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Category: Peace

  • African Masai Tribal Technique: Ethical Response To Child Misbehavior and Unacceptable Behavioral Deviations

    Author: Sean Macken

    Date: 1/30/24

    This may be a worthwhile technique to (first of all – accurately preserve) study and/or duplicate as an ethical technique to handle child / kid misbehavior / unacceptable behavioral deviations.

    When a child does a wrong action, or misbehaves, the tribe, as one collective entity, embraces the child with love, with feelings of belonging, and acceptance.

    Through such a ritual, the tribal bond is built so strong and of perceived importance, that the individual will make choices (out of his/her/it’s/they/them/his/her/its personal freewill) that continue to strengthen the tribe’s homogeneity and, thus, reinforcement of socially acceptable behavior and norms.

    Tupac – Unconditional Love

    Links: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1997/02/17/the-masai-model/07a7c861-17b7-4e03-be4f-c2a79cee043a/

    https://www.masaimara.com/maasai-people.php#:~:text=According%20to%20Maasai%20history%20the,the%20Tanga%20Coast%20in%20Tanzania.

    https://www.masaimara.travel/maasai-tribe-facts.php

    http://maasaiwilderness.org/maasai/

  • War

    I have an updated, ethical, non-lethal definition of the name/idea war.

    War, to me, as I’ve defined as being worthwhile, ethical, progressive, valid, relevant, civilly and spiritually legal – according to the UN’s truest intentions and the Laws of Moses – specifically the Fifth “Thou shall not kill”.

    War is non-lethal competitions between “enemies”, such as sport competitions, where rules are already accepted requirements. Ethical and legal conduct where all HOMOSAPIENS, as defined by genetic composition… probably over 50 percent homo-sapien would have all human rights – as to the true intention of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (yes, this includes everytwo, everyone, everythree, everyfour, everyfive, everysix, etc…). So, civil sports, competitions in every facet of …the spectrum of human behavior perhaps?

    My favorite war activity, though, would be culinary competitions between various state entities, countries, phenotypes?, “enemies”, etc…

    The culinary war would be each “opposition” preparing the finest culinary dishes and drinks representing the group’s “set” (flag/country/culture/ethnicity/locality/state/city…)… Perhaps serving this to your opposition or a neutral third party? Perhaps to impartial people who are not aware they are participating in war (*please consult a good Rabbi as to the ethics of this non-consensual activity)…

    This could be a way to annihilate incorrect overgeneralizations of groups, incorrect preconceived notions and ideas about the “opposition”, as well as an educational activity where the participants can learn about and achieve new positive associations to people who are different from yourself…

    War: -Ethical, non-violent, non-lethal, non-violating (respects personal boundaries / individual preferences, natural predispositions, localized civil laws, etc…) honest activities to learn about different cultures, perspectives, value systems, and points of view. Example: a meal at a “neutral” restaurant? Etc…

    That’s my kind of war! Now, where can I find some worthy enemies?

  • DECLARATION AND REQUIREMENTS OF WAR

    Dear War Generals,

    This is a requirement you must adhere to, from this day forth.

    All further efforts of war shall henceforth be IRREFUTABLY ethical and non-lethal, from this point forward, for all time and all space, infinitely, indefinitely.

    The definition of “ethical” includes all activities and expenditures of energy as blatantly disclosed and comprehensively consensual.

    War is non-lethal competitions between “enemies”, such as sport competitions, where rules are already accepted requirements. Ethical and legal conduct where all HOMOSAPIENS, as defined by genetic composition… probably over twenty percent of homo-sapien would have all human rights – as to the true intention of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (including everytwo, everyone, everythree, everyfour, everyfive, everysix, etcetera)

    Civil, decent competitions (with much humility) in every facet of …the spectrum of human behavior.

    Included in the redefined “War”, every technological implant, such as nanoscale optical lenses with deepfake, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, audio devices, muscle / nerve devices, etc… would have to be fully, blatantly, comprehensively disclosed, as well as the requirement for such uses to be consensual.

    The use of such technology shall be purveyed through the free market capitalist economic system, where (publicly share-holder owned), competing entities can provide, and compete with niche features and each organization’s various perspectives. Such companies shall adhere to government, state, or religious entity’s (depending on the National / Federal Jurisdiction) imposed ethical requirements. Currently established jurisdictions and boundaries, true intentions of civil law (statutes, etc…), shall be the Supreme Law and oversight of each local, culturally sensitive, implementation of requirements. Cultural and region specific morality, humility, ethics, and kindness shall be the foundation for all henceforth war activities, and the guide for “Law”. 

