You may beat me physically
But I’ll beat you whimsically
The unbearable lightness of being calls for whimsy, not brute force. Violence is appealing to persons of low character. Whimsy is an invitation to the finer things in life. For instance, humor and generosity are much more powerful forces than terminal seriousness and Scrooge-osity. The lighter, finer things in life are inviting, wooing others to join in something larger and better. Brute force is the purview of unimaginative minds and withered spirits. Of course, the divide between violence and nonviolence is in one’s perspective. I like the analogy of weak and strong forces in physics and their reach across larger regions. The “strong” forces like electromagnetism are very powerful over very short distances, but negligible at larger scales. The “weak” forces such as gravity are negligible at atomic scales, but reign supreme at scales comprising the overwhelming majority of reality. Humans live at a scale where both of these forces are important. In this analogy, I view violence as the so-called “strong” force dominating smaller contexts and negligible at greater human scales and beyond. I view love as the so-called “weak” force, which seems to be helpless in limited contexts, but ultimately rules the fate of the universe! I seek to harmonize my being more with the fate of the universe than brutish turf wars. Of course, we could just whip out our perspectives and see which is bigger…
