The Sustainability Principle
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The Power of Symbols

What is a Prime Symbol?

Variations on the Wisdom Of Confucius

How to Conserve
the Potential

The Human Condition

General Theory

Practical Application

Index of Denial/Acceptance

The Joys in 
Acceptance
Are you vulnerable to denial?
Review Call
Evaluate your
teachers /media
The Compassionate Curriculum
 
Defining some Prime Symbols

Energy

Energy Efficiency

Power

Electricity

Greenhouse

Warming/Cooling

Science

Information

Carbon

Atmosphere

Climate Change

Exponential
Trace

Potential

Compassion

Conserve

Sustain
Environment
Market
Peak Oil
Conservation 
Principle of Energy
Use
Up/Down
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Definition: the compassion symbol

 

Wiki: "Compassion (from Latin: "co-suffering") is a virtue —one in which the emotional capacities of empathy and sympathy (for the suffering of others) are regarded as a cornerstone of greater social interconnectedness and humanism —equivalent to the highest principles in philosophy, society, and personhood...

...Ranked a great virtue in numerous philosphies, compassion is considered in all the major religious traditions as among the greatest of virtues." 

We all live a dance between our capacities for acceptance and denial of change/stewardship. In acceptance we realise we are mortal beings within the universal transformation and within that realisation is suffering. We realise we are separated, divided, cut, split, rended, cleaved from all (see origins of science symbol). In acceptance of our roles stewards of our actions amidst the flux we realise that our actions inevitably cause suffering to other sentient beings and seek to minimise this suffering. 

Inherent in the state of compassion are the requisites for the state of science to exist:

 Inclusiveness
Collegiality openness and sharing
Inquiry
Honesty and trust
Generosity of time and reflection

When all these requisites exist, then the state of science flourishes and we are better able to transcend the limitations of our ego, minimise suffering and enjoy harmony with the universal change.

 Summary

Value compassion, for it enables us to experience the state of science and thus sustain civilisation. Conserve the compassion symbol by using it and our children can know their greater potential and live more sustainable lives.

[Middle English compassioun, from Late Latin compassi , compassi n-, from compassus, past participle of compat , to sympathize : Latin com-, com- + Latin pat , to suffer; see p (i)- in Indo-European roots.]

 

Enjoy the rewards of being a conservator of the potential of our greatest symbols.

 

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