Chapter 25

25 .A

CHARACTER

MEANS THE TYPICAL MANNER ONE PERCEIVES THE ENVIRONMENT AND REACTS TO IT, OR ONES ESTABLISHED BEHAVIOR; AND IS MADE UP OF FIXED INHERENT (SPECIES) INSTINCTS, AND ACQUIRED (INDIVIDUAL) HABITS*(1). ACTUALLY, THE BASIC PART ONE’S CHARACTER IS INSTINCTIVE, AND COMMON TO THE ENTIRE HUMAN SPECIES. IT IS THE SPECIFIC PART OF ONE’S CHARACTER THAT IS TRULY INDIVIDUAL, AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE’S “SENSE OF VALUES” OR “PRIORITIES” WHICH DETERMINE THE WAY OF LIVING. IN OTHER WORDS, ONE’S CHARACTER IS ONE’S MENTAL APPEARANCE. AND, IF THERE IS NO WELL ESTABLISHED INDIVIDUALITY*(2); ONE BECOMES BASIC! (THE MOST FASCINATING FEATURE OF A BEING’S CHARACTER

IS INHERENT INSTINCTS. THESE ADAPTIONS OF STRUCTURE TO FUNCTION ENABLE BIRDS AND FISH TO USE AIR OR WATER CURRENTS IN MIGRATING VAST DISTANCE; THOUGH THE ACTUAL DIRECTIONS REQUIRE LEARNING. SUCH LEARNING IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS “HERD HABITS” AND IS SEEN IN THE REMARKABLE, LEADERLESS, ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY OF ANTS)

*(1) – ACQUIRED INDIVIDUAL HABITS IF INGRAINED CAN BECOME INNATE, AND ADD TO SPECIES CHARACTER. (BUT ARE NOT

FIXED, LIKE INSTINCTS.)

*(2) – INDIVIDUALITY MEANS INGRAINED HABITS OR TENDENCIES. THEY ADD TO BASICS SPECIES CHARACTER, AND ARE INNATE (THOUGH NOT FIXED) TO BE CARRIED AT DEATH.

25 .B

THE LESSER TEACHING (FOR ASSISTED LIVING) AND PROVISIONAL HAPPINESS** (1). COMPASSION (MORALITY) IS LIMITED BY LEARNING** (2), OR ONE’S KNOWLEDGE OF

SUFFERING (PERCEPTION) AND THE TRUE MEANING OF LIFE _ AND ITS

OBJECTIVES** (3).

BUT EVEN WITHIN A VERY LIMITED EXTENT OF OBVIOUS HUMAN SUFFERING, COMPASSION OR ITS CONCEPT BE JUSTLY UNIFORM, WITHOUT EMOTIONAL BIAS** (4), OTHERWISE, ONE WILL MERELY REACT IN BIAS**(5), AND WILL NEVER BE CHARACTERIZED BY (OR BE ABLE TO ACT WITH) TRUE COMPASSION – A JUST PITY**(6). FOR, MOTIVE DETERMINES THE ACTION, AND CHARACTER DETERMINES THE MOTIVE.

The most intense compassion is the concern of parents for their children; a fact which makes the children morally obligated, in return. Caring for those who cared for you means minimum human compassion*(I); and …… but duty or moral indebtedness*(II).

** (1) –

** (2) – IF ONE DOES NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN B……… BEET, A BEAN AND AN EGG; ONE IS TRULY IGNORANT. THE BEET IS LIVING. THE BEAN AND EGG ARE SEEDS.

** 3) – WHEN ONE CONSIDERS LIFE, ONE CAN’T GET AWAY FROM THE PRIMORDIAL CELL – THE BASIC PROTOTYPE OF GROWTH FOR ALL FORMS OF BODILY BEINGS. HENCE LIFE IS ONE! THE DIVERSIFICATION OF (GENETIC) GROWTH PRODUCES THE

DIFFERENCE; OF THEIR ABILITY TO FUNCTION OR THE WAY THEY PERCEIVE, FEEL AND ACT. ALL ARE IN THE CONSTANT PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, WITHIN EVOLUTIONARY BOUNDS OF EACH SPECIES.

** (4) – CARING FOR YOUR DEPENDENTS AND THOSE WHO CARE FOR YOU, BEFORE CARING FOR OTHERS; WOULD BE A JUSTLY UNIFORM COMPASSION.

** (5) – HUMAN COMPASSION HAS TO BE A JUSTICE: “DOING UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD EXPECT OTHERS TO DO UNTO YOU – IF REVERSED.” THE COMPASSION TO SUB-HUMAN FORMS MUST NOT BE ELEVATED TO THIS LEVEL: BUT EVALUATED ON SUFFERING.

** (6) – IF GOD OPENS YOUR EYES TO SUFFERING (AS WITH MOTHER TERESA) IT IS VERY GOOD. BUT TRUE COMPASSION CAN ARISE ONLY FROM ONE’S FREE WILL. COMPASSION IS A FINE EMOTION AND, IF TRUE, SHOULD EVOKE THAT SPECIAL UNDERSTANDING INDUCED FEELING – “TEARS OF JOY” AT DECIDING TO HELP, OR SEEING OTHERS HELP, IN THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING. CHARITY SHOULD BE FOR URGENT RELIEF. SO THAT ONE CAN THEN DIRECT THESE HUMANS TO ELEVATE THEMSELVES REALISTICALLY; AS REGARDS, HOW TO EARN, WHAT TO LEARN AND, THE WAY TO RELAX OR, ACQUIRE HEALTH AND HAPPINESS. (SINCE COMPASSION IS THE COSMIC CALL, AND THE MOST LIKELY CRITERION FOR BASIC GOOD; ONE SHOULD COMPLETELY COMPREHEND THIS FINE EMOTION. FINE EMOTIONS ARE DELICATE FEELINGS; WHETHER THEY BE COMPASSION, LOVE, TENDERNESS OR SENTIMENTALLY; AND TO BE CULTIVATED OR UNDERSTOOD. THEY ARE NOT SPONTANEOUS, BASIC HUMAN URGES OR PASSIONS – FOR FOOD, SEX AND POWER, OR EVEN RELIGIOUS OR RACIAL FAVOR.

