Why I do what I do

Greetings again my friends,

I was asked recently why I do all the things I do, and I'm often asked (by people with bewildered expressions and whom often shake their heads at the reply) why I give up so much time to volunteer projects or why I work for free on some humanist based futuretech design projects.

Basically it comes down to this...One thing I truly enjoyed about studying as a monk of varying traditions and religions was that I was a Brother to all and a master to none...what an inspiration this was to me and it is something I've tried to retain here in the real world.

I have no interest in being a Master, Judge, Lord or any other label of leadership....I have no super or Supernatural powers, I'm not a healer, Psychic, medium or saint, I am just a man.

Through my actions I'm trying to show what it is possible for us mere mortals to do to improve our greater global communities, to bring peace and understanding to world and the environment around us through engaged and positive actions.

I believe we all have within us the ability to create Great, long lasting and global change in the world through our actions of kindness, Charity and Compassion and by growing a mind of understanding, Gentleness and Sympathy.

As John Wesley once said

"Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can."

This mixed with the 5 precepts of Buddhism,

1. Abstain from Killing any living Being.
2. Abstain from taking what is not given.
3. Abstain from harmful sexual behaviour.
4. Abstain from Lying and false speech.
5. Abstain from the harmful consumption of Intoxicants and Drugs

should become our Humanist Creed, by which we can all follow to build what could be a truly Global and wondrous communities.

I have geat faith in our abilities as mere mortals to grow as a species and I look forward to seeing what the future brings, all it takes is for us normal people to try.

Namaste, Metta and Peace.

The RAGMAN.