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Hmmm, an interesting thread indeed. Where does this hatred come from? How is it that we, as a species, are so willing to completely write something off, without having the first idea what it is all about? Imagine, some guy logs onto a thread on a physics web site, and starts saying how.. 'all this talk of energy being conserved is a load of bullshit. Furthermore, the guy who suggested it should be murdered, in a horrible way.' Oh yeah, that would help, more death brought to this world, full to the brim of people killing each other just because they don't happen to agree. And does this guy know the first thing about physics? 'Well, I read an article in a paper once.' (I mean, a fucking newspaper, obviously the best place to go when you want to form a considered opinion about physics) Has he conducted his own experiments, from as objective a position as a nay-sayer can obtain? 'Well, no, but, but, energy isn't conserved... things cool down, err, err, and stop....'
How can we be so arrogant to think that we know more about something than someone who has spent their life working with it? How can we disregard writings gathered over nearly three millenia by people with genuine compassion and love for their fellow human beings, when it only takes a little practice, with an open mind, to show that there really is something to it?
I mean, I know it can give a sense of belonging, to form a little group of collective hate, and/or superiority, but come on, does it make you feel happy? I know you want with all your heart to believe your own deception, but honestly, does it make you happy to lord over people, showing how you are right, and they are wrong, you are clever, and they are stupid, worthy only of death because they happen to believe in things that dissagree with your view of reality? Or, does it infact simply further inflate your necessarilly scared little ego, trapping you all the more in a closed minded world of fear, where you can't even allow people to follow their own beliefs, even if they ARE totally wrong, I mean, how does it hurt you if someone comes to believe things are different than how you perceive them? Surely, if you were comfortable that your world view was beyond question, then you would just sigh a compassionate sigh for Stephen Russel and all the poor little people who have been duped by him (and the afore mentioned going on three thousand years worth of teachers all adapting the message to the particular bent of the times) and get on with your life with a feeling of ease and confidence?
It's no way to live peeps. If you think something is wrong, you have to know it inside out, or at least have studied it a bit, to be able to refute it, its no good just saying thats wrong because the 'Holy and Exulted I' say so, otherwise the whole thing is just an ego boosting experience, and a sign post reading along the lines of 'closed minded bigot'(and yes, I am aware of the subtle irony in the choice of noun.).
And as the Doc would rightly say, don't take it personally, or the point will just pass you by as your sense of self importance goes into defence mode. So come on, read a little ancient Taoism, if only to refute it with an open heart, and I bet you your life will be enriched by it.
With radiated love,
Alan Nonomous. |
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