Member Statement

I feel that life is both joyful when free and miserable when burdened. Self is the factor. The burden of self, with all the thoughts and obsessions, blocks the beauty ever present when the self is not. I think there is good and bad intention, but any intention is of the self. The consequences of the intention may be difficult to bear. The world is as it is because of self. Capitalism, consumerism promote exploitation of resources and others. There seems to be a desparate climb to the top of the heap and then there is no love. Exploitation, competition are ever present and in that presence are the lies and the deceit of self-image.