAW JUSTICE. AND, FOR A GENUINE CHANGE, ONE HAS TO REALIZE (IT IS WRONG) REJECT (IT AS UNNECESSARY) AND RECTIFY IT (SINCE ALTERNATIVES ARE POSSIBLE IF NOT AVAILABLE).