Doing something good for the world of ignorance, is extremely difficult and exhausting, if without non-grasping

In order to do something really good (constructive) for the world of many diversities that doesn't belong to anyone or anything, effectively, it is inevitable to be getting involve in the world of politics, that is inevitably running the world of human beings, even if the mind knows and understands that there are many destructive minds with destructive ideas and conducts are existing in the world of politics.

The world of politics (to be gaining influential power of influence and control or authorization towards all and everything to be and not to be in certain way in accordance to one's desires and don't desires) is indeed the creation of the minds functioning under the influence of ignorance and egoism, being supported and given power by the minds that are also functioning under the influence of ignorance and egoism.

The many different types of politics (the many different political parties, or associations, or organizations, or authorities, or individuals), that exist under many different ideas/visions/aspirations/desires/agendas (the power of governance, or leadership, or influence to maintain certain 'order' in the family, or the relationship, or the community, or the world of diversity, to be complying with specific ideas/visions/aspirations/desires/agendas), is neither good nor bad.

Just like the existence of all kinds of tools, or educations, or advance technologies, or business, or economy (income generation and consumption), or money transaction (goods exchange), or good quality of living, or leisure activities and enjoyments, and etc, are neither god nor bad, it depends on the presence and absence of ignorance in the minds.

However, when the world of politics (the power of governance/leadership/influence/regulation/authorization) is run by the minds that are functioning under the influence of ignorance and egoism, that are full of destructive ideas/visions/aspirations/desires/agendas, then naturally, it appears to be something hurtful and destructive towards all and everything.

And if the world of politics is run by the minds that are free from the influence of ignorance and egoism, it can bring many constructive evolution or transition (experience, affair, happening, condition, situation, interaction, relationship that promotes peace and harmony) to the world of many diversities that doesn't belong to anyone or anything.

Just as schools and educations are neither good nor bad. It depends on whether the teachers who conduct the teachings and the available curriculum are functioning under the influence of ignorance and egoism, or not. Where the proper education taught by the selfless compassionate teachers that are free from the influence of ignorance and egoism can bring constructive changes individually, communally, and environmentally, and vice versa.

The difficulty, is that - 

The minds that are interested in the path of self realization to be free from the veil of ignorance, in order to realize unconditional peace in oneself, as well as having the good intention to be doing something good (constructive) for the world that doesn't belong to anyone or anything, that can promote peace and harmony among the many diversities that are momentarily sharing the space that doesn't belong to anyone or anything, will be naturally and/or eventually distancing themselves from the world of politics, as the engagement (without non-grasping) in the world of politics with the intention of doing something good (constructive) for the world of ignorance and egoism, is extremely difficult and exhausting, that not only hinders the process of the annihilation of the veil of ignorance, but empowers the veil of ignorance (the continuous disturbed restless state of mind) in oneself, due to continuously dealing with and hammering by all kinds of madness or destructive hurtful ideas and conducts/actions/reactions coming from the other minds (that oneself wants to help to be free from all those madness or destructive hurtful ideas and conducts), if under the presence of grasping, or the absence of non-grasping.

Meanwhile, the minds that are interested in politics, to be gaining or having the influential power/control/authorization/influence/possession/manipulation towards all and everything in the world that doesn't belong to anyone or anything, they are not interested in the path of self realization to be conquering one's own restless egoistic impure modification of the mind, to be free from the veil of ignorance, but merely interested in conquering and influencing and controlling all the other minds in order to achieve their own particular boundless ideas, desires, visions, aspirations, or agendas.

Such destructive hurtful thinking and behavior pattern exists in anywhere and everywhere, not only in the world of politics, but at all levels, in all fields, in all kinds of affairs, in family ties and connections, in relationships, in community, in social interactions and activities, at home, at school, at work place, in public area, in business, in non-profit charitable organization, in cultural, spiritual, and religious organization, and even within oneself alone without engaging with any others, and so on.

However, even if the minds are not interested in politics to be gaining or having the power/control/authorization/influence to be controlling/regulating/influencing anyone or anything, but merely want to be doing something really good (constructive) to the world of many diversities, to help to liberate the many ignorant egoistic minds from their own madness or destructive hurtful ideas and conducts, to promote peace and harmony among the world of diversity that doesn't belong to anyone or anything, these minds need to be 'utilizing' the existing world of politics, not for gaining power of control/authorization/influence, but merely to have the opportunity and possibility to introduce or initiate constructive ideas and changes into the world of ignorance and egoism that is running/functioning under the existing egoistic politics, effectively.

