the simpler you live...the better the outcome...merle
1- Life is suffering. 2- We suffer because we crave (want, desire, whatever) It doesn't matter where you live or whom you live with. We can always chose freedom through 'want' reduction. I'm a victim to. No need to remind me. On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:43 PM, Merle Lester <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > bill...butting in..practical for who?...the mob at the top of the food chain >whilst they hold a gun to the herd? > there is the term noble savage... and let us not forget these noble savages >are living in the NOW...the space you so yearn to be ..merle > >Larry, > >IMO the basis of all cultural and societal values and mores are practicality. >I think problems come in when the needs of the population changes but the >values and mores are too rigid to adjust to meet them. > >I don't think any of these are 'noble', but in fact that the judgment of >'noble' is itself a cultural or societal value. > >...Bill! > >--- In [email protected], larry maher <lcmaher22@...> wrote: >> >> Very good video Merle. No leaders, equal men and female rights and >> multi-spouse marriage, men marrying several women or women marrying several >> men (probably as a means of population control). The point is: our great >> morality connected with sex and exclusivity is just no more than making >> people another possession. The tribe doc I saw years back became >> contaminated with modern civilization and within a matter of a few years >> the men spoke of their, bikes, radios and their wife. One old lady >> interviewed near the end of the doc said, civilization was nice but she >> missed the group sex the village engaged in every week or so. >> Not advocating anything here, just wondering if our 'noble' values are >> really 'noble' or just practical? >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...>wrote: >> >> > ** >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > this is a beautiful documentary about beautiful people living in harmony >> > with each other and their environment... paradise lost.... where did our >> > civilisation go so wrong?..... cheers merle >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ' >> > http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/isolated-zoe-tribe/ >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> *Larry Maher* >> > > > > -- Larry Maher
