35 .A
REALIZING REALITY IS NOT AS DIFFICULT AS SOME MAY IMAGINE. FOR, YOU
CAN COMMENCE WITH ANY SUBJECT AT ANYTIME*(01) BUT MORALITY IS A
GOOD STARING POINT. YOU WILL SOON FIND THAT THERE IS NO BETTER
MORAL CODE OR JUSTIFICATION THAN THE CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY: ‘DO
UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD EXPECT OTHERS TO DO UNTO YOU’ IF YOU WERE IN THEIR PLACES!*(02)
THEN FOR INSTANCE, YOU CAN CONSIDER WHY ISLAM DEVOTES SO MUCH
ATTENTION TO THE SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS FOR FOOD.*(03) THIS IS
CERTAINLY NOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING THE ADHERENTS GOOD
BUTCHERS, BUT TO MOVE THEM TOWARDS A PRACTICAL COMPASSION OF KILLING FOR MAXIMUM UTILIZATION WITH MINIMUM SUFFERING.*(04)
ATTEMPTS To IMPROVE SUCH A STATE BY BEING A VEGETARIAN, WILL NOT
NECESSARILY MAKE YOU MORE COMPASSIONATE, BUT CERTAINLY MORE CONFUSED AS REGARDS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MORALITY*(04)
*(01) NEWSPAPER MEDITATION IS AN EASY AND IDEAL BEGINNING FOR MANY.
WHERE ONE RELIVES THE CHARACTERS IN EVERY ARTICLE; EXPERIENCING
AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR JOYS, SORROWS AND MOTIVATIONS. AND
ASSESSING THE RIGHT AND WRONGS OF THEIR ACTIONS; TO FINALLY ACQUIRE
A SET OF TRUE VALUES. THEN REALITY WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO SURFACE. (THE
NEWS PAPER AND TELEVISION CAN BRING EVERY CONCEIVABLE EXPERIENCES,
IN THE NAME OF CULTURE, IS CRIMINAL? HOW CAN ONE GATHER TRUE VALUES IF ONE IS NOT FREE TO ASSESS?)
*(02) IN PURSUING REALITY ONE THING IS IMPERATIVE. THAT WHICH CAN BE
DONE NOW (STUDY, INQUIRY OR CONFIRMATION) MUST BE DONE INSTANTLY.
PROCRASTINATION IS UNTHINKABLE.
*(03) ISLAM MAKES NI MENTION ABOUT KILLING FISH. THIS IS PROBABLY
BECAUSE FISH GO INTO OXYGEN DEPLETED UNCONSCIOUSNESS WHEN TAKEN
OUT OF WATER. A SUPPOSITION SUBSTANTIATED BY THE FACT THAT CERTAIN FISH CAN ‘LIVE’ WITHOUT WATER, DURING HIBERNATION, WHEN THE POOLS
THEY LIVE IN DRY UP. (A HUMAN DROWNING SUFFERS FAR MORE THAN A FISH
DYING; SINCE THE FISH CAN EXTRACT SOME OXYGEN FROM THE AIR RATHER
LIKE A HUMAN SUFFOCATING AT VERY HIGH ALTITUDES. )
*(03) THE PIG IS AN ANIMAL THAT WAS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED HUMANLY, AND AS SUCH, CONSUMING ITS MEAT WAS
PROHIBITED BY ISLAM THEN! SIMPLE, ISN’T IT? (HALAL MEAT SIMPLY MEANS
THAT THE ANIMAL HAS BEEN KILLED IN THE MOST HUMANS MANNER, WHICH DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEANS ONE OF BLENDING DEATH.)
ASCIENTIST (OF SORT) STATED THAT HE REMAINED VEGETARIAN AS ANIIMALS FRIGHTENED DURING SLAUGHTER SECRETED TOXINS WHICH WERE
INJURIOUS WHEN CONSUMED BY HUMANS. A MUSLIM (OF EAST) INTERJECTED
THAT IT WAS FOR THIS VERY REASON THAT HE’S RELIGION INSISTED ON
ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED FOR FOOD BEING ‘DRAINED’ OF THEIR ‘POISONED’
BLOOD. IRION IRON ICANDY NEITHER SEEMED TO SHOW CONCERN FOR THE ANIMAL THAT WAS BEING SLAUGHTERED; TYPICAL CASUALNESS.
35 .B
“KNOWLEDGE DAWNS NOT BY THE MERE GATHERING OF FACTS*(01) BUT BY ESTABLISHING THEM, BY REASONING ON ONE’S OWN EXPERIENCES*(02).”
