Serious Political Questions that need addressing

[electroBeam]

Here are a list of political questions that are needed addressing:

• In big organizations, a lot of (probably orange stage) people feel like a small cog in a big machine. Is it possible to work with people in a large organization and not feel like this? Is it possible for everyone to take on a role where they don't feel like this? What political structures (in business) facilitate such a state in their employees?
• These days in science, there is a trend in regards to reputation from success. In the past a single person would win a nobel prize(like Einstein) and get the credit for it. Nowadays the world is way too complex that a single person cannot solve the universe, but rather groups of people (companies, research organizations, etc) need to work together to solve problems. Nowadays the ones that get the credit are teams of researchers rather than a single researcher. What are the best ways to develop such organizations? Specifically organizations that are less money focused and get more titillation from curiosity? What is the best way to learn how to do this? Find a mentor and do practical excersises with him or build a company with his strict supervision, read books? What's the way to get good at this?
• Someone who thrives on changing the world and achievement, how does this person mould himself/herself towards company or organization centric, rather than individual centric? Maybe see the beauty and excellence in other people and try to support their excellence? 
• How does someone who is individual centric get over the fear of trust with other people? Fear that a person or group will not fulfill their promise? Fear that they will backstab you? Fear that they will take away something important of yours for personal or group gain? A lot of these issues do actually happen in real life and are not irrational fears, how do you get good at avoiding these problems when developing a political/business structure that involves a lot of people, partnerships and deals?
• Society is very toxic. How do you not get entangled in the toxicity of society, while connecting to it, responding to it and being a full participating society of it? How do you work together with a university to solve the world's greatest mysteries, while not getting entangled in the political games such as status seeking, sucking the assess of dysfunctional professors who 'don't like you'? How do you successfully change the status quo? How do you motivate people to take action with you when the stakes aren't that high?(who really cares about solving the world's mysteries these days? No like REAL mysteries? Like examining the beautiful intracies of the experiences people have with the 3rd eye and the hallucinations that come with it?, Imaging how cool it would be to work at a research organization at a top university, mathematically measuring the emotional and spiritual effects people have of temples, and integrating it with the ratios pythagoras found for musical harmonics? Finding a relationship between musical harmonics and the geometrical formation of temples?).

Edited June 8, 2019 by electroBeam

[Apparition of Jack]

I can't answer any of these questions in depth, since I'm still figuring them out myself. One thing I've found that helps a lot is to have an attitude of courage and gutso, however. A lot of us are socialised (by the media, by our peers, by civilisation at large) to essentially be passive desperates always hoping for a magical "big break" (no matter whether that's the the perfect partner, the perfect job, sudden social acceptance, etc.)

This isn't going to come, and if it does, its only because you manifested it yourself. You need to take risks, stand up for yourself and say provocative things if you're going to get anywhere or change anything in this life, especially in a society as corrupt and complex as our own. Of course, I'm not saying you need to be reckless and needlessly endanger yourself and others, and there's a time and place to keep things quiet too, but on the whole, developing character and gravitas by challenging yourself and others is something you should be aiming to achieve. People love someone who's sure of themselves and has the experience to back it up - even people who are opposed to your ideas will begrudgingly respect you if you demonstrate you have both a good heart and a good mind.

Now of course, developing these things is a skill like any other, and starting out it will be quite hard, especially if you're just first waking up to the gravity of the predicament us modern people find ourselves in. Compassion exercises help well (metta meditation, for instance) as a way to ground your motivation and ideas in love for all (INCLUDING and ESPECIALLY love for yourself), and act as a safeguard against your own / other's egoic impulses. Finding the right people to challenge you and support you can go along way too. And finally, an attitude of carrying with you the heart of the warrior, being a champion of light and truth, someone willing to let go for the sake of others, can be an incredible narrative tool to give you the energy / inner security you need to say and do the things that need to be said and done at the times they need to be said and done.

I hope all of this makes sense. Again, this is not advice to be foolhardy and self-destructive, but rather brave and pro-active. If you want to do anything truly great in this world, you will need allow yourself to be vulnerable and spontaneous when the times call for it.

Edited June 9, 2019 by Apparation of Jack

[Bill W]

Hi, 

This post is a heck of a lot more interesting than the topic title led me to believe. You write in the title "political questions" but to me I see "life questions". I'm a little overwhelmed with the amount of questions you pose but they are interesting. I hope to come back to this. For now this grabbed me 

On 6/8/2019 at 4:41 AM, electroBeam said:

What is the best way to learn how to do this? Find a mentor and do practical excersises with him or build a company with his strict supervision, read books? What's the way to get good at this?

I think a mentor can be such a great tool for navigating through life, or the life area you are focusing on. However, I think care needs to be taken to still keep somewhat in "not knowing mind" when beginning with a mentor, as they may not have all the answers themselves and you have to watch for projection anyway (yours and their projection).

But to actually do the work and practice with a mentor can really speed up your own skills and development. You can learn from their mistakes they have made on the path. But still, you need to go through the growing pains anyway I guess. When I think of a mentor I think "what do they have that I want or need?". I've also learned to not be so perfectionalist minded when I try to spot a potential mentor as no one is perfect. As long as they are further up the actualisation ladder than me and can teach me things I need to know (not necessarily what I want to know) then they could be a good mentor. A good mentor sometimes has to tell you things you don't want to hear. Painful things. You need a good trust base for this to work. 

[Surfingthewave]

Excellent questions to ponder. With these questions @electroBeam you've begun to unravel thousands of years of socio-political conditioning.

The only way to begin answering these questions and making a difference is seeing these social constructs for what they truly are. I've come to realise, you've got to play the game. Yes you may feel like a cog in a wheel for time but if you play the game, you can use this to your advantage. The power is in the illusion, but that's all it is, an illusion.