8 – THE DEMOCRACY OF THE FUTURE – Requirements for a Competent Alternative Model – Democracy of the Future: Cascade or Inverted Tree Representation – Freedom Is Guaranteed – A Process with Equal Opportunities – The Harmony Between Functions and Capabilities – The Creation of the Necessary Power – An Example for the Nations Is… Read More
Categoria: Liberalism: its Problems
What Is Wrong with Politcs? (7): World Problems and the Dominant Political Models
7 – WORLD PROBLEMS AND THE DOMINANT POLITICAL MODELS – Some of the Main World Problems – Perverse Dynamics of “Free” International Competition As Immediate Cause of the Main Problems – Competition Between the Big Organizations – Weakness of the Present Models of Liberal Democracy – Incompetence of the Marxist Model – Difficulty of Sustainable… Read More
What Is Wrong with Politcs? (6): Failures of Marxism: Premisses and Organizational Model
6 – FAILURES OF MARXISM: PREMISSES AND ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL – The Law of the Foundational Conflict – Consciousness Determined By the Material Environment – The Human Being in Marxism – The Ethics of Marxism – The Marxist Model: Virtues and Failures What is the vision of a human being that gathers the social philosophy of… Read More
What Is Wrong with Politcs? (5): Failures of the Present Models of Liberal Democracy
5 – FAILURES OF THE PRESENT MODELS OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY – Importance of the Model of Political Organization – Results of Not Understanding the Unity and the Differences – Importance of the Law of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity – The Two Main Functions of a Political System – The Process of Choosing the Main… Read More
What Is Wrong with Politcs? (4): Liberalism: Premisses and Political System
4 – LIBERALISM: PREMISSES AND POLITICAL SYSTEM – The Dominant Thought Currents – Mistaken Premisses – The Beginnings of Liberalism – Human Being: Rational, Egocentric and Similar Capabilities – Three Independent Powers: Order of Checks and Balances – Minimum State – One Man, One Vote – Changes with Permanency of the Foundational Premisses – The… Read More
‘Intellectual Classes’ Degrade Those They Should Protect and Guide
“Those ‘intellectual classes,’ reacting upon the ignorant masses which they attract and which look up to them as noble and fit examples to follow, degrade and morally ruin those they ought to protect and guide.” (Mahachohan. In C. Jinarajadasa, editor. Letters from the Master of the Wisdom, 1st Series, letter n. 1, p. 4; emphasis added)… Read More
What Is Wrong with Politcs? (3): Differences of Capabilities Among Human Beings
3 – DIFFERENCES OF CAPABILITIES AMONG HUMAN BEINGS – The Studies of Philip E. Converse – Breadth Levels in Political Understanding – The Differences: Constraint Quantification in Belief Systems – The Differences: Elements of Greater Centrality – The Differences: Organizational Role of Abstract Concepts – The Differences: Breadth Levels in Converse’s Categories – Level I:… Read More
What Is Wrong with Politcs? (2): Unity Underlying Humanity
2 – UNITY UNDERLYING HUMANITY – Unity and Diversity in the Religious Traditions – Buddhism – Christianity – Confucianism – Hinduism – Islamism – Judaism – Taoism – Shintoism – Unity in the Contemporary Sciences Unity and Diversity in the Religious Traditions A worldview that contemplates an essential unity in relation to the deep nature… Read More
Thrice Fortunate They Who Can Break Through the Vicious Circle of Modern Influence
“All you can do is to prepare the intellect: the impulse toward “soul-culture” must be furnished by the individual. Thrice fortunate they who can break through the vicious circle of modern influence and come up above the vapours!” (K.H. In T. Baker, editor. The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett, letter n. 35, p. 247; emphasis added)
Human Nature in General Is the Same Now As a Million Years Ago
“As for human nature in general, it is the same now as it was a million of years ago: Prejudice based upon selfishness; a general unwillingness to give up an established order of things for new modes of life and thought — and occult study requires all that and much more — pride and stubborn… Read More