Starting with a "clear understanding" of the "self" that one is defending (Reply #8)

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Mon Dec 12, 2022, 10:54 AM

sanatanadharma (3,046 posts)

8. Starting with a "clear understanding" of the "self" that one is defending

Everyone claims to know their self, but apart from the obviously changing body wrapper, the constant "self" is very hard to pin down.
One might say that one's self is actually unknowable as the self-conscious self can not be revealed by the five senses or science.

The Bhgavad Gita expounds upon this human dilemma of desire, defense, action, inaction, killing, dying and self-identity.

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42 replies	Author	Time	Post
I do not know how long this post will last. It is intended not to advocate violence, but to [View all]	Atticus	Dec 2022	OP
For the use of force I believe in the "clear and present danger" requirement	Walleye	Dec 2022	#1
i agree...	samnsara	Dec 2022	#2
Every precaution should be taken to defend yourself...	kentuck	Dec 2022	#3
Starting with a "clear understanding" of the "self" that one is defending	sanatanadharma	Dec 2022	#8
I read Alan Watts in the late 60's including "The Book on the Taboo Against	panader0	Dec 2022	#13
Check out the other thread regarding the paradox of intolerance.	WhiskeyGrinder	Dec 2022	#4
Thank you. nt	Atticus	Dec 2022	#11
Thanks for the meme & article link	KS Toronado	Dec 2022	#34
Tolerance extends to all actions that do not hurt others or the community	Mysterian	Dec 2022	#5
If we had a fully functioning judicial/law enforcement system, you wouldn't have to pose that...	Probatim	Dec 2022	#6
+1	CrispyQ	Dec 2022	#7
+1, could you imagine if Muslims were acting like MAGA acts right now? There would be mass ...	uponit7771	Dec 2022	#14
The same would have been true if Muslims/POC raided the Capitol on 1/6.	Probatim	Dec 2022	#17
I think your post is the answer. We have the laws that should keep intolerance in check, but	Scrivener7	Dec 2022	#21
+1 n/t	area51	Dec 2022	#25
I had a good neighborhood in the countryside.	Tetrachloride	Dec 2022	#9
Atticus, I'm hoping the thread stays up, too, because it's something I've wondered a lot about	BComplex	Dec 2022	#10
K&R, isn't it against the law to threaten someone with violence? Thx in advance	uponit7771	Dec 2022	#12
The Germans apparently know how to deal with it.	Firestorm49	Dec 2022	#15
A great man once said	nightwing1240	Dec 2022	#16
Arjuna was faced with the problem of his family and loved ones dying	sanatanadharma	Dec 2022	#19
it certainly is not	nightwing1240	Dec 2022	#35
If I would have to kill to live, I would rather die than living with the knowledge I took someones	Atticus	Dec 2022	#22
Forget ones self for a moment.	Prairie_Seagull	Dec 2022	#28
Often also natural to save one's child even at cost of one's own life	lostnfound	Dec 2022	#29
I am better than no one	nightwing1240	Dec 2022	#36
Thank you, thank you, thank you	arlyellowdog	Dec 2022	#26
"Violence could not triumph"	nightwing1240	Dec 2022	#37
too generalized	GenXer47	Dec 2022	#18
When they go low, we go high	IronLionZion	Dec 2022	#20
I believe the answer to intolerance is not violence unless it is truly a last resort.	Lonestarblue	Dec 2022	#23
"must we wait until those who admit their intent to destroy us to "actually" open fire before our...	LudwigPastorius	Dec 2022	#24
exactly, I agree	llashram	Dec 2022	#27
To be in the right, we must wait until a threat is imminent before resorting to violence.	hadEnuf	Dec 2022	#30
I'm a woman and I've spent most of my life living alone	Warpy	Dec 2022	#31
Think Kyle Rittenhouse coming down the street...	rubbersole	Dec 2022	#32
not many will remember 2016	Slammer	Dec 2022	#33
Krishna's answer to Arjuna's dilemma	sanatanadharma	Dec 2022	#38
If I understand you correctly	Martin Eden	Dec 2022	#39
Order 66?	Fla_Democrat	Dec 2022	#40
All I have is my integrity	I_UndergroundPanther	Dec 2022	#41
How do you define "to destroy us"	Kaleva	Dec 2022	#42

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