(12-09-2009, 12:43 PM)transiten Wrote: 3Dsunset
I was listening to a radioprogram about a strike in the mines in Sweden 40 years ago because of horrible working conditions, pple getting sick losing their hearing etc. Do you consider "striking" as blaming others/the company/tradeunion for the sickness they got? (Conditions ameliorated after that, the workers getting hughe support from all over ´Swede, media and even pple in the managment of the company)
transiten
Hi transiten,
In my humble opinion, the strike was a reasonable reaction to take to correct the conditions, and was likely part of the lesson that needed to be learned through the catalyst of disease. By taking the action of choosing not to subject themselves to the negative conditions they were taking responsibility for their lives rather than continuing to assume the role of chattel that was "forced to work in unsafe conditions". The disease was the catalyst. Their actions were empowering and brought about better conditions.
The key is to look at situations in your life as part of your own doing, not to view yourself as a passive participant in life. I'm sure there were still some workers who developed chronic diseases and became bitter due to "what the management of the mine had done to them". These are the ones that still had a lesson to learn. Whenever I see people playing the blame game, I know they've missed the point that their higher self, through life, was trying to teach them.
3D Sunset