(THE BUDDHA)
YOU CAN BE A FOUNTAIN OF KNOWLEDGE, ONCE THE FACTS ARE EXPOSED. FOR YOU HAVE THE INHERENT SPECIES CAPACITY, AND INDIVIDUAL
CAPABILITY. THE DUTY OF A TEACHER (OR EVEN THE HIGHER BEINGS) IS TO
EXPOSE THE FACTS. IT IS UP YOU TO EXAMINE THESE THOROUGHLY AND
CRITICALLY, BUT WITHOUT BIAS, TO REQUIRE AN ABSOLUTE CONVICTION OF
THEM. THIS IS……… CALLED A SELF REALIZATION
AND IT OPENS UP THE FASCINATING WORLD OF UNDERSTANDING BY
REASONING YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES. DETAILS MAY BE DIFFICULT, BUT THE
BASICS PROVIDE AMPLE STABILITY AND JOY. ALSO, BY BEING ATTENTIVE, THE HIGHER BEINGS CAN GE THROUGH TO YOU AND, YOUR THINKING MAY BE GUIDED OR ‘INDUCED’. YOU ARE THEN NO LONGER AN ‘INCIDENT’!
(COMMENTARY)
*(01) READING IMPLY HELPS ONE TO GATHER FACTS. BUT, LEARNING AND ANY ADJUSTMENTS OF INDIVIDUALITY WHICH FOLLOW ARE BY THINKING! (IT IS THIS THINKING PROCESS THAT WILL BE COMPROMISED IF THE HIGHER BEINGS WERE TO MAKE THEIR PRESENCE OBVIOUS.)
(COMMENTARY)
*(02) WITHOUT THE RIGHT TO REASON, ONE HAS NO (HUMAN) RIGHTS AT ALL.
(COMMENTARY)
*(03) TO CONVERT OTHER’S EXPERIENCES (INCLUDING THE RESPONSES OF NON HUMANS) TO ONE’S OWN KNOWLEDGE, CONSTITUTES ULTIMATE LEARNING. AND IMPLIES EMPATHY. (COMMENTARY)
35. C1
UNTIL YOU KNOW (THE BASIC TRUTHS)
AND THE BEST THAT CAN BE DONE (FOR ACQUIRING HAPPINESS)
DON’T EVER ATTEMPT TO OVERDO ANYTHING – ANYTIME!*(01) THIS INCLUDES MORALITY
*(01) THERE IS NOTHING MORE FOOLISH THAN THE CONCEPT THAT THERE IS
NOTHING LEFT TO DO, AS NOTHING ELSE IS APPARENTLY POSSIBLE; THOUGH REALITY HAS NOT EVEN BEEN ENVISIONED!
(BEFORE STRIVING FOR WISDOM, ONE MUST OVERCOME FOLLY)
35. C2.
“DO NOT BE ATTACHED EVEN TO GOOD,*(01) THEN HOW MUCH MORE AWAY
FROM BAD” *(02)
(THE BUDDHA)
*(01) ATTACHMENT TO SOCIAL WELFARE CAN EASILY LEAD TO OBSCURING
EXCESS WHICH MASK REALITY; EXCEPT WHEN DIRECTED TOWARDS THOSE
WHO ARE STRIVING TO REALIZE REALITY, WHERE THOUGHTS OF REALITY CONSTANTLY PERVADE? (COMMENTARY)
*(02) BAD-IS NOT STRIVING SUFFICIENTLY TO REALIZE REALITY; AND,
DELIBERATELY TREATING OTHERS (SEEKING JUSTICE) DIFFERENT TO THE WAY YOU WOULD EXPECT THEM TO TREAT YOU – IF REVERSED. (COMMENTARY) BEINGS WERE TO MAKE THEIR PRESENCE OBVIOUS.)
(COMMENTARY)
*(02) WITHOUT THE RIGHT TO REASON, ONE HAS NO (HUMAN) RIGHTS AT ALL.
(COMMENTARY)
*(03) TO CONVERT OTHER’S EXPERIENCES (INCLUDING THE RESPONSES OF NON HUMANS) TO ONE’S OWN KNOWLEDGE, CONSTITUTES ULTIMATE LEARNING. AND IMPLIES EMPATHY. (COMMENTARY)
35. C1
UNTIL YOU KNOW (THE BASIC TRUTHS)
AND THE BEST THAT CAN BE DONE (FOR ACQUIRING HAPPINESS)
DON’T EVER ATTEMPT TO OVERDO ANYTHING – ANYTIME!*(01) THIS INCLUDES MORALITY
*(01) THERE IS NOTHING MORE FOOLISH THAN THE CONCEPT THAT THERE IS
NOTHING LEFT TO DO, AS NOTHING ELSE IS APPARENTLY POSSIBLE; THOUGH REALITY HAS NOT EVEN BEEN ENVISIONED!
