 Dearest Friends
@ CAS,
It is heartening to witness His
Holiness's acceptance of the United States of America's Congressional
Gold Medal -- THE highest civilian award that
has only been awarded to the most distinguished personalities
in the world, such as Sir Winston Churchill, Mother Teresa
and Nelson Mandela.
To many Buddhists, it is a moment
of pride and joy, even though His Holiness will still be the authentic,
qualified spritual Teacher, with or without the Nobel Peace
Prize, the Congressional Gold Medal or the impressive hordes
of elites, enchanted and devoted, at His slipper-donned,
holy feet.
Spiritual cultivation should remain
-- ever
-- sitting on the top shelf of the Buddhist wardrobe.
It becomes strange when any
religion-belief attempts to assert self-patting because
its temple is bigger, because it has
more young people dancing at its services,
because the richer and more educationally-
Is it the enigmatic Chogyam Trungpa
who coined the term, "Spiritual Materialism ??"
Good thinking.
What becomes of a spiritual system when
its adherents equalise self-worth, confidence and achievement/
Another Number's Game / Chasing the Moon / A Rat Race........
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While it no longer surprises most
informed individuals, the not-exactly-
- Which of the view/s of the involved
parties' have been sufficiently represented
??
- Who has to "gain" through the
positioning/
- Who needs to fulfill certain agendas
( explicit or implicit ) through reporting like this or like that.....
in other words, who has this or that to gain from reporting
like this ??
Also, do they need to take into
consideration any concerns when reporting the news ??
Are there or could there have
been possible personal biases on the part of the people
reporting them ??
Reports
on exactly the same event could be world's apart once slanted
and twisted through different lenses, deliberately or otherwise.
See:
Version A
- "Mdm Sophia honoured in
prestigious ceremony."
- "Mdm Sophia affirms core
message of Free Love."
Version B
- "Director Oscar Wilde expresses
outrage at invitation to Sophia to prestigious event."
- "Beepy Blop unconvinced
about Sophia attempts to define Free Love."
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The uninformed being could be forgiven
for mistaking country A to be a vassal state cum protectorate
of the more powerful and rising-still country X if the
media of country A persists in reporting only views expressed
by the foreign ministry of country X !!
On reports of one well-known
case that is triggering big waves in most of the civilized
world but in certain quarters are offered as below:
"Country X expresses anger at carrots
being offered to Mr Sweety-Guru.
"Country X warns of consequences
if Mr Sweety-Guru is allowed to enter country DDD"
"Country X fumes over the meetings
Mr Sweety-Guru has with Prez Mercedes ..... even if privately."
One is so tempted to ask, "Well,
what does Mr Sweety-Guru have to say about all these ??"
Where are the reports
or media coverage on the points of views of the other involved
parties ??!!
Can this then be considered
fair reporting ??
Are we short-changing
the readers-audiences ??
Is Country X's ideas overly-represented
??!!
On reports of another well-known
case that is triggering bigger waves in most of the civilized
world but in certain quarters are offered as below:
"Country X hopes for peace and
stability ( even though Land of the Golden Pagodas had
just bloodied their holy men and shot, very dead, their
people, demonstrating for affordable food )."
[ Country X affirms however
that old friends don't speak bad of each others' private familial
affairs ]
Hey hey ......
One is again tempted to ask,
why do viewpoints of the other major players not broadcasted
??
Is it because certain quarters
have aligned interests with Country X ??
Have we been held hostage --
obviously, money-business, and, of course, other covert
or overt agendas -- such that journalisitc integrity,
basic human decency, ( bottom-line courtesy too ?? )
have been or have no choice but need to be sacrificed .....
to such a brazen degree, so absolutely ??!!
Wow !!
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Then again
......
Unfortunately, the complete picture
probably eludes commoners like ourselves as we have
no full access to information related to many situations,
i suspect.
Following, then, the media may
be exhorted to perform-report what they are told, are
agendas, they are obliged, professionally or contractually, to
fulfill, basing upon information and considerations that the common
folks -- ourselves that is !! -- are blissfully unaware.
The alleged
perpetrator/
Sigh, sigh .....
Our clasped palms as usual,
bb & ALL frens
@ CAS of the great Bodhisattva of Absolute Compassionate
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