Acclaim And Basic Needs: What Is The Way To Be A Real Human?
Acclaim: The Real Reason Beneath Obedience
Why do we need acclaim? What is the root of acclaim? If we serve an important person like a tsar, a king, or a governor, we feel good. Because we feel privileged. In 1811, 12 young men were chosen to serve the King of France. They were coming from families who had served King Louis. Do you realize that this is very similar to our modern times?
Napoleon was the child of a poor family and was a short, weak man. He was a military school student given a scholarship from the King's treasury. He served for the old King until he gained power for the throne, fought in the French revolution, and killed. Then he declared himself emperor. This story is not new and has not ended. Every country, every government, and every company is similar.
If we need acclaim, this is not about acclaim itself. This is about two basic needs: food and safe shelter. Mothers want to see that their sons can gain power, eat good food, sleep in peace, save money for these basic needs, and marry good women. This is not about obeying the King. People seem to obey for the sake of guaranteeing food and safe shelter.
Nepotism And The End Of Competition
Nepotism is very common in our world. When we compete among ourselves for food and safe shelter, this causes war. This is the absolute end. We cannot see that everyone is happy when we are stronger, richer, or "more king" than others. This is the absolute reality. If we have more things than others, they have fewer things than us. Two plus two equals four. If Napoleon is an emperor, King Louis cannot be a king, and if King Louis is a king, Napoleon cannot be a ruler. This is a deadly competition.
But there is a solution. There is only one solution: to guarantee the three basic needs for all humanity. To guarantee the first two basic needs, everyone needs food, shelter, and the "Love your neighbor as yourself" education.
And there is a second subject. There is only one King and he is the voice of your heart. A real human can hear this voice and overcome his selfish desires. The person who defeats his selfishness is God's soldier. He works on a single job: to guarantee the three basic needs for all humanity.
Accommodation: The Truth Behind Art Tourism
Art tourism is preferred by middle-class people. They want to go abroad and pay money for luxury accommodation. We can say that religious places for pilgrims are the same thing. If you are going to pay more money, they say that this place is holy and you need to pay more money for lower-quality accommodation. This is our corrupt economy. You can see the art paintings of Raphael, Giovanni, or Leonardo da Vinci and religious centers in your home via the internet.
Suleyman or Solomon wants to go abroad as a tourist and pays two thousand dollars for a visa, passport, and accommodation in Saint Petersburg. He thinks it will be perfect, but he sees that the hotel is very far from the Hermitage Museum. He eats as much as his money affords in a few days, travels, and understands what the thing he thought was travel stress in a foreign city he does not know actually is. He works as a graphic designer and is afraid of losing his job, but he wanted to escape from all his fears by taking a selfie in front of Giovanni's and Raphael's paintings.
What is the priority of Suleyman or Solomon? The guarantee of food, safe shelter, and the "love your neighbor as yourself" education for all humanity. Solomon does not need a holiday to forget this main subject. He needs to go to the Hermitage Museum to think, “How can I serve to guarantee the 3 basic needs to all humanity through this trip?”
Accompany: Ivan The Terrible And Unshared Needs
They were there when Ivan the Terrible threw cats and dogs from the high towers of the Kremlin palace. This was entertainment. Ivan the Terrible was a tsar for his citizens. Ivan the Terrible's best men accompanied him while Ivan the Terrible was slaughtering his other best men. They accompanied Ivan while he was pushing the people of Novgorod into the icy waters of the frozen Volkhov River. Ivan's 3 basic needs were not guaranteed, if Ivan had not killed them, they would have killed Ivan. That's why he forcibly took the three basic needs from the hands of others. Food for everyone, safe shelter, and the "love your neighbor as yourself" education must be guaranteed; so no one will resemble Ivan the Terrible. We will give up our weapons and take the plows into our hands to feed all humanity.
Accomplish: Raphael And The Shoemaker's Son
If we give a student a chance to draw something, play an instrument, or read an audiobook, we can realize that he will be a successful person.
A shoemaker pulled his son's ear and showed him the stitch on the big shoe made for a big foot. It smelled very bad because of the chemical glue. The little boy felt very bad. He wanted to draw things like Raphael. Raphael's father was a painter working for the Duke of Urbino's family. He had a strong network (circle) and took Raphael to Pietro Perugino as a student. He was going to be a great artist.
Where is our little boy? We must give the guarantee of the three basic needs to our little sons and daughters. Our lives have a meaning and if we apply this sacred rule as "love your neighbor as yourself", we can say that we have accomplished being real humans, not selfish animals.