12-27-2012, 12:00 AM
Littlepaw wrote:
The idea i have been having recently is about freedom. i am wondering if their is some kind of ultimate battle between slavery and Freedom. I look at the world or the way I see it and I realize that people believe and want different things. And i realize that I have to support the right of those people who want to dominate, kill and enslave others. It is their right as Free human beings to pursue their personal goals based on what they believe about the world. i think this concept seems to me a little bit Zen, what will be will be, the path of least resistance. Knowing that in the end these people will run there course. I think maybe resisting what is perceived as wrong doing by others is counterproductive to Freedom. The other day i actually prayed for America and its leaders to do what was right in their hearts. I took that idea from Buddhism. What a crazy world!Hi Littlepaw!
I feel it is very insightful of you to recognise the rights of others.
For me, if someone does something, they obviously had "the right" to do it.
Who am I to argue with "what is"?
If people aren't free to enslave others, then they are not free at all.
Freedom cannot be a set of conditions. That would be conditional freedom, not freedom.
As you say, resistance would be counterproductive.
So if we see a battle between slavery and freedom, we see counterproductivity.
For me, I see the option of slavery and the option of freedom existing simultaneously.
"Nothing can be done to give people a more balanced understanding of the glow of awareness. At least, there is nothing that seers can do. Seers aim to be free, to be unbiased witnesses incapable of passing judgment; otherwise they would have to assume the responsibility for bringing about a more adjusted cycle. No one can do that. The new cycle, if it is to come, must come of itself."
- Fire from Within
Cheers!
The idea i have been having recently is about freedom. i am wondering if their is some kind of ultimate battle between slavery and Freedom. I look at the world or the way I see it and I realize that people believe and want different things. And i realize that I have to support the right of those people who want to dominate, kill and enslave others. It is their right as Free human beings to pursue their personal goals based on what they believe about the world. i think this concept seems to me a little bit Zen, what will be will be, the path of least resistance. Knowing that in the end these people will run there course. I think maybe resisting what is perceived as wrong doing by others is counterproductive to Freedom. The other day i actually prayed for America and its leaders to do what was right in their hearts. I took that idea from Buddhism. What a crazy world!Hi Littlepaw!
I feel it is very insightful of you to recognise the rights of others.
For me, if someone does something, they obviously had "the right" to do it.
Who am I to argue with "what is"?
If people aren't free to enslave others, then they are not free at all.
Freedom cannot be a set of conditions. That would be conditional freedom, not freedom.
As you say, resistance would be counterproductive.
So if we see a battle between slavery and freedom, we see counterproductivity.
For me, I see the option of slavery and the option of freedom existing simultaneously.
"Nothing can be done to give people a more balanced understanding of the glow of awareness. At least, there is nothing that seers can do. Seers aim to be free, to be unbiased witnesses incapable of passing judgment; otherwise they would have to assume the responsibility for bringing about a more adjusted cycle. No one can do that. The new cycle, if it is to come, must come of itself."
- Fire from Within
Cheers!