There are various Codes that influence our Conduct and Behavior --- the 10 Commandments is an example . I must offer an Ancient Kung Fu >Code of Engagement< that has survived as both Viable and Valuable .
When Confronted by someone or something that has intent to harm :
"Run away .
Deter rather that hurt .
Hurt rather than maim .
Maim rather than kill .
Kill or be killed . "
All of these are considered by "Good" Kung Fu Master .
It MAY be that we must assign >Relativity< to "Good" and "Goodness" in the EXACT same way we have noted that Truth itself, is RELATIVE and that BOTH are 'contingent' upon prevailing Conditions, and worse, that Good and Goodness are PERCEPTUAL . We have the phrase, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" --- can we not now ascribe THAT conceit to Truth, Good, and Goodness ????? Here's what THAT shit looks like : Truth is in the eye {Mind} of the beholder . Goodness is in the eye {Mind} of the beholder . Where we sought "common ground" among 'perceivers'* we find instead perplexity and bewilderment, the result of a DESIRE for a Cosmic ABSOLUTE . In Societal and Cultural cognizance a 'thing' can be both Good and NOT Good at the exact same time . You can see it rite* ?
"Moralism >>> 1 moral teaching; 2 moral maxim 3 belief in or practice of a system of ethics apart from religion .
We have been held captive by Religion since Religion "surfaced" . I LOVE Religion and I HATE Religion at the exact same time . I think my relationship to Religion is common among my fellow countrymen . Thing is, we have derived our sense of Good from the various Religions that popularize Mainstream Civilization . Recall "The Code of Hammurabi" the First Step of Civilization toward a "Just" Society and Culture . There is VIOLENCE in this Code . Consider just one of its >aspects< . "An eye for an eye". EVERYONE is GROTESQUELY Familiar with this ATROCITY . How fucking BIZARRE is it that Modern Consciousness actually VALUES this HORROR ????? On the Surface you MUST consider this WHOLLY Justifiable, "What's Fair is Fair " and Millions upon BILLIONS >>>> BELIEVE that this THIS Concept is Justice , I mean shit, Ya gotta agree . So now here we go --- This Concept is NOT --------Good--------- . What the fuck just happened ?????
"Moral implies conformity with the generally accepted standards of goodness or rightness in conduct or character ... --- Ethical implies conformity with an elaborated, ideal code of moral principles ... --- Virtuous implies a morally excellent character, connoting justice, integrity, (and chastity) ... --- Righteous implies a being morally blameless or justifiable . "
These descriptions are {for me} FRAUGHT with the Fog of Blur . To be Good is to be Moral, to be Moral is to be Good . I don't like ANY of this --->Reasoning {?} . And --------it gets worse .
"Ethical Altruism is a Moral Duty, while Psychological Altruism is the Idea that people FEEL Good doing >nice< things (like helping a friend) . " ---> nice ??? <--- Are you kidding me ?!
I got down into my cave at 5:30a . I've spent the last 2 and a half hours trying to devise a "first sentence", a launch point for a blog, shit,, ANY blog,,, but the ideas and topics are as fireworks in my tiny monkey brain , and,, alas, all I could think to do was to provide (supply) the definitions of words needed to establish "common ground" . It's tedious, I know , but without the vocabulary, communication falters .
The Foundation is simple = Good People will administer Good Government . You can read the problem straight-away ---> What is meant by "Good" ??? We say someone is a "Good" person, but what is the True Nature of their Goodness ????
The Ancient Chinese believed that "The Individual is the foundation of the Empire" and in keeping with this somewhat socio-political expression I wish to advance the so-called Doctrine of Altruism by gently INSISTING that the Ancients had the proper Trajectory for both an Individual's Development and concurrently, that of Society and Civilization in general . I remind my Readers = I consider myself a 'Militant Idealist' and because my Spiritual Career has as its foundation the Teachings of Taoism, specifically, that of Lao Tzu and his Tao Te Ching , I MUST offer what I know best, since it would be gruesomely RIDICULOUS to offer that of which I am only intellectually familiar .
I contend that Evolution has its own DEMANDS, and that regarding Human Development, a Consciousness that is INTIMATE with Instinctual Animality* is VASTLY inferior to a Consciousness of Modernity = The one wherein LOGIC and REASON reside.
Please forgive an old man . It has taken me several hours to locate my dictionary on Buddhism--- old age both SUCKS and BLOWS .
I present Avalokiteshvara perhaps the MOST IMPORTANT Bodhisattva {Saint} in the Mahayana . The description of Him [or Her] in Shambhala's text does NOT adequately reveal His Inmost, so I present this as a supplement . Avalokiteshvara is known for this Declaration of Compassion : It is "All others before me" --- and His Commitment that He we NOT enter Nirvana UNTIL ALL OTHERS ATTAIN ENLIGHTENMENT BEFORE HE DOES .
I am DEVOTED to Avalokiteshvara and still use the repetition of His Name as a Mantra . In many ways, too numerous to cite here, He has SAVED my Life .
Altruism, I Believe, can 'use' a face, and since I am a Zen Buddhist I proffer that HIS and His Existence are PERFECTLY SUITED .
