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Posted by asininity on 4/2/2009, 10:41 am, in reply to "perspective"
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--Previous Message--
:
: I'm not prepared to declare anything
: objectively 'good' or 'bad,' Butcho. I'm
: not smart enough for that, but you
: apparently are.
:
: 'Cultivation = Good.' And in all cases,
: yes?
:
: Regarding good/bad/desirable/undesirable, it
: all comes down to perspective. If I get
: gunned down walking to my car, my absence
: creates new openings in other lives and in
: other spaces. Some of those openings will
: prove undesirable. Some won't.
:
: Not that I want to get gunned down, mind
: you.
:
: I intend to live to a ripe old age and
: torment josef right up to the bitter end.
:
: Steve
:
From a universal point of view taking everything into account nothing is good or bad; desirable or undesirable.
For me though certain things can be said to be good or bad, stroking a tiger is bad for me, the tiger might think its good; brushing my teeth is good but bad for the bacteria. Its my perspective.
Subjectivity is the only perspective.
"The universe is without compassion
Treating all things like straw dogs
Wise people are without compassion
Treating all clans like straw dogs"
My translation.
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"The Tao is basically utterly open. Utter openeness has no substance. It ends in endlessness, begins in beginninglessnes".
-Li Daoqun
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