Saturday, January 16, 2010

An Attempt to Summarize my Basic Beliefs

Dear John,
I really felt elated to read this message of yours on my wall in Facebook (a day or two after I had confirmed you as a “friend”): "Please share your philosophy. You are a tremendous thinker." I haven’t really summarized “my” philosophy (I’m not sure there are people would be interested), but I just decided to sttempt a short summary right here and now and to give you some references to augment it. I would really appreciate any feedback on this.

Attempted summary:

The humanity of all is one; each human, as well as the entire Humankind, is a synergy waiting to be fulfilled. Human development at its current stage is mainly the development of iour consciousness. Such human development can march on in earnest only in the contect of human harmony; and would result in more human harmony. Human synergy, with potental fulfilllment at every level of the holarchy , can solve all the big and small human problems (including human-caused/human-abetted planetary climate change which the very recent Copenhagen Summit, obviously llacking in collective will power, failed to address effectivelty); recurring economic/financial crises, elusiveness of real and lasting world peace, rampant/systemic violations og human dignity and rights, etc. etc.). Money is not the root of all evil; but love for money prevailing over love for life is that root, essentially the alienation and separation from “Our Father” and from one another. More important than political or economic power is the human will power; will precedes the wallet!

Some references:

The outline of the book HUMAN HOLONS: Power-Packed Synargies (and also its cover design) can be viewed via a link from http://bookmakers-phils.8m.net. The entire text is available, for free, at http://www.scribd.com/doc/19423640/The-Human-Holonreeditedmarch-2009 (download as Microsoft Word; font size in the display can be adjusted)

Much more of my beliefs and observations can also be discerned by reading the Epilogue chapter of my work DEMANDS OF DIGNITY: Developing the Discourse on the Philippine December 10th Declaration A Decade After (MANILA: Kamalaysayan, 2009), which is also available for free at http://demands-dignity.8m.net, with hard copies in retail available at National Bookstore outlets in the Philippines, and bulk orders accepted at IAME Design Studio, c/o International Academy of Management and Economics. 1061 Metropolitan Ave., San Antonio Village, Makati City Tel. (63-2) 8962355; Fax (63-2) 8962351.
Thankful cheers to you, John!
Your very new friend,
Ding
(Prof. Ed Aurelio C. Reyes)
Subic, Zambales, Philippines

(This letter to John Flynn of Oxnard, California, USA was writtten at 4:30 am January 17, 2010, Philippine date and time.)

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