John said:.., the urge to heal and convert others is, in myself, an impulse to control. Which stems from an insecurity that does not appear attractive and thus is doomed to failure. This dang boddhisatva business is tougher than I'd thought. dmb butts in:Yea, it can get real ugly if it's driven by an impulse to control but the boddhisatvas of this world do what they do out of compassion. I certainly don't have a recipe spelling out the difference but if one does it right, "the urge to heal and convert" is a fundamentally moral act and it would be too tough to make a case that this urge has been a powerful force in our cultural evolution. Also, it's just natural. If memory serves, Pirsig paraphrased Nietzsche in comparing the intellectual competition in universities to the way plants and trees compete with each other to gather the most sunlight. Somebody is always trying to overshadow the other guy. Hopefully, they both grow as a result of that struggle. Anyway, if this is true in the jungle and in the academic world, it's probably true on the street as well. I mean, you can watch out for the control freak thing and otherwise be cautious, but don't feel guilty about the urge itself. It's just the way things work, don't you think?
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