Theos-Talk Archives (July 2003 Message tt00219)

Thanks, wry - wary - weary - worry - awry.

Bill


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From: "wry" <wry1111@earthlink.net>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 12:03 AM
Subject: Re: Theos-World Digest Number 1120
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> Wry: There are two different kinds of suffering. The suffering that
results
> from avoiding and the suffering of facing what one is avoiding. One kind
of
> suffering is
> mechanical and the other kind of suffering is conscious. When someone does
> something to me that thwarts me from my actions, which are generally based
> on very intricate and complex set of movement away from feeling something
> uncomfortable, this is the former, in that it
> just happens when the buffering mechanism temporarily breaks down. To face
> what is in the world, to stay with the objective
> knowledge of it, the fact of what is going on, the sorrow of it, is
> something
> else, which connects me to conscience. It is a form of suffering that is
> sacred, in the sense that it leads to right action.
> To worry is an overworking and imbalance of the functions.

(...)
> Wry: It does not matter what anyone thinks about this. People will do what
> they do, no matter. They cannot change anything or stop themselves. It is
> fascinating. To help people develop conscience would be an act of great
> doing. Your conscience will tell you whether or not it is worth hurting
one
> Hitler to save a million people from burning in a fire. Each situation is
> unique, and a person of discrimination (wisdom) will ultimately need to
use
> his own judgement.Again, people who make other people suffer do not care
> what you think. . In my opinion, wiithout a certain kind and quality of
> grip, the grip of conscience, nothing can be accomplished. "When you like
a
> rose, do not like it. When you do not like a rose, like it." How do we
> develop conscience? It is by conscious suffering. Sincerely, Wry