Posted by Damos on March 9, 2005, at 20:29:12
In reply to Everything is relative, posted by alexandra_k on March 9, 2005, at 2:59:18
Know all things to be like this:
A mirage, a cloud castle,
A dream, an apparition,
Without essence, but with qualities that can be seen.Know all things to be like this:
As the moon in a bright sky
In some clear lake reflected,
Though to that lake the moon has never moved.Know all things to be like this:
As an echo that derives
From music, sounds, and weeping,
Yet in that echo is no melody.Know all things to be like this:
As a magician makes illusions
Of horses, oxen, carts and other things,
Nothing is as it appears.Buddha
I believe that 'absolute' and 'relative' are simply labels/concepts that we use to help us explain our experience of and interaction with reality. Is the use of these very terms 'relative' to our experience?
It would be so easy to say "I absolutely believe that all moral are relative." But this would simply be me making a judgement based on my experience which includes interpretation, perception and reflection on direct experience and of the indirect experiences of others.
Ahhh, so that's why they call this place 'Babble'! :-)
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