tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008810052310749969.post3185566540202536652..comments2024-03-27T16:24:13.116-04:00Comments on FULL PERMISSION LIVING: OK - PL RESPONDS TO LOFF56 - SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND!Peter Loffredohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11940970263018875931noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8008810052310749969.post-15181430531855107942009-07-25T01:16:37.276-04:002009-07-25T01:16:37.276-04:00PL: A healthy body doesn't have a sick "...PL: A healthy body doesn't have a sick "part," and a sick body doesn't have a healthy "part,"...<br /><br />By this definition every single institution, group, profession, including, yours and mine... is "sick". Inevitably there's at least a percentage of people in every field that are corrupt, greedy, etc. therefore according to your non-dual approach the whole lot of it is bad. What you're essentially saying is that all of humanity is f#@$ed up. Should we then just pack our bags, head for the hills, pop 4 dozen Asprin and head to the great show in the sky? Where's the optimism in that? Or is optimism naive?<br /><br />And why can't you say a body is sick AND healthy at the same time? Why does it have to be one OR the other?<br /><br />Buddhists don't believe in clarity. They believe in seeking the truth, but not clarity. I think there's big a difference<br /><br />"The absolute position, when isolated, omits human details completely. Doctrines, including Buddhism, are meant to be used. Beware of them taking life of their own, for then they use us." - Robert Aitken Roshi (Author and Buddhist)<br /><br />Moral clarity is not something that Buddhism is interested in. Your idea of assigning a body as simply either healthy or sick is an example of attempting to achieve clarity.<br /><br />And PS I hope you don't think that I (or Rick) am trying to trap you into saying you're wrong. Quite the contrary, I'm enjoying the debate as it's forcing me to find out more about and refine what I believe in. I've done more research on morality, ethics, Buddhism etc. than I ever would on my own. I'm certainly not out to change your mind. I could really care less about your ego, or mine for that matter. And if I didn't think there were truths to be found, I wouldn't be wasting my time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com