17. Rigidity

To simplify is a thing to which most of us aspire. Anything that will bring some apparent clarity in this increasingly noisy world…we are looking for it. That is always an ideal. However, not all things are simple. When we over-simplify, across the board—even on matters which are quite complex—the simple solutions generated tend to fail. We must know when to go for “cut and dry,” but also when nuance is the right approach.

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Yes or no. Save your explanations! It’s my way or the highway. Black/white thinking—hardly an uncommon style, needless to say. It is not stoic thinking, not elegant in its simplicity: is is merely lazy. It is a problem, it certainly creates problems, and though around since time immemorial—should now be condemned as an offense of callous thoughtlessness. It’s not a good way to be.

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The unyielding, the proud beings of stone…we know these people. They are not rare. They are in our families; they are at our places of employment. We elect many of them to positions of importance. But should we? Is this a quality we want in our leaders?

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What is the ancestral link to our current life? How are we to honor the past? What are we to learn from these preceding lives that—quite literally—allowed for the formation of our own?

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Science is one of the major world religions. The notion would be blasphemy to some. For others, though—science is their exclusive faith. Is it enough?

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Progress is the primary measure of our evolution as beings. For every problem before us, it is the journey onward toward solutions.

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This episode is dedicated to the memory of those innocent lives lost in Uvalde, Tx.

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Inequality, all of the impositions that render us unequal in this way or that, suspend the world in a perpetual misery. Separateness and tribalism reign paramount, while freedom for all remains at bay. It is up to us whether we will choose to embrace new priorities and attitudes.

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There are some ironies when it comes to enemies. They offer us a sense of contrast. They help us know that which we don’t want—and that which we don’t want to be. In this sense, they are of service to our own development.

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If we are to end by our own hand, that will be the result of intolerance. If we are to continue onward—tolerance will be needed in ever greater measure. Our future depends on a deepening commitment to the embodiment of this quality.

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