Confucianism/Ricki Uselton

What is the human condition?
Confucianism is based off of the fact that humans can be teachable and can learn throughout life by molding their selves through out their every day life by using acts of kindness. The human condition is that we are moldable to learn how and why we should act certain ways. We can learn this by focusing on human morality by using ren, chun tzu, and li. Confucianism is more importantly about your day to day behaviors, and supporting these behaviors are not done because of a promise of an afterlife, but instead just for personal morality. This is not a theory based religion but instead focused on making sure we worry about our time here on the earth, and be gentle and kind to people and learn about your inner self.

What is the solution to this condition?
By using these moral codes, such as ren, chun tzu, and li, we can establish happiness, and content within our lives. Ren is used by caring about people, and the welfare of human beings. If we are gentle and kind hearted we can fulfill our own happiness. Chun tzu is the capability to be more of a positive, and less petty of a human being. By being more accepting and not putting up a hard front, we can feel better about ourselves. Li, is how we fulfill these things in our lives, and having a set plan for our future, as well as present. By keeping li constant and going through our 5 major relations with important characters in our lives, we can remain positive. By using relations within our Parent-Child, Husband-Wife, Older Sibling- Younger Sibling, Older Friend-Younger Friend, Ruler-Subject. By understanding our roles within these relations we can remain calm and content. They are to remain obedient to their daily roles such as a parent, child, husband, wife, sibling, or friend.

How do we move from Problem to Solution?
We can move from problem to solution by just living our lives to the best possible moral. We can uphold the Confucianist lifestyle by keeping our price and morality within ren, chun, tzu, and li. By using these we can uphold these standards.

How best to live the solution in our own lives?
I personally believe this is a great religion that feels warm and inviting. We must learn to not worry and stop thinking too far ahead and work on our inner self and morality. If we focus too much on the future we can lose track of ourselves.