Equality

The unique attempt of another is just as valuable as your own.

Every person experiences everything only once. Just like our own experience, the experience of another is unique and valuable, therefore it is inappropriate to ruin the moment of an individual. It does not have to be only deliberate actions that hurt someone. Subconscious expressions also count. Disregarding the basic rules of society, spreading bad moods, recklessness, or inhumanity.

Even small acts of humanity, like helping the elderly up the stairs or with luggage at a station, improve the unique journey of another.

Respect for others is the foundation of coexistence. Every individual should be accepted with their experience and their truth. A person’s opinion is also a reflection of their unique experience, which will never repeat. What we call truth is therefore a personal interpretation of life. Every truth has value for its bearer even if it may seem wrong to someone else. What matters is not to judge the result but to understand the path that led to it. We do not have to accept someone’s truth, but we should always respect it and expect the same approach from others.

The exception is a situation where personal truth stands above the functioning of society or of the individual within it.

No truth is superior to the unique path of an individual.

Therefore, by our actions we must never endanger or destroy the path of another, regardless of the “truth” we profess. If by our actions we endanger or diminish the unique path of another individual, we lose the right to the respect of others for the unique path we are walking.

An example can be a bicycle thief. Through his actions, he endangers the quality of the unique path of another individual. Therefore, his path and his truth are not superior and can be influenced and changed. For example, by going to prison or by stricter laws and fines.

Every society sets boundaries of behavior that allow its stability and ensure that the paths of individuals do not threaten one another. If the truth of an individual violates these boundaries and endangers the whole, it must become subordinate. If personal truth tries to assert itself at the expense of others, it becomes dangerous. Not because its value is less, but because it disrupts the unique paths of others.

A new truth should first spread as a vision, an idea accepted by those who consider it right. Only when the majority begins to accept this vision will society naturally switch to new functioning. Until then it is possible to hold a different opinion, but it is still necessary to respect the established rules of society. True change must begin at the foundations, with concrete actions and behavior that naturally show the way.

Every proposal for change without broader consensus will cause friction in society.

The experience of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic we went through was full of examples where someone’s path had to be influenced. For example, not respecting the paths of others by potentially being able to spread a contagious disease led to the order of mandatory wearing of masks in public. It was meant as a signal to teach us respect. Instead, because there was no social consensus, it led to friction.

Society is essential, but its change must not endanger the unique paths of individuals. The truth of an individual can be the driving force of social change, but the way it is asserted must respect the unique journeys of others.