My new world II
As I see it, the essence of second tier is a next step in the development of our consciousness, which enables us to see everything as a necessary phase in a development of a complex of elements.
A traditional way of life in a country, with its own habits, rituals, religious insights should not be judged from outside. Every culture has a history of all previous phases. These phases can be described in the SD way, but there are other sequences, that influence development.
The phases cannot be skipped. Only the more or less successful processing of a phase can lead to the next phase. Each phase is a necessary building block of the next phase.
The impact of individual engagement can only be realised, when the time is ripe. Of course individuals are the moving factor for the process of maturation, but maturation depends on a cultural complex that cannot be well understood by those individuals.
Also cultures have a necessary phase of beige and purple and red and blue…….
It is nonsense to judge a phase of a culture, or the whole of a tradition, with criteria of a later phase. And it is proven many times, that it is not possible to influence the development in a positive way by using pressure from outside.
A tradition means individuality for its members. To destroy a tradition takes the individuality from its members and often they will have a disintegrating influence on society.
Not only cultures and countries have their necessary phases of development. So has each individual. A boy of ten years old has to have moments that he is unbearable. He needs that in order to know his limits. He cannot become a good grown up without having been unbearable. Every person has many learning processes where only the negative experiences can bring him forward. Those processes can last a long time (for those who accept reincarnation: sometimes many lives).
Of course the boy needs “difficult” reactions of his surroundings to grow. But only the reactions, that are normal in his tradition! Reactions of foreigners don’t work.
My conclusion is, that second tier means the insight, that every human being has the right to be as he/she is. When he disturbs society, he must be corrected. He needs that for his development and it is necessary to maintain order. But at the same time, we have to respect his/her human development and the phase he/she is in at a certain moment.
Second tier brings happiness. When we understand and respect the neighbour and his phase in development, we will react in a much more positive way and we will be free of irritation, resentment and annoyance. When we understand the other country with its different traditions, we will again react in a much more positive way and we will be free of irritation, resentment and annoyance.
Our respect will be responded.
Our appropriate reaction against hindrance or attacks of course is correct. They will be a useful experience for both parties in their own development.
Adrian
17.10.07
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