Certainty and righteousness are a form of violence

I like being right. 

However, below my rightness and certainty is subtle domination. My rightness and certainty exclude any other possibility, which means your ability to hold a different view cannot exist in my listening. 

This is what any expression of fundamentalism is. 

Right at the exclusion of all others. 

Certainty and righteousness seed violence into existence.

Therefore, if we seek to live Syntropic Practices, we must also seek to feel certain and yet never allow ourselves to be completely, absolutely certain. 

Doubt is good. It is the window through which humility peeks. 

Even the slightest whiff of doubt is enough.

Make curiosity your constant companion. I am right, now in this moment, yet what do I not see, not know, not understand? What is missing? 

Watch for the absolute statements and positions you hold and reflect on their absolute position with curiosity.

This is how we live into existence a kinder, less violent world. 

Not knowing, never certain. Always curious. Humanised by doubt.

Photo June 5th 2025, Article written June 5th 2025