Willingness to oppose in Life

Observe an argument between 2 people.

Our civilized world has been taught to follow these steps:

1) Listen to the content of both sides.

2) Choose the one who is right.

3) Support the one who has been chosen to be “correct.”

The problem resides in #2, the standard chosen. Mostly, we use “reason” and “logic” to determine that. However, typically there is more than “reason” underneath. Emotions, learned behaviors, moral standards and the sanity of a person are part of the package to consider. Judging fairly is not easy at all.

Now, if we argue with someone else note that “reason” has a different meaning. It means everything we consider reasonable to “win” the argument. We set the standard or how we understand it. The goal is to “win.”

Many times, there may be an argument within. That is when choosing between 2 or more options. Our desires become our “reasons.”

When we deal with the force of opposition, tiredness will be unavoidable if the will to “win” prevails to reduce the opposite view.

When we learn the art of not opposing, we will observe how every attempt to use our will power to obtain a goal, (just like we are taught to “succeed” in Life;) is an attempt to fight an oppose. In this “practice” inevitably we will break down. That is the consequence of following opposition as a way of Life.

Not opposing does not mean to be subservient. It means to yield first to meet later. Many things will happen in “later,” which could make us change.