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Inspiring thoughts about communityMeenakshi said Dec 1, 2008, 5:43 AM: |
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On the road yesterday, I was having some deeep thoughts about community in general [being with family can do that to you!] and Gaia community as well; and planned to start a thread in this board..
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Re: Inspiring thoughts about community- social/anti-socialMeenakshi said Dec 1, 2008, 7:10 AM: |
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Re: Inspiring thoughts about community- social/anti-socialMeenakshi said Dec 1, 2008, 7:42 AM: |
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Thank you for these very important ideas, ~KES. |
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Re: Inspiring thoughts about community- social/anti-social~KES said Dec 1, 2008, 7:48 AM: |
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One can't just label some one social or anti social/a-socialwithout giving the true test that. There is an explanation, and it has nothing to do with the gods, fate or the position of the stars. In fact, the actual reason behind these phenomena-and their resolution-has been explained. The Antisocial Personality There are certain characteristics and mental attitudes which cause about 20 percent of a race to oppose violently any betterment activity or group. Such people are known to have antisocial tendencies. When the legal or political structure of a country becomes such as to favor such personalities in positions of trust, then all the civilizing organizations of the country become suppressed and a barbarism of criminality and economic duress ensues. Crime and criminal acts are perpetrated by antisocial personalities. Inmates of institutions commonly trace their state back to contact with such personalities. Thus, in the fields of government, police activities and mental health, to name a few, we see that it is important to be able to detect and isolate this personality type so as to protect society and individuals from the destructive consequences attendant upon letting such have free rein to injure others. As they only comprise 20 percent of the population and as only 2 1/2 percent are truly dangerous, we see that with a very small amount of effort we could considerably better the state of society. Well-known, even stellar, examples of such a personality are, of course, Napoleon and Hitler. and other famous criminals were well-known examples of the antisocial personality. But with such a cast of characters in history we neglect the less stellar examples and do not perceive that such personalities exist in current life, very common, often undetected. When we trace the cause of a failing business, we will inevitably discover somewhere in its ranks the antisocial personality hard at work. In families which are breaking up, we commonly find one or the other of the persons involved to have such a personality. Where life has become rough and is failing, a careful review of the area by a trained observer will detect one or more such personalities at work. As there are 80 percent of us trying to get along and only 20 percent trying to prevent us, our lives would be much easier to live were we well informed as to the exact manifestations of such a personality. Thus, we could detect it and save ourselves much failure and heartbreak. It is important then to examine and list the attributes of the antisocial personality. Influencing as it does the daily lives of so many, it well behooves decent people to become better informed on this subject. (learn more The Social Personality Man in his anxieties is prone to witch hunts. All one has to do is designate “people wearing black caps†as the villains and one can start a slaughter of people in black caps. This characteristic makes it very easy for the antisocial personality to bring about a chaotic or dangerous environment. Man is not naturally brave or calm in his human state. And he is not necessarily villainous. Even the antisocial personality, in his warped way, is quite certain that he is acting for the best and commonly sees himself as the only good person around, doing all for the good of everyone-the only flaw in his reasoning being that if one kills everyone else, none are left to be protected from the imagined evils. His conduct in his environment and toward his fellows is the only method of detecting either the antisocial or the social personalities. Their motives for self are similar-self-preservation and survival. They simply go about achieving these in different ways. Thus, as man is naturally neither calm nor brave, anyone to some degree tends to be alert to dangerous persons and, hence, witch hunts can begin. It is therefore even more important to identify the social personality than the antisocial personality. One then avoids shooting the innocent out of mere prejudice or dislike or because of some momentary misconduct. The social personality can be defined most easily by comparison with his opposite, the antisocial personality. This differentiation is easily done and no test should ever be constructed which isolates only the antisocial. On the same test must appear the upper as well as lower ranges of man’s actions. A test that declares only antisocial personalities without also being able to identify the social personality would be itself a suppressive test. As the society runs, prospers and lives solely through the efforts of social personalities, one must know them as they, not the antisocial, are the worthwhile people. These are the people who must have rights and freedom. Attention is given to the antisocial solely to protect and assist the social personalities in the society. All majority rules, civilizing intentions and even the human race will fail unless one can identify and thwart the antisocial personalities and help and forward the social personalities in the society. For the very word “society†implies social conduct and without