> 'PS - The social and physical environment clearly plays a role in
> peoples' conditioning. To say "Chinese people" though, as if that
> matters or has meaning to the child's fate, is just more theorizing.
> People passing by are not ignorant/uncompassionate because of their
> birthplace any more than the child was ignored or uncared for because of
> that. This sort of perception may arise in us, but is our own reaction
> to "foreign", to "other". People are not evil, they create the
> appearance of evil through acting out of ignorance. Perhaps some places
> are more conducive to breeding such ignorance, but that's just
> theorizing. Useless, as you have already noted.'
I like this but awareness can be expanded beyond it.
Knowledge can be a great burden to the mind.
Knowledge is usefull.
A mind overburdened is not usefull.
But should such usefullness come at no cost?
Transcending any state of mind will double complexity as to transcend entails
embracing the opposite.
The minimum number of dimensions necessary to accomodate a functioning reality
is ten.
That makes anything very complicated.
Be sure you are up for it,
before opening the door.
There is no returning from the "dark stone temple."
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