Is basic fairness gone forever?
Is fairness--basic fair play--simply no longer a part of human life? If we are all spiritual beings, why are we not acting in a spiritually enlightened way? What would it take for us to do so? Last Thursday and Friday...
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Not only should the players sue the university, they should sue each professor who signed that statement individually.
Fairness is dead but retaliation lives and breathes.
We are too quick to jump on the bandwagon that leads to condemnation.
Emotional subjects get a lot of attention, with less attention being given to the facts in the matter.
As long as one of us is fair, then fairness exists. I know there are many who hold truth, honor and respect in high regard.
Blessings,
Donna
I believe, at least in the case of the young Caucasian men accused of raping and otherwise sexually defiling an African American female dancer, the whole matter can cause the young lady to get the needed message about some aspects of racial relations, about finding herself a more wholesome work ethic and atmosphere to earn money, other than performing sexually provocative dance styles.
It is not, however, the first time an African American woman's rape and sexual defilement charges against white men have been turned around to publicly destroy her, as well as those Blacks and/or Whites who dared to defend her by the prosecution of those alleged guilty. Did she really think her words would not be swallowed up by their protective racial and class statures and backgrounds? Whether these young men were guilty or not, they would have known even while she danced that they could do all those things to her, and her cries, her physical/spiritual hurt, harm, and humiliation would have to grovel before their righteous racial and class images. They would know the physical evidence--including the mighty DNA evidence could be tampered with, discredited by those racially identifying with the guilty men. They would know the young Black woman could be so harassed and deluged with suggestions and denunciations by authorities and friends of their race and class--she would suffer near nervous breakdown, become more and more self-contradictory, until she even doubted herself what happened to her.
I noticed from newspaper reports that the DNA evidence had been disclaimed as not belonging to any of the young men, but more effort to discredit the story of the young black woman was exerted than to find out exactly whose DNA it was. It was someone or someones at one time. Whose? Did any of the young men suggest who, other than themselves, could be the guilty party or parties? Did any of them express any sympathy for the young black woman, who was obviously outside the social world of her own race and totally reliant upon their goodwill. The so-called investigation noted that these were upright, outstanding young men with fine futures ahead of them, and it would be a shame to have them destroyed by the likes of this young black woman. That's when the redemption of the young men snowballed to a point where--indeed!--it was not enough to vindicate the young men, but they must need attack, maim, and publicly destroy the defenders of the young black woman, the Caucasian prosecutor, the college authorities who went about pushing for the quick redress of this most shameful situation. I say, the vindication of the young men must not go unquestioned until or unless the guilty is or are found and the innocence of the young black woman is somehow reconciled with her former state; that the prosecuting attorney and the college authorities' careers are not so hastily destroyed, so that the future careers of the young white men might leave behind so many adult white casualties over which to gloat.
Neale, You ask three questions in your beginning:
[1] Is fairness--basic fair play--simply no longer a part of human life?
Might it be that Fair Play is not as clearly understood in the current environment in spite of what so many claim? It would seem so. What people do not understand is that 'fair play' is not always gracious, especially when information is obscured or withheld. It serves no one to respond to ungracious choices with more ungracious choices-- the instructive consequences tend to mount in a way that distracts from the original challenge to gracious awareness.
[2] If we are all spiritual beings, why are we not acting in a spiritually enlightened way?
As you have written yourself, we are evolving spiritual beings enjoying the realization of a physical experience. You observe we are 'acting in a spiritually enlightened way'? Neale, If we were spiritually enlightened to the level of graciously resolving the challenges presented by conflicting stories and viewpoints, you would have few to teach. Apparently, among others, these circumstances arise to serve your purposes in this blog, as they do mine in responding to your questions. Conscious Evolution is a continuing and continuous process that eventually acknowledges the benefit of instructive consequences and initiates gracious changes that serve the evolving awareness of humanity. We are not yet as spiritually enlightened as you hope we might be, that is obvious. We will get there, however, by acknowledging the benefit of our ungracious choices, instructive consequence, and making progressive changes of evolutionary import.
[3] What would it take for us to do so?
Among other things, understanding and appreciating that all circumstances arise for the opportunity for making gracious changes. That is why we have been told by masters, "Choose for others only as one would choose for one's self". These simple words guarantee gracious choices when honored. All choices are either gracious or ungracious. We do well to see the Law of Grace functioning in the course of all human events: All choice generates benefit for purposes of appreciation. Understanding that Grace is 'the awareness that choice might align potential with possibilities within circumstances for appreciation' is the first step in this evolution. Gracious is the demonstration of this awareness. Ungracious is its denial. Grace is an aspect of One's Being evident in all the experiences of life. One might choose to be aware of this so one might graciously appreciate and share this. Or not. One allows one to realize the benefit of choices, gracious and ungracious alike. We would not live in a gracious Universe of our own design if this were not so. One would have only designed it this way, graciously. We are all One. It will take exploring these things for us to appreciate the benefits of all the choices mentioned in this post. Namaste.
Here is a very very simple and effective method to incorporate.
Just be willing to suspend judgment until all the info comes out and then make a decision from there.
I think Flying Dolphin makes a great point, Why not just suspend judgment ...
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin (Or whatever the judgment maybe, comments added by me), but by the content of their character. " DR ML
Fairness is an understanding of being part of a whole. It is also an understanding that when we choose to engage in a relationship with God that our mindset will shift to one of aspiration and then love.
Churches have spires that reach "heavenward" towards the sky and symbolise our desire to achieve our life's purpose, to reconnect and thereby have communion with God and our fellow walkers on this planet.
It is th forces of light in contrast with our behaviour and attitude with our past, our desire for the win/lose rather than looking for love.
Yet the sands are shifting, and even more so. Governments are changing and issues such as inclusiveness, the environment etc are rising to the fore. God's messages to us is coming through and we look to everyone being treated with love and respect
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