Andre, Anybody suggesting "We've been kicked in the ass, so we'll have to kick back" is suggesting getting even .... a complete perversion of "do as you would be done by".
Would = would wish to be. It's just a simple statement of the Buddhist (Vedic and earlier) golden rule "don't do as you would not be done by if you prefer". It's a proactive statement about living life. Who's the cynic ? Ian On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Andre Broersen <[email protected]>wrote: > Ian to Craig and Horse: > > Apart from hoping people recognize "harm" when they (don't) see it, this is > simply the golden rule "do as you would be done by" ... core to the origins > of many (most) moral traditions. > > Andre: > Yes, and very Western as well and to be cynical about it, this is the > motivational feeding stuff > of any tough business person in our competitive world. (I'll knife your > back and you'll knife > mine), and many not so tough people I might add. > > I was laid off once because the company I worked for went into receivership > ('taken over' by the bank). > The way the boss explained it (in an apologetic way):'We've been kicked in > the ass, so we'll have to kick > back'. I understood completely but I am still a bit vague as to why I was > kicked as well( and a few > others I might add). > > I like the 'Eastern' 'enlightened' variant a bit better which Steve Hagen > gives in his > "Buddhism, plain and simple': 'Do not do unto others what you would not > have done unto you'.(p 90) > > It is passive and seems more positive than the moralistic 'do as you would > be done by' which implies > you should do something or move into action or something...but what? > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