As most minds are functioning under the influence of the veil of ignorance and egoism (both the leaders and the supporters/followers/members), where the world is inevitably running/functioning under the existing egoistic politics/governance/leadership/authorization, where majority of the human beings are not mentally and emotionally independent (being conditioned by the surrounding environment/the parents/the family/the community/the leaders/the cultures/the spirituality/the religious beliefs/the commercial values to be mentally and emotionally dependence), where they need to be motivated and acknowledged by something or some others, that they need to be somebody with specific identities and qualities, and that they need to depend on the existence of leadership of having some leaders to think and make decision for them and be responsible for the consequences of the decision making and action taking, or to organize and regulate their life existence, conducts, desires and don't desires, belief and disbelief, ways of thinking, ways of living, and activities.

But all these 'selfless and noble' actions through the engagement or involvement in the world of politics to bring 'constructive' changes into the world of ignorance and egoism, effectively, have to be done under the presence of non-grasping, or under the absence of grasping, or else, one will be hammered and drowned by the over-whelming continuous boundless madness or destructive hurtful ideas and conducts (ignorant actions and reactions) of the many minds that oneself wants to help to be free from all that.

Without the egoistic intention/desire/vision/ambition to change (by influence, or control, or manipulate, via temptation/reward and threat/fear (lies and story telling), with rules and regulations and prosecutions and punishments) the world to be a better place for all and everyone, but merely make use of the existing knowledge/talent/possibility/opportunity constructively, to be performing possible actions that might or might not help to bring constructive changes in the world, significantly or insignificantly, while allowing the fruit of action to be what it is.

Look after oneself before one can truly look after all the others, effectively.

Stay away from egoistic politics (the destructive power of hurtful ideas, activities, control, manipulation, and influence that promote mental and emotional dependence), when the mind is not free from the influence of ignorance and egoism - Not harming oneself and others.

Get involve in selfless politics (the constructive power of beneficial ideas, activities, supportive facilitation and selfless service, right education, and correct understanding that promote mental and emotional independence), when the mind is free from the influence of ignorance and egoism - Promoting wisdom and compassion or peace and harmony in oneself and others.

Turning a supposedly extremely difficult and unpleasant path into a path of wisdom and unconditional peace.

The light is just being what it is.

The light doesn't bend itself to illuminate every corner behind all kinds of obstacles.

The light doesn't enjoy or suffer regardless of whether it illuminates everywhere, or not.

But under the absence of obstacles or under the presence of reflective objects, the light illuminates everywhere, intentionlessly, indiscriminately, and unconditionally.

The light is always there, as it is. It is up to everyone to either move away from or remove the obstacles that hinders them from seeing the light, or not being in the dark.

Some prefer to be in the dark without the presence of light, and that is their freedom of choice and desire.

Without the existence of light, none can come in contact with or experience the light.

Without the presence of wisdom and peace, none can come in contact with or experience wisdom and peace.

Wisdom and peace exists in all and everyone regardless of whether they realize it, or not.

Be the selfless reflector of wisdom and peace, and let others whether to reflect upon and realize it, or not.

 

Go beyond the worldly egoistic conditional ancestral/cultural/spiritual/religious/communal/political/national/philosophical/commercial thinking and belief, values and practice, that give rise to and empower all kinds of dualities and all kinds of madness, of selfishness, possessiveness, sense of belonging and ownership, self-esteem and self-worth, superiority and inferiority, deserving and undeserving, hurtful ideas/desires/behaviors/actions/reactions, fear, greed, hypocrisy, control, manipulation, exploitation, cruelty, self-righteousness, and violence.

Be the selfless reflector of the truth of selflessness, or the dharma/dhamma.

Be the selfless reflector of all kinds of diversities (the many different qualities of names and forms), that allows the selfless minds to reflect and see themselves, or not.

Perform action, and let go.

Just give, and let go.

Just be kind, and let them be. 

