Quoting: Anonymous Coward 849777
Hello OP,
I did not use that post to issue a threat to you. I am only listing examples. The greed and actions of a relative few can impact everyone else as a whole. This is a simple FACT.
Cause and effect. This is NATURAL LAW, is it not? That's what I thought.
I am not saying I have the capability to pollute the earth's waters. You and your friends might, perhaps. My example was to make you think of the following:
- What happens when ALL water is undrinkable?
- What happens when war spills into your back yard, killing all that you hold close and dear, and maybe even yourself?
These examples can go on and on. You talk about the bad karma that can be bestowed upon me for eating an old chicken that cannot lay eggs, yet you see it right to enslave your fellow man.
I think it would make more sense for YOU to explain how we are all NOT interconnected, than for me to have to explain the obvious.
So if I may ask another question...
How are we all NOT interconnected?
Prove a Negative supposition?
OK. Your body allocates resources based on priorities and needs of the various subsystems. A true socialist system!
Deprivation of oxygen to the brain means the limbs aren't going to be seeing o2 until the cranium is again saturated.
If your child (blood) is hungry, you will allocate your resources to feed them even at the cost of your life.
Your neighbors kid?
Look at the economic system which has developed. Do you see the socialist ideal at work...from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs...
Is that the case? Or is it more accurately described as DOG EAT DOG?
Which do YOU see in your REALITY?
Humans have hidden the true nature of economic behaviour behind any number of euphemisms, but the truth is what it is.
Were humans to be truly interconnected, there would be a shared social welfare you could point to.
Can you so demonstrate this?
If survival were a shared experience, humans would act entirely differently. As it is, "sharing" occurs only to the extent it imparts some value or advantage.
A wise human once said...
ALL PROFESSIONS ARE A CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE LAITY.
Truer words have yet to be spoken. And what are PROFESSIONS other than loose associations of similarly positioned workers.
OP,
The current human condition is greatly affected by economic slavery. The reason we are destroying our environment is primarily for monetary gain. If your actions could affect the quality of my life, the possibility exists for the reverse to happen. THIS IS A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP. The actions of a few can affect the whole. You say we CHOOSE to be slaves and this is pure bullshit. Every one of us is born into this shit. And even if just a few of us manage to stay off the grid it will take a massive, unified revolt to make any significant change.
I cannot earn money without paying taxes.
I cannot eat and provide myself shelter without having to slave for it.
I cannot claim any land as my own and be free of any "laws." Governments have already claimed all of the Earth's land.
And you didn't touch the karma subject. If anything I'll want you to cover that topic, as I see huge conflicts in your statements. Thank you in advance OP!
Hello AC and Welcome!
Your comments reflect a very simplistic, almost childlike, mentality...the main difference being that children are open to new ideas!
You CHOOSE, every moment, who you are by the choices you make, the beliefs you hold and so on. Your statements demonstrate that you realize you are a slave, but that you are powerless to do anything about it...implying that it is the FAULT of someone else. Can you see the parallel with how a child reacts when confronted with an unpleasant truth?
You will never taste freedom, never control your own destiny, because you are comfortable being a slave...and do not desire the burdens which are inherent with being a FREE MAN, for example.
Our carefully constructed system is catered to exactly this type of human...LUCKY YOU!
As to the karma aspect...I find once again that stupidity, or at least a lack of diligent study, leaves you clueless and requires a waste of precious time which could be spent on more productive teachings!
Look no further than Wikipedia, available to ALL!
KARMA
Some traditions (i.e., the Vedanta), believe that a supreme being plays some kind of role, for example, as the dispenser of the 'fruits' of karma[13] or as exercising the option to change one's karma in rare instances.
In general, followers of Buddhism and many followers of Hinduism consider the natural laws of causation sufficient to explain the effects of karma.
Is this clear enough? DO you see there is no inconsistency, and that karma is just a word to which others assign meanings to fit their worldview?
Also note that in law, legal contracts, the first section ALWAYS is dedicated to DEFINITIONS...what the WORDS MEAN vis a vis the agreement.
You and your fellow simpletons need only devote a MINIMUM of effort to UNDERSTANDING what you are trying to grasp to affect a more productive experience...that is, unless you are just a NAYSAYER...
Laughing out Loud!