Publisher's Synopsis
It would help us if we could find the original cause of our violent behavior, as we also attempt to define a fundamental philosophy of kindness and sanity, where reason and compassion reign supreme. Before we do so, how¬ever, it is extremely important for each one of us to realize that: We each possess the power to implement a sane base of person¬al eth¬ics in order to reach our individual bliss - a deliberate and will¬ful choice to be oneself despite and in spite of far too many edicts to do other¬wise. We will furthermore in this essay: -Go on insisting on the personal responsibility and ac¬countability for one's behavior by reassert-ing that both of these must be integral parts of our thinking and behavior, if we wish to pursue happiness and live our bliss.-Persist on proposing that, we each begin to set up per¬sonalized meanings and values, and then take decisions, and deliberately behave, in accordance with standards elabor¬ated from these.-Persevere with the argument that we must reclaim our birthright to think and act for ourselves, taken away from us so long ago at the onset of a Barbaric era, in order to regain our Cosmic right to be who we are.We will in this second essay depart from the ori¬ginal dreadful message so much repeated and emphasized in the first, and push on more positively toward an already indicated and more positive direction, where hope results from an atti¬tude, a compassionate tolerance, and the will to self actualize in kind and sane ways. As we do this, we will as¬sume that anyone can partake in the privilege of being the person one really is, re¬gardless of ethnicity, language, etc. We will thus: -Accept the notion that change must be under¬taken by each one of us, if we wish to make a difference.-Entice everyone we can to move away from malevolent and in¬sane scenarios of private or national be¬havioral pat¬terns by ensuring that authority does not occur from the top down, but the other way around.-Affirm that, tolerant people, who believe in themselves, and live in a caring mode for one and all, can accomplish deliberate, fair, kind, and sane acts.So we speak here of: A life based on the acceptance of full ac¬countability and full responsibility for one's ac¬tions in the free exercise of one's will. Hence a life based on our personalized self-actualization in the very midst of our bliss, and this in spite of and despite a violent planetary culture bent on holding us captive.