Influencers, activists, and world leaders

All kinds of social media influencers, activists and world leaders are all having certain influencing power that can impact the world in certain way, as many people in the world are not mentally and emotionally independent, as they are being conditioned to be mentally and emotionally dependent under certain intention of certain people under the influence of ignorance and egoism. Unless people have attained mental and emotional independence, most people are easily be influenced by someone or something either wittingly or unwittingly, and they need to have a leader to lead them, to be governed and controlled by certain man made law and order, to maintain certain order in the world. There's neither right nor wrong, neither good nor bad. It depends very much on whether the influencers, activists and leaders are free from the influence of ignorance and egoism, or not.

It would be better for the world, if there's needless of the existence of any influencers, activists or leaders, if people are mentally and emotionally independent, free from the influence of ignorance and egoism, live life under correct understanding and self-control, and not being influenced by anyone and anything in this world of ignorance and egoism.

Influencers can be anything and anyone from any backgrounds or any fields, that has certain 'motivational' and 'attractive' elements that attract the attention, interest and admiration from certain admirers or followers, where the admirers or followers are being influenced in certain way by their presence, ideas, creativity, talents, knowledge, skills, thinking, belief, values, practice, personality, charisma, lifestyle, life experience, achievements, inspirations, aspirations, behavior, action and reaction, either wittingly or unwittingly, regardless of whether it's wholesome or unwholesome influences. Objects, events, arts, nature, insects, animals, history, pleasurable enjoyment, painful suffering, and all kinds of selfless impermanent changes can be the unintentional influencers for certain people.

Many influencers are 'sharing' their ideas, activities, lifestyles, life experiences, talents, skills, knowledge, achievements, motivations, inspirations and aspirations via the many public social media platforms mostly with the intention to be influencing as many people as possible in certain way, under certain intention and aspiration. Very few are simply sharing something without any intention or ambition to be influencing anyone for anything, but somehow, some people are being influenced by them and what they share, selflessly and intentionlessly.

Apart from creating certain attractive and motivational social media contents to be attracting the attention of many people to gain followers and/or subscribers regularly, many of the popular social media influencers are merely the slaves of political agenda, commercialism and capitalism. There's nothing wrong with trying to make a living through selling and advertising many different products, lifestyles and ideas for the world of politics, commercialism and capitalism, however, many are not just about making enough for a living, but it's about accumulating limitless wealth, that can provide them with the kind of high-end lifestyle as well as financial security that they desire. It's more about being on a platform to be gaining attention, popularity, name, fame and wealth, or what many people refer as 'success'.

There are also some influencers are purely trying to bring some cheerfulness and motivation to many others in the world of all kinds of tension and madness, to share their unique intelligence, knowledge, experience, creativity, talents and skills with many others, and spread some awareness towards achieving a better, kinder, happier, less corruptions and less suffering world with their kindness and wisdom. As long as they don't create any 'sensitive' and 'prohibited' contents that are directly going against or are being offensive towards certain people or organization, they are fine.

There are some other influencers that are not necessarily being influential via social medias, but they have certain inspirational and aspirational elements that attract the attention, interest or admiration from certain people in their life. All activists and world leaders are some kind of influencer, while not all influencers are intentional activists or world leaders.

Activists are existing because there are many exploitation and corruption in the world deriving from ignorance and egoism, where many people, animals and nature are being impacted by such exploitation and corruption. If there's no exploitation or corruption in the world, if there are no greed and selfishness in the world, there's no need the existence of activists who are sacrificing themselves trying their best fighting against those who are responsible for all kinds of exploitation and corruption to make the world a better, kinder, healthier, happier, less corruptions and less suffering place for all and everyone.

Advocates under specific cause are also performing certain actions to bring certain relief and awareness to the people based on their advocacy, however, not many of these advocates will be continuing doing what they are doing, as either it's only momentary sparks of passion that motivates them to be advocating something under certain intention where those sparks eventually vanished, or they realized that all these advocacy don't really change much, there are more and more different kinds of insufficiency and suffering in the world, as the root cause of exploitation and corruptions that give rise to all kinds of insufficiency and suffering in the community is still there, and growing. While maybe then some of the passionate advocates might turn into activists eventually, who are dealing with the real challenge of confronting those who are responsible for all kinds of exploitation and corruption that give rise to so much unnecessary suffering and desperation that lead to unrest in the world. Even though advocates couldn't do much, but at least their actions are bringing certain degrees of superficial relief and awareness to the people who are in desperation, where most of them don't really know why are they in such desperation under the existence of exploitation and corruption in the world.

