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Originally Posted by stonedperson
Thoughts? I feel he made the plant for us, so, therefore he doesn't mind. I dunno. My aunt on the otherhand says I'm jumping right into the devils' little hot hands.
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From the Hua Hu Ching:
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Forty-Seven
Dualistic thinking is a sickness. Religion is a distortion. Materialism is cruel. Blind spirituality is unreal. Chanting is no more holy than listening to the murmur of a stream, counting prayer beads no more sacred than simply breathing, religious robes no more spiritual than work clothes. If you wish to attain oneness with the Tao, don't get caught up in spiritual superficialities. Instead, live a quiet and simple life, free of ideas and concepts. Find contentment in the practice of undiscriminating virtue, the only true power. Giving to others selflessly and anonymously, radiating light throughout the world and illuminating your own darknesses, your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and all beings. This is what is meant by embodying the Tao.
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If you think about "what God wants" you clearly don't understand the concept of God since you don't understand the concept of transcendence. God can not be known.
Being a good person is what all ethics are about. All other stuff is just someones opinion wich got attached allong the way.
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He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation. He who chooses his plan for himself, employs all his faculties.
-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
-William Blake
Last edited by Beyonder; 11-10-2006 at 05:05 AM.
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