it there is no society at all, only a barbarism with all men, good or bad, at risk. The frailty of showing how the harmful people can be known is that these then apply the characteristics to decent people to get them hunted down and eradicated. The swan song of every great civilization is the tune played by arrows, axes or bullets used by the antisocial to slay the last decent men. Government is only dangerous when it can be employed by and for antisocial personalities. The end result is the eradication of all social personalities and the resultant collapse of Egypt, Babylon, Rome, Russia or the West. You will note in the characteristics of the antisocial personality that intelligence is not a clue to the antisocial. They are bright or stupid or average. Thus, those who are extremely intelligent can rise to considerable, even head-of-state heights. Importance and ability or wish to rise above others are likewise not indexes to the antisocial. When they do become important or rise, they are, however, rather visible by the broad consequences of their acts. But they are as likely to be unimportant people or hold very lowly stations and wish for nothing better. Thus, it is the twelve given characteristics alone which identify the antisocial personality. And these same twelve reversed are the sole criteria of the social personality if one wishes to be truthful about them. The identification or labeling of an antisocial personality cannot be done honestly and accurately unless one also, in the same examination of the person, reviews the positive side of his life. All persons under stress can react with momentary flashes of antisocial conduct. This does not make them antisocial personalities. The true antisocial person has a majority of antisocial characteristics. The social personality has a majority of social characteristics. Thus, one must examine the good with the bad before one can truly label the antisocial or the social. In reviewing such matters, very broad testimony and evidence are best. One or two isolated instances determine nothing. One should search all twelve social and all twelve antisocial characteristics and decide on the basis of actual evidence, not opinion.  |
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Re: Inspiring thoughts about community- social/anti-socialPhoenix said Dec 1, 2008, 8:14 AM: |
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I am following this thread with deep interest, and am looking forward to the insight you will bring, Kathy. As I am dealing currently with someone who shows signs of anti-social behavior in my further extended family, I am largely interested in how to deal effectively with a such a personality outside of a largely positive social network such as Gaia. The effect that her behavior has on people I care about, is upsetting, so I would love to share your tools with them. Thanks for this thread! Blessed Be Claudia |
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Re: Inspiring thoughts about community-chiseled by othersMeenakshi said Jan 11, 12:26 PM: |
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Interactions in any community can remind us of these thoughts:CHISELED BY OTHERS …you are like the stone that must be chiseled and fashioned before being set in the building…Some will chisel you with words, telling you what you would rather not hear; others by deed, doing against you what you would rather not endure; others by their temperament, being in their person and in their actions a bother and annoyance to you; and others by their thought, neither esteeming nor feeling love for you. You ought to suffer these mortification and annoyances with inner patience, being silent for love of God and understanding that you did not enter the religious life for any other reason than for others to work you in this way, and so you become worthy of heaven. (St. John of the Cross) The day you make up your mind to smile, you will see that everything seems to conspire to try to make you cry! That is life. The day you make up your mind to be patient and forgiving, it will seem that others suddenly become harder to get along with. That is life. We are often crucified by others, but their meanness should not affect our resolutions to be kind. Let others pursue their way; you be bigger and adhere to your way. (Paramahansa Yogananda, `Journey to Self-Realization' ) Thus the wise man, indifferent to himself, is the greatest among them, and taking no care for himself, he is nevertheless preserved. By being the most unselfish he is the most secure of all. (Lao-tse, ` The Adepts in the Eastern Esoteric Tradition') |
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Re: Inspiring thoughts about community- expectationsMeenakshi said Jan 11, 12:56 PM: |
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This would help if we find we are upset with others in online or offline communities: |
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Re: Inspiring thoughts about community- humankind knowsMeenakshi said Jan 13, 8:28 PM: |
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Kathy, Gaian extraordinaire, and a mod on this pod; has brought to mind the larger community of groups and organizations that are showcasing the transformation on earth. EYE OPENING DATA - humankind knows… Posted on Jan 13th, 2009 by
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Re: Inspiring thoughts about community- humankind knowsC.G. said Jan 14, 2:41 AM: |
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….very much worth the visit and the time to watch the video. This is a remarkable event unfolding…. |
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Re: Inspiring thoughts about communityMeenakshi said Jan 25, 11:42 AM: |
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I have amazing news for you. Man is not alone on this planet. He is part of a community, upon which he depends absolutely. Contributed by: David Pearson Today’s hottest quote |
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