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ike
by  ike
The Story of the Chinese Farmer
"The whole process of nature is an integrated process of immense complexity, and itโ€™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
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Psychonauts
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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generation last
do you think its not possible to declare things as good or bad? do we need to bring up examples?
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curvylu
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.
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Psychonauts
We think we are conditioned to perceive things as good and bad and a large majority is influenced by religion
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24601
True but a good deal of what they go on about aligns with social norms.
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generation last
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.
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Rocketdogronnie
Iโ€™ve heard this told several times by ram dass too and love his particular telling. Itโ€™s a great tale ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป
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coldspurs
by  coldspurs
Alan Watts on Work and Play
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