--- In [email protected], "SteveW" <eugnostos2000@...> wrote: >
> Hi Ed. In my opinion, which may very well be mistaken, one should not fall into a nihilistic relativism when considering such things. IMO, one of the inherent dangers of Zen practice is "falling into emptiness" and ... > ... thinking that any behavior or thinking is just as good as any other. Hi Steve - no, I make no moral judgment. I merely *observe* that an individual's moral code is almost always biased in favor of self, family, ethnic group, religion, nation or other group he/she feels bonded to. > If you wish to be happy and have other people also be happy, then what you think, say and do really matters. As I said before, this is just my opinion, and I may simply be deluded. May all be happy! > Steve Yes, but who cares if over a million Iraqis lost their lives because the dynamic duo felt they were doing the right thing, approved by none other than God himself. --ED > --- In [email protected], "ED" seacrofter001@ wrote: > > > > Every individual is at the type and level of consciousness that he/she > > possesses at the present time, and this may evolve with age. > > > > Is any of these positions 'better' or 'worse'? The 'rational' mind can > > always be dragged in to 'justify' a position, whatever it might be. > > > > --ED
