Where PSPinc's Prime Directive states that we (humans) should seek pleasure and avoid pain for ourselves and others, their prime directive states that they should seek pleasure and avoid pain for themselves and let others take care of themselves. And in their world, the greatest pleasures are to be derived from the accumulation of profit, prestige, and power. The pains to be avoided at any cost are poverty, lack of enviable status, and powerlessness. Those who are not successful under their prime directive are viewed as resources and materials to be used in the attainment of their goals and the reconstruction of our world. You know I don't like getting into this kind of in-group versus out-group discussion (us vs them), but I didn't create this reality. I was born into it and like you, I chose to come at this time. So if my Ori speaks truth to me, I feel that I should speak truth to you. That's the example that Dr. M. set for us in the Handbook.
PSPinc's Prime Directive states that we should convert negative energy into positive energy through our conduct in the world. Their prime directive states that both negative energy and positive energy (good conduct and bad conduct) should be used to keep the masses in confusion, desperation, and competition with each other so that they can not see a way to be anything but negative, hostile, and alienated from each other. It is sad to see how far we (humans) have fallen backwards as our technologies and sciences have advanced so far forward. This divergence makes for a very problematic future.
PSPinc's Prime Directive states that we should nurture life and struggle against death for the welfare of the planet and the coexistence of all living things. Again, their prime directive takes us in a completely different direction. Their prime directive states that they should nurture profit and power for the short-term benefit of themselves, their families, and their associates regardless of the negative impact on other humans, animals, or the planet itself.
My hope is that (with each new event, personal observation, or news story) each of you will come to truly understand that we are already engaged in a struggle to establish a prime directive for the human family. Their prime directive is articulated in the reassuring language of Capitalistic Democracy, Rugged Individualism, Market Freedom, Individual Rights, and the like, but these ideas veil hidden agendas. Our Prime Directive is articulated in the simple message to Create Peaceful Space. 10 Selfish & Unselfish Reasons For You To Create Peaceful Space.
Again, let me remind you that I am not talking politics in my comments. I'm talking about the choices that people make because of the weaknesses in our nature and because of the ideologies and philosophies to which we attach ourselves. Advocates of these competing prime directives know that ultimately, if the future is to be theirs, they must get the children (all of the world's children) to internalize their ideal. As I think more and more about the Peaceful Space Project and its mission, I realize more clearly how important it is that someone invite you to choose one prime directive over the other. I have to ask you openly and honestly to consider the seriousness of the situation and to choose to act. Don't expect to be a spectator during the greatest drama to be acted out in all of human history. Do something! Say something to someone! You alone may not be able to change the world but you can certainly change something about the world. Start by changing something about yourself - negative to positive, passive to active, observer to participant and then, be ready (always ready) to help someone else in their process.
Living in alignment with the Prime Directive
is a choice to which everyone should be invited!
You have been invited!
You have been invited!
Create Peaceful Space!
Trust Your Process!
Peace, Love, and Health!
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I agree with you that the Prime Directive is a universal attainable ideal and an ancient one at that! For instance, the Prime Directive’s innate desire to “seek pleasure and avoid pain" through the channel of music, has been historically influential in personal and world affairs. This type of pleasure is multi-dimension in the areas of sensory, cognitive, social, and kinesthetic. As such, music “commands a prominent place in personal experience, economic activity, and collective culture”. According to Huron (2005), music cannot be achieved or sustained without “tapping into the biology of pleasure” or as Dr. M states, our innate Prime Directive.
As regards to PSPinc's Prime Directive that states that we (humans) should seek pleasure and avoid pain for ourselves and others, history can also testify to its strength and the continual need for powerful Ori’s, like yours, to continue speaking such truth. For instance, in developing countries, there are (though rare) capable and accountable public authorities that have put (as you state) "billions of dollars … to achieve their version of a prime directive for the human family”. For example, when Singapore attained self-rule in 1959,the new government inherited an extremely overcrowded city. In accord with the Collective Prime Directive (in the context of housing problems), the Government developed a massive public housing program. As a result, it turned out to be an instrument by which to “maintain the ideological hegemony of the PSP [People’s Active Party] and incorporate the popular sectors in the state apparatus”. (Slater, 2005).
Personally, my life’s experiences also testify to the strength of PSPinc's Prime Directive on a daily basis and the continual need for my Ori to continue speaking the truth of why I came into the world during this tumultuous time period. For instance, this weekend, I spent time in Flagstaff, Arizona camping with my faithful running partner (my Dog Shiann) and visiting with new and old acquaintances. Camping next to me was a disabled Vet (in his latter 20’s) who was, not so long ago, a member of the elite Navy’s Search and Rescue. With this in mind, on Saturday night, around 11:30 at night, two teenagers became remotely lost in the woods. Because these boys had their cell phones, they were able to call 911. Coming to their rescue were the ill-equipped, overweight, local sheriff and his junior partner; the adrenalin-rushed, disabled Vet; and his agile, eager friend. Due to the Vets’ search & rescue experience/skills, and access to his friend’s equipment (i.e., night vision binoculars, GPS instrument), the search for the boys came to an end before daylight. The following day, around the fire site, this heroic Vet shared with me that, prior to last night’s event, he was mostly bed ridden (severe back injury ) and hence had lost his will to live. Thanks to my innate desire of the Prime Directive, my Energy Signature, and my professional mental health experience in the field of crisis intervention, I was able to assist him in rediscovering his reason for living and in determining short/long goals (i.e., mental, emotional, and physical) true to his Energy Signature.
In closing, it is my CHOICE to align my life with the Prime Directive so that I too can make a significant shift (one by one) in the direction of quanta energy in behalf of future generations and the Earth. (See Video: “I Like Everything”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHvo2aCG_xc )
Peace, Love, and Health!
References:
Huron, D. (2005). The plural pleasures of music. Proceedings of the 2004 Music and Music Science Conference. Retrieved on June 8, 2010 from http://www.musiccog.ohio-state.edu/Huron/Publications/pleasures.pdf
Slater, D. (2005). Ordering power: Contentious politics, state-building, and authoritarian durability in Southeast Asia. (Doctoral dissertation, Emory University, 2005). Retrieved on June 8, 2010 from http://home.uchicago.edu/~slater/files/SLATERDISSERTATION.pdf
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