There is much concern with hierarchy, a pecking order, a need to compare and contrast so that we can install one human being as being superior to another. We also seek to use the little knowledge that our senses and our intellect provide to make some order out of the world that we inhabit. No one knows with any certainty, the number of cells that make up the body or for that matter,the number of red blood cells that are circulating at any one time; and even if we knew, it would not make one human being any better than the other. Despite this fact, people are compared based on their intelligence, their race, their height and even the length of their legs. These so called attributes are marketed based on scarcity and put into the equation of supply and demand to create artificial industries. One individual is pitted against the other based solely on a few external attributes. But all of this concern is misplaced. The little that we know is microscopic in relation to what we don’t know. No one knows how many days of life and good health remain, and if by chance we could determine this information it would soon assume the status of a pricey asset. After all, our lifetime productive capability would be of great economic significance and would probably have value placed on it. This is obviously absurd but this scenario is not very far from observed reality. This is the nature of the artificial world that we have created. We have failed to observe the principles that govern the daily workings of the universe. The universe functions as a zero sum game. You cannot take out of it more than you put in. There is no real honour or benefit in material acquisition only for the sake of acquiring wealth. Real acquisition is a by-product of first contributing by giving. You have to put something into the system in order to get something out, and if you have been blessed with abundance, you should make an effort to give something back. We don’t have to compete aggressively just for the sake of establishing an advantage over another person. We should instead set a goal of competing with our inner self in order to produce the best that we can with our own unique talents. If we were to do this we would set a new equilibrium that would create a more equitable existence for everyone. Nature functions in such a way to maintain harmony at all times. All aspects of creation work in unison to ensure that this balance is not disturbed. There are no rich animals, neither are there poor ones. A large animal like an elephant cannot be considered to be richer than an ant. Muscular strength does not convey any real advantage. It is only suited to tasks that require this strength. The next time that you look at a crowded highway, try to figure out how much fuel each vehicle has remaining in its tank and then assign an advantage or a system of ranking to each vehicle. What this simple exercise will demonstrate to you is that a system cannot be judged or ranked based on absolute quantities. Each player is subtly contributing to the system without rank for a shared benefit. What is important is the system, which is self-renewing. No single player in the system has the right to assume superiority based on measurable quantities? If that were so what quantity would you measure and who should be appointed to make this measurement?
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