Guest guest Posted April 13, 2000 Report Share Posted April 13, 2000 Hi Judith. You're right in the sense that something has happened. But I tried to express some thoughts, and you are talking about what made me 'feel this way'. Thought and feelings are note separable although we're trained to think so. Therefore, the fact that thoughts are influenced by feelings doesn't necesarily invalidate them as a common 'truth'. Actually every feeling we have as individuals have been confirmed by the 'herd' we were raised in. If not anything else, anthropology tells us a lot about the enormous plasticity of the human race. The primary principle in a 'herd' is 'decency'. If you transgress the norms, the herd will try to extrude you, or isolate you. For example: If a thief made an appointment with ansother thief, that they should make a break in at a given time and place, and the other thief showed up drunk, than this other thief was not decent. They might both be arrested! Shame on him, who could ever trust him again? By this I only wanted to express, that 'decency' has nothing to do with what we ordinarily would describe as 'common moral'. By love I think of the feeling from the parent to the child. This is the purest kind of love I can think of. Religion has of course discovered and used this fact, and therefore the Christian God is an old, wise and just man. " The love of God, etc. " Well, Judith and . If you want any further clarification, please ask me a question. Otherwise I wouldn't know what to expand or clarify. Bjørn Judith Stillwater wrote: > Yes Bjørn, I'd like to hear a little more about this too. I get a > sense that something happened to make you feel this way. But I could > be wrong. What up? > > Judith > > > > > Hi all. > > > > > > When dust comes to dust. It's all an question about decency and > > love. > > > > > > If you lack one of the things, you are at risk having an > > alcohol/addiction > > > problem. > > > > > > If you lack both you're in real trouble, and had better seek XA. > > > > > > If you have both, you have no problem. > > > > > > " Cool Bear " > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Easter Made Simple > Click Here -> > http://click./1/3122/1/_/4324/_/955630729/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2000 Report Share Posted April 13, 2000 Well, Bjorn, Am I to understand you as saying, that, If one is not a decent person (to others) ... then he is at risk for a substance problem? ... or If one in not loving (to others), then he is at risk for a substance problem? ... OR: that if one is not treated decently? (by others) or if one is not treated lovingly? (by others) then he is at risk for a substance problem? ... You also speak of love and decency as both being required. And even beyond that, substance abuse is a kind of indecency toward self, isn't it, and a way to be unloving toward one's own body and person, and personal potential. That's a whole other thing. I'm just curious about what You meant. -GPdA > > > > Hi all. > > > > > > > > When dust comes to dust. It's all an question about decency and > > > love. > > > > > > > > If you lack one of the things, you are at risk having an > > > alcohol/addiction > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > If you lack both you're in real trouble, and had better seek XA. > > > > > > > > If you have both, you have no problem. > > > > > > > > " Cool Bear " > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > > Easter Made Simple > > Click Here -> > > http://click./1/3122/1/_/4324/_/955630729/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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