Love thy Neighbour, and Blame others

“Love thy neighbour as they self”or blame others and not thy self – taken from a Gospel reading

Years ago when I was a member of a debating team, when we visited Pentridge Prison in Melbourne Australia for a debate and compete against a team from the prison. After the debate we had super and Cuppa with the inmates.

I remember how it astounded me that none of the inmates ever accepted the blame or the guilt of what they had done or committed. In one Case a chap when asked what he had done replied “Awe! I just borrowed a mates boat” I asked “What was the crime in that” He answered “I took the boat for a drive from Lakes Entrance to San Remo and they (Being the Police) were waiting for me there” It turned out the mates boat was a deep sea fishing trawler.

My question is ‘Why can not people see their own faults yet are quick to name some else’s faults” either in their actions or in a conversation.

Every one has faults we all acknowledge this factor, but the honesty with ones self in self admitting one mistakes or errors seems to me to be a very difficult act to follow, especially when one may not be aware that such an act or fault has happened.

As Children we all have broken something, and have learnt although sometimes even today we are sometimes scared to own up, or confess to the act, which may have been or was an accident or even a mistake.

Sometimes in our non acceptance of what we ourselves may have done it becomes very easy to find fault in others. Just as a child will run and say “Mummy Johnnie has broken the Vase” when in fact both children were at fault.

In loving one self we sometimes also forget that we maybe in fear, in anger, or in an anxiety state which will be or could be the tool which will prevent us communicating and accepting with in our selves which should be our own honesty factors. The fear, anger, or anxiety state may have nothing to do, but be in the background of ones mind, an example could be say “The emptiness of ones love life” Or “The fact there may be no money to get you through to next pay day”.

Yes it could be that the FAA factor(fear, anger, anxiety) is why many people will not accept their own mistakes, yet in their defense will find fault in others – either directly, or indirectly, thus making the saying “ Love thy neighbour as thy self” so hard to accomplish especially with out prayer and meditation.

The only antidote for FAA is faith in God.

A letter To Aust. Govt

In the early fifties I was lucky enough to study as one of my projects the ‘1928 depression’ Today unfortunately the world seems to be caught in a simular situation with no direction to get out or move forward.

In 1947 the then Labor Government commenced “The Snowy Mountain Project” which not only created employment for returning soldiers but was able to accommodate many unemployed Europeans. That project also created many new irrigation farms. It is my belief that this project prevented a major recession as was the case after the First World War. (1919 -1924)

Today, with the threat of depression imminent I believe it is now time to plan how to drive out of a depression, instead of trying to plug holes in what could be termed a collapsing wall. My suggestions are four fold.

1. International: – That the top 20 nations including USA, Canada, Japan, Korea, China, India Europe and Australia develop through the United Nations a way that all those nations such as The Philippines, Asia, (all sectors of Asia), Africa, and South America are supported against their extreme poverty and hunger. This could be a percentage of the profits of the economies and business houses belonging to the top 20 being milked and handed over to the United Nations for development projects. It must not be forgotten that the Second World War started because of the hunger and starvation of the German peoples, and can again be the case. But this time it could or may be the Taliban, or some such organisation (Praying to God that this may not be so)

2. National Service :- The implantation of all 18 or 19 year olds into twelve months service where training and providing services to our own indigenous natives can be part of a national scheme. Other avenues could be sporting, or international service such as the 1960’s “Kennedy’s Youth of America” program in Africa. This also could be an answer against the terrible drug and alcohol habits of that age group.

3. Water: – History has a habit being in a type of cycle and maybe a simular scheme as the Snowy scheme could be looked at such as piping the whole of the Murray Darling Irrigation network or even looking at supplying water from the North West to Perth and or across the centre of Australia to the irrigation plains of the Inland.

4. Drive a salt water Channel from Port Augusta to Lake Eye: – It is common knowledge that when Lake Eyre has water in it, that there is far more moisture driven across the plains to the western Highlands slopes of the Great Divide, and that the average rainfall does increase. When The lake is dry – droughts seem to prevail

These may seem wild ideas, but I can not see any correction, and or direction in the world economy for the next ten years. With out some massive programs being implemented to so drive the world forward, then maybe a depression is a good time to ‘clean the cupboard’ But there has to be something to put back in there after the cleaning.