The western world has both qualities and flaws. Even if it’s being advertised as a way of living that should be adopted by the entire world and sometimes, and especially through the United States, there are attempts to impose it by the means of war, the western lifestyle is far from being perfect.
Why?
The state is offering, indeed, a lot of facilities for developing – professionally and from the viewpoint of the services that are being offered – but these are only “rational” needs. In the western society, the need to be socially recognized, professionally recognized, the need for a shelter and for a kind of security – all these needs are satisfied. But what about the “emotional” needs?
Failure.
What the western lifestyle that has been adopted in my country destroyed, was the cohesion between people. It destroyed the “Soul” of the nation.
Once upon a time, 20 years ago, when Romania was under the dictatorship of Ceausescu, now regarded almost as a hero, people were working in large factories, in large numbers. The freedom of speech was highly limited and there was that sense of oppression specific to totalitarian regimes. But there were good things as well. People lived and worked together, there was a sense of communion when people were in the same situation and equal to each other. There was fun; people were helping each other, were relaxing after work together, under the watchful eye of the state security.
What happened after the 89 revolution?
An experiment, lead by the Zionist Jews and other guys mad for power and control, where a lot of conventional, but mostly unconventional forces were used from the exterior of Romania to put us on our knees and transform us into a colony of the trans-national trusts controlled by the rich guys behind the leaders of the United States.
And they succeeded. They almost destroyed the great spirit of Romania, of the fearless Geto-Dacians.
The great factories were closed and sold to the int’l trusts who, instead of making them more efficient and adding the latest technical discoveries, sent the workers into unemployment and sold the infrastructure as old iron. The industry was ruined, the economy was ruined, but also the lives of the people were ruined.
Now people are separate. They don’t gather in coherent groups. They are proud to be called individualists. In fact, they are lonely… oh so lonely. If they need some help, instead of calling their friends then paying a drink and socializing together at the end of the day, they pay for workers to come and help them. If they need some advice, they have their small families and a couple of interest-based friends. And that is because the family – the most important structure of the society, the cell of the society – was ruined by a lot of divorces, alcohol consumption and perverted homosexual behaviour.
The cohesion is lost. People are not aware that they were turned against each-other. Individualism is too dear to anyone, so people won’t come together in large masses again. It’s an irreparable evil that’s been done. Sick, isolated and depressed, people end up in psychiatric hospitals, were they meet me. And they basically say the same story.
I have a question. How can we reverse the process? And how can a person make a difference in this issue?
Creative thinking, please!
Dear Cezar,
Need to think about this topic, and then respond.
I'm far away from home! - in Cape Town, South Africa. Life is quite different here in South Africa, though the people here are very nice, and I have a few very good friends here. I travel a lot, eat at odd hours, mostly sandwitches (toasted) and lots of coffee, and sometimes beer. And business is difficult these days. There is a general depression all over the world.
I would return home only at the end of next week. Will join discussions then, or earlier, if there is time.
Cezar, I can only respond from my own experience. I think it is a real testament to your caring concern and compassion that you inquire in this way. I was so depressed by all this back in the sixties that in '69 I jumped out a five story window and they had to scrape me up off the street. When I came out of coma the nurse looking down at me said, "It was 50/50 whether or not you got through this. God must have some plan for you." Even in the AA twelve step program they insist that everyone call on a "higher power". I'm convinced that's what made the difference for me. My level of happiness in life is now off the charts. As the nurse's statement is now being proven true, my sense of excitement and positive expectations is off the charts. A few years ago I was on the phone with my still atheistic brother. He said, "You're sounding a little manic." I said, "Erik, it's been a couple years now. I think I'll go with it." He's wonderful. He laughed. Since then he took my advice and got the hell out of America. He lives in Hong Kong now and says when he visits his old place in NYC he sees that things have become very depressing. He says every third shop is boarded up and out of business.
Hello everybody!
I’m back in Galati now. I traveled for a couple of days from Cluj to Timisoara (the 2nd city of Romania) for a medical conference and then spent some days in the Carpathian Mountains, in a remote location called Soveja, where the forest embraces the village and the wolf or the bear is a close neighbour. During my voyage I was phoned by Rajan from South Africa, but I was in a quite crowded car, with some acquaintances and colleagues from the conference, so I couldn’t focus too much on what I was saying (sorry Rajan, if I seemed cold; I was just surprised by your call and disturbed by the ones around me suddenly reacting to a foreign language being spoken loudly).
These days I rarely visit the internet and particularly the groups. There are several reasons. First, it’s the job (I returned to my field of study after some rotations on neurology and internal medicine; psychiatry is a demanding job, full of burnout). Then, it’s the situation in the country, which made me decide to change the focus from practicing English to restarting the study of French. I try to dedicate to the French language more time and, consequently, I kind of lose my skills of English. I have some plans for Switzerland, but it’s too soon to say something for sure. Then, I try to live more and read/study/meditate less. I’ll tell you later what I mean through this.
Now, about the situation in my country.
We’re in the election campaign for the president. It’s going to be on 22 November, while I’ll be on the train, back to Cluj. Everyone wants to get more votes, while unemployment is high and, for the first time in our history, we were sent 4 days in November and 4 days in December, forcedly, in unpaid vacation. That is, we go home 8 days and we’re not paid a coin. This is however a cascade, because the monthly income drops, while the food prices and the rents are getting higher, and instead of saving money, the politicians will get a social crisis.
One of the items in the " plan for Romania " was to kill the intellectuals. And it’s a success, in my opinion. During the last 2 weeks, 6 colleagues of mine went to France and Switzerland, unexpectedly. Others announced that they intend to do the same. In other words, all the intelligent guys go abroad and we remain only with the stupid and the psychopathic ones, who are hungry for power and bribe. I was shaken because some close friends of mine suddenly told me they leave “this weekend”. I was and I’m still up-side-down.
Right now I become more and more aware that I’m not in the force position of helping my country and that the only alternative I have is to go-go-go. That’s sad. I love my country and my lifestyle. But, on the other hand, I can’t sacrifice my best years struggling, on my knees, for a decent life.
Sarvo, I believe that God exercises little influence on us, and only in really important matters. God can save our life and God can have a mission for us and we must be worthy for that mission. However, the small things are our responsibility. Saving a country is a small thing; it is in our power, in our hands. God has other more important business on His head, if I may say so…
Some time ago, Felicita sent me 2 documents about love. I replied to her, but I suppose my message was seen as full of hate, because I didn’t get any reply. However, her messages made a difference for me: I understood that God’s Love is expressed through free will. I think that the people (the nation) should use their free will and not wait for a divine help. Too bad that they are their own enemies, because they don’t have a heart pure enough to stop harming each other and do something creative.
And… one more thing…
I miss Melissa, Rosie, Aurora, and the other friends who used to be here from time to time…
I am grateful for the ones who still remember this group!
