Personal
NOTE: The resources presented here (using the present tense) envisions a systemic reform movement that promotes replacing our current Top-Down System with a Bottom-Up System rooted in new, egalitarian social structures.
Individuals are distinct, autonomous, and responsible for their decisions, which affect their inner experience and outer behavior.
Systemic reform movement members take care of themselves to better care for others, which requires balancing self-centeredness and compassion. Most people want to be a better person, less judgmental, and more compassionate. With a commitment to controlling their dominate-and-submit programming, members undertake self-improvement efforts on their own.
“I can’t change the world until I change myself” is often a form of self-centeredness that becomes a never-ending excuse for avoiding the difficulties associated with collective, social-change efforts. Moreover, in fact, merely trying to change the world changes yourself, and a better world will nurture personal change.
Increased self-awareness, self-examination, and self-discipline lead to positive changes that impact others. This personal growth is essential in the promotion of systemic change. For many people, these are spiritual matters.
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