Ethical Dilemmas

When you have a cup filled with water to pour into the community well, say you carried from the river, you must decide whether it is safe for others to drink from. 

There are those who would carry poisoned water, dirty water, to share with others. When they pour it into the community well it poisons everyone who drinks from it. 

Are we to die of thirst? 

No, we must all share our waters. 

This is how life is. 

The waters are the thoughts and emotions we carry. Of anger, of envy, of resentment, of anxiety, of joy, of gratitude, of excitement, of hope. 

Whatever waters we carry within us we pour into the community well. 

Everything settles to its own level. We see heavy particles of dirt fall to the bottom. We see light particles rise to the top. Water by its very nature is about finding balance. 

There are those responsible for the communities water supply, who make sure it is safe to drink, that nobody poisons it. 

Yet we do not have those responsible for the communities emotional well-being, who ensure the individuals are content and balanced within themselves. 

The moral dilemma we are faced with is as follows. 

When we recognise a person is carrying heavy emotions, that they represent the toxic water which would poison the harmony of the community, would we shun that person the way we would not allow poison water to be poured into the community well? 

There is a precedent for this question which is overtly prejudiced. Our inherited language identifies the words ‘unsanitary’ and ‘insane’, which associate lack of hygiene with mental illness. This stigma attached to anyone who is imbalanced. The fear of contamination is seen clearly within the word ‘delusional’ which means both to be in a state of delusion and also to create delusion in others. 

Thus we seek purity by focus on our inner being, through the activities of meditation and wholistic health involving body, mind, emotionally and spiritually. There is truth in the gym tones more than the body as anyone who attends gym will tell you. 

The apathy and laziness to perform necessary action weaken the spirit and by consequence weakens the structure of the whole being. This is why communities must be aware of those individuals who need help in attaining harmony. Instead of shunning and persecuting people in need of support, there is a need for inclusivity lest the problem worsen. 

It speaks everything of us as a civilisation in how we treat those with difficulties. Mental and emotional wellness are no less important and valid than are physical wellness. You would go to a doctor to address physical symptoms. To whom do we turn for emotional and mental distress and disease? 

It is written off as a disorder and prescribed toxic chemicals to subdue it. Thus poisoning the community well while deluding ourselves the ailment has been treated. All of which logically comes under shunning and ignorance more than it comes under acceptance and healing. 

The people who refuse to poison themselves and others but prefer to heal holistically by using superior methods are the more stable community. Refusing to put delusional people in control of how we live is a survival trait of an intelligent humanity. 

The moral dilemma is once having recognised this, why do we continue to hold the delusional, toxic people in more respect than the more effective natural holistic healers? 

The community has many wells and has survived long old enough through many experiences so we can observe different types of water created by different groups. 

Putting health needs first means;

Feeling safe

Warm and dry

Sufficient sleep 

Healthy food (salad)

Connected to nature 

Supportive Community 

Avoiding delusional people 

Productive activities (gym, art, etc)

Being connected to nature does not mean burning it while temporarily invading a forest grove, wholesome though a wood-fire surrounded by forest is. It is to respectfully pass through a wild area as an organic part of it.

Which means moving at natures speed and not the imposition of city energy into the wild. The city energy is a place of death, not of life. The city attitude is that of death, not of healing. Perhaps we need to address how that is so much a part of the problem of modern life. 

We do not carry our own water because we do not claim accountability for ourselves. 

The technical word for that behaviour is ‘zombie’. The living dead, mindless autonoma habitually and thoughtlessly repeating activities imprinted from conditioning. 

The healing path is;

Feeling safe

Warm and dry

Sufficient sleep 

Healthy food (salad)

Connected to nature 

Supportive Community 

Avoiding delusional people 

Productive activities (gym, art, etc)