Promiscuous altruism. I think I may have a candidate for my Facebook religion form, thanks.
Thanks, --Chris 301-270-6524 On Apr 12, 2013 10:42 AM, "Edgar Owen" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You are a persuasive fellow, Edgar, and I am mindful of the negative karma > of hiding the dharma, but remain dubious that any of the lurkers will be > more receptive of my insight than those who post. So, let's do this: you > may post this, and antecedent e-mails to the group with the following > statement. > > Whereas I am grateful for those who gave me a glimpse of the moon, I am > willing to discuss the dharma with those who have an open mind regarding > the insights of genetic science and evolutionary psychology. Those of you > who believe the historic-but-pre-scientific Way of Zen is already perfect, > and, in particular that the current manifestation of the zen tradition is > acceptable, should not waste our time by contacting me. In particular, > those who believe you already know what is morally right and wrong, in > accordance with the dharma, will not be able to comprehend my view. Those > who believe that anything which happens to agree with your inclinations is > 'zen', or who would argue that promiscuous altruism is righteousness > would be wasting their time to communicate with me. Those of you who > believe that emotional states you may have experienced are self > authenticating and have given you access to 'truth' are probably not ready > to understand me. > > I do not absolutely refuse to communicate with Bill, Joe, or even Chris, > Mike or Merle, but unless those of you who agree with the views they have > expressed can abandon the assumption that your views are congruent with > 'righteousness' I don't think I can help you, and I have no interest in > disputation. > > RAF > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Edgar Owen <[email protected]> > *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, April 12, 2013 7:38 AM > *Subject:* Re: re > > There are actually several hundred members of the group who likely read > but don't post. Think of all those poor souls starved for the truth! > :-) > > Edgar > > > > On Apr 11, 2013, at 9:34 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > I appreciate the implication of this, but recall that I eschewed the > Bodhisattva vows, though of course I didn't know this pack of losers then. > Still, because I am mindful of the karmic debt I owe to those who pointed > out the moon to me, I not only imparted my view, but did so several > times, in spite of rudeness and scorn: obligation discharged. I am not > attached to teaching or 'saving' these people. In the cases of some of > them, I actually feel something like schadenfreude: it is their karmic > burden to have denied others whatever assistance I might have provided, > by scorning my wisdom, so not only are they blundering off in 'darkness', > but they have denied the light to others. > > If I actually thought any of them had ears to hear, I would speak again, > but they are too full of themselves, and the PC semblance-of-zen of this > era actually does confirm their rejection of my view, so I am content to > follow my Way and keep my own counsel: let everyone work out their own > salvation > ;-) > > RAF > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Edgar Owen <[email protected]> > *To:* "[email protected] Fonda" <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 10, 2013 12:36 PM > *Subject:* re > > PS: I really wish you'd post your thoughts to the Zen group as well as > just me. Would be an excellent counter to all the nonsense there... > > Thanks, > Edgar > > > > > > > > > > > >