'Real' activists (as there are some 'fake' activists existing being manipulated or employed by certain people in the world to fight against the real activists, to create certain damaging behavior problems, and then blaming the real activists as trouble makers, giving them bad reputation, to make people dislike and disagree with them), they are the opposite of many of the popular social media influencers and world leaders in power. They are not the slaves of politics, commercialism and capitalism, but on the contrary, it's going against all these for many good reasons, to be looking after the welfare of all and everyone in the long run, either locally or globally. They are the guardians of the world. They are the fearless fighters fighting for many others who couldn't fight for themselves under certain reasons.

It's very very hard and risky to be an activist. They have to be facing many life threatening situations because they are creating certain 'obstacle' for many selfish greedy powerful people from pursuing their greedy ambitions that will hurt all and everyone in return. Some of them don't even relate themselves as activists. They don't have to do this, and they can just live an 'easier' life, ignoring all kinds of exploitation and corruption, but out of love towards the world that is being exploited to the maximum, where there are many lives are in suffering under many kinds of exploitation and corruption, they are doing this. Even if they have no intention to be doing this for many others, but they are. Even if many people would think and say, "We didn't ask you and don't need you to do this for us," but either directly or indirectly, all and everyone are indebted to all these fearless activists to fight for many things that many people don't even aware of.

Many people are either being ignorant towards many corrupted things that are happening in the world, or they are being manipulated by many selfish greedy ambitious people, who are inspirational to many young people, to be inspired and be aspired to also become 'successful' like them, which is all about greed, selfishness, discontentment, wealth accumulation and hoarding, high-end lifestyle, pleasurable enjoyment, luxurious comfort and higher social status treatment, commercialism, capitalism and investment, by exploiting all and everything to the maximum. Many of the social medias influencers are nothing but the 'slaves' of all these, promoting all these, by influencing as many people (who follow and admire them) as possible, to be inspired, and be aspired to be part of the game of boundless passionate desire and exploitation.

Activists can be exhausting themselves, if they don't know how to let go, and don't know what is non-attachment, non-identification and non-expectation, being determined and hammered by repeated disappointment, threats, hostility, and the increasing selfishness, madness, cruelty, discrimination, exploitation, corruptions, oppression and violence in the world. But if they know how to let go, and know what is non-attachment, non-identification and non-expectation, they will have all the power and energy to be doing what they are doing.

Some people mistaken activists as extremists. Real activists are very different from extremists. Different kinds of extremists would be intentionally generating lots of violent damages and harmful effects in the world in order to achieve what they want to achieve, while activists are doing their best to protect the world from unnecessary damages and harmful effects. Activists also need to be aware of themselves not to turn into extremists, if without correct understanding under great disappointment or intense anger.

No matter how much effort and good will that the influencers and activists have, towards influencing as many people as possible to be making the world a better, kinder, happier, healthier, less corruptions and less suffering place, but the power that can be really impacting the world is in the hand of the world leaders.

Many people strongly believe in the power of the people under democracy, that's true, however, it depends on whether the majority of the people are wise and compassionate, or not, or are free from the influence of ignorance and egoism, or not. What is happening in the world now, is reflecting whether the majority of the people in the world are wise and compassionate, or not.

The world leaders are the ones that has the 'power' to make crucial decision that can be impacting the world in certain way, as they are the law makers, either being voted in and elected by the majority of the people, or by self-proclaimed. While the majority of the people are easily being manipulated to support certain people to be elected and be given that power. If majority of the world leaders are wise and compassionate who can be making use of their position and power to be doing the right thing for looking after the welfare of all and everyone and the surrounding environment, without selfishness and discrimination, then the world would be a better, kinder, happier, less corruptions and less suffering place, however, many of them are not, that's why the world is being what it is now. While many of the world leaders are merely the 'slaves' of some selfish greedy ambitious so called highly 'successful' people in the world.

