Comments on: Gallup’s first world poll http://the-sacred-path.com/2008/03/23/gallups-first-world-poll/ journeys through the mist Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:22:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Richard http://the-sacred-path.com/2008/03/23/gallups-first-world-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-879 Richard Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:29:12 +0000 http://the-sacred-path.com/2008/03/23/gallups-first-world-poll/#comment-879 Yes, I think meaningful work is a much better term than "jobs," and I agree that as society gains awareness, there will be shifts away from things that harm the earth and by association ourselves. Yes, I think meaningful work is a much better term than “jobs,” and I agree that as society gains awareness, there will be shifts away from things that harm the earth and by association ourselves.

]]> By: Frank http://the-sacred-path.com/2008/03/23/gallups-first-world-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-878 Frank Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:06:32 +0000 http://the-sacred-path.com/2008/03/23/gallups-first-world-poll/#comment-878 Well, Mary Ann, they phrase it as "jobs" but it would be better phrased "meaningful work." That's what people really want, but sometimes it's easy to lose sight of the word "meaningful" -- especially if you're trying to feed your family and you feel you have no choice (I've been in THAT trap before!) or if in fact you have no idea what meaningful work would be. Schumacher's Small Is Beautiful pointed out that, invisibly, our economic assumptions rested on metaphysical assumptions, often quite unconscious. So, he asked (rhetorically) what a Buddhist economics would look like. You know, the concept of work as something good, as a meaningful gift to your life and from your life, a way of working out your salvation. If our society were to become conscious enough to realize that people NEED meaningful work to be fully human, pathological perversions of that need (such as clear-cut logging and fishing to extinction) would gradually disappear, i think. Well, Mary Ann, they phrase it as “jobs” but it would be better phrased “meaningful work.” That’s what people really want, but sometimes it’s easy to lose sight of the word “meaningful” — especially if you’re trying to feed your family and you feel you have no choice (I’ve been in THAT trap before!) or if in fact you have no idea what meaningful work would be. Schumacher’s Small Is Beautiful pointed out that, invisibly, our economic assumptions rested on metaphysical assumptions, often quite unconscious. So, he asked (rhetorically) what a Buddhist economics would look like. You know, the concept of work as something good, as a meaningful gift to your life and from your life, a way of working out your salvation. If our society were to become conscious enough to realize that people NEED meaningful work to be fully human, pathological perversions of that need (such as clear-cut logging and fishing to extinction) would gradually disappear, i think.

]]> By: Mary Ann http://the-sacred-path.com/2008/03/23/gallups-first-world-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-877 Mary Ann Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:16:27 +0000 http://the-sacred-path.com/2008/03/23/gallups-first-world-poll/#comment-877 It's interesting that my immediate reaction was to remember how logging in the USA is kept going because of "jobs." It's like "jobs" is a magic word that allows us to continue to wreak havoc on the environment. Unfortunely the environment doesn't get to vote in elections. MA It’s interesting that my immediate reaction was to remember how logging in the USA is kept going because of “jobs.” It’s like “jobs” is a magic word that allows us to continue to wreak havoc on the environment. Unfortunely the environment doesn’t get to vote in elections.
MA

]]> By: Richard http://the-sacred-path.com/2008/03/23/gallups-first-world-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-876 Richard Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:16:32 +0000 http://the-sacred-path.com/2008/03/23/gallups-first-world-poll/#comment-876 I think it worth a few clicks to read my friend <a href="http://frankdemarco.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/tide-rising/" rel="nofollow">Frank's poem</a> he posted on his <a href="http://frankdemarco.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">blog</a> after we had an email exchange about the World Poll this morning. I think it worth a few clicks to read my friend Frank’s poem he posted on his blog after we had an email exchange about the World Poll this morning.

]]> By: Richard http://the-sacred-path.com/2008/03/23/gallups-first-world-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-874 Richard Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:06:49 +0000 http://the-sacred-path.com/2008/03/23/gallups-first-world-poll/#comment-874 <blockquote>Well — why not ask them?</blockquote> Radical concept isn't it?

Well — why not ask them?

Radical concept isn’t it?

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