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Re: No Buddhist Quotes
Thanks @pegembara
A bit god centric for my tastes but ideal for those so inclined …
As I said to God only this morning, 'as I have no Mind at least both of us are delusions'.
Silence. 
lobster
Re: No Buddhist Quotes
“The question ‘who am I?’ is not meant to get an answer,
the question ‘who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.”
— Sri Ramana Maharshi
Jeroen
Re: Thoughts surrounding receding hair, wrinkles, and a deceased cat.
We do learn from the cats and dogs in our life. Small lessons and great. What and how is determined by each of us.
Lionduck
Re: The practice of 'no-esteem'
For me, the key point was to realise that you are unique, an essential part of the tapestry of life, neither greater nor lesser nor even equal to others. This came to me when I was quite young, I think about fifteen, and I’ve lived without comparison since.
Jeroen
Re: Good People
@Jeroen said:
I have a simple standard of goodness, and that is the golden rule, do not do onto others what you would not want done onto yourself. It points to empathy, to the idea of walking a mile in someone else’s shoes before you judge them. Empathic people are good, those who have hardened their hearts can commit bad acts.
I think that needs some refinement. Its a good place to start, but the platinum rule is better "Do unto others what they would want done to them". Its like I imagine much of the cat calling or dick pics that women get sent to them come from men who genuinely would like it if women did that to them.
And then Paul Bloom makes a decent case in Against Empathy, that in order to truly be ethical we need to be more deliberate and thoughtful. That having empathy can also cause us to act in negative ways. Anyway, people mean different things by empathy so maybe what you mean isn't the same thing as Bloom. I'm just making a point that I think its more complex and can use some unpacking.
person
Re: Funny Stuff
"Would the owner of the seven limos parked in front of the executive entrance please move them. You are blocking the owner of the seven limos waiting to enter."
A commonly used term during a certain former Secretary of State's tenure.
Which turned out to be preferable to a certain former head of state proclaiming,
"There were good people on both sides."
meanwhile the pidgins took great pleasure in targeting the newly aqired Hummer.
[Note: If this make sense, report to your nearest psych ward immediately..you need help]
Lionduck
Re: Good People
The trouble is almost everyone thinks of themselves as essentially "good" people.
Good People
In all cultures and in all religions, there are good people of high repute, wisdom and example.
So that is where we set our markers. We do not need to 'understand' or tolerate the impeded directions and warped viewpoints. Nobody human is entirely clear of their lesser tendencies. That is how we start. Sorting useful, skilful, helpful teaching and teachers and qualities in our being.
In a sense we are all the centre of our universe. Also we are responsible for others well being.
It is up to us too make good of what we know and share. We are good people, right?
lobster
