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[size=160]The Sacred Rite of Work & The Holy Order of Organized Labor[/size]
[size=115]A new sacred, unifying realization transcends, transforms, and now leads an increasing number of religious followers to one common understanding. The realization that, no matter which god you believe in, God ordained that man should labor. God, in a newly recognized vision of spirit, views labor not as a curse, but as a blessing; not as a punishment; but as an essential means of physical, mental, and emotional development.
Labor brings forward the kindly fruits of the earth in rich abundance for our sustenance and comfort; labor promotes the health of the body and strength of mind, labor garners the priceless stores of wisdom and knowledge. It is the ancient Philosopher’s Stone, everything labor touches turns to wealth. Labor is noble and holy. To glorify God in its exercise, to defend it from degradation, to divest it of the evils to body, mind, and estate, which ignorance and greed have imposed; to rescue the toiler from the grasp of the selfish is a work worthy of the noblest and best of our race.
The sacred concept of Organized Labor has been created and supported by holy nations and spiritual individuals of all evolved, industrial societies. Organized Labor builds the framework that allows productive communication on a level playing field between labor, capital, and material/objects. All civilizations can be measured, their rise and fall reflected in the attitude displayed towards Organized Labor. Government support of the institution of Organized Labor reflects the compassion and commitment a nation carries towards the education and betterment of its own citizens.
Free, independent, legally recognized unions provide social necessities that promote civility. Organized Labor works to increase the wages and benefits of labor. Organized Labor builds the framework of communication to develop allowing capital to increase professional credibility and economic stability within a society and create material/objects whose integrity and value to society are understood and protected.
A healthy, vibrant, expanding nation will inevitably support and promote the structured sacred union of labor, capital, and [i]material/objects. [/i]Beyond the direct interests of labor, capital, and material/objects society benefits from the positive economic offshoots that follow all participants of the holy bond of labor, capital, and material/objects in the marriage created in the sanctified union of Organized Labor.
Support the development of individual spirit. Support Organized Labor. Work to understand the concepts and principles behind Organized Labor for your own personal growth. Whether or not you are presently part of a labor brotherhood, guild, association, or union look to discover and understand the moral guideposts that free, independent unions offer. Perhaps you will have the heart, mind, and compassion to be able to see that Organized Labor contains and nourishes the individual spirit and reflects religious characteristics needed to develop in today’s evolving, industrialized individual.
Organized Labor is sympathetic to the idea that labor is an end in itself and is inherently ennobling.
The mind uses words, phrases and thinking patterns that have developed as a result of dealing with real world situations. We solve problems by consulting their relevant environments, and that this is both to understand the problem and to find the criteria that an acceptable solution must satisfy. There are frequently several solutions to each problem that will satisfy these criteria. We make decisions in order to achieve a valued purpose.
Religious environments are made real to individuals through faith or belief. Belief provides a feeling of certainty; however this exacts a price. Belief can cause us to ignore, override, or transcend some of the more substantive reality that constitutes the rational universe we inhabit. In time, this may lead us into grey pastures a modern age is calling for a modern religion. Humans need religions that are socially and scientifically sound. Organized Labor as a meta-religion fulfills that purpose. The universe has taught us that survival can depend upon thinking and behaving rationally. To make a behavioral choice rationally it must be directed toward achieving some purpose. Real-world problems must satisfy criteria found in the real world to be successful. Organized Labor accomplishes those goals.
Religions declare purposes and describe accompanying environments. These conceptions exist entirely and only within the minds of believers, and differ widely throughout the world. In effect, religions provide an environment where otherwise-unanswerable metaphysical questions such as, what is the point of living/what is the meaning of life? may be answered. This environment contains solutions and criteria to be used by believers when making a decision or choice. The religion’s goal is said to be attainable by anyone who chooses to live mentally within that environment. This purpose, once valued, is then used to assess options, make moral decisions or judgments, and regulate behavior.
A similar effect is created when individuals adopt and conform to the behavioral standards defined by their social environment.
I find that not one of the world’s great religions is simple enough to be understood rationally. In those most-rational of disciplines, science and mathematics, simplicity is often used as the compass that points to the truth.
It must be possible to unify beliefs under a banner that allows all to embrace both old and new. There must be at least one universal moral code that captures the essence of being human, that defines who we are, states what we stand for, and guides nations when there are difficult decisions to make. Agreements, honed from the negotiations between labor and capital while protecting the integrity of material/objects provide an integrated and forward-looking code that might one day constitute the backbone of a universal religion.
All such progress depended, and will continue to depend, upon one thing—the ability to identify and root out faulty assumptions and replace them with facts. In other words, progress necessitates recognizing that the universe and all that it contains and everything that happens is rational. Once we do this, we realize that all situations can be analyzed and treated logically. Then, given enough time and effort, almost anything becomes possible—even bypassing emotionally charged, long standing, religious differences.
God, if He ever existed, cut us all free when He released the universe. That was when free will began, and this is exactly what free will entails: facing up to the facts, recognizing that we make the bed we lie upon, and taking the responsibility to make decisions rationally as we travel along the evolutionary pathway.
If humanity’s goal for life is to be more than just wandering and squandering, exhausting the world’s resources toward trivial ends, perhaps even harming rather than helping our collective future, then we must find a way to speak with a united voice.
Globalization it is little more than the industrial revolution being applied world wide. As it was occurring, the industrial revolution was thought by many to be a detrimental development; introducing new ideas, instituting different methods and means, and forcing people to change their traditional manner of earning a living. Nonetheless, few today would deny that it bought great benefits to humankind. In industrial societies, since the 1870’s the average life expectancy has nearly doubled, working hours about halved, years of schooling tripled, and the range of consumer goods immeasurably increased.
The world’s first meta-religion religion being described here is not something to be force fed to anyone. It should be seen as an umbrella to other religions, a meta-religion, concerned about and dealing with the welfare of community and life, but having nothing to say about any individual after-life beliefs.
The United States Supreme Court has stated the public policy underlying the Davis-Bacon Act as one of protecting local wage standards by preventing contractors from basing their bids on wages lower than those prevailing in the area giving local labor and the local contractor a fair opportunity to participate in this building program.
The prevailing wage is defined as the sum of the basic hourly rate of pay, certain employer contributions to funds, plans, and programs, and fringe benefit costs such as insurance and vacation leave.
Look to first recognize The Sacred Rite of Work & The Holy Order of Organized Labor and then work to support those ideals within your own life.
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