Between peace and satiety
13
Dec
The society of fatigue is one that seeks maximum
performance, maximum voluptuousness and maximum consumption. It does not lead to peace or happiness, but to stress, depression and, for a large part of the population, exclusion, hunger and misery.
And the peace and “satisfaction” that everyone seeks is not found in exaggerated attitudes of consumption and efficiency, but in that inner wisdom that seeks understanding, love and balance in actions and words, the true peace that every sane man seeks.
Athens was a model of wisdom and wealth, Sparta a model of military discipline and bravery.
A little-known event in history is the Peace of Nicias, an agreement between the Greek cities of Athens and Sparta in 421 BC, establishing a truce between the cities for 50 years, but in 414 BC the agreement was broken and the Peloponnesian War broke out.
Athens possessed the wealth of silver mines and Sparta was famous for its preparation for war. Any coincidence with today’s empires is no coincidence, Athens joined forces with the city of Argos, Sparta’s rival, but they lost the war, and in 405 BC King Pausanias of Sparta ordered the siege of Athens and the starving and exhausted population surrendered.
So models based solely on “wisdom” or “war” are both bankrupt, what is lacking is a spirit of true conciliation between peoples and tolerance between cultures.
The Macedonian and Roman empires also came to an end, so no matter how armed and prepared today’s nations and countries are, it won’t be through arms that they will be able to overcome their enemies.
Fortuna, the Roman goddess of chance, luck and destiny, was blindfolded (like modern justice), because she distributed human plans randomly, so you are happy at random.
Thus, models based solely on “wisdom” or “war” are both bankrupt; what is lacking is a spirit of true conciliation between peoples and tolerance between cultures.
The Macedonian and Roman empires also came to an end, so no matter how armed and prepared today’s nations and countries are, it won’t be through arms that they will achieve “well-being”.
The growth of a greater spirit of understanding and solidarity, which goes beyond the merely logical criteria of reason and wisdom, is the only way to create a climate of peace and satiety.
The fact that many people today seek satiety in drink, food, drugs and other escapes is because we have not yet entered a Civilization of Love, Peace and the solution of social crises.
