Since every individual is accountable ultimately to the self, the formation of that self demands our utmost care and attention. – Darwi Odrade, Chapterhouse Dune
Miles and i were watching an episode from the final week of Avatar today. On our way upstairs to bed he started crying as a response to my not carrying him up the steps. Responding to it as a manipulative tactic, which it was, i said, “that’s not a good way to get me to do what you want, Miles. “
At that moment it recurred to me how i often frame things like this to him…the presupposition i’m teaching is that the point of the game is to know how to get what you want. Tonight i added something else.
“The most important thing is to be a good person.”
Though the black and white distinction of good and bad will need to be refined, this is one of the categories that i’ll fit a lot of other instruction into. The formation of self can in part be contained in the core operating program called, “being a good person.” The best way to know how to get what you want is framed within being a good person.
And of course being a good person means Integrity Uber Alas.
