On 7 May, 05:04, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/6/2010 2:29 PM, vamadevananda wrote:> Charity, as the word signifies, is > a Christian concept that drives > > away people, even kind and well-meaning ones ! That ' giving for > > another's sake ' leaves people fearful and so dissatisfied because > > there are so many that need and are forever there to take. On top of > > it, if you are being pushed or shamed into doing it because it is the > > expected thing ... would be a horribly destabilising practice to > > perpetuate. > > > The ' giving for one's own sake ' is another paradigm ... as and only > > as much as I feel I must, even judge when and to whom, in accord with > > whatever my values and calling ... because I want to ! > > Would this then represent yet another paradox: selfish means for > selfless ends? Kidding. The daring thing that some allude to is that in > order to beat game theory the practice of the principle (recognizing it > is in our own best interest, sowing virtue) has to pass a threshold in > both quality and quantity. What you propose, and I agree, should be the > fundamental basis and is qualitative. As principle is undermined by > necessity, it is a luxury. That does not negate the principle though, > and pursuit of it may provide us an indication of 'leaky' reductions of > situations and pre-assessment. Adding my take on it, I think this is > implied with '...in accord with whatever my values and calling ... > because I want to !' > > Either way it does appear to sustain the evolutionary model by avoiding > self destructive traits. We could argue that it is indeed how people > apply the principle in practice and mold the 'rules' or select the > 'scriptures' that are potent to it. Now, how to refactor the zero-sum > game the world is playing? Creative potential might be sustenance, but > the threshold will require ignition or unifying vision. I hope we can > find that by choice... I retain the hope that the majority of people are > waiting for something, an indication or ignition, that we may not know > what looks or sounds like but is fundamental and natural to what we are.
Perhaps altruism in a monistic paradigm? The zero-sum game is a result of the conservation of energy--even if that energy is emotional/ mental. I'm hoping that my book will offer that 'ignition' of wich you speak. Even though I know that, in some areas, it will actually be ignited itself. Ahhh, critics. ;-)
