{"id":12909,"date":"2023-07-18T10:43:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T10:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=12909"},"modified":"2023-07-28T11:15:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T11:15:55","slug":"one-compassion-%e2%80%95-one-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/empathy-compassion\/one-compassion-%e2%80%95-one-world","title":{"rendered":"One Compassion \u2015 One World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

America first \u2015 China first \u2015 Europe first \u2015 Russia first \u2015 all nonsense at first sight.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Compassion first\u2019 is central to the only humane future. How do we get there from the present-day worldwide divides that seem to increase?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Please note: Compassion is SO much more than pity<\/a>. It is also much more than empathy<\/a> and different from altruism<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Culture is not straightforwardly neutral<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Especially if one starts by putting an immense value on the total human being, cultures are qualitatively different in taking this into account. This is definitely an AURELIS standpoint and a clear responsibility of humanism<\/a> generally, worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A culture to be proud of is tolerant to the core. To be tolerant, one needs to be Compassionate, basically<\/a>, including toward oneself. Compassion knows national\/cultural borders only in order to be even more Compassionate within them and toward outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cultural chauvinism is OK.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But not the kind, of course, that puts the own people against the enemy in any way possible: economically, culturally, militarily\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, we are witnessing more than ever the negative effect of cultural silo-building. The cause of this may be precisely the fact that \u201cthe world is getting smaller, almost a global village.\u201d As usual, people are scared of the unknown, especially when it knocks at the own front door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tension thus provoked may become more prominent, leading either to disaster or a profound opening toward a better world. Not the chauvinism but the anxiety can play a directly detrimental role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From (and with) cultural chauvinism to worldwide Compassion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One cannot change the nature of the human being \u2015 if that would be desirable. On the other hand, nature must be nurtured to become really itself. This is of prime importance in regard to a complex organism \u2013 such as the human being. In the mental sphere, it\u2019s called mental personal growth<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This growth concerns the total person, not some part of it. \u2018Total\u2019 is body, mind, and environment \u2015 not as separate elements but in profound overlap. This is the opposite of egotism which starts from mere ego in a state of inner dissociation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my view, one can start from any individual culture and deepen that towards Compassion. Any worthwhile culture is open to this and, therefore, doesn\u2019t need to change, basically. Here too, one can speak of a growth process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crucially, nothing culturally essential needs to be lost.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The challenge is to delve into this, seeing what is essential and how it can remain valid and validated so that people from different cultures can understand each other and themselves more in-depth than ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This way, people from different cultures can be profoundly united<\/a>. Eventually, Compassion can connect East and West and everything else.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No more war<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If people see other peoples as \u2018us\u2019 on a global scale, there is no cause or need anymore to wage war or even think about it.Instead, differences may be seen as interesting challenges to surmount, and occasions for growth. In due time, the other – including the differences – will be seen as \u2018us.\u2019Wars are the silliest things imaginable \u2014 except maybe armaments at the global scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all starts in the brain\/mind of each individual<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simply put, there is no culture, no humanity even without many individuals. The world as we know it is mainly made \u2013 or destroyed \u2013 by these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good thing is that there is already much science available<\/a>. Even better would be that this gets translated appropriately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a lot of Compassionate work to be done, globally and urgently.<\/p>\n

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