A Belief Is A Lie You Tell Yourself
Why is it such a crime to be wrong?
My apology if I’m not perfect. I’ve been known to change my mind on many fronts. It’s called “living and learning”, a difficult Art for many.
How can we hope for a brighter future when so many of us are unwilling to examine our own imperfection, foibles and beliefs?
Presently there has been an upheaval of fear based stinginess and entitlement.
It is as if Divine Providence had ordained the exploitation of the many by the few as somehow noble and just. More and more of the haughty middle class, the lapdogs of the puppet masters, find themselves in the company of the sick and powerless, too late to save themselves; forgotten, trampled in the stampede of their own avarice.
For every proud bigot comes a day of humiliation.
Every religion and philosophy espouses this one basic Truth…
“Whether or not people live by their moral codes, religious or not, is another issue. But here are some quotes that show at least the concept is there:
Commonsensism: A version of the golden rule put into modern, non-religious terms that some people live by is, “Treat people the way you’d like to be treated”.
Buddhism: 560 BC, From the Udanavarga 5:18- “Hurt not others with that which pains yourself.”
Judaism: 1300 BC, from the Old Testament, Leviticus 19:18- “Thou shalt Love thy neighbor as thyself.”
Hinduism: 3200 BC, From the Hitopadesa- “One should always treat others as they themselves wish to be treated.”
Zoroastrianism: 600 BC, From the Shast-na-shayast 13:29- “Whatever is disagreeable to yourself, do not do unto others.”
Confucianism: 557 BC, From the Analects 15:23- “What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
Christianity: 30 AD, From the King James Version , 7:12- “Whatsoever ye would that others should do to you, do ye even so to them.” “
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