Originally posted by Spnw07:Although one may have stopped being the victim, it somehow does not necessarily translate into protecting others proactively. It's more like indirect protection by being spiritually or emotionally calm and collected.
The questions I'm asking is something like what you have raised in the criminal example.
"The hurt he/she cause is real, and also also the propensity to hurt again is always there! So how do we weigh the issues?!!"
These are my concerns for there are no easy answers. Even though there aren't, such deep issues don't or won't stop me from searching and reflecting on real-life examples as they occur, be it either experienced personally or through others.
I am concerned that your reflections may currently not give you satisfactory anwsers, that you may feel disillusioned and give way in cynicism and bitterness.
The Buddha, when he saw the sick, aged and death, he was disillusioned as it affected his world view, which was cloistered existence compared to outside life. You could say he was living in a dream.Then he saw a mendicant with dignified and peaceful countenance.
It was the disillusionment that led him to seek the truth.
Anyway, the term misdirected compassion, may be unsuitable in this context.
The terms delusional, or demented minds that perpetuate the atrocities, is more suitable.
Trying to understand the conditions that lead to thoughts and impulses that leads to the cruel acts. How does delusion arise! What are the factors? With the full facts available, we can chronologically recontruct the preceding factors to the events!
Originally posted by An Eternal Now:There are strong warnings by some Buddhist masters that smoking can actually block certain channels and thus prevent consciousness from taking rebirth in higher realms.
http://www.dudjom-on-smoking.org/index_eng.php
Posting such sweeping statements will be confusing to many, thus preventing consciouness from taking rebirth in any realm.
Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:
Posting such sweeping statements will be confusing to many, thus preventing consciouness from taking rebirth in any realm.
Bullshit :)
Originally posted by Weychin:I am concerned that your reflections may currently not give you satisfactory anwsers, that you may feel disillusioned and give way in cynicism and bitterness.
The Buddha, when he saw the sick, aged and death, he was disillusioned as it affected his world view, which was cloistered existence compared to outside life. You could say he was living in a dream.Then he saw a mendicant with dignified and peaceful countenance.
It was the disillusionment that led him to seek the truth.
Anyway, the term misdirected compassion, may be unsuitable in this context.
The terms delusional, or demented minds that perpetuate the atrocities, is more suitable.
Trying to understand the conditions that lead to thoughts and impulses that leads to the cruel acts. How does delusion arise! What are the factors? With the full facts available, we can chronologically recontruct the preceding factors to the events!
Thank you for your concern.
Maybe my path could lead to cynicism and bitterness, or maybe I could walking a similar path as the Buddha did.
I don't know for sure if any disllusionment, cycnisim and bitterness I might feel now or later will be the right kind, or the right amount that leads me to be able to find the Truth like the Buddha.
But thanks for your reminder.
Originally posted by Spnw07:Thank you for your concern.
Maybe my path could lead to cynicism and bitterness, or maybe I could walking a similar path as the Buddha did.
I don't know for sure if any disllusionment, cycnisim and bitterness I might feel now or later will be the right kind, or the right amount that leads me to be able to find the Truth like the Buddha.
But thanks for your reminder.
Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:
Posting such sweeping statements will be confusing to many, thus preventing consciouness from taking rebirth in any realm.
Only to smokers! Ha! Ha!
Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Bullshit :)
Sayz who?