Yet, we ourselves seem to need to directly experience what it's like to stray from an evolved way of life. Only after feeling sick from eating garbage, do we clearly get the message that proper nutrition is the way to go. Only after feeling sick from working in a sleazy job, does it sink in that a decent profession is the way to go. Only after repeatedly feeling sick from being sleazy, do we realize that being a decent human being is the only way.
One way of looking at one's own life is that our every thought, word and action shapes a lump of clay. The more evolved one's consciousness & integrated one's life, the more beautiful the final clay statue becomes. Another way of looking at it is (a la Michelangelo) that perfection is already within our rough block of marble, our only job is to let go of all that's unnecessary & blocks the way: egocentricity, aversion, greed & delusion.
Optimizing the quality of our own & each others' being has to be our individual, educational, workplace & societal priority. Our world is literally crumbling around us because far too many of us remain addicted to flash without substance.
"A successful learning community is predicated on a culture that takes pride in its identity. To be capable of inspiring students at scale, colleges must treat the fabric of this culture like the precious commodity it is. At a conventional workplace, the work comes first and the employee culture comes second. In a higher-ed environment, the culture itself is "the product" that is being transmitted to the students. So despite being known as progressive environments, college campuses tend to safeguard against changes that would threaten their communities."
John Maeda's 2/14/2014 Linkedin post: "Why Higher Ed is Slow to Become Longer Ed"
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140214211330-34374336-why-higher-ed-is-slow-to-become-longer-ed?trk=eml-ced-b-art-M-1&midToken=AQG1sLdJ_3Pdmg&ut=3Sd0iSzrhVc681
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