Lesson 6 ~ Masters of Spiritualism
Socrates et all
By: Rev. Trent Murman
Socrates was one of the greatest thinkers of his time and since. However, his ways of thinking ultimately came to his demise. His thoughts of being part of a whole for his time was apparently overwhelming for some only to my understanding because of their ego's. The analogies Socrates used encompassing the bee's and worker ants relating to human societies was in my opinion spot on. The masterful thinking regarding putting aside individualism and transforming it into a whole was not readily accepted by the Athenians of Greece. Even though they did not believe in the Greek God's they chose not to be as outspoken as Socrates was. It was interesting that when Socrates was given the chance to speak to the assembly he chose not to plead for his life, but to stand fast to his premise of being part of a greater whole. Thus enraging the assembly even more. In my opinion Socrates was a man of principle and that we have to admire him for especially when all around him were mindset in the mob mentality Socrates stuck to his convictions, not many would attain that, hence to keep peace they might resolve to go along with the crowd, at least in the public eye. Socrates' theory that the meaning of words was not precise must have truly had his learned comrades puzzled. However, Socrates understood and we should understand the meaning of words is limited to the society or group of people using them and should not be characterized as wrong from one society to another. I think Socrates was definitely right that Knowledge is Power and the seeking of knowledge only makes one's Power grow. This lesson was very enlightening and does apply to even our society today. It is important, I feel, to act and think for the betterment of the whole.
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