posted April 18, 2012 08:11 PM            

Do you feel more misanthropic or more humanitarian/philanthropic?

posted April 18, 2012 09:19 PM            

Since I have Certainty we are Created by the primordial Voidness I call God and many call
Zad/HU/Essence. Using the Arabic Hu amd add Man and that becomes "people" Hu-man.

Since we are Divinely Created, I know the Divinity exists in each soul.

As they mature and they become porters for the conditioned baggage life gives them, they then have what many term free will.

They then use the baggage to perpetuate their divinity, fluxuate between the conditioning states of living their life ie seekers not knowing exactly what they are seeking or use it for chaos.

So I treat all people as Humanitarianly as I am Aware to do.

posted April 18, 2012 11:13 PM            

But, we are all Buddha's In Utero.

I Love everyone- though I do not like everyone.
If that make sense.

Juni Nicely put.

posted April 18, 2012 11:39 PM            

Also I don't believe that someone who is basically *good* is necessarily basically good to *everyone.*
We usually like to think our enemies are unlovable but the fact is that someone somewhere wants them & sees good in them, so whose eyes are right, theirs or ours? You can't choose one or the other, you have to accept that if someone feels genuine love/care/concern for someone (no matter how unworthy you think they are of it) that it's valid. If someone can feel like that for a person, then there is some good inside of them, inside of each of them, no matter what else they've done. Because that love is from God, or you can put in source, or what have you. That is where innate goodness comes from, that protection, love, and care that we are given, we put it back out there as one way to feel re-connected.

posted April 19, 2012 01:33 AM            

My alter egos have different approaches.
Type 1:You know when you're confident and observing people, you start to notice things? (Self-conscious people tend to focus on themselves.) You'll notice their shirt is ripped or the weird way they laugh. Well in my mind I have this image that all people are confident and that deep down they're probably better than me. They'll be so nice to me being friendly, talking to me. The thing is, I don't know this person and am too shy to get to know this person--so I blush like a blushing angelfish and avoid them. I'm this helpless little nobody and everyone can see my flaws/wounds/insecurities/anxieities/weaknesses. So I try to be my best until I can't take the social interaction anymore. (Thats why I made it a habit when I went to public school to be friends with any person I would have to come in contact with on a regular day-to-day basis.) After a while of understanding that they're my friend and they won't hurt me or try to make me sad (this transition happens with enough positive encounters from them) then I suddenly trust them and want to do them favors and spend time with them. Kind of black white. So in short I fake a friendship until we actually become friends.

posted April 19, 2012 06:17 AM            

There is just so much evil in the world. It seems like every day I read about some new horrible thing, and it just makes me wonder: do I really know anyone that I know? Who is secretly a monster? Do I know and chit-chat with a rapist, abuser, or some other criminal? And what other things happen that I don't even know about?

People think that children can't be evil, but there are tons of bullies, tons of kids who make fun of and exclude others, tons of kids who gossip, and so on. I experienced both being made fun of and excluded as well as doing that myself as a kid.

And, too, a lot of people simply allow evil to happen or who make excuses for it, even if they don't perpetrate it themselves. I think that people don't want to believe evil exists in their own backyards or recognize it, and so when face to face with it, they often dismiss it or tell the victim that he or she is just seeing things, reading the situation wrong, or crazy. I experienced that firsthand when I was a victim of sexual harassment.

I do not count on anyone but myself to look out for me and keep me safe.

posted April 19, 2012 06:25 AM            

I do think that deep down everyone is "good"....or we are all sparks from some kind of divine flame....but we get lost along the way. The earth school is a very heavy, dark place to learn. Some people don't handle it very well.

I guess I'd say deep down we are all goodness, but we get so buried in muck and forget our true nature.

I don't like life here.

posted April 19, 2012 06:29 AM            

Not to mention I've dealt with a few major personal blows over the past few years, with family, that has weakened my outlook on people in general. I feel like I'm "doing time" here... Like I'm in jail & can't wait until it's over.

posted April 19, 2012 06:31 AM            

One thing that's problematic would be that some people would interpret the same definition differently. For example, if I said that it was good to be "caring", some people might take that to mean telling people what's best for them and giving them tough love, while others might take it to mean simply being concerned for the well being of another (which is how I would interpret it and mean it). Others might take it to mean doing things like bringing over soup, offering to baby-sit, offering to help clean or move, etc. Others might define it as empathy and listening. Some might define it as two or more of these.

If I said that good was "trying to do the right thing", that could mean something completely different to two different people on any given issue.

It's also difficult to define good and bad as simply intention because there are really horrible extremists out there who really think that they are doing the right thing and that they are well-intentioned.

And, on top of that, people could be both bad and good. By day, someone could volunteer, give money to charity, etc. By night, that person could be a thief or a rapist.

So, I hesitate to really define those things, but basically, I'm thinking "good" = ethical/would follow basic codes of ethics, would care about the well-being of others, would not want to harm others, would respect others, would be honest without using honesty as a weapon to hurt people/abusing honesty, integrity, fair, things like that. Bad would be the opposite: not caring about anyone, harming people, wanting to exploit others for personal gain, being disrespectful, committing violent crimes or crimes that destroy property (such as theft, vandalism, rape, murder, abuse, etc.), wanting to oppress other people.

posted April 19, 2012 07:16 AM            

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Originally posted by RegardesPlatero:
I personally do not believe that most people are good. I don't really believe that most people care about others, look out for them, want to be there for them. There are definitely good people out there, but they are the rarities, not the norm. I don't expect people to be good. People who are too nice or too friendly off the bat immediately raise my suspicions and I'm especially on guard with them, as I can't help but wonder what they're hiding. That's not to say that I don't want people to be good--just that people who seem too good to be true and who seem a little too perfect right away tend to unsettle me a little bit.

There is just so much evil in the world. It seems like every day I read about some new horrible thing, and it just makes me wonder: do I really know anyone that I know? Who is secretly a monster? Do I know and chit-chat with a rapist, abuser, or some other criminal? And what other things happen that I don't even know about?

People think that children can't be evil, but there are tons of bullies, tons of kids who make fun of and exclude others, tons of kids who gossip, and so on. I experienced both being made fun of and excluded as well as doing that myself as a kid.

And, too, a lot of people simply allow evil to happen or who make excuses for it, even if they don't perpetrate it themselves. I think that people don't want to believe evil exists in their own backyards or recognize it, and so when face to face with it, they often dismiss it or tell the victim that he or she is just seeing things, reading the situation wrong, or crazy. I experienced that firsthand when I was a victim of sexual harassment.

I do not count on anyone but myself to look out for me and keep me safe.

Honestly, I don't even consider myself a "good" person. I wouldn't say that I'm horribly evil, but I could do a lot better, with my thoughts about people, especially. I might not say things to people, but if I get upset, I'll vent to others or else just think things that are pretty mean sometimes. I maybe don't always care as much as I should or am as appreciative and as grateful as I should be. I'm not always a good steward of what I have. I don't volunteer or help out as much butas I could or should. Things like that.

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posted April 19, 2012 01:11 PM            

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Originally posted by RegardesPlatero:
and it just makes me wonder: do I really know anyone that I know?

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posted April 19, 2012 02:19 PM            

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posted April 19, 2012 09:44 PM            

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I think people who have been victimized and kicked down by society are good because they know from experience how it feels. Everyone else can go f**k themselves.

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