Monday, January 19, 2009

Who is "society"?

Thank you for your response Dear Lioness,
The primary problem we’re facing is the fact that NO ONE seems to take credit for what we call “society”..
We tend to think that “society” is some thing..some collective outside force… that seems to have silently set certain standards we MUST go by..
We often utter: “ Oh that’s how today’s society is …what can you do?” As if we have absolutely no part in it..
Who decided what‘s ugly ?... or that “aging” is detrimental?..
SOCIETY did!! ….But WHO IS “society”??
WE ARE!!..Every single human being is part of it..Those in the media, politics or in the government are NO different than we are!!
When we start to realize that we all have an equal amount of influence upon our society…
Only then can we change the current societal structure.
The initial change however, has to start with the individual.. the fundamental part of society..
The individual's identification with the society created mind, is the mere reason for the fallacy of human interaction...which in turn creates separation.
A change in state of mind required..not a change in societal structure…...the latter will follow...

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