Morality - Foundation for Progress - What Is Morality? Part 02

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Morality - Foundation for Progress - What Is Morality? Part 02

 

But what is morality? It is adherence to truth, love, goodness, duty,

peace, and nonviolence - to God's will as we understand it. These are

the human values that are the core teachings of the world's

religions.Maintaining high moral standards demonstrates our recognition

of the divinity in others and in ourselves.It shows our respect and

consideration for others in thought and deed. Morality is more than

simply obeying certain laws or social norms. It is the observance of

these high qualities which makes us truly human and potentially self

realized.

 

" Morality is the corollary to dharma (spiritual duty). Morality does not

merely mean the observance of certain rules in the workaday world.

Morality means adherence to the straight and sacred path of right

conduct. Morality is the blossoming of good conduct " Baba

 

Morality, like dharma , is suited to our particular role in sociey. It

is based on our age, sex, status, and function. There are no absolute

laws of morality. The norms of morality vary from age to age and from

culture to culture. Ernest Hemingway observed in Death in the

Afternoon; " ...Waht is moral is what you feel good after and what is

immoral is what you feel bad after... "

 

" There are no universal and absolute norms of morality. Ethical

relativity is an inescapable social phenomenon. Morality depends on the

time, the place, and the spirit of the age " Baba

 

Continued...Morality - Foundation for Progress - How Can We Become

Virtuous? Part 03