(BEFORE STRIVING FOR WISDOM, ONE MUST OVERCOME FOLLY)
35. C2.
“DO NOT BE ATTACHED EVEN TO GOOD,*(01) THEN HOW MUCH MORE AWAY
FROM BAD” *(02)
(THE BUDDHA)
*(01) ATTACHMENT TO SOCIAL WELFARE CAN EASILY LEAD TO OBSCURING
EXCESS WHICH MASK REALITY; EXCEPT WHEN DIRECTED TOWARDS THOSE
WHO ARE STRIVING TO REALIZE REALITY, WHERE THOUGHTS OF REALITY CONSTANTLY PERVADE? (COMMENTARY)
*(02) BAD-IS NOT STRIVING SUFFICIENTLY TO REALIZE REALITY; AND,
DELIBERATELY TREATING OTHERS (SEEKING JUSTICE) DIFFERENT TO THE WAY YOU WOULD EXPECT THEM TO TREAT YOU – IF REVERSED. (COMMENTARY)
35 .C3
THE BUDDHA’S DISCIPLES WERE INSTRUCTED TO REFRAIN FROM SOCIAL
WELFARE OR CHARITY,*(01) AND TO DEVOTE THEMSELVES ONLY TO EXPOUNDING THE TRUTH*(02); WHILE STRIVING TO REACH THE ULTIMATE THEMSELVES.
*(01) ALL CONSIDERATIONS OF HELP ARISING AS A RESULT OF COMPASSION FOR FELLOW HUMANS, HELPING THEM TO HELP (ELEVATE) THEMSELVES. CHARITY,
BEYOND URGENT RELIEF, AND WITHOUT A MEANINGFUL, DIRECTIVE, MAY
CAUSE AN AFFECT OF ENCOURAGING THE DOWN FALLEN TO STOP STRIVING
FOR DIGNITY AND REMAIN IN SUCH STATES (AS IN THE CASE OF RUWADAN
REFUGEES IN ZAIRE). IF CHARITY CAN CAUSE AN UNDESIRED AFFECT ON
HUMAN CHARACTER, THEN WOULD NOT THE EXONERATION OF HUMANS
FROM THE LIABILITIES OF THEIR WRONG DOINGS (AS SUPPOSEDLY WAS THE PURPOSE OF JESUS’ SUFFERING) TEND TO PRODUCE EVEN MORE LETHARGY AND DISREGARD FOR TRUE VALUES? THE EXCEPTIONS ARE LIKELY TO BE THE MINORITY.
“BY ONESELF IS ONE SULLIED, BY ONESELF IS ONE PURIFIED. NONE CAN SULLY
OR PURIFY ANOTHER.” (THE BUDDHA)
*(02) WHEN EXPOUNDING THE TRUTH, ONE MUST GET MORE SATISFACTION
FROM THOSE WHO RATIONALLY DISAGREE WITH YOU, THAN ANY WHO READILY AGREE WITH WHAT IS EXPLAINED
35 .D
ALLEVIATING POVERTY (OR EVEN CREATING AFFLUENCE) WITHOUT
ELEVATING THE BEING, IS TO CONVERT A NATIONAL PROBLEM INTO A
UNIVERSAL ONE. FOR WITHOUT TRUE VALUES THE (HUMAN) BEING BECOMES BASIC (MATERIALISTIC). AND, ONE CANNOT ASSESS TRUE VALUES*(01) THE
(HUMAN) BEING BECOME BASIC (MATERIALISTIC). AND, ONE CANNOT ASSESS
TRUE VALUES*(02) IF ONE IGNORES THE TRUTH OR REALITY.*(02) THEN, BASIC
URGES CAN, AT BEST, BECOME BASIC BELIEFS (THEISTIC); WITH SOME RELIEF,
BUT MUCH MORE GLOSSING OVER (OF DOUBT). IT IS FAR BETTER TO SEE THE TRUTH (OF LIFE AND EXISTENCE) EVEN IN POVERTY, THAN TO BE IGNORANT IN SPLENDOUR.
*(01) TRUE VALUES MEAN THE DIRECTIVES FOR – ULTIMATE HUMAN WELFARE.
*(02) SOCIAL LAWS ARE DESIGNED ESSENTIALLY FOR INSURING JUSTICE AND
PRESERVING HUMAN RIGHTS. BUT, IF ATTEMPTS TO MOULD CHARACTER TOO
ARE INCORPORATED IN SUCH LAWS, THE EFFORTS WOULD BE WASTED. AS
CHARACTER MOULDING IS AN INGRAINING, WHICH MUST COME FROM
WITHIN, BY AN ABSOLUTE UNDERSTANDING. SO WHAT THE SOCIAL LAWS
COULD DO IS TO FACILITATE TRUE STUDY, WHICH ENABLES CONVICTION AND
CHARACTER ADJUSTMENT. (AUTHORITARIAN DEMOCRACIES, AS IN
FLOURISHING SINGAPORE, MAY SUCCEED IN PREVENTING STRIFE; BUT THEY
ALSO CAUSE A HESITANCY AMONGST NORMAL PEOPLE, AND STIFLE THE
BRILLIANCE OF INDIVIDUALS. FOR PEOPLE ARE GIVEN FREEDOM TO SOAR, BUT HAVE HAD THEIR WINGS CLIPPED! )