Guest guest Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Nisargadatta , " Adamson " <adamson wrote: > In my view, anytime the " imagined future " (i.e., idea, ideal, concept, > etc) is made more important than the *actual factual* " present " and the > present is being sacrified in order to implement that striven and hoped > for " idea " , violence is being done. J. Krishnamurti never tired of > pointing this out. He also stated that Ghandi was a very violent person > for that very reason! His constant struggling to " force " an ideal into > place was in itself a violent act. Along this line, there's a French > saying to the effect of " The better is the enemy of the good! " > > Michael Yes, Michael, your comments are very much in tune with what I was looking at with my post. The conflict is mind-made, and unacknowledged as such, and instead treated as " obviously true and right. " Your French saying seems applicable only in the sense of " moral betterment through imposed ideals " -- you can certainly make a better computer, or a better sandwich. ;-) -- D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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