The Christ Principle

Some of you may have heard of the Prisoner's Dilemma, the game-theoretical explanation  of why sometimes antagonistic actions are chosen over kind ones. John Nash came up with this simple idea and economists see those outcomes everywhere since it is based on the idea that there is a lack of information and trust amongst people. The idea is that people would be better off trusting each other and cooperating, but given that they do not, the real life outcome is often that each party is worse off as they are not cooperating. 

I was reminded of this concept when I read the Course in Miracles. All antagonistic actions come from the fear of being different and the dearth of communication between people. But once you know that you are one, it would never occur to you to behave antagonistically against your brother. The Course of Miracles claims that all minds are one, but in our world most people don't know about this fact. Well, you can experiment with this concept and can appeal to the joint Christ Mind in your brother and he is likely to cooperate (despite himself) and all parties will be better off. Does this concept sound like a fairy tale to you? Experiment with it and see what your success rate is. But please start with small experiments; I believe the Christ Principle does require a certain degree of spiritual maturity; we certainly don't want you to end up like Dostoyevsky's idiot.