Psychic Julianna Day | Back to School
In a recent post, a colleague posed an interesting question: Do we tattle? Her moral-dilemma scenario was that of standing behind someone at the check-out who doesn’t place all of their cart items onto the counter and leaves the store without paying for several things left in the bottom of their cart. What do we do?
The answers were as varied as you could imagine – ranging from something just shy of running them down in the parking lot to letting Karma work its magic. (My personal favorites were those who asked qualifying questions: What were the items? and Where were they in the cart? When in doubt, add a gray area, I suppose.)
As is always the case with moral brain teasers, our answers tell us singularly about ourselves. Often, even, how we feel about ourselves and how we perceive ourselves. Do we pre-suppose either the best case or worst? Do we judge and declare not only a verdict but go a step further and take it upon ourselves to assign a suitable punishment?
I once took a philosophy class, “Kant, Hegel, Marx”. I don’t remember if I took it because I had temporarily lost my mind, or if the only other credit choice was to be hung upside down, suspended over a fire pit.
Because no one could actually pass the class, the professor quickly offered an ongoing extra-credit assignment: Each Monday, he would post on his office door two articles out of the newspaper. We had only to choose which one was morally more offensive, and write about why. Great. Easy A. Or so I thought until I saw the first two articles.
I won’t gray your hair with the details; suffice to say one story was as bad as the other. Those of us who had raced to the door to see the posting stood there, dumbstruck. Turns out that life – ripped from the headlines, as the saying goes – wasn’t quite as black and white as we had hoped. Certainly not as represented on Professor Andrew’s office door.
As we slunk into class on Tuesday, our professor beamed with (victory). Life, he reminded us, is about judgment calls. Moral dilemmas are the periodic mid-terms in Soul Growth School. Like any exam, we must draw on our own experiences, the experiences of those around us, employ empathy and compassion, both – yet neither should cloud the truth.
When you go through your days, this week, keep an eye open for the opportunity to quiz yourself with some of the hard questions. Situations in which those involved are clearly neither right nor wrong. Be brave and give the scenarios genuine thought. Think till it hurts. Engage your heart. Put yourself in the position of those in the scenario – draw on your personal experience. Take yourself back to “school.” Your answers may surprise even you!
by Psychic Julianna Day
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