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It is human and inevitable that, with the transmigration of
peoples, cultural displacements and the problem of basic needs not
being met, that certain social stresses and conlicts arise which
further compound the standard power structure of existing conflicts.
That self-defensiveness and the exchange of hostilities exists in many
of our urban spaces throught the world is taken as normal today! This
is largely so because we lack the understanding and the tools to deal
with such conditions and stresses, and for our own self protection, we
react as best we know how. The power
structures of society and the conflictual potentialities they engender
also result in many human needs going unmet. This compounds the tension
in the power infrastructure and is so problematic that it appears to
constitutes a separate issue. We are so embroiled in the
problems presently that it is hard to see the solution, thus Citi-Zen
stress-management tools for social conflict resolution are specifically
focused to deal with the immediate issues of social stress which
underpin social conflicts. Leading to an awareness of their source and
its transformation. There are
requirements for the creation of true social harmony. True perception
arises both upon, the basis of the skill of loving and as a result of
the redeemed consciousness energy which had been invested in the
unwisdom of stress and conflict. The ability to perceive clearly is a
result of love and cuts off hostile reactions at their source through
the power of love-awareness. Many social tensions exist due to
reactionary misperception. Projections of our self onto others,
condition our misperceptions of others and are fuelled primarily by the
energy of frustrated desire due to the basic needs of many people not
being met, and the filtered vision that this engenders. Social
conflict resolution is initially a question of developing the idea of
friendliness and good will. Then the faculty of love to actively
transform conflict. Then upon that basis the clarity of true perception
naturally arises and can be developed by further methods. If
even our basic human needs are not met, let alone ' luxury ' desires,
then of course this frustration will be carried with us as we go about
in the world. If we have the tools to master and transform desire, and
find satisfaction then we can change the commerce of reactionary
misperception which fuels and perpetuates much urban and international
hostility. Violet Diamond Tantra - as discussed in ' What is
stress-management ' - is a profound way of experiencing the
transformation of desire into lasting satisfaction. This practice couple with Tong Len creates profoundly joyful social cohesion. Desire
is both the course of misperception and the means to achieving true
perception. given the right tools any one can master desire and use it
to create the joy of true satisfaction. Tantra is a way achieving this
transformation of desire. Just as the cycle of hostility depends on
misperception of others through ones misperception of ones own self and
inherent power, so the cycle of peace and co-operation depends on
perception. The ability to transform desire and the cultivation of the
power of the hearts love is the key to developing true perception.
Together these two disciplines (as, Meta-Tanta) hold a viable and
potent means to transform the reactionary stale mate that many of our
global spaces are seeming to become. Furthermore, it seems possible
that only via the cultivation of positive and conscious social
interaction, that then as humanity we may come to see yet more clearly
the solution to the problem of meeting basic needs on a large scale
which is the most pressing global need. Learn this |
