Truth HQ by Tom Wallace - HTML preview

T R U T H H Q

division between instinctive drives (adopted as values) and rational values. It’s good to know and understand both – even if just to understand ourselves a bit better. This is why ‘innate’ is such a difficult word – and likewise the related term – intuition. We might, for instance, have an intuitive grasp of moral precepts that come to us from outside the universe (from GOODNESS HQ!). Or we might have an intuitive grasp of moral precepts that are built into the universe. Or we may use the word ‘intuition’ to refer to those values that have their origins in our instinctual drives from our evolutionary past. Rather though, I’d

tentatively suggest, if we’re going to use the word intuition then we might be better served by using it to refer to what society and culture are trying to tell us – as well as the natural world around us. We are more than just a

collection of individuals – and an eco-system is more than just the plants and animals it contains. Something emerges from our great conglomerations of life and consciousness – something with more wisdom than we might muster by individual effort. So, I’d go as far as saying that there is a VALUE HQ, but she does not dwell within us, she is out there in society and our eco-systems and she is a complex beast! That’s why the conversation on morals will never reach an end.

And what of the local swans? Well, shortly after the duck-strangling incident, mama and papa swan settled down to raising a new batch of chicks. All three safely hatched and their fluffy presence brought joy to the pond. For a few days. But then one chick fell down the weir at the end of the pond and into a steep-sided ravine where a fast stream hurtles

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