Re:A Paradox of Humanity: We are all the same AND unique - killing others

[Guest guest]

very profound...

 

that idea of uniqueness is specifically from the ego.

 

why ego reducing is of such benefit in a tightly built society..

 

its the same ego that allows us to justify to ourselves that

killing is ok, because somehow *we* have a greater right

to existence than the other...whether its for food, or oil,

or what-have-you...

 

and let me clarify for some, i think i was not clear enough

on an earlier post of mine, when i say killing, i mean murder...

not euthenasia, nor other forms of life-ending that are without

malice.

 

peace y'all

anna

 

 

On 6/26/07, The Raw Retreat <therawretreat wrote:

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> Good comment.

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> I'd say that our sameness is MUCH greater than our uniqueness.

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> And that most of our trouble / conflict in life comes from trying to

> assert that our uniqueness is greater than our sameness.

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> Look at economic, racial, political, personal conflict. It ALL occurs

> in the realm of asserting we are UNIQUE and ignoring what we have in

> common.

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> Or... we are variations on a theme - not themes on a variation!

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> This post had me see my other post on my attraction to the wounded

> bird type in this context...

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> What happened is that I matured to the point that I mostly saw

> sameness and attracted someone who also mostly saw sameness. So that

> when there is a conflict, we can see that the conflict occurs in the

> realm where we THINK we are unique - and the solution occurs in the

> realm where we KNOW we are the same.

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> .wyn

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