Why
exactly should I have compassion for other people? Do I know
them? Do I want to? Is there a similarity? A
unity? If I am they, then why do they feel so bad? I
don't? If they are I, shouldn't they have my good looks and
glaring common sense? Or better yet, compassion for me?
Dare I imagine such absurdity!
Compassion
is bull. Maybe it's not malicious bull. But it's dumb
bull. A big bandage for a small injury. In time I may feel
bad, but in time I will feel better again. Why worry?
Feelings are like weather. They come and go. And most
predictions are wrong.
I think
compassion is really hatred done to self so that we may do love to
others who do not deserve it. This is done in most
religions. I am now officially including Buddhism in the
religions I joke about. Besides, according to Buddhist theory, it
is good for me to ridicule Buddhism. It teaches them humility.
It is always
a matter of time until one learns how to reverse the twisted truths we
tell ourselves to feel calm and blissful. Even Buddhism is
reversed with a little time. Though Buddhism is better than
Christianity or Judaism, it is not much better, and in the long run it
is just as bad.
Buddhists
say: "One must make an effort." Make an effort to
what? All good sentences have an object. I counter:
find your own sense of validity .
A good way
to experience one's own validity is to eliminate self doubt and act
upon one's judgements.
I once drew
swastikas all over myself. It was then that I knew I had reached
the limit of Buddhism. Specifically, Buddha is the highest
state one can reach in Buddhism. And Buddha is not a very high
state. Only higher than most.
I do not
read books that say Help Others, or that say Self Help. Mine read
" Help Yourself." Fear of reprisal?
Funny
Anecdote: I got hit as a kid, but never completely beaten
up. You have to hit back. Or hit first for that
matter. Hitting first usually ends the beating up. Kids
tried to beat me up. Whole crowds of kids. Now I am
working, and they are collecting free money on welfare. But small
money. Karma?
Swasti Ka:
sanskrit, meaning "He fares well." Was it meant to be? What is a
lot in life? What is this "meant to be" crap?
Resolution? Acceptance? Serenity? Pacifism?
Beatings are
natural. Ever see animals beat on each other? Not to mention,
boxing is great. That's my opinion. Want to fight over it?
Nonviolence.
Do you think evolutionary levels necessitate higher morality?
Pacifism? Look at priests and presidents. You, are wrong.
People with
more at stake are more at risk which means more likely to fight.
They fight rueful fights. They hire ruthless fighters. And
how we perfect war. And for the others? What is the general
rule? "If they could, they would."
It doesn't
matter if a liberal socialist or anarchist calls you an animal for your
use of tactics or tools. Animals use weapons, including the
animal that says it is not correct to call some people animals.
One is merely an individual animal while the others are a herd of
animals, and yet not all animals are the same.
I love when
all the moral people of the world decide to come together and become
one big bully. The Animal-Golem. The cruelty really shows
then. Except, we
are told, for the various philosophers. Philosophers turn into
butterflies every day. And their flapping supposedly causes
hurricanes. Perhaps not the meteorological kind.
Buddhism,
eastern or western, is no less a poison than the other religions, just
more slowly acting. Jainism is not too bright either. "Harm
nothing." Impossible.
Comparatively,
Buddhism is a better short run religion than Judaism, Christianity or
Islam, but in the long run all religions are equal. Yet, there is
no eliminating religion. Or eating. (Sorry, KRS).
I like to
think I am above eating, but every three hours there goes another
hamburger. Much like people in the news.
