Jul 14 2010
What does self-mastery have to do with conserving the environment?
Every environmental issue that I examine – and I have carefully examined many in the past 25 years – has the tendency to give me the same basic overall answer, namely that self-mastery is THE KEY to securing the survival of planet Earth and its inhabitants for the foreseeable future.
Personally, when I think of self-mastery in this context, I think of getting to know myself really brutally honestly well, learning what my true motives are for doing every little thing I do, learning what kind of effects various external influences and stimuli have on me, what kind of effects my own actions have on the external world. From this follows learning how to consciously override automatic responses and self-direct every decision in my life in a way that is authentic and appropriate to me.
This is just one perspective though. I’m sure there are many more as to what self-mastery being the key could mean.
What is YOUR take? What does “self-mastery” mean to you? Do you feel affinity with the term? To you, what does it have to do with solving environmental and other problems in the world? Is it something you feel could empower you to make a difference?
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