Posted June. 18, 2002 22:53,
It`s presidency-election year, this year. 6 months later from now on, The president who will be in charge of leading this country for 5 years will be chosen. Any country is going to be prosperous only if they get a good leader and otherwise, the reverse. Accordingly, it`s so important to select a righteous and good-virtued leader in this presidency-election.
Then what does a righteous and good-virtued president mean?
First, the most important thing is that he has no selfish-motive and loves his country and his people so that he could handle `the universe thing` with `the universe mind`
There are so many stuffed places to be penetrated and twisted places to be corrected. We must bind people`s divided and scattered minds up into one. He must build up the vision for the new country. He cannot do the big thing with self-interest. If he does, he sticks to his faction`s benefits and is bound up in people`s popularity. That means he cannot choose the right thing which is beneficial to the country. The mind which can get over his selfish-motive, it comes from the mind to truly love his country and its people.
Second, he must be humble and keen to hear others. Not only humble his body, but `heart` as well so that he could listen carefully to the grass roots.
The old saying goes that we must listen to a wood-cutter. He must listen criticism against him and right sayings. In ancient Tang Dynasty, the third Emperor asked his men to give him a right word and a cunning word everyday and rewarded the men who used to give right words. Until now, our tragedy comes from the truth that leaders liked to speak himself and escaped from critical, good words rather than listen to the right words
Third, he must have longing and tender heart for the competent. Insight to recognize the talented and discern the wise men from the small fries is what he should have.
Administration of a country is not for one man. And the more it is shared, the stronger it becomes, in addition, the lower it goes, the stronger it grows. He should find out the superior with true and whole heart. Once power and trust are given to them, the whole land gets pacific.
Naturally, if ‘clear-eyed` leader meets `no self-oriented’ competent men, the country becomes `controlled`, if not, it becomes turmoiled. Till now, our fault lies in finding out neighbors and alumni to let them manage big deals rather than the best men.
Sir. Lee Yul-gok said "Why do they say they have no good men. Only if they seek for them truly, they can find them truly."
So, we have to keep our eyes on the people around the president as well as the president himself. Just to carefully observe young excellent men for the future flocking flock together to open a new age, or revive corruptions of the past and the privileged class.
Fourth, A leader ought to strictly control himself. Be generous to others and strict to himself.
He should not receive money firstly. Not only He must open his assets, but also trust them to the third organization to let it control them.
He must keep his family circle under tight control. He has to root out all the trouble-making components.
After he was enthroned, he must be advised not to official positions to his entourages and meritorious retainers. They are mostly good at political struggles, but poor at the national management and reformation.
Every one cannot be this righteous and good-natured president. But our society has many men to dream of sitting in that hard presidential chair.
Look back to yourself, and not running the race, if he you think yourself has no `the universe mind` and `universe ability`, is a true patriotic way.
Finally, we must keep it in mind that only the righteous people can choose the righteous president, and only the patriotic people can choose the patriotic leader.
A patriotic leader cannot come from under the condition people aren`t patriotic at all, and a leader of `Making Universally Public Affairs` cannot be derived from under the circumstances people seek private profits rather than public privates.
We must try altogether