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Written on February 10, 2016 by one of the messengerS. All rights re-served.

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And that’s how it was: In the Beginning the Strongest ruled over the Weakest. May be not in the Real Beginning, but I’m sure there was a certain point when That Beginning have started. So at that Beginning everything was clear: the stronger your body & spirit, the more Power you had. If some will say that it looks similar to what happens today in many areas of our life or places on Earth, I’d say that it’s another Layman’s History.

But some people didn’t like it. Some others probably thought:” That’s how God created our Universe & Life, so that’s how it supposed to be, so you should comply with your conditions & birth restrictions; wait till Heaven, it’s not Big Deal, since “Life is SO Short”, etc., etc.”. If some would say that it looks very similar to how some people think & excuse their cultural & political Procrastination these days; I’d say wait till another post.

So those who weren’t so pleased with the situation thought: “If we will gather together (2,3,5,10 people) & attack that MF, then we will overpower him & will become powerful ourselves. & so they did. But so did some other MF, who understood the New ZeitGeist. & that’s how family & tribes were born & people thought that they became progressive & smart. & probably they did. But not from the point of Authority. Just now instead of many people protecting or/ & harming only for themselves, they started to protect &/ or harm for their community. And since/ & although human population increased (excuse my speculation for the sake of an argument), in Reality there was the same number of groups/ entities/ subjects, competing for the Power, as it was before (let’s say 50-100  strongest men). Later, of course, those tribes & families became nations & countries; but the principle remained.

But some people still didn’t like it. They said: ” Although it looks like a Change, we don’t feel that in our lives. Still same oppression & slavery just in a slightly different ways.” & so they invented the concept of Justice & reinvented God. As opposed to the religious obedience & acceptance of those others; these revolutionaries said that God actually created us all equal & unique; & if you have strong hands you should go & cut some wood & not bully your fellow citizens. But since they also couldn’t live w/o the concept of Authority, they said: “Since we are ALL equal, let’s divide the Authority & Power between us all in equal portions, & that would be fair enough.” Some others, of course, argued that “life is NOT fair by design”, & therefore it’s OK to be not fair Yourself, since “that’s Life” & “Such is World” & conscience is just a fairytale. But so many people were already SO excited about these New Trends of “God is One & for EveryOne” (remember that the actual number of positions of Power didn’t change, despite the population growth?), that that minority who was against “Fair Living” learnt to hide their thoughts under educated proclamations & sophisticated philosophy.

But how you divide the Power & Authority? You can divide cows or money, but the Power to force & tell other people how to live their lives cannot be divided equally, unless every other day the teacher will take the place of the student, boss will replace the slave , children will preach to their parents & so on. So they said: “Although we cannot share Authority equally; it’s an oxymoron, since by definition Authority means subordination, domination & other Power Differences; then let’s make it temporary.” & immediately started the fundraising for the first elections.

Now everything looked fine. Of course most of people still were grumbling about this or that, like losers always do, but the other part of “most of people” dreamt not to improve the system, but to find their warm place inside that system & to enjoy here & there the pleasures of the Power. “& even if assumedly we’d like to live in the better world, what world would it be? How to divide Authority in the Perfect World?”

& here is the catch: since in a perfect world, there is NO Authority whatsoever. It’s true I haven’t been there & it’s true I’d be a bad citizen in that world, yet the original sin is not the Political System we are trying to live in, but the very fact that from The Beginning we agreed to Authority, even more: we liked it! Even moreer: we’ve craved for it, we idolized it. Let’s ask the dictionary what is Authority: “the power or right to give orders or make decisions; the power/ right to control someone & to enforce obedience.” Nice…No one would agree to that BS unless it’s “for your own good, for a common good, for a noble cause..”, etc. blah-blah-blah…(I’m not saying our Good is blah- blah, i’m saying those who tell such things usually think (for Real) only about one Good Thing & Cause.

The Actual Reason we followed the Authority is because we like being the Authors (Owners) of property or people & till we start to change this ideology of Power, no system would be just, fair or even good for us. The rules might be different, but Game is the Same: To Become Powerful. Some do it through business, others through politics, some by writing, others by playing, but all of us play the Game of Ego: “who is the Best? (& forget the rest!).

