It really is amazing what evolves via ME input.. 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 3:55 PM Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Moral compass They rather liked me for it RP - though not the ones destined to be monks copying from text books. On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 2:35:45 PM UTC, RP Singh wrote: > > Teachers have to be strict and when a student has to work harder , he lays > the blame at his door. That doesn't make you unpleasant , Neil. > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 7:40 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> 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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