Posted by Dr. Bob on October 12, 2013, at 1:26:10
In reply to Re: kindness and sacrifice, posted by sigismund on October 11, 2013, at 19:43:46
> With loss and gain we are back to the famous passage in the Gita with Krishna and Arjuna.
What passage is that? I'm not familiar with the Gita.
> In one of my Peruvian books a curandero was saying 'Cuando pienso en Fitzcarraldo y estos hombres, preferiria ser serpiente'. That's more or less my bottom line.
Ser serpiente y morderlos?
> People used to living without hope and empowerment are by necessity better at acceptance.
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> SigismundThat makes sense to me. And people used to getting what they want might be expected to be worse at acceptance?
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> Dr.Bob, you win the prize for thinking up questions which do not appear relevant to anything actually going on here!
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> TwinleafI appreciate your kindness in giving me a prize. I accept that my questions are unimportant.
Bob
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