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MDAO, for me the money would be a means to an end. I do not desire it for its own sake. The posters in this forum enamoured by Buddhism or other Eastern religions make a big deal about freeing oneself from attachment to material things; in a way, all the money would give me this. It's hard to reach inner peace if you're struggling to pay the gas bill, if you see what I'm getting at? If one were free of all financial responsibilities, one could really focus on flourishing as an individual.

Most likely they are just so identified with the ego, which will never be satisfied with whatever amount of billions they accumulate. Greed arises out of ego.
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How could a person not identify with himself? Isn't "ego" just another way of saying "person"?

I still think there is no evil, just ignorance. Every being has only 'good' in their hearts, but a lot of us just get lost on our way
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I would argue that evil is a necessary concomitant of good, or at least the possibility of evil. I also really don't buy the "everyone is good at heart" thing on an experiential level. Have you never met a thoroughly unsavoury person, a real nasty piece of work? I envy you if so.
 
The_Winner said:
That's where the problem is hidden. Since most of the people are so ego identified, they think on a very superficial 'me' level - "I won't do this, because I will get punished for it" or "I'll do this, so others will think I'm a good person". You see the problem in it? There's no real sincere care about others and that causes problems. Making decisions based on what we, as separate beings, want.
Why is there no sincere care? Because if you see reality on such a superficial level, you only care for yourself, since you see no real relation to others. It has nothing to do with the person being evil, just blindfolded.
Real sincere kind and compassionate actions arise out of no thought. They come naturally out of the understanding.
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What you see as a problem is actually the greatest gift God has given man- free will. When people consider themselves in every scenario, they are correct in doing so; likewise, when one doesn't consider people in every scenario, they are incorrect in doing so. What is truly good for yourself is truly good for everyone else. It may be true that we are all connected --simultaneously, we are all separate: a giant puzzle, with individual pieces. When you consciously make the decision to do the right thing, that is where ALL the TRUE care comes from. If you were doing the right things without thought, you would be a robot; you would be a machine that had never received the divine entreaty to intelligent thought and free will.





I'm not sure, if they really want to create evil. Most likely they are just so identified with the ego, which will never be satisfied with whatever amount of billions they accumulate. Greed arises out of ego. Since they don't understand what they are doing, on a deeper level, they can sacrifice other peoples misery for their own ego.
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I do not agree. I still think there is no evil, just ignorance. Every being has only 'good' in their hearts, but a lot of us just get lost on our way.
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Once again, you are absolving evil of its' intent and actions.
 
My 2 bits:
On Technology: Definition of a scientist (from the film 'Omega Man'); "A scientist is a person who understood nothing until there was nothing left to understand".
On Money: "Money doesn't buy hapiness but it can buy a damn big yacht on which you can sail right up next to it" Author unknown.
On Good and Evil: "Without Good there is no Evil and without Evil there is no Good" again sorry author unknown. My own though is: "After every high there is a low"
And finally My Wish: World Peace ..... no, World Domination ..... no, world domination to achieve world peace ..... no not even that, hows about:
being high like on coke all the time without having to shell out not one single dime and making that high no longer a crime!!!
Hari Om
P.s. This is a very classy discussion, hope not to have downgraded it at all : )
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After taking too many doses of LSD I've come to see myself as God in the context of the world I perceive around me. There is no way of knowing weather or not the world I perceive is real but it's existence in my mind makes me the creator. I would wish that every other human being considered me the creator of their reality. Being worshiped sounds pretty fun, I think Kim Jong Il is on to something.
 
MistaJeff said:
After taking too many doses of LSD I've come to see myself as God in the context of the world I perceive around me. There is no way of knowing weather or not the world I perceive is real but it's existence in my mind makes me the creator. I would wish that every other human being considered me the creator of their reality. Being worshiped sounds pretty fun, I think Kim Jong Il is on to something.
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Fuk maybe he is on acid and his world exists only in his reality and that's why the threats never actually eventuate!
 
I would wish the human race could communicate without language; telepathy.
Thnk about it, if you can feel ones true intent, there would be no such thng as a lie.
Perceptions wouldnt be an issue i believe.
Words can be so limiting.
 
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