Vineeto:
Your “quandary” does not make sense to me in light of what you said above, that being “sincerely well-intentioned” “does seem to work when I actually do it” . It more looks like a worry which does have no leg to stand on. Is there perhaps still a smidgen of some pacifistic moral or principle prescribing you should not defend yourself when you are naïve?
It doesnt make sense to me either anymore, I was trying to ‘resurrect’ that worry to see if there was anything left, but it seems very insubstantial now. It’s becoming clearer that when my intentions are genuinely good, i take actions appropriate to the circumstances, and at least for now it all seems very simple.
Very much appreciating these two quotes right now:
Vineeto:
[Richard]: ‘ ( … ) around the time of puberty onwards, adolescents become increasingly serious and childhood fun gives way to societally-inculcated obligations and responsibility.(Richard, List D, No. 6, 14 Dec 2009)Richard, List D, No. 7, 5 Jan 2010 )
and this one:
Respondent No. 4: It all starts with being as fundamentally benign as possible. That’s the bedrock on which you can base an in-control happiness … which can then lead to an out-from-control happiness/ delight/ wonderment … which leads to more and more direct experiences of the actual world … where everything is doing itself.(Message 8138, 11 December 2009 )
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