& now, of course, the famous tricky & cunning argument: “It’s a Human Nature!”. Harder than that would be only the Best of The Best Argument: “It’s in the Bible!” End of discussion! Although I must admit our God is contradictory One: Gave us many specific Rules of Living & then at the End of this Perfect Political System added something so useless & problematic as FREE WILL. Just let’s imagine me few centuries ago, when society didn’t realize the importance of children’s rights, showing my children what’s in the Bible: “Respect your Parents” you little…..!” Actually I don’t have any problem with this one (except for the fact that i would add everybody else, including animals & trees, (actually I’d stop after the 1st word)). But if you give Moral Authority to the people who have little of that morals just because they happened to be In The Right Place & The Right Time for that Authority (parents, managers, leaders, teachers or preachers), obviously they will use it for abuse. The same applies to our Eternal Excuse.

My point is; instead of looking for a better system, let’s look for a ways to become better ourselves. If every person through History was saying “It’s a Human Nature” we still were having slaves, eating our fellow weakest citizens & doing all other cruelties you can find in History books. Instead of superiorly teaching & mean punishing; let’s educate (kindly explain/ show) & share (our experiences). People who don’t believe in Transformation, should not believe in Evolution either. & so not in God, since both imply Growth & Improvement. I know our world still looks very distant from that destination, & sometimes even seems that our world is not going to make it in general due to the use of nuclear weapon, but let’s ask ourselves: how many of us Really tried to become kind & spread the word of Real Love between everybody else? By this I mean, of course, not the talking or demagoguing, but Real & Genuine Will of the Heart. Not many, as I saw. Then how could we change? Everyone is expecting to change other people first. This way we can wait for ever. It’s true that “It’s a Human Nature”, but it’s not true, that “There’s Nothing we can do”, I mean: there is Not, if we don’t want it & don’t believe in it, but once someone wants to follow Christ or other Love Messengers, then it IS possible (since many people already did it). Some might call it “it’s just growing-up”, well…Growing Up sometimes takes Time, indeed, but not everyone who becomes older, also becomes kinder.

So this is The End. Definitely. We cannot live the same way we’ve lived before, craving for Authority & Power, while ignoring (in a best scenario) other people. The Dominance of Our Ego must end or it will end everything else on Earth (thanks to our scientific geniuses). But we shouldn’t worry: the slightly little egotistical world is not boring or dull (some think quite the contrary). Once you understand that in order to be happy you don’t need to oppress & dominant other people (some think that actually it’s the other way around), then you enter Whole New World of additional Possibilities & abilities to experience Joy & Love. I’d like to remind us all that our Desire for Love & Joy is/ was more “Dominant” than our Desire for Power. Some of us just not always are aware of it, some of us just gave up to achieve it & some of us just want to survive in this, indeed, cruel world; however once you get the glimpse of what we can feel being genuinely friendly or non- aggressive, then not many people want to come back to that Ambitious, Aggressive, Stressful, Violent, Hateful, etc. way of Living.

How I know? I don’t remember How, but i don’t think it’s important, I’m not here to convince you, since I respect your Free Will; I’m here to Remind you, to Call you. If you don’t feel like transforming yourself, that’s fine. May be not for your kids/ family or your employees/ coworkers, for your neighbors or your friends, but it’s Fine for YOU. & it’s also very important for the rest of us. There’s proverb: “By saving One Life, you are saving Whole World.” To paraphrase it “By respecting One Being, You are Respecting them All.” Of course both statements don’t work literally in the “Real World”, but they sound very true in certain contexts & situations. There are circumstances when how you treat only One Person, would be equal to How we are supposed to treat them All. Consider for example treating stinky homeless person as celebrity or some wealthy, respected Authority. If you’d say “don’t be ridiculous”, then say it to Jesus & other Love Messengers & to those regular people which treated bums with Full respect & Genuine Compassion. I saw it with My Own Eyes, since I was homeless myself.

Thank you for your Time!