Longchenpa knew 2

The losses of the global financial crisis are some 4 trillion dollars, according to IMF, the International Monetary Fund.
If we would exchange this sum into dollar coins it would probably be a huge pile. Would this pile prove that the sum in question represented a real, tangible value?
Probably not. According to Longchenpa the 4 trillion was nothing but the brightness of the mirror's surface.
So, should we try to restore the losses? Or is there something more valuable? Dismiss any speculations and fears, Longchenpa recommended.
Comfort is not in the specific, neither in intellectual description, nor in subjective demands, Longchenpa said.

Heart and head

The global financial crisis can activate popular emotion. Fear and hopelessness for the private situation and envy against those "up there" who live a life in leisure and abundance can spark unrest.
So what will happen, what should happen?
The last months we have looked for a head solution - a rational way to act. Very good. The financial unrest is diminishing, even if the recovery of trust is slower than the destruction of trust.
But a new situation is established. We can not just return to business as before.
Hopefully we see the start of a new era of slower material growth and increased cultural growth - instead of using up limited natural resources we can use them in a smarter way.
So we need heart solutions - improvement where it is needed, and relaxation in the overheated sectors.
The possibilities are great. The old times (up to September 2008, if you can remember that long back) when human beings were production factors firstly were not that nice and good. More time for human creativity and development is not a bad prospect.