All the wise and compassionate beings like past and present Buddhas, Gurus and yogis, or the strongest, smartest, fittest, healthiest, loveliest, most talented, most intelligent, most beautiful, most charming, most influential, most powerful and most incredible human beings, or even the so called 'superior entity' that doesn't belong to anyone which is 'illegal', 'offensive' and 'punishable' to mention, say or write its name in certain countries, also can't do anything about that. Ignorance to the deepest.

Not the power of the people, not the power of the world leaders, not the power of the most popular influencer, but the power of ignorance.

None need the 'success' of accumulation and hoarding of limitless wealth, high-end lifestyle, pleasurable enjoyment, luxurious comfort and higher social status treatment powered by commercialism and capitalism to live life. The world will be free from unnecessary damages and suffering deriving from exploitation and corruption, if more people understand that they can live a simple peaceful happy life with enough basic needs for living for all and everyone, if none is being greedy and selfish and ambitious.

Many people are growing up under such belief, values and practice about achieving such 'success', 'enjoyment' or 'abundance' as the goal or meaning of life. There are many motivational empowerment workshops, talks and advocacy to be empowering people to be inspired and aspiring to achieve such 'success' to get out of the desperate situations that were caused by such empowerment in the first place. They don't see that there's anything damaging or selfish about being inspired and aspiring to achieve such 'success', unlimited 'enjoyment' and 'abundance'. In the end, all and everyone who are sharing this space that doesn't belong to anyone will be suffering under such inspiration and aspiration, regardless of those who are living in abundance or desperation.

Those who are living in abundance think that they can avoid being affected by the consequences of their greedy selfish ambitions, while doing some charity works from time to time, it doesn't. Because the damages coming from exploitation and corruption are constantly happening, regardless of whether there are generous people doing some kind of charity works, or not. If people let go of chasing after 'success', 'enjoyment' and 'abundance', there's no need generosity or charity work in the world, as there won't be such desperation or unnecessary suffering deriving from such inspirational aspiration.

Even many yoga practitioners, yoga lovers and yoga teachers, especially those that are identifying and projecting themselves as 'luxury yogi', 'celebrity yogi', 'modern stylish yogi', 'trendy high-end lifestyle yogi', 'inspirational yoga influencer' who are advertising and promoting a world of luxury lifestyle and pleasurable enjoyment empowering commercialism and capitalism to be 'influencing' and 'inspiring' others to be aspiring to become like them, are under the influence of such ignorance.

Only through self-awareness, self-reliance, self-control, self-discipline, self-effort, dispassion, renunciation, self-inquiry and self-realization, can one be liberated from all these boundless ignorance and the consequences of ignorance.

Inquire towards the truth of everything.

Fear or aversion towards losing something?

The one that has fear towards losing something loses everything

Those who have certain position and power to be making crucial decision that could impact the general welfare of a particular area in the world, as well as be given the precious opportunity to be igniting certain awareness in the ignorant minds towards the ignorance in themselves, even with the initial good will of trying to do something right for oneself and many others, hoping for a less corrupted world deriving from corrupted thinking, belief, values and practice, which led them to be gaining that position and power by fighting very hard against corruptions, however, due to fear towards losing that position and power, they are reluctant to be doing the right thing, in order to harvest more support to keep that position and power, and even if they get to keep that position and power by not doing the right thing, they will still be losing everything, in the end, being the 'slave' of those who don't support those who would do the right thing due to ignorance, while forgot about all the others majority who had been supporting those who would do the right thing, which led them gaining that position and power in the first place.

There should be no fear of losing any position or power, for those who truly want to do something right for themselves and for the world.

It's about making good use of that 'impermanent' position and power to be doing the right thing as much as possible, particularly the upmost important thing to do with that position and power, is to be igniting awareness in the minds that are under the influence of ignorance to be aware towards the ignorance in themselves, which is the main reason why there are so much corruptions existing in that area. The only way to reduce or eliminate corruptions in an area effectively, is by igniting awareness in the minds to be aware of the ignorance in themselves. Just by criminalizing, prosecuting, punishing and imprisoning those who are corrupted, doesn't help the area to have less corruptions, as the root cause is still there.

