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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: s.jennings who wrote (35330)	10/24/2001 9:03:33 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

When you said: "If absolutes (truth, love, beauty, god whatever) are eternal, i.e. timeless, not past or future, but in the moment, is it a coincidence that in those moments that we "give not thought", instincts seem to take over?" ... ...You seemed to be suggesting that these absolute truths are apprehended vis-a-vis the instincts. Perhaps you would be able to tell me what you meant. "If absolutes exist, they are not creations of the mind resulting from thinking. Fear, cruelty, violence, inhumanity hate and contempt are creations of the mind, the result of thinking" Now I am thoroughly confused as to your meaning. You have stated that truth and love are examples of abolutes (the good). Now you follow up by stating that hate is simply a way of thinking. So GOOD values are absolute, and EVIL values are relative? Is this what you are saying? You are obviously trying to convey an idea that (presumably) is important to you. I am sorry to be so thoroughly nonplussed by your sentences. You believe that "evils" such as hatred are mere subjective opinions of the mind; that "evil", as such, does not exist; while "good" exists as an absolute? I have seen myself create a lot of undesireable outcomes by thinking about things that quite frankly didn't deserve the time and energy. Of course, thinking can be an evasion of living; especially if it insulates us from our feelings, and if it deadens our connection to the world...and to the people we interact with. My reference to thinking, however, was meant to address the concept of responsibility. We are accountable for choosing how we affect the planet and her inhabitants. We are responsible for knowing what we value and why--and for consciously avoiding the path of the thoughtless and the mindless. There is much that is probably not worth thinking about. However, the values we choose to represent us on our walk through life, do not, I think, fall into that category.