The 'corrupt seek power' is interesting from the political perpective, but also from
- the Buddhist one. Here it is said that the ego or 'self born in the mind' is, via its continual pursuit of power the vehicle of all suffering. The human mind-self's primary manifestation is the pursuit of the liked / wanted and avoidance of the disliked / unwanted, ie maximising the self's power over life, according to its own dictates (in spite - literally - of the truth that all beings fundamentally lack power, being dependent and interdependent, commonly created, not independent.) Thus we seek a false sense of power, as a mechanism to avoid the greater truth of our overwhelming and abiding lack of it. And it is no exaggeration to say that this delusion causes great suffering to ourselves and others via the hatred and greed it propagates.
Thus the aim of Buddhism is to break free from the cycle of birth of the ego and/or a belief in the permanence of, or satisfaction to be obtained from, any other worldly thing. And thereby to be freed from the suffering and death that ensues from such false beliefs, and instead live as one free of attachments. Here all worldly forms are delusions of the mind, because really there is no self to alight on neither inside or outside of us since all of creation is always changing.
- likewise the Islamic perspective where all power comes from God. In Islam the single worst sin is to ascribe power to any other being other than Allah. In Arabic, this sin of believing in one's own or any other created being's power is called shirk. In Christianity and Judaism this is of course called idol worship, or fornication as it was originally meant.
And from this primary sin, 'the corrupt seeking power' or - interestingly from a political point of view, taking the position of the passive subject, ie those powered over, or someone not interested in putting their own voice into politics and public life, the original meaning of the Greek word for 'idiot' - believing in and accepting the power of others in the world (aside from The True God) well monotheism in all its varied forms teaches the same thing: which is that all other sins (without exception) flow from this initial mistake..
'The Artist Taxi Driver- he's great isn't he! Could quote so much of what he said in this video, but what sticks in mind "the corrupt seek power".I remember this as an Egyptian farmer said something similar during the recent Egyptian elections.Whats the idea Tammy?H xOn Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Tammy Samede
<samede_tammy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Check out this video on YouTube:This just gave me a great idea......http://www.youtube.
Ephemerally
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- the Buddhist one. Here it is said that the ego or 'self born in the mind' is, via its continual pursuit of power the vehicle of all suffering. The human mind-self's primary manifestation is the pursuit of the liked / wanted and avoidance of the disliked / unwanted, ie maximising the self's power over life, according to its own dictates (in spite - literally - of the truth that all beings fundamentally lack power, being dependent and interdependent, commonly created, not independent.) Thus we seek a false sense of power, as a mechanism to avoid the greater truth of our overwhelming and abiding lack of it. And it is no exaggeration to say that this delusion causes great suffering to ourselves and others via the hatred and greed it propagates.
Thus the aim of Buddhism is to break free from the cycle of birth of the ego and/or a belief in the permanence of, or satisfaction to be obtained from, any other worldly thing. And thereby to be freed from the suffering and death that ensues from such false beliefs, and instead live as one free of attachments. Here all worldly forms are delusions of the mind, because really there is no self to alight on neither inside or outside of us since all of creation is always changing.
- likewise the Islamic perspective where all power comes from God. In Islam the single worst sin is to ascribe power to any other being other than Allah. In Arabic, this sin of believing in one's own or any other created being's power is called shirk. In Christianity and Judaism this is of course called idol worship, or fornication as it was originally meant.
And from this primary sin, 'the corrupt seeking power' or - interestingly from a political point of view, taking the position of the passive subject, ie those powered over, or someone not interested in putting their own voice into politics and public life, the original meaning of the Greek word for 'idiot' - believing in and accepting the power of others in the world (aside from The True God) well monotheism in all its varied forms teaches the same thing: which is that all other sins (without exception) flow from this initial mistake..
'The Artist Taxi Driver- he's great isn't he! Could quote so much of what he said in this video, but what sticks in mind "the corrupt seek power".I remember this as an Egyptian farmer said something similar during the recent Egyptian elections.Whats the idea Tammy?H xOn Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Tammy Samede
<samede_tammy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Check out this video on YouTube:This just gave me a great idea......http://www.youtube.
Ephemerally
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