~ Can You Smell My Brain A Cooking? ~

The other day I was doing my usual online news surfing and reading when I came upon a blog by Neale Donald Walsch via belief net. I admit that I have never heard of this man before but I figured what the heck and gave his blog a look and read. I was reading the posts in his blog when I cam upon his definition of Morality.

“Morality is the desire to force others to behave as we have not.”
~ Neale Donald Walsch ~

My first thought was WOW! The next thought I was in Awe at the insight. I wasn’t quite sure what I felt about it at first other that it spoke to me on a deep level. I sticky noted it on my Mac and read it again several times relishing each word as I read it, questioning its truthfulness. It was at this point that one of my favorite quotes of all time came rushing back to me.

“We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice and another which we practice but seldom preach”
~ Bertrand Russell ~

It was at this very moment that I saw the TRUTH in Mr. Walsch’s statement. Bertrand had expressed it quite well years earlier but Walsch simplified the reality of Russell’s statement by addressing Morality itself. Sometimes simplicity can hold a golden acorn of truth that the soul instantly recognizes when it gazes upon it.

The thing about “Morality” is that it all comes down to making judgments. A friend of mine has recently made a post on her blog about the subject of making judgments, (you can see it here), although generally I agree with her notion to “Judge On” I’m not so sure it’s that simplistic in reality. I think there are possibly differing types of judgments some are beneficial for our very survival as individuals and a society as a whole while others are much more counterproductive and/or even destructive to society or an individual IMHO.

I agree with my friend when it comes to making Judgments based on survival. We make judgment calls everyday all day long. We start with what we are going to wear and eat, to ending a relationship because it’s not in our best interest to continue it any further. We also make many of our judgments based on our experience that we have so far gained on our journey thru this life. If someone betrays us we usually make the judgment call to remove that person from our lives for good reason, we happen to enjoy our sanity. Sometimes we come across individuals that behave in a manor similar to those who have wronged us in the past and thusly chose to leave them to their own demise and dismiss them, never to give them the time of day. These are all sound judgments that are beneficial to us as individuals and to not make these judgments calls is to be stagnated in infancy IMHO. So, to Survival judgments I cheer Babble and second the anthem of “Judge On”.

For me an example of a judgment that IMHO is destructive to society as a whole is when we judge groups of individuals based on shallow premises such as their religious beliefs (polygamy) or sexual preference (homosexuality). And as a society we then see fit to deem them unworthy of ALL their constitutional rights. We relinquish them to the status of separate but not equal which destroys the effort of society as a whole to embrace and respect diversity in all its aspects of humanity, IMHO. These judgments are more often than not made out of fear and ignorance and thusly are irrational at their very core. To make any judgment from this mire of muck serves no purpose than that of tyrannical leaders and those that would see fit to remove us from our own freedoms. This to me is the most destructive aspect of these judgments. After all, “Morality” is nothing more than our personal subjective ideals that change with time based upon judgments that we make on our journey thru life. To deem ones personal, “Morality” must be followed by all is to deem all others incompetent and in need of another individuals tyrannical parentage. Rather insulting if you ask me, just saying.

Maybe after a few years and hopefully more insight I’ll see things differently but for now I remain conflicted.

On a side note: I spent about an hour Sunday night in the ER again due to chest pain. It wasn't a heart attack and they still don't know what it was. Luckily it happened at home this time and Hubby rushed me to the ER. Then today one of the bulbs on our big TV blew so now hubby and me have no TV. When it rains it pours. I stongly suggest lynching " Murphey". LOL