Is there good or bad or is that just a concept we interpret the way we do due to religious mumbo jumbo ...
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ike
The Story of the Chinese Farmer
"The whole process of nature is an integrated process of immense complexity, and it’s really impossible to tell whether anything that happens in it is good or bad - because you never know what will be the consequence of the misfortune; or, you never know what will be the consequences of good fortune." ~ Alan Watts
do you think its not possible to declare things as good or bad? do we need to bring up examples?
I didn't take the story as literally as saying that everything is all good or all bad, more like it's a possible lesson on how perspective can change the way we frame events. A lesson that could be useful for us to consider sometimes in our own lives.
We think we are conditioned to perceive things as good and bad and a large majority is influenced by religion
I don't think you need religion to consider say the murder of a child to be evil, it's our instinct, hard wired for survival.
I’ve heard this told several times by ram dass too and love his particular telling. It’s a great tale 🙏🏻
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