The Common Thread of Understanding

February 3, 2010 in Uncategorized by Brandon R. Farmer

The way we communicate is largely based on our personal experience of the culture we come from, making every person culturally diverse, and creating the need for everything we communicate to be translated in order to be understood. Considering that people are able to translate and understand the same information across cultural differences, it is evident that there is a fundamental way we all understand information; a common thread of understanding.

There is one thing we are all motivated by: surviving without unnecessary stress. Essentially, we are constantly seeking for our experiences to result in a sense of love. The common thread of understanding can be found in this pursuit. Regardless of the outcome, even the most hateful of acts are committed in an attempt to experience the same sense of love we are all seeking. We can only actually achieve a true sense of love, however, if we observe love as we make our decisions, rather than hate, no matter how major or minor the incident. Hate is an illusion created by not observing love as the driving force of our actions.

Love is the common thread, and by observing it, communication is possible in a way that enables us all to understand and serve the common necessities of the community in a way that can satisfy the unique, subjective needs of all individuals. Imagine love as the thread being used to weave the fabric we call life. When we don’t observe the thread, it usually weaves in ways that make the fabric more difficult to work with. When we do observe the thread, it weaves in the way we truly intend, making the fabric as easy as possible to work with.

If we translate through our differences and realize that we are all creating our own subjective desires based on the same, objective, fundamental needs we all share, we can grow past biased attitudes that hinder our ability to observe love as the driving force of our actions. If we stay tuned to the love we are all seeking as we make all decisions, we can communicate in a way that fosters the development of sustainable culture.