When I was reading "The Idea of a Local Economy" I didn't understand what point they was trying to get through at first, but then i kept on reading more and more then it made perfect sense to me what I was reading and I got a very clear understanding about what this article was about. Wendell berry talks about the life crisis that is happening to the world. See one thing that I don't understand is that people say that global warming is caused by us humans and other problems too, but if they say that we humans cause it and there isn't much we do about it to stop this from hurting the world we live in now. In the end the world we love will be gone if we don't take care of it starting now. That's the main point he was trying get through to people. This quote I'm about to talk about is one quote that i find very significant and it is "People will think they have made a sufficient change if they have altered their 'values,' or had a 'change of heart." What this means is that people not only got to change on how they feel about this world and say that they need to change how everything is going but actually change and make a difference.
Dalia Lama's inner peace and human rights is what I read about. Dalia Lama throughout the speech is talking about how to find inner peace and human rights. "Inner peace is the key; if you have inner peace, the external peace do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility." What this means to me is that if you as a human have and find true inner peace within you that nothing else in this world will matter and nothing can affect you. Another thing is that everyone should be treated equally and have their human rights to do what ever one feels like doing with out one saying he or she can't. We are not going to have true inner peace or human rights if everyone does get to have their own human right to say and do what whatever.
I have to say I enjoy free speech - it's one of the things I value most and frustrates me most when it's restricted. I have a hard time keeping calm when people consistently over talk when I'm trying to say something. Although I agree that inner peace is important, I think care and consideration in words, and overall understanding, is a better route (instilling in others) rather than removing free speech. Of course I mean free speech with regard to others - so no yelling fire when there's no fire, no libel+slander, and no giving away government information to other countries to the distress of your current country (no spying - unless you're 007)! I think the path to inner peace comes with maturity.
ReplyDeleteI really like the quote you pulled out of the Dalia Lama's Nobel Peace Prize speech. His view on inner peace is very interesting and could be helpful to others who wish to attain this state. I also like the points you made on human rights because without these basic liberties and freedoms we lose our individuality and humanity.
ReplyDeleteI also thought that "Idea of Local Economy" was really hard to understand at first. As I read on I was able to understand some of the points that were being made. I though that Dalia Lama was very interesting and I was about to read about him, but then I figured that a lot of people were going to do him so I decided to do somebody else.
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