can there be anything deeper in mankind than the conviction of humanity?
I ask this question not because I want to glorify the appreciation of humanity as a deep,wondrous and universally unifying beauty but rather because it seems almost shallow that this is the greatest extent by which man can impose an ultimate judgement. To set things in context, I just watched a two hour nat geo special on the Nuremberg Trials which focused largely on Herman Goering. This, coupled with the events of the last few days have opened up avenues for the fallible ideas of good intentions,belief,mental and emotional conviction and universal well being- qualities which we, similar to those who planned to partake in administering the good of mankind in the Nuremberg laws hopefully began and continued to a degree with.Maybe what has caused this assesment is the fact that truth of the situation, which stems from the constant of good intentions seems to alter as we travel back and forth, meaning that despite the common desire of good intention and success, the truth of reality is constantly changed and evnvisioned differently after each conversation, after each meeting. And one cannot help but wonder whether it is a sheet that is being pulled over ones eyes through emotional talking, frustration, arrogance of personality, seemingly sensible reasoning mingled with certain degrees of truth that one's conviction of envisionment changes. The last line to truth and reality is the underlying trait of humanity and good intentions, that is the deepest avenue of intellectual opposition and even that can be faltered.
So what is the reality of it, what is the truth? As someone once asked, " what if you're being bought into this? what if it is not true? what if we are being played?" to add onto that, " what if your basic good intentions are there but your envisionment of reality is being altered to suit a cause, a personality? a flaw of the individual?" a sheet over your eyes to view truth. I find myself having to continuously convince myself on what is truth. What i hear, cannot be trusted, as shown through personality. The lack of sincerity and personal pride which comes across in a manner most lacking of service and humility cannot be trusted. Perhaps revealed through inconsistencies, smooth talking and opportunistic decisions, agendas and beliefs, is a more complete analysis, resulting in the lack of the ability to trust. Sure, perhaps there is heart, but heart mixed with law and politics is never a good combination. My answer to the asker of the above question was then " if that is so, the three of us are the biggest fools, followed by you and the leadership, and then the rest of the body."
As someone else once said, perhaps even that of a teacher, " you cannot expect your students to be so well educated and not think for themselves, and then to not become anti establishment." It is the same principle as educate your masses and you will have an intelligent uprising. Ultimately, I am here only to share my discontentment, my struggles, assesments, and most of all, to express my dissapointment that this, the conviction brought about by the good intentions of humanity, is the strongest deepest commonality of mankind. And yet, despite this apparent depth of evaluation, it is more a weakness due to its limit, than a beneficial depth. A realization and dissapointment, as for that, in essence is a great inability. Yesterday i speak from observation, today i speak from the experience, tomorrow i speak from the reality. This is perhaps the reality of the working world, and to some extent as yet another person once said, I am glad that i experience it now. But i certainly, do not want to become like that. Good intentions, law and politics never go.
posted by gneh-snah @ 9:09 AM
1 Comments:
Hans, Becca here.
But good intentions are usually the sheet that is put over our eyes and tend to hinder us from doing what is right. We tend to use 'good intentions' as a ruse or excuse for our actions. Remember what Dr. Keith Goh claimed, "It doesn't matter about the consequences, what matters is whether your intentions were good". That is the biggest fallacy ever used, in my opinion. Because what is 'good' may not be 'right'.
Unfortunately, not everyone works with good intentions, hence we all fear being played out. We are afraid to trust because we will appear fools if we are proven wrong.
While the good intentions of mankind is common, what they actually are are very different. Because we all have impressions and opinions of what is best for whatever we are doing and whoever we are serving.
At least we can know that God truly exemplifies the concept of good intentions and that His reality never ever changes. For after all, God works for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. Yes, so continue to look to Him for you are precious in His sight. :)
Take care.
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