On 27 Aug, 13:44, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote:
> I suspect that some of the subtleties are lost on me after a single read,
> but you've left me feeling that vanity is the highest and most noble human
> virtue of all. By your reckoning, thinking "I" is a defining act of the
> individual and is antithetical to your notion of "oneness". You didn't
> explain how this is anything other than a good thing.
>
> On another note: Denial of the self, the "I", to me, seems like no realistic
> basis for the furtherance of human morality. It might be easy to describe a
> mode of morality where the individual's desires and foibles are glossed
> over, but it's unworkable... and thank goodness for that! We're not ants,
> Pat.
>
> Ian
We'd be better off if we were. They understand the value of
cooperation over competition when their numbers get large. As I said,
I wouldn't expect everyone to agree with me. Far from it. And, to be
fair, a reasonable insight would tell me that it's a very good thing
to have opposing views, even if they are incorrect, as they give us
things to weigh. It is a workable system, but we (every "I") have to
work at it. Denial of the self, too, is different than denial of the
Self. As you deny the Self, I would expect you to feel that way,
given your paradigm, it only makes sense. It would have been good for
you to read the section on damnation. Don't worry...according to my
system, YOU have nothing to fear; unless you entertain doubts. ;-)
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