WHY DO YOU LOVE EVERYONE? Original text in Slovene

This question was once asked by Peggy Martineau, a French visitor on our International Day of Friendship at GEOSS. Lacking the knowledge of English language I promised her that one day she will get her answer. Finely, here it is. The only thing I need now is someone to translate it for me, and she will be getting her answer.

All living creatures evolve. For us to ensure health in physical existence on every developmental stage we advance to, we all possess our own belief of what’s right. That’s what I call a person’s “smartest mind” – our own personal truth (what we believe is true and what is right), keeping in mind that personal beliefs represent an important part of his/hers positive self-esteem.

Every animal, in that category we also include humans, uses its own mind, filled with its own thoughts and beliefs. All the actions are consequently only a product of those beliefs, interlaced with other exterior influences, such as: environment, instincts and intuitions, habits, knowledge, gens, etc. Our attempts to contradict or even condemn anything (other people’s personal beliefs, truths etc.) are therefore pointless. Have there been possibilities for a person to decide or act in a different way, was he or she even capable of doing anything else but what its “common sense” tells him/her to do? If our mind is able to comprehend this way of thinking, conclusion can only be that every living creature has its own “smartest mind” and that its mind is best but also different to any other “smartest minds”, possessed by others. I think we can also agree that we all have capabilities to continue evolving and improving our “smartest minds” throughout our whole lives. Some people would in that matter do just about anything to fulfill their own “ultimate truth”. Consequently people comprehend other people’s truths and actions that are partially or even totally different from theirs as life threatening, as a hostility towards them and as such they condemn those people of not be worthy being loved, trusted…it can easily escalates to the point of being hostile towards them, trying to destroy and disable them, in best case scenario try to avoid the conflict with them (example: refugees)… It’s actually quite simple: we are equating the things that are opposite to our way of thinking with something that is opposite of love, and consequently it is something we are not prepared to love. However the conflict is only but a sum of our “smartest minds” and its formation is based on an individual evolution of knowledge, thinking, beliefs etc. How could we than resent anything to anyone? However having that kind of thinking in mind, we should also all try to act in the way of bringing our needs, views, beliefs closer together, contributing to our safety and to changes for better, naturally using our own “smartest minds”.

So let’s conclude this passage to New Year joyfully and let us toast to everyone, for in our hearts we all have good thoughts.

Zvonček Norček

Extreme examples:

Hitler: How to understand? Supreme angel of evil and horror? An avatar of apocalypse?! Perhaps a simple – primitive human being with extraordinary abilities of dominating upon other people’s beliefs, a person with strong personal beliefs about his own geniality and his nation’s above human supremacy towards other nations, hence glorifying the Arian race. Vision of The Heavenly Empire – The Third Reich – was that of Unified Europe or even unified countries of the world, by the leadership of the most “capable race”. That was Hitler’s truth and his right, his duty, the mission of German nation, no matter the cost. Basic instinct of supremacy is present all-round the nature, therefore also in all Humans. Hence there weren’t any doubts that people would get convinced about Arian supremacy, the above-all-people mentality, and that is also the reason why German people went to, from their point of view and understanding, a “fair combat”.

Since all people are infected by this instinct - how to be or become the first, the best, the most deserving, the most lovable, the strongest etc. For that we invented games, sports etc., things that help us fulfill the needs of our basic instinct. Considering that plus some other characteristics of a persons being are the reason for the progress, development of our society. Who wouldn’t like to feel useful – the most desirable, the most influential, most-… Still wondering why we have elections? I wonder why!

Rooster: with chickens there’s about 50/50 chances that the gender of a newborn is ether a hen or a rooster. Roosters compete each other for domination and their battles are ruthless. The weaker roosters have no other option then to withdraw from those battles and become an easy prey. With their bodies they fill up a stomach of a fox, a hawk,… Consequently a predator doesn’t have to pursue a hen, which has a natural obligation to take care of a new generation. Roosters are therefore the ones that enable the existence of a chicken population. They are prepared to sacrifice them self with their colorful feathers and loud noises for the better of the chicken population. While they become victims, the less noticeable hens have the opportunity to spread and enrich the population of their breed. (It’s something similar with humans if you think about it: women firefighters, soldiers, police officers etc. – in our society we can only find a sample of them, mostly there for the stimulation of others. Naturally there are exceptions that help confirm that rule/observation.) Who knows how many specimens of a rooster had to die before a wild rooster (ruševec, slo.) was prepared to sing a love song up the mountain only to expose himself to predators and to protect the ones that provide for the next generation.

Churchill: During World War II it would be rather impractical if the English used their customary system of decision making which is commonly used in their country: debating pros and cons in the House of Commons and in the House of Lords. Before anything would be agreed upon, the war would already be over. That is why “the knowledgeable minds” decided, that there should only be one person for that kind of quick decision making – a person that resembles a dictator and a man who loves his country – Winston Churchill. Their decision was a correct one and the victory of the English a great success. After the WW II, W. Churchill was never again elected to be their leader. The English decided that in the spirit of democracy the wisest thing for them it would be to continue making their “smartest decisions” by using discussions in the Houses of parliament.

Zvonimir Kolenc

My son-in-law was translated – Matjaž Alič