THE BASIC HUMAN URGES OF LUST AND HATE CAN EVEN OVER RIDE THE COSMIC, COMMON SENSE CALL FOR COMPASSION.)

*(I) – IN DISCHARGING ANY ACT OF COMPASSION OR EVEN TRULY CARING FOR THOSE WHO CARE/D FOR YOU, IT IS NOT IMPERATIVE THAT THEIR SHOULD BE LIKING AS WELL – THOUGH THIS HELPS. BUT BEING SELFISH TOWARDS THOSE WHO CARE/D FOR YOU, IS AS BAD AS TERRORISM.

*(II) – IN MOST SOCIETIES AND MANY INSTANCES, A WIFE’S CARING FOR HER HUSBAND IS NOT FAR BEHIND HER CONCERN FOR THE CHILDREN. THIS MUST MAKE THE HUSBAND MORALLY INDEBTED,

RESPONSIBLE AND LESS ‘FREE’. HOWEVER, NUMEROUS HUSBANDS ERR AND SUFFER DUE TO ARROGANCE 

OR IGNORANCE. EVEN THE ACT OF SEX IS HEAVILY TILTED AGAINST WOMEN, AND IS A CHORE FOR MANY

UNSUNG WIVES. SO A JUST FUTURE MUST BELONG TO WOMEN, NOT TO LIBERATED LESBIANS, THE TRUE FEMALE. (THE DEPENDENCIES BETWEEN PARENTS AND CHILDREN, AND HUSBANDS AN D WIVES, ARE CLEAR ENOUGH. BUT EMPLOYEES ALSO CAN BECOME DEPENDANTS; IF THEY ARE TOTALLY COMMITTED TO THE WELFARE OF THEIR EMPLOYERS, BEYOND MERE DEDICATION TO WORK. AND ONE IS DUTY BOUND TO ONE’S MENTORS OR TEACHERS, PARTICULARLY IF THEY HAVE ALWAYS HAD YOUR WELFARE, OR BEST INTERESTS, AT HEART. )

25. B2

BIAS OR PREFERENCE IS STRICTLY AN INDIVIDUAL INDULGENCE*(1) AND, IT MUST NEVER BE PERMITTED TO INFLUENCE ONE’S RATIONAL ASSESSMENT. (OF TRUE

VALUES) SUCH ASSESSMENT (OF HOW TO LIVE) SHOULD BE BASED SOLELY ON PROVEN PRINCIPLES: BE IT IN THE PURSUIT OF REALITY, JUSTICE, OR ANYTHING OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE. THE BASIC REALIZE THE TRUTH OR TRUE NATURE OF ANYTHING! TENTS OF CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM PROVED THE PROVEN PRINCIPLES FOR THE RATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF TRUE VALUES. THESE TENETS MAKE UP A MIDDLE WAY OF RIGHT LIVING – TO REALIZE THE TRUTH OR TRUE NATURE OF ANYTHING!

** (1) – EVEN A SIMPLE INDULGENCE SHOULD BE RATIONALLY ASSESSED, IF ONE IS TO DERIVE THE VERY BEST FROM IT; FOR THIS IS THE RATIONAL OF THE COSMIC RELIGION. THEN, WHAT ONE LIKES AND DISLIKES (RATIONALLY) WOULD CONFORM PERFECTLY TO WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG (NATURALLY); AND COULD IN NO WAY DISTORT TRUTHS – OF JUSTICE OR REALITY. E.G, A RAVENOUS KISS IS NO MORE THAN A GUSTATORY FANTASY, AS EITHER THE LIPS OR TONGUE HAS ANY EROGENOUS NERVES. SIMILARLY, THE SCULPTURED BEAUTY OF THE FEMALE BREASTS CAN BECOME PUMMELED OUT DOUGH IN WILD SEXUAL APPEASEMENTS. ALL OF WITCH ARE PATHETIC AND DESPERATE ATTEMPTS TO SUBSTITUTE LOVE IN LOVE, THE KISS MERELY ELICITS A FINE SENSE OF SMELL, AND THE BREASTS ALWAYS …… … …. …… . THE HUMAN HANDS CAN BE USED AS VITAL ORGANS OF LOVE AND TENDERNESS, HOWEVER THEIR………… LOVE AND LUST ARE AS DIFFERENT AS CHEESE FROM CHALK. IF ONE CANNOT TRANSCEND CATS AND DOGS IN SEX; WHERE IS HUMAN EVOLUTION, LOVE AND LUST

ARE…………………………………………. OF AN X, POLES APART THOUGH TOUCHING AT SEX. WITH FOOD: LET HUNGER BE YOUR GUIDE TO FOOD; LET NUTRITION BE YOUR GUIDE TO HUNGER: LET FLAVOR BE YOUR GUIDE TO NUTRITION: A D LET COMPASSION BE YOUR GUIDE TO FLAVOR. THESE SHOW HUMAN EVOLUTION, AND THE TRANSCENDING OF BASIC (ANIMAL) URGES: STILL REMAINING BODILY DEPENDENT, BUT NOT IRRATIONALLY SO, OR BODILY BIASED.