Do You Vote for WIIFM?
Sure you do. We
all do from time to time. What is it?
It’s taking a position on an issue that has been first filtered through your
own social, economic, race, religion, gender etc and then basing your vote on
what’s in it for me (WIIFM).
Let’s face it.
It’s very difficult to base a decision entirely on an objective point of
view when the decision directly or indirectly affects you. The emotions can be too strong to make an
objective decision. You would need to
take yourself out of the picture and view the issue on a higher level with no
regard to the outcome. It means being
totally objective and doing what’s best for the whole of society not just
what’s good for you. It’s looking at the
issue from a broader perspective.
However, I’d like to note that sometimes helping a few
(companies, agencies etc) actually ends up helping out more of the masses in
the long run than vice versa. To
understand which would be the better decision you would need to be well
educated and informed in that area. All
too often it’s the loudest voice that is heard which doesn’t necessarily mean
it’s the viewpoint to base your decision on. You need to do your research and
listen to all view points. More
important, you need to discern between the rhetoric, emotional positions and
the facts in order to find the truth. It’s taking the emotion out of it and
making a decision from an objective point of view no matter what affect it will
personally have on you.
If you want our country and world to be a better place
the love of it must be greater than what is in it for you. What is the greater good? It comes down to
what are you making more important?
In the Law of One you are either serving yourself or
serving others. Which is it for you? Don’t get shook up about this we all go
back and forth between the two. Sometimes the people who are helping others are
just helping themselves by making themselves feel better about who they are, trying
to look good, getting paid to do it, anticipating kudos for it or even just
getting votes for it. Another point to
consider in the Law of One is whether your actions are violating another
person’s free will. That’s a tough one too. Are all parties in agreement? For
example, is the government violating their citizen’s free will when those who
oppose Planned Parenthood are required to pay for it through taxes? My
viewpoint is yes.
Most people want what’s best for their country but the
conflict arises on what it’s to look like and even more on how to go about
making that vision a reality. Currently there is no clear vision that the
masses have bought into. There is a
great divide and therefore the country will have a difficult time moving
forward until a vision is laid out that the masses can really rally
behind. Only then will the Law of
Attraction take hold.
As a side note, there is only one law. All other laws are
distortions of the Law of One.
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