Captain Karma and the Hedonic Treadmill…
Out of all the Marvel superheroes ever created, there has never been a superhero whose super power is inflicting the same pain on to someone as equal to or more than the pain he or she has inflicted upon others. Think about that. If we all personally felt the pain we inflicted upon others, we might just have a shot at world peace! One thing is for certain: for some reason the “Golden Rule” we all learned during our wonder years is just too hard to master: “Simply put, if you wouldn’t want it done to you, don’t to it to others.” Me as a Superhero with my sidekick Bellarina Why is the Golden Rule so challenging? Western culture has quickly become, for many, a hedonic treadmill, a manmade pseudo magical solution to instantly dissolve all sadness through never ending gratification and pleasure. It’s this never ending quest to fill a void, of chasing an ideal of bigger and better and newer that will never feed the soul, only temporarily tickle the ...