Posted by orchid on June 1, 2006, at 15:07:48
In reply to Re: Do unto you as you would have you do to others, posted by llrrrpp on June 1, 2006, at 14:36:08
The truth is, your posts to others, however nice they are, are not fake. If you had to fake, you simply would have copied someone else's words or advice.
It came from you - from some part of you that has the capacity to understand and forgive and tolerate and feels good things can be done and said to others, inspite of their shortcomings.
You know, saying nice things is not necessarily equal to being 100 % truthful. It is like, you acknowledge the shortcomings (nobody can be that blind to think everyone is 100 % wonderful), but yet you acknowledge the good parts of them also.
It is like you acknowledge the basic living thing within each person, and that is really wonderful for everyone. You wouldn't go and judge a lion or a deer or a cow as being good or bad. Same way, a part of us need and in truth deserve that unconditional acceptance and deserve the goodness from others. And that is what you are giving to others. It is impossible to fake it. No matter how much you try. It comes from possibly some deep seated good will well inside you, which maybe you are not consciously aware of, but it is very much there. Call it the God within you or the soul or whatever, but it does come from you and certainly is not fake.
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