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| Seoul, South Korea |
There comes a time in everyone's life when they will have to answer for their fundamentals. You will be challenged, and sometimes you will lose. Furthermore, your illusions will shatter. The ideas and the abstractions that once gave you comfort will be nothing more than a toy you used to play with, but can't currently remember where it rests your closet.
There is no debate over right or wrong, for there exists a fundamental boundary. The world knows it. The world understands it, and that understanding is manifested in you. One might say that ethical truths are acceptable without scientific proof, and another might say that certain actions are destructive to humanity, living things, and the entirety of the Earth and are a hindrance to all life as we know it. These two statements are identical.
We do not want the Earth to die. We want the Earth to live. We do not want the Cosmos to shatter. We find the unbreakable aspect of nature and come as close as we can during this lifetime, for the closer we get to the unbreakable the less destruction. If it cannot be broken, it cannot be destroyed. This is the foundation of the movement for world peace.
As the debates lead to the rage and the comments lead to confusion and cantankerous ramblings that are fueled by drivel with an occasional supporting fact, how do we convey the message that right and wrong exist?
They exist in the fundamental. They exist as an understanding. The same way when a child chooses to avoid stepping on a worm or a human quickly puts out a fire before it can spread. Their existence is beyond that of any words.
Let us not ask what is right and what is wrong, for it will only allow the debate to compound. Let us ask ourselves, where is the construction, and where is the destruction? Which actions allow for production, constructive behavior, kindness, generosity, love, optimism, glory, excellence, sharing, unity, and magnificence...and which actions lead to destruction?
If Einstein can gaze upon the cosmos with a spiritual sense of awe, we can gaze upon a blade of grass with the same brilliance, for if we were to gaze upon the night sky, the far off glare of the starlight is no larger than the flower petal under the moon.
Each step we take is on a single Earth in a single universe, and each action we take is a choice. It can lead to construction and productivity, or it can lead to the bitterness of evil. The way we shall achieve peace in this world is to first begin by showing love to that single blade of grass, and when that grass has turned dark brown and died, know that it is still under the same sky as the stars above.
The unity and connection of all humans and all things within the cosmos, including ideas is the magnificence we should honor. The love and kindness that exist from the stars and the moon all the way to the deep roots of the Earth is one that can only be expressed in the actions of human beings, and the debate about right and wrong will be forgotten.
