01-23-2007, 12:00 AM
A long time ago I studied with a guy named Paul Larsen (now deceased)
Now according to Paul the idea of Personal Responsiblity was very simple, that we are all directly responsible for our own universe.
Who we are, what we are right now, creates "what is" and our reflection or reality right now.
Now, if this was true, one could easily look around a bit and say "oh noes!" it's all going to hell in a hand basket! Global Warming, War in Iraq, Over population, and say "oh noes" I screwed up bigtime. That would be idiotic of course, to take this literally.
But I ask, how do you see all this question?
Are we in some responsible for all of this, and if so, how can we help? We all seem so powerless, to do anything directly.
Or are we all collectively responsible in some way?
If so what can we do, individually or collectively?
According to Gurdjieff, evolution is personal. That collective evoluation has only taken us this far, and now we are pretty much on our own.
Meher Baba compared it to 2 freight trains, one that makes all of the scheduled stops and an express train that goes directly to the goal.
According to Krishnamurti evolution is personal, but it also
affects the whole of humanity.
Now according to Paul the idea of Personal Responsiblity was very simple, that we are all directly responsible for our own universe.
Who we are, what we are right now, creates "what is" and our reflection or reality right now.
Now, if this was true, one could easily look around a bit and say "oh noes!" it's all going to hell in a hand basket! Global Warming, War in Iraq, Over population, and say "oh noes" I screwed up bigtime. That would be idiotic of course, to take this literally.
But I ask, how do you see all this question?
Are we in some responsible for all of this, and if so, how can we help? We all seem so powerless, to do anything directly.
Or are we all collectively responsible in some way?
If so what can we do, individually or collectively?
According to Gurdjieff, evolution is personal. That collective evoluation has only taken us this far, and now we are pretty much on our own.
Meher Baba compared it to 2 freight trains, one that makes all of the scheduled stops and an express train that goes directly to the goal.
According to Krishnamurti evolution is personal, but it also
affects the whole of humanity.