HUMANITY UNITE - THREE Aspects of True FREEDOM and ENLIGHTENED Livi...

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PRELUDE: In 1891, Darwin’s first book about human nature describes that human are not by nature fast, or strong, or agile, or endowed with sharp claws and huge long fangs. What we have is the ability to cooperate and to take care of each other. And he said, sympathy is the strongest instinct in human nature.

Sadly, the people that popularize Darwin ignored his message about human nature. Instead they deceived their brothers and sisters into believing that "survival of the fittest" is the law that we must abide in order to survive. Interestingly, in his book "Theory of Evolution", Darwin mentioned the words "survival of the fittest" only 2X but he mentioned the word “love” 95 times.

Unlike most of our animal cousins, humans are not born with the ability to survive on its own. We completely depend on other human beings to help us learn the skills that we need to survive. We learn how to crawl and walk with the help of our parents or siblings. We drink and eat through the love and care of our mother. We learn how to speak by imitating other people.

Democracy and cooperation is in our DNA. We are hardwired to be compassionate, to be a community, to be our brother’s keeper. And if we don’t reinvent ourselves, if we don’t unite, cooperate and be in tune with the "uni - verse", our species will go extinct.

Three are the aspects of true freedom and an enlightened living - Nonresistance, Nonjudgement, and Nonattachment. The following is a powerful story that teaches the tenets of nonjudgement:

A man just won a very expensive car in a lottery. His family and friends were very happy for him and came to celebrate. "Isn't it great?!" they said. "You're are lucky!". The man smiled and said "Maybe". For a few weeks, he enjoyed driving his car. Then one day, a drunken driver crashed into his new car at an intersection and he ended up in a hospital with multiple injuries. His family and friends came to see him and said: "That was really unfortunate". Again the man smiled and said " Maybe". While he was still at the hospital, one night there was a landslide and his house fell into the sea. Again his family and friends came the next day and said: "Weren't you lucky to have been here in the hospital". Again he said "Maybe".

The wise man's "maybe" signifies a refusal to judge anything that happens. Instead of judging what is, he accepts it and so enters into conscious alignment with the higher order. This is what Jesus meant when he said "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven".

Sources:The New Earth by Eckhart Tolle; ; ; ; .