Posted by Dr. Bob on October 10, 2013, at 2:29:29
In reply to Re: delusions of kindness, posted by sigismund on October 9, 2013, at 21:11:39
> > In this context, imperial ambition = changing the rules, and giving its poorest health care and more = supporting each other?
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> Why can't rich allied countries (Australia, Japan, Europe) pay their way more for the defence structure? Why could not some of that money be used for health care in the US?> Just to clarify kind being easy.
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> When one is naturally kind it *is* easy.
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> And
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> There was a woman on TV. She had taken in a kid 3 years old, she fostered him and eventually adopted him and now he is almost 20. He had been terribly abused, just shockingly. And she said 'When you see the difference you can make, it is so easy'. She didn't mean the experience was easy. She must have meant that the decision to endure and partake of all the difficulties was easy to make, that she was glad she did it and would do it again.
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> I meant it like that.> Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu - chapter 13
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> Accept disgrace willingly.
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> What do you mean by "Accept disgrace willingly"?
> Accept being unimportant.
> Do not be concerned with loss and gain.
> This is called "accepting disgrace willingly."What keeps one from making the decision to care for others? What keeps one from accepting being unimportant? What keeps one concerned with loss and gain?
If one is naturally uncaring, might sacrificing oneself be an (unnatural) act of caring? If one isn't concerned with loss and gain, and accepts being unimportant, might one be more likely to sacrifice oneself?
Bob
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