Post No. 3,506 - What do warriors do in a post conflict society?

Spiritual - and personal/moral - evolution leads to number of advantageous outcomes, and one of those is (or should be) a reduction in all forms of conflict as collaborative resolution becomes the norm, rather than drama, quests for social status, sadism/narcissism/etc. 

That reduction will also include a reduction in war - in fact, an elimination of intra-planetary war. 

When that happens, there is a question about what to do with former soldiers. 

Some will still be needed for defence, but those that are not will need to be integrated into society - which is a major aspect of things like ending the decades of war, often entangled with drugs or blood minerals, in some regions around the world (regions which could have been rich if their resources were used properly, for the benefit of the people of those regions).  

This includes economic challenges such as finding jobs for everyone, social justice issues such as the utterly essential accountability (on ALL sides - and there can be many more than two) for past abuses, and dealing with trauma (including of civilians) from both the experience of war, and training for war, which can be incredibly psychologically, morally, and spiritually damaging. 

This also applies to nonphysical conflicts, such as the current world struggle against fascism, neoliberalism, a and the ultra-rich elites of the world: one day that war will be won by us, the ultra-rich elites will disappear, and healing society will include all the matters raised above. 

Now, at this point I want to point out that this article wasn’t inspired by consideration of physical events, but by some channelled comments by ETs about “warrior species” - which may be the biases of the medium, but, be that as it may, the topic is still going to be valid for us - or, more accurately, those of us who survive the climate crisis and are alive in a few centuries. 

From the point of view of the now former warrior, what they do now, in war cursed cultures, is (as a generic simplification): 

(1) try to survive the adaptation back to civvies; 

(2) try to heal; 

(3) face a personal choice: either try to build/rebuild, or try protection/security to try to justify what they have been through 

What they do when the violent conflict is gone is (as a generic simplification): 

(1) adapt to the change; 

(2) heal as best they can; 

(3) do something to build OR take the protection/security role into the nonphysical (protection can be against the innocently disharmonious - not all “war” is against evil).  

And, in all cases, during the conflict, IF possible, keep some focus on minimising the trauma - especially the moral injury, and do what damage control can be done now. 

That last point applies to those doing the work of this blog.  

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlightopossible flaws / issues youoshouldoconsider: 

• there mayobe flawedologicaloarguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ freeoonline course “Clear and Present Thinking”;  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinkingocaps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

 

Gnwmythr 

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safer ways to counter the "bad" (outoofobalance, spirituallyoimmature) 

 

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Post No. 2,891 - On resisting progressive change

Something I have wondered about at times (including my previous post) is why some people resist progressive change - which includes people who claim to be, or to want to be spiritual, as so many of them are aiming to protect their social status and thus engage in things like spiritual bypassing.

I consider such matters on my political blog as well - for instance,   “A question: where does cluelessness / being out-of-touch come from?”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-question-where-does-cluelessness.html      

But today’s thought - or thought process - started by contemplating something I read somewhere recently, and have been trying to track down in the last 12 hours - unsuccessfully (it was, I thought, either in something Robert  Reich  wrote, or in Timothy  Snyder’s new book “On Freedom” [pub. Vintage Digital, 19 September 2024, ISBN 978-1-529-92927-0; website, NPR review, goodreads; Penguin, Kobo, Apple books, Amazon], but could also have been somewhere on The Guardian):  a comment to the effect that left wing inclined people identify with victims, whereas right wing inclined people are drawn to people who have power.

It was the aspect of being drawn to power that caught my attention - particularly as I had seen something online which had characters who were praising the alleged virtue of blind loyalty.

That is a problem in the corporate world, although I am aware (e.g., from “Briefing for the Landing on Planet Earth”) that many people want to be part of something bigger - which can be either “good” (BPM) or “bad” (nonBPM). 

From a spiritual perspective, people who are willingly submerging themselves in power structures - whether they are doing so for social status or protection or a sense of superiority or some other character flaw - are abdicating their personal sovereignty and sacrificing their maturity by outsourcing their ethics, thinking, and personality to others. 

They would prefer to be a happy serf, even if it means - as it does - that they are stepping out of the flow of life, and stagnating into a pale shadow of what they could be if they were truly courageous ...

Of course, the same problem can crop up - with slight variations - elsewhere, including elsewhere on the political spectrum, but I consider this awareness is going to help me with my spiritual work and with my activism - especially as it is this problem on the right wing that is destroying the world in so many ways right now ...

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”;  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

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