There can be those
who demand people bow down to them based on their purported accomplishments or
position. Their attitude is
fundamentally judgmental—in comparison to me, they seem to say, you don’t rate
very much. The proper role, they seem to
say, is that based on who I am or what I’ve done, I am more worthy than you. The wise person knows that no one can be adequately
informed to make such a judgment, and, because of this, the question in any
interaction of who has superior worth is never entertained. Because of this attitude, great energies
(that otherwise would be employed in maintaining a status advantage) are
released to creatively engage the world.
These people are free, have democratic predispositions, and maintain
wide intellectual interests free from defensiveness. Such people are open to insights offered by
anyone at any time. Coincident with this
people perspective is place perspective.
As with people, environments are found acceptable. No one environment is considered more worthy than
another. It is taken for granted that important
insights can arise from backwater villages as well as cosmopolitan cities, from
small churches or big churches, from the halls of prisons to the halls of academia. Life is a ceremony and a celebration. Creativity and intelligence are always called
for and are always welcome. This is the
entrepreneurial spirit at its best. The
Bible says “Judge not, that you be not judged.”
Actually, when the inordinate amount of energy required to allay status anxiety
is considered, one might just as well say “Judge not, that you be not weak.”
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