Some students said I was rather dictatorial in insisting they learned for themselves RP.
On Tuesday, 3 February 2015 12:45:29 UTC, RP Singh wrote: > > A person who is not arrogant , respects himself and others is by nature > pleasant and reciprocates. If you try to reduce your arrogance and change > for the better then you have to be alert to remind yourself whenever you > have such thoughts and feelings , you alone can change yourself and not > others. I can change myself and not you and if I keep my moral compass in > mind I know that I will change and as a matter of fact I already have > changed in the course of a few days. > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 6:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In ways you are very right. I see the problems galore. Corks floating >> mindlessly on oceans of deciet lies and corruption guided by moralless >> guides.. the blind leading the blind. >> Neil you are complaining that " No one has talked of reciprocity, >> humbleness and other stuff I believe in." Why didn't you talk about them in >> your moral guidelines? I will add them to your compas view ..a long time >> ago I learned a very special prayer goes >> God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change. To >> change the things that I can. The wisdom to know the difference and the >> ability to endure the frustration. >> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين >> Évitez; assassiner, le viol et l'esclavage des autres >> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: archytas <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 12:49 PM >> Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Moral compass >> >> It's sexist rot Allan. We should regard the muck as pre-history and get >> on with working out where we are with modern knowledge and contributions >> from all. Another milestone on the roadmap for me is being prepared to >> change one's mind. This makes people who start to rationalise away Moses >> as a war criminal and other blatant rubbish way problematic for 'do no >> harm' - they are already at it. Somewhere along the line you have to stand >> up against Nazis, fascism, Soviet Paradise, the British Empire, Genghis >> Khan and probably the US Neo-Cons now. To the selfish, cowardly >> religionist none of this matters. They hide behind others, become >> conscientious objectors (who let others who object for sensible reasons >> hang) do deals with the likes of Hitler (that Pope in WW2) and get rolled >> out to proclaim a just war. Religion used to be a finer part of rebellion >> than it is in its soggy condition today >> >> Part of my creed would be to recover what was once worthwhile, lost under >> men in skirts, silly hats, faux holiness, miracles, deep introspective >> evidence and the desire to rip-off a gullible audience - I am, in fact, >> deeply Puritan, Digger, Chartist and stuck with an off button for social >> approved epistemic authority based on stuff made sacred or given to us by >> invisible beings. >> >> No one has talked of reciprocity, humbleness and other stuff I believe >> in. I know of Molly's light as an aspiration felt in temporary fellowship, >> but such 'faith' soon disappears once Genghis is on the scene. We should >> have a law that says 'religion ain't worth fighting over'. All this stuff >> is more situation-contextual and subject to marginal conditions than we are >> admitting. Turn the other cheek is not a good infantry tactic, though both >> sides turning on the bosses is. Our leaders these days are 'hindmosts'. >> >> On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 7:56:05 AM UTC, Allan Heretic wrote: >>> >>> Ah Tony de Cork has spoken. >>> >>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين >>> Évitez; assassiner, le viol et l'esclavage des autres >>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: "'facilitator' via \"Minds Eye\"" <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 7:40 AM >>> Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Moral compass >>> >>> If your footsteps are righteous you don't need a moral compass. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> ""Minds Eye"" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> ""Minds Eye"" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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