that the most real thing about us..i wonder..i wasnt told that
selfishness is bad...would my conscience strike me...keep me in
check...because...sometimes...my thoughts...they shock and repulse
me... i loathe myself for having such thoughts..and then i
wonder...if that is not me...but it is me...it is hard ...to know that
oyu are what you might condemn in someone else...and so i ask
often...
On May 3, 1:04 pm, the taoist shaman <bryan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> PSK selfishness arouses discontent because it is contrary to
> collective consciousness , try reading the meditations of marcus
> auralius chapter 2 verse 1 from the harvard classics .
>
>
>
> gabbydott wrote:
> > From a top-down perspective this is correct. But I understood that PSK asked
> > for individual responses from each of us.
>
> > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:09 AM, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > But you have to admit there are humans who haven't the chance to even
> > > consider this type of thinking as their lives are miserable due to
> > > poverty, war, sickness and all other ills. Plus- what does a culture
> > > celebrate? Wealth? Power? Etc.? You can hardly fault some for buying a
> > > false self and image if that is what their culture teaches them, can
> > > you? It takes a brave rebel to contradict society or challenge group
> > > thought.
>
> > > On May 2, 12:20 pm, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > If the selfish would truly search their self, they'd quickly die out.
> > > > Problem is how they don't see themselves but see themselves in the others
> > > > with the poor others not knowing that they are not taken for themselves
> > > but
> > > > for someone else. My explanation.
>
> > > > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 6:57 PM, pol.science kid <r.freeb...@gmail.com
> > > >wrote:
>
> > > > > at the first glance of your reply came a thought to my mind about
> > > > > collective consciousness...rather a question...does the collective
> > > > > consciousness exist independently...what does it mean exactly...to put
> > > it
> > > > > crudely is it the realisation that you are not the only phenomena..but
> > > what
> > > > > i feel is....it is very difficult to transcend ones own person...but is
> > > it
> > > > > important....why do we really get irritated with self absorbed or self
> > > > > seeking people....why do we condemn selfishness..in any sense...are we
> > > so
> > > > > insecure as to feel deprived because of that ...or is it something
> > > more.. i
> > > > > hope i make sense.. and i hope you get waht i am trying to ask...i
> > > would
> > > > > like all to answer...cos i really want to know....
>
> > > > > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 7:36 PM, DarkwaterBlight <
> > > douglas.bli...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > > > >> This take appeals to my understanding. Perpetually changing, evolving
> > > > >> and reforming. Input has an outcome and causes an expanded "mind
> > > > >> space", if you will. Is logic all logical and what is to be said about
> > > > >> rationalizing the "irrational"? Should my thinking be correct by the
> > > > >> standards of others or to my own? What of "raising the bar" in
> > > > >> consciousness and of a paradigm shift to a more correct thinking of
> > > > >> our "collective mind" ? Of all that goes into into thought and mind is
> > > > >> this not the desired effect?
>
> > > > >> On Apr 30, 9:23 am, "pol.science kid" <r.freeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> > might thought be colored by the mind that engages it ....what is the
> > > > >> realm
> > > > >> > of pure thought that you mention here .... is it logic and
> > > > >> > rationalisation...do you mean the method of employing that
> > > > >> thought...because
> > > > >> > ....knowing...percieving something for the first time the mind will
> > > > >> > automatically fall back on the things it thinks it does know....
>
> > > > >> > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Chad Moore <nis...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >> > > Knowledge unites, in being or in identity. Thinking separates, in
> > > > >> > > subject-object relationship.
> > > > >> > > Knowing has no place in the ordinary thought process. Thinking
> > > about
> > > > >> > > something
> > > > >> > > which has to be known is wrong, since it moves in a vicious
> > > circle.
> > > > >> You
> > > > >> > > cannot think
> > > > >> > > of anything you have not known. Such thinking can never take you
> > > to
> > > > >> the
> > > > >> > > Truth.
> > > > >> > > But when you direct your thought to something (say yourself) which
> > > you
> > > > >> have
> > > > >> > > otherwise
> > > > >> > > visualized, the thought loses its own characteristics and limits,
> > > and
> > > > >> > > stands
> > > > >> > > revealed as that Self (Consciousness) itself. Thought is thus
> > > reduced
> > > > >> into
> > > > >> > > its essence.
>
> > > > >> > --
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