{"id":1248,"date":"2018-05-27T14:40:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T14:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2018-05-27T15:43:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T15:43:35","slug":"respect-has-many-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/morality\/respect-has-many-faces","title":{"rendered":"Respect Has Many Faces"},"content":{"rendered":"

which are all related to a sense of morality: respect for the group, for authority, for human suffering\u2026 and also respect for \u2018me\u2019 which can be ego or total self.<\/h3>\n

Delving towards \u2018oneness\u2019<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The more one delves into human issues, the more one gets the feeling that everything is related. The deeper one goes, the more there is \u2018oneness\u2019\u2026 If you like, call it \u2018soul\u2019.<\/p>\n

One can see this also in the case of respect. In depth, it unites the domain of morality, drawing one\u2019s caring for only the closest towards caring for many until reaching \u2018all sentient beings\u2019\u2026 which doesn\u2019t mean caring less for anyone nearby.<\/p>\n

Caring is NOT a zero sum game!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is not evident to many (most?) people.<\/p>\n

Caring doesn\u2019t mean dividing all your resources. It doesn\u2019t mean feeling bad for the suffering of all \u2018sentient beings\u2019. It doesn\u2019t mean altruism in the sense of forgetting your own needs and happiness.<\/p>\n

Caring is about not closing your eyes and looking the other way. It is daring to see and to respect<\/em> reality. This is at the same time also the most scientific stance and<\/em> the most re-ligious (\u2018spiritual\u2019) one (see also Science = Re-ligion<\/a>). Talking about oneness?<\/p>\n

Respecting in-group, respecting out-group<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here also: no zero sum game. One can respect the in-group very much and even more<\/em> in seeing this in-group caring for the out-group. This kind of caring may be an end-value of the in-group itself.<\/p>\n

Is this still a natural, spontaneously \u2018Darwinian\u2019 striving? Does the in-group not jeopardize itself this way? Not in the sense of caring as explained in the previous paragraph. Concretely, the in-group may take care of itself even more in order to<\/em> take care in a much broader sense. This may go deep and thus deeply unite the individuals of the in-group.<\/p>\n

This may strengthen the in-group in the most powerful and durable way<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

thus unifying an etiological, \u2018Darwinian\u2019 natural drive with a teleological (goal-oriented) drive that doesn\u2019t float away in distant space but is equally concrete: people are very sensitive to having a deep and worthy goal and to \u2018giving oneself\u2019 to such a goal. It is related to feeling the ultimate meaning of one\u2019s life. Without it, people are prone to wither away. So, is it important? Yes, thus:<\/p>\n

the many faces of respect are all important at the same time.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When \u2018ego\u2019 enters the scene, things get more complicated, since in a way ego lives by distinction and comparison<\/em>. Thus, it will also readily make distinction as: \u201cI<\/em><\/strong> demand respect!\u201d And cursed be you if you don\u2019t give it to me\u2026 says the nascent narcist (living a bit in all of us, doesn\u2019t it?). Unfortunately, this also engulfs the distinction between<\/p>\n

respect for ego >< respect for total self.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What appears respectful to one can be very similar to what appears respectless to another person and vice versa. A source of possibly huge misunderstandings. It would be easier if a proper insight into human being (about existence and importance of \u2018deeper self\u2019) would be culturally ingrained and, well, respected. Let\u2019s hope humanity can progress in that direction. In the meantime, it\u2019s something that needs to be taken care of each time you want to \u2018transcend ego\u2019 at yourself or others.<\/p>\n

Not easy at all, see The Distinction Between \u2018Ego\u2019 and \u2018Total Self\u2019 is Difficult to Grasp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Respect, openness, depth, freedom, trustworthiness.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

are the five AURELIS moral values. You need all five to fully grasp any one of them. See also Five Aurelian Values<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Respect here has the face of going inward and then right through and very much outward. For instance: respect for nature as seen through the eyes of a total person<\/em>. It\u2019s the seeing that demands the respect. Thus, it\u2019s at first place the seeing that needs quality of attention. In order to give respect to anything, you need to take care of the quality of your seeing.<\/p>\n

AURELIS as a whole is an endeavor towards this, in respect also to ego as part of total self<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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