Beware of Buddhist side-effects: Peace, Love, and Understanding…
Like a new drug, when trying out a new religion, philosophy or belief system, it’s probably wise to ask about any potential side-effects. Of course sometimes those ‘side-effects’ turn out to be something not anticipated, or imagined, and maybe even far better than what was intended. The history of pharmacopeia is full of such examples, when the ‘side-effects’ of a drug led to new usages that yielded great benefits to the healing processes—and perversions—of human beings..
This also happens in the case of new ideas. Who knew that John Stuart Mills’ evocation of the ‘invisible hand’ of the marketplace would yield not only an Industrial Revolution of textiles and iron, but a digital revolution of gigabytes and live streaming, the former populated by skyscrapers and fashion, the latter by instant worldwide communication and virtual realities intrinsically internal… (More …)
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quantumpreceptor 3:22 am on June 4, 2018 Permalink |
Well said my friend, well said. It is really easy to see and to judge whether something is beneficial or not. Plant the seed and watch it grow. If you grow weeds, start again. If you grow flowers and fruit you have really done something.
QP
hardie karges 3:52 am on June 4, 2018 Permalink |
Exactly, my friend, exactly. Thanks for your kind words…
Dave Kingsbury 3:37 pm on June 12, 2018 Permalink |
You make a very good case here. And provide a useful, well-balanced summary of the differences:
“Bottom line: the current outcome of Christianity is chaos, consumption and aggression, even if its best days were all about love, growth, and creativity. On the other hand Buddhism is all about silence, adaptation and harmony, even if the bad old days included much too much renunciation, stasis and denial… ”
All about outcomes indeed!
hardie karges 8:56 pm on June 12, 2018 Permalink |
Thanx, Dave…