Corruptions or impurities are like the countless leaves that keep falling down from a tree to the ground that will never come to an end. One will be restlessly cleaning up everyday and leaves will still be falling down everyday. There's no need to keep cleaning up the area full of 'corrupted leaves' by uprooting the entire corrupted tree from the root. There's no longer a 'corrupted tree sprung from corrupted root' that generates 'corrupted leaves' endlessly. And that root of all kinds of ignorance and corruptions in the society, is in the minds under the influence of ignorance and egoism.

The only one that can uproot the root of ignorance from the minds, is the mind itself through self-awareness being aware of the ignorance in itself, and many minds might not have that tiny little bit of self-awareness to be aware of the ignorance in themselves under the thick layer of ignorance being conditioned by ignorant egoistic thinking, belief, values and practice, however, under the help of a selfless reflector, awareness can be ignited or reflected in such minds, regardless of how thick layer is the veil of ignorance, as even that layer of ignorance is conditional and impermanent. Ignorance is conditional because it can be increased or reduced, and even be annihilated, depending on the many factors that can be influencing the degrees of ignorance.

But, the reflector, especially a clear one, not a dusty and shattered one, needs to be available. All kinds of leaders in the world, are unintentionally a reflector for the mass that are under the influence of ignorance. That's why they need a leader that make decision for them as they can't make decision for themselves, that tell them what they should do and shouldn't do. Those who are free from the influence of ignorance, they don't need a leader to lead them. These world leaders can be a corrupted reflector selfishly and ignorantly, or they can be a clear reflector, if they want.

Unless they are completely selfish and ignorant, the leaders in the world, who have a little tiny bit of self-awareness, who don't just want to make a successful career out of that position and power, but with a tiny little initiative or goodwill to help the world to be less corrupted, to have less corruptions, they must make use of that precious opportunity to be igniting awareness into the minds that are lost in ignorance.

Such position and power loses its meaning and power, even if one gets to keep that position and power, by being a 'slave' of the ignorant ones in order to keep that position and power, empowering ignorance in the minds. One will be swallowed by that position and power, in the end, by empowering the ignorance in the people, that is similar to be breeding a large group of uncontrollable monsters in one's home.

Inquire the truth of everything.

Ignorance in the world is like a selfless natural disaster

Dealing with the ignorance in the world, it's like dealing with natural disaster.

Natural disaster is part of the selfless manifestation or natural phenomena of the nature.

The natural disaster itself is selfless and intentionless. It has no intention to ravage anything, but, it's part of its selfless intentionless power of nature that would cause random damages onto many things and lives under its presence.

We can mourn or be angry for the destruction of things and lives, and try to clean up the mess of the aftermath deriving from natural disaster as much as possible, and move on in life, but we can't really 'blame' or 'hinder' the natural phenomena of the nature being what it is.

Ignorance in the world is just like the selfless intentionless power of destruction deriving from natural disaster being part of the selfless manifestation or natural phenomena of the impure perceptive/cognitive/assertive modification of the mind.

Ignorance and the consequences of ignorance would ravage anything and anyone (oneself and others) either randomly or deliberately, inflicting all kinds of destruction, difficulty, pain, injury and misery onto objects and beings selflessly and intentionlessly under its presence.

We can mourn and be angry for the destruction of things and lives, and try to clean up the mess of the aftermath (the consequences of ignorance) due to ignorant actions deriving from ignorance either in oneself or in others, and move on in life, but we can't really 'blame' or 'hinder' ignorance for being what it is, where its nature of ravaging anything under its presence randomly or deliberately, as even ignorant actions deriving from intentional motive to destroy, damage and hurt something or someone, to cause destruction, difficulty, pain, injury and misery deliberately, that is also part of the nature of ignorance for being ignorant towards ignorance.

One can feel hurt by other people's ignorance and be angry with the consequences of ignorance of other people in the world, in the present moment, where one's life is reluctantly being affected or damaged by the ignorance in the world, but one doesn't need to be determined or continuously be hurt by the ignorance and the consequences of ignorance in the world, by understanding that the nature of ignorance is just like any kinds of natural disaster that would ravage anything under its presence, randomly.

Ignorance in the world is like a solid wall. One feels hurt or might be injured when one accidentally ran into the wall.

One can either move on and let it go even though damages cannot be undone, or one can stand in front of the wall and shouting at the wall, and continuously hurting and injuring oneself by kicking the wall as hard as possible out of anger towards the wall.

Inquire towards the truth of everything.