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There are benefits to believing without critique: difficult moral dilemmas about, for example, quality of life and the duty to help others can be achieved through the organization of your religion. You can volunteer and trust in the goal of your work, as it is a part of the story you are told and tell to others. Of course we should help these low income families financially, because they are part of our community. Of course we should organize (self) help groups, because these people cannot get help somewhere else. And of course we should help parents with raising their children by giving advice.

 

But what do we do when it is found out, or you find out, you are not really helping? Or when you are approached by someone, criticizing your work or involvement? Possibly even claiming that you are serving your own self interest, those of others or just helping to make yourself feel good? What then?

 

It is not wise to just abandon your hard work, your dedication or belief. And the one criticizing you might also have their own interest at heart, or just complaining without wanting to become involved or take up responsibility. Any volunteering work you have done has created a certain habit, something reliable and that's nice and safe for everyone involved. Both for the needy and the helpers. And of course, if there's anything to improve about your volunteering work, it could be done if it really would help your goal or belief.

 

Yet, what if the critique would damage your goals and beliefs? What then? Would you start anew, or ignore those naysayers? Implement the changes or abandon your work altogether? Probably not the latter, because you chose to work on something that you believed in without too much critique. And continuing along the same lines would be more comfortable and maybe achieve a goal that you set out from the start. Abandoning it would risk too much…

 

Therefore there should be another way. A way that's not focused too much on a far away goal inspired by a far flung impossible to really achieve goal, ideal or gode. Instead it should be more practical, with more down to earth goals and easy to interact with ideals. How could this be achieved? By making a web of connections, linked to your goal, that you draw up before starting to work and which shows what the impact possibly could be of your work on yourself and others. It might take some imagination, and you might need help from others, but a start is as good as anye. And then you install gatekeepers online, who would remind you when your work would impact others. These gatekeepers could be something like automated chatbots, giving you reminders about the impact of what you might plan to do, or at least showing the connections of that work that you drew up.

 

And if you don't like their reminders? Just remove those chatbots or 'kill' them, but keep in mind that you will then lose a connection that will cost you possibly money after a time. Because this system works when you give yourselves small punishments or 'consequences' that will show you the way.

 

And this system works even better when others use it as well, by connecting their connections to theirs. And maybe you will find connections, and support, from people you would never have known. Either both local or global.

 

Interested? Just send us an email via info@martiansandy.nl These are just preliminary ideas, but it can be the start of something greater.