The problem with change is that it is an illusion. I wrote about this late last year and even before. So many people (young and old) think that change is something brand new on the face of the earth as in something that has never been thought of before, or known before, tried before, liked before, applied before, created before etc. But, that is an illusion. Is it a condition of the fallen world? Yes, because there can only be one truth that is a constant and that truth is that there is nothing new under the sun.
Yet, there remains those who think that change is a virtue and they, those who continue to stand for change as a virtue, are those who hate their current situation and can even hate their life. They feel guilty and or are angry because they are successful or they are not. They think that they have to be their own savior. They want change in order to feel better about their failures and or successes which in a fallen world requires that they take advantage of someone or something.
Yes, in this fallen world not everyone can afford the better education or higher education at exclusive universities; nor can everyone have the top job as CEO in a corporate entity and not everyone can buy the house of their dreams in just the right town, neighborhood and or on the block. Those who idealize and insist on change do so in order to feel justified for their good, bad and ugly behavior; because, either they had to work hard, they had to either study hard or they did not and they easily cheated or played the field, or kissed up to those in charge and even worse, they use the law to put others down so that they can grab what falls onto their plate. Its those ideologues that want to have their cake and eat it too. They want righteousness (which they think exists in change) but they don't want to change for just anyone as what they really want is for everyone to change for them.
Moreover, its those same misguided ideologues that want change for their personal use; because, change makes the past history (s) disappear. In this way, they like to think 'imagine' that change is a virtue as in something to be striven 'strived' for and rewarded. Because, they changed not only the present but the past. Really? How has change ever been 'real' change? Disparity remains and it will unless we make everyone the same and on the same level. But, who will be in charge and or execute that kind of change? A robot and they will end up hating those that think change is a good thing. Why is that? Because, robots will be in charge of keeping everything the same and change will be banned.
Some scream, "oh you must hate change, you must hate technology too and all that it has done for man! No, I just claim that change is an illusion. How have computers and cellphones and apps made mankind better? How has face to face communication and person to person contact been improved since all the social media hit the scene: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram...etc?
Well, you say, "aren't more people connected"? In some respects, yes and at the same time No. Why? Because, mankind is a unique creation, not a man-made machine waiting for upgrades. People need people, and when people come together for the 'right' cause, incredible things happen! Oh, you say, "I got you, didn't you say that change is an illusion?" Yes, I did. So, you want to know what incredible things happen when people come together? Forgiveness and love through human interaction that is up-close and personal.
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!~ 2 COR 5:17. How is that possible when change is an illusion. Change here in this fallen world is an illusion. Being born of the Spirit changes all that! And it is true change. How? Because, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever ~ Hebrews 13:8.
ReplyDeleteThere are those who argue that the real world is that which we see, touch and or relate to physically which leaves or provides us only an impression of a mental and spiritual life. That cannot be true because what we have we experience 'agreement reality'. Though we experience the world first and foremost in a 'physical' way, it does not mean anything to us until we agree on what that is. So, as Cooley argued, our entire reality is a social reality, a spiritual reality too. In that social reality which is our 'spirituality' as again pointing Cooley, we discover who we are and are not. We agree on what is being in a common among us existence and that makes up who we are and are not... that is what truly matters. In that kind of agreement, we also and constantly seek to conclude and define a higher authority that approves of our 'common among us'. It provides us with justification to move forward in that experience and to sustain it.
ReplyDeleteThere are those who argue that the real world is that which we see, touch and or relate to physically which leaves or provides us only an impression of a mental and spiritual life. That cannot be true because what we really have is the experience of 'agreement reality'. Though we experience the world first and foremost in a 'physical' way, it does not mean anything to us until we agree on what that is. So, as Cooley argued, our entire reality is a social reality, a spiritual reality too. In that social reality which is our 'spirituality' again pointing Cooley, we discover who we are and are not. We agree on what is 'being in a place' as in what is a common among us and that makes up who we are and are not... that is what truly matters. In that kind of social agreement, we also and constantly seek to conclude and define a higher authority that approves of our 'common among us'. It provides us with justification to move forward in a total experience and to sustain it.
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