Posted by sdb on June 11, 2006, at 18:15:04
In reply to Re: Is anyone suggesting » sdb, posted by Dinah on June 11, 2006, at 17:16:38
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> Is something only painful if it concerns us directly?
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> I personally feel impotent and powerless in face of much of what happens in this world. And I suppose I don't let it prostrate me with grief on a day to day basis. But seeing the pain of others and being affected by it is a trait that isn't even limited to humans.answer:
and yes I agree and I can understand your feeling. In our time of television you will see sad pictures daily. In spite of that we are connected through telephone, TV, Internet, Fax and many more the human being has a big memory and this
plays a great role if individuals are connected directly nearby hand by hand. The human being has a big speak area in the brain added to the big memory and geographically there are subpopulations eg. an nation with a symbol (flag). Thus there are single connected subpopulations of some human beings in a huge population. All these subpopulations have all their own history, belief and culture. People of such a subpopulation will not react friendly if somebody who does not belong to their inner circle wants to change something without asking their opinion. Furthermore the human being is the most aggressive mammal. Thus there should be something like a rule not to try changing things of external subpopulations. But if you are concerned and you will ask them that you could offer your help and you feel compassion because of possible pain in a subpopulation (country, flag or whatever) they will accept you warmly. I think that this intention is positive.All these circumstances are observable in an aquarium or bigger in the ocean. It is similar but not equal.
If there is a subpopulation living in a jungle without any contacts to our modern civility (if there is something like that nowadays) my personal opinion
is touching absolutely nothing.sdb
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