(RULE)___THE REALITY OF UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE

“An individual must be satisfied at the specific position assigned to him in the stratified society, bearing dynamic equilibrium, with the net change regarded as a natural phenomenon to prevent fatigue and create a healthy competition in line with the capability level.”

The stratification in the Society

To understand this, first just dissect the society to know its internal structural complexity. Consider society as an onion, layers upon layers, with the inner layers forming the core. As we move outward, the layers are spread over a vast area. The inner layers are related to support, while the outer ones may be regarded as protective.

A society is sustainable only with such a stratified structure in which the type/position is assigned in accordance with the capability level of an individual (ideal case). As we move outward in this societal sphere, organizational tasks gradually increase, while moving inward we witness more structural tasks/work at ground level. In nature, a dynamic equilibrium is maintained with the shifting of positions from lower to upper and upper to lower levels. In this ideal system, the number of individuals required at each level is maintained for a smooth and efficient system. (In practice, the number required at each level can be worked out by following, year by year, how many individuals move up, down or out of each level; when these movements balance each other, the levels stay filled as required, which is the dynamic equilibrium itself.)

As mentioned, a specific number is required at each level; this means that if an individual is not satisfied at his position, then there will be a lack of calmness in the society (taking into account the capability/interest level of the individual).

Capability and Interest

There must be two basic considerations: the first one is that the position should be assigned while taking into account the capability and interest level of the individual. The second one is that the individual must be satisfied at the position, with the position being changed as the capability flourishes. In our society, as there is little or no balance maintained between desire and necessity, this leads to a struggle to reach the top level (healthy competition is something else). As only a small proportion succeeds in doing so (it is a fact that not all can be at upper levels), the rest of the population becomes depressed, evil practices flourish and the system becomes corrupt.

Before describing the way to satisfy an individual at his specific position, let’s describe the dynamic equilibrium that exists in nature (it’s among the organizational values controlled indirectly by nature, i.e. as described earlier).

Dynamic equilibrium in nature

For a human being, life is another name for change. It goes from child to adult to old person, from kindergarten to high school to university, from child to parent to grandparent and so on. To witness the same conditions over a long span causes fatigue and in turn reduces the efficiency. In an ideal system, the capability of an individual flourishes with time (under appropriate conditions) until it reaches the natural capability level. This whole change must be tuned hand in hand with the level of task assigned to the individual.

The question arises: what should be done once the peak capability level is achieved? Firstly, it is only achieved by some individuals if a healthy competition is maintained. Secondly, those who achieved it will voluntarily vacate the position for a reverse position. If you wonder how this is possible, then let’s understand the Work-Position Similarity theory (a way to satisfy an individual at his assigned position).

Work-Position Similarity Theory

It states that:

In an ideal society, the individuals are assigned the same amount of work (quantitatively) (burden), irrespective of the position they bear (in terms of level).

It means the same amount of contribution, in terms of a burden on the society, by each individual. As we move from lower to upper levels, physical struggle decreases while mental/psychological struggle increases, but the net product is the same. (In practice, this can be checked by measuring, for a person at each level, the physical work through the struggle it involves and the mental work through the expertise spent per hour; once both are brought onto one common scale and added up, the total of a person at one level should come out close enough to the total of a person at any other level.)

A thirsty man and a Mirage

Let’s take an example of a person travelling across a desert with his water exhausted and thirst causing discomfort ever since. Eventually, in the desire to comfort himself, the person is deceived by a mirage and thinks of getting relief at that place, but when he reaches that position, he only finds it to be a self-perceived mistake. Likewise, in a society, an individual struggles to bear the burden of needs/responsibilities, and this discomfort is the cause of seeking relief.

Many perceive the higher level to be more manageable, but in an ideal situation such relief does not exist (the only way to evade responsibilities is to become an extrinsic non-ideal with a negative participation to burden ratio) (as discussed earlier, this is the most destructive form of a non-ideal). Once people believe in the theory of work-position similarity, it will be easier to satisfy them at their assigned position.

The point that must be considered is that we assume that with an increasing level, wealth does not necessarily increase (such is the case in an ideal system) but depends upon other factors (e.g. the needs of the individual and the obligations he carries as a guardian of wealth). [For detail, see (RULE)___RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE WEALTH.]