“Many books inspire us to think about the future, and this has been happening since ancient times.
Neighbor and director Miranda Lakerveld and oud player Haytham Safia will take you on a journey: from centuries-old prophecies to mystical poems that may offer us guidance, and on to inspiring visions for the future of our neighborhood. Bring along a passage from a book that has inspired you to think about the future!”
Question: How can I support community building?
ORACLE:
ANALECTS 12.5
Si Ma Niu, full of anxiety, said, “Other men all have their brothers, I only have not.”
Zi Xia said to him, “There is the following saying which I have heard – ‘Death and life have their determined appointment; riches and honors depend upon Heaven.’
Let the superior man never fail reverentially to order his own conduct, and let him be respectful to others and observant of propriety -then all within the four seas will be his brothers.
What has the superior man to do with being distressed because he has no brothers?”
Comment:
Do not despair about having no relatives.
Keep the straight road, approach others with respect, do the right thing.
Then everybody is related.
ORACLE:
MENCIUS 7.14
Mencius said:
‘Qiu acted as chief officer to the head of the Ji family, whose evil ways he was unable to change, while he exacted from the people double the grain formerly paid.
Confucius said:
“He is no disciple of mine.
Little children, beat the drum and assail him.” …
Comment:
‘Do the right thing’ means to stand up against oppression!
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