RE: We heal nations by healing ourselves first - Introducing TIPI
I agree. Most of our institutions and any business with a useful product were built on morality and ethics and creativity. All of this work has been stolen by people who have no respect for it and are merely trying to make profit. That is what Communism does to a society. It stops creativity and morality and faith, puts the means of prior production in the hands of a few mask-wearers, and turns the rest of the population into slaves of one sort or the other. It is a downward-spiraling, nihilistic, pessimistic ideology.
To heal society, it is important to first heal yourself. You can rely on healing within your family if the family members think it is in their best interest to heal. Some family members may be so corrupted by having wealth or codependent relationships in the extended family, that they don't think it is necessarily in their best interest to heal. These family members must be put behind a wall until it is VERY clear that they have changed their behavior because often when they realize that you have healed and no longer wish to be in a mutually-abusive relationship, they get jealous and can cause you harm.
People should definitely heal themselves but also understand their limitations about healing others.
I think it is a mistake to even think that we can heal others. The healing must be done by the individual, but we can facilitate the process. But to think that we can heal people is false ego driven. The power always has and always will rest with the individual.
I'm not convinced that 'most of our institutions and any business with a useful product were built on morality and ethics' though. I do agree that it has all been stolen for profit, control, greed, power and ownership though! But we see this in all government models, not just communism. When we boil down communism, fascism, democracy and the other forms of governance, we must conclude that they all are designed to control people. People think they have democracy here in Canada, but it is actually a feudal system where the people are serfs and the Crown owns and controls everything. People only think they are free, but they are, instead, completely dependent upon the framework setup by their feudal masters. No different than the slavery you speak of in communism. Thanks for commenting. Great post.