Like this is profound egotism. "Because I personally don't like my hand I'm going to kill everyone, spreading vastly more suffering than the amount of suffering that previously existed, when I could just act in ways that cause less disharmony."
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Replying to @loudpenitent @arthur_affect and
Oh that is BULLSHIT and we both know it when YOU said part of the Dao is to experience all things, for all you know the way you act in concert with the Dao is just to live a pointless meaningless existence of horrible pain and then be forgotten, that's not fine, that's not moral
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Replying to @saintwalker98 @loudpenitent and
That's just an all powerful abusive parent slapping the shit out of their kid because there's no one to stop them and everyone saying "well it was probably your fault" fuck that noise in it's earhole
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Replying to @saintwalker98 @arthur_affect and
There is no *parent!* you're still anthropomorphizing the Dao, and it's not. The Dao isn't a person! It's a cohesive pattern! It's the flow of all things in the universe. You may as well get mad at a *melody oppressing an instrument*
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Replying to @loudpenitent @arthur_affect and
Then it's just physics, it's just an extra-planar energy source that some people have biological proclivities towards controlling that we could study, duplicate, and limit, we don't just give in to gravity because it wants to pull us some way
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Replying to @saintwalker98 @arthur_affect and
You're really reluctant to consider the idea of a cosmic spiritual force which pushes certain behaviors aren't you?
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Replying to @loudpenitent @arthur_affect and
I mean why should I? If there's a cosmic force that punishes you for not acting a certain way but also doesn't tell you what that way is and just leaves you to guess why should I afford it ANYTHING but contempt
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Replying to @saintwalker98 @arthur_affect and
It's not even punishment! It's "the more chaos and upheaval we cause, the less smoothly everything works, the more suffering is produced as a result of disharmony."
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Replying to @loudpenitent @arthur_affect and
Really just "chaos" in general? Like wouldn't that make the Rebels the bad guys because they're causing upheaval to the day to day smooth running of the empire?
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Replying to @saintwalker98 @loudpenitent and
This is exactly why Buddhism, especially Chan Buddhism, sees the Dao de Jing as an incomplete text
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There's no separation between the chaos and the order in the first place, the good and the evil come from the same source and are the result of the same forces
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Replying to @arthur_affect @saintwalker98 and
It's honestly kind of dumb shit to say that if nobody gets pissed off and everyone just lets nature take its course things will be fine Getting pissed off IS nature taking its course
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