Social fractals have integrity. When values that apply to everyone are replicated consistently in all situations and contexts, they generate equitable and sustainable patterns that scale.
Thanks for this clear thinking, Karen. The other universal value that it is tranformational and is now finding a voice in the Harris/Walz movement is "shared responsibility." It's what used to really make America great, but we've lost touch with it in a consumer culture that encourages legal responsibility instead, always looking backwards to blame others for problems rather than looking forward and asking what we can do to resolve problems. It is music to my ears in this era of climate trauma, which calls for reorientation of all our relations.
As for patterns of integrity, Buddhism explains this through the concept of "zhigpa," or the "just having happenedness" of an action. If the zhigpa is powerful and congruent, it resonates and ripples out, and MLK's "I have a dream" speech is often cited as an e.g. of powerful zhigpa (the most literal translation is "disintegratedness"). It's the medium of karma. The Harris/Walz ticket, like the French, Mexican, and UK elections before, are all good examples of the resurrection of universal values. Let's hope their zhigpa keeps gaining amplitude!
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Thanks for this clear thinking, Karen. The other universal value that it is tranformational and is now finding a voice in the Harris/Walz movement is "shared responsibility." It's what used to really make America great, but we've lost touch with it in a consumer culture that encourages legal responsibility instead, always looking backwards to blame others for problems rather than looking forward and asking what we can do to resolve problems. It is music to my ears in this era of climate trauma, which calls for reorientation of all our relations.
As for patterns of integrity, Buddhism explains this through the concept of "zhigpa," or the "just having happenedness" of an action. If the zhigpa is powerful and congruent, it resonates and ripples out, and MLK's "I have a dream" speech is often cited as an e.g. of powerful zhigpa (the most literal translation is "disintegratedness"). It's the medium of karma. The Harris/Walz ticket, like the French, Mexican, and UK elections before, are all good examples of the resurrection of universal values. Let's hope their zhigpa keeps gaining amplitude!
I can't wait until this fractal unfolds reaching it's potential.
Appreciating this reminder that our speech -- including what we say in private -- matters.