    Mass teleportation and relocation would be required to be consensual (comprehensively – from full, blatant disclosure and awareness), the person being fully aware of where he/she/it/they/them/her/he is located.

    The use of nanoscale gasses, or gasses that travel through solid matter, would, too, be required to be consensual. No damaging or disease gasses can be used – all such chemicals are henceforth BANNED from release. 

    The only gasses that may be used, consensually, would be health and cognition improving nano gasses such as cancer dissolving chemicals (anti-cancer), memory improving, cholesterol dissolving (or artery clearing) chemicals, cognition and neuro pathway improving chemicals, etc… HEALTH IMPROVING CHEMICALS ONLY… consensually. Mass produced and released for FREE to the masses… consensually.

    Clairvoyance or optical lens “memory”, or visualization broadcasts of aggression, consumer behavior, distraction, “derailed thoughts”, action or influence, etc… would be BANNED.

    My favorite war activity, though, would be culinary competitions between various state entities, countries, phenotypes?, “enemies”, etc…

    The culinary war would be each “opposition” preparing the finest culinary dishes and drinks representing the group’s “set” (flag/country/culture/ethnicity/locality/state/city…)… Perhaps serving this to your opposition or a neutral third party? Perhaps to impartial people who are not aware they are participating in war (*please consult a good Rabbi/Sufi Master as to the ethics of this non-consensual activity)…

    This could be a way to annihilate incorrect overgeneralizations of groups, incorrect preconceived notions and ideas about the “opposition”, as well as an educational activity where the participants can learn about and achieve new positive associations to people who are different from yourself…

    That’s my kind of war! Now, where can I find some worthy enemies? (I would like to learn about different cultures, cuisines, diversify my palate, and make some new friends…!)

  • Dear

    I hope you find a true, peaceful calm.

    Your soul eternally elated and immersed in a calm and satisfied loving-kindness.

    I wish I could give you all your needs and wants, always.

    I wish I could always give you hope and beyond:

    Satisfaction and real substance of that hope.

    I wish I am always able to give to you something of worth and real value, actually… for the world to see if that would help you, yet something special just between you and I.

  • Martin Luther King’s Nonviolence

    Nonviolence is a love-centered way of thinking, speaking, acting, and engaging that leads to personal, cultural and societal transformation.

    From The Center For Action and Contemplation:

    King’s Principles of Nonviolence

    Father Richard offers a summary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s principles of nonviolence:  

    1. Nonviolence is a way of strength and not a way for cowards. It is not a lack of power which allows us to be nonviolent, but in fact the discovery of a different kind of power. It is a choice, not a resignation; a spirituality, not just a tactic.  
    2. The goal of nonviolence is always winning the friendship and the understanding of the supposed opponent, not their humiliation or personal defeat. It must be done to eventually facilitate the process of reconciliation, and we ourselves must be willing to pay the price for that reconciliation. King based this on Jesus’ lifestyle and death and on Ephesians 2:13–22 and Romans 12:1–2.  
    3. The opponent must be seen not so much as an evil person, but as a symbol of a much greater systemic evil—of which they also are a victim! We must aim our efforts at that greater evil, which is harming all of us, rather than at the opponent.  
    4. There is a moral power in voluntarily suffering for the sake of others. Christians call it the “myth of redemptive suffering,” whereas almost all of history is based on the opposite, the “myth of redemptive violence.” The lie that almost everybody believes is that suffering can be stopped by increasing the opponent’s suffering. It works only in the short run. In the long run, that suffering is still out there and will somehow have to work its way out in the next generation or through the lives of the victims. A willingness to bear the pain has the power to transform and absorb the evil in the opponent, the nonviolent resister, and even the spectator. This is precisely what Jesus was doing on the cross. It changes all involved and at least forces the powers that be to “show their true colors” publicly. And yes, the nonviolent resister is also changed through the action. It is called resurrection or enlightenment.  
    5. This love ethic must be at the center of our whole life, or it cannot be effective or real in the crucial moments of conflict. We have to practice drawing our lives from this new source, in thought, word, emotion, and deed, every day, or we will never be prepared for the major confrontations or the surprise humiliations that will come our way.  
    6. Nonviolence relies on a kind of cosmic optimism which trusts that the universe/reality/God is finally and fully on the side of justice and truth. History does have a direction, meaning, and purpose. God/good is more fundamental than evil. Resurrection will have the final word, which is the very promise of the Jesus event. The eternal wind of the Spirit is with us. However, we should not be naïve; and we must understand that most people’s loyalties are with security, public image, and the comforts of the status quo. [1] 

    References:  
    [1] King’s language for these principles may be found online at “The King Philosophy – Nonviolence365,” The King Center.