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usonian

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17. People want to be "God" in the omnipotent sense, less the "woke" compassionate sense.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #15)

Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:21 PM

Apr 17

As a parent, I compassionately used my relative omnipotence (as a Dad) to help raise a wonderful child.
THAT is the model.

From a Buddhist (and other mystic) perspective:

All people are equal.
All are equally endowed, and to the delight of the universe, unique.
The power is within.
Compassion is the driving force in the universe. (1)

(1) What you are seeing now is what happens without it.

I am comfortable with "both" traditions because they do merge in the mystic realm.
I just prefer to find that out and live it here and now, rather than the alternative.

Mysticism in everyday life? It's there to be had. 🪷

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To the American people: Do you recognize that the president has threatened a man of God with death? [View all] Stargazer99 Apr 17 OP

You hit the nail on the head FalloutShelter Apr 17 #1

I must have missed something big. And I thought I was paying attention. 3_Limes Apr 17 #2

I think it was this Blues Heron Apr 17 #5

"The United States," Colby said, according to a blistering new report by The Free Press, "has the military power to do w BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 17 #8

American people love to be entertained. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #3

Idiocracy Redleg Apr 17 #6

If this were a movie script, no one would believe it. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #10

True that Hey Joe Apr 17 #12

Yes they love the entertainment, hatred, anger, destruction, death. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #13

This whole administration is drunk on power, stumbling, falling down drunk Walleye Apr 17 #4

They are drunk, drug addicts, on top of being severely mentally ill. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #14

He has caused death and suffering for countless children of God. usonian Apr 17 #7

Since Trump is God, he figures they are his to kill. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #15

People want to be "God" in the omnipotent sense, less the "woke" compassionate sense. usonian Apr 17 #17

That's what the country has always been. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 17 #9

Trump's a man of God. This one. usonian Apr 17 #11

Ayatollah Khamenei was a "Man of God", too. maxsolomon Apr 17 #16