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Originally Posted by Fool Zero
I was wondering, Myers -- if you really were what you call a bad person (assuming for the moment that there's any such thing), why would you mind being one? And again, if nothing was real for you, why would you care that it wasn't? 
( to Tishie for raising a similar question earlier)
Here's a Zen story for you.  |
I don't mind being bad. I am sick and tired of all the slanderous comments made by the media about the condition "inflicting" yours truly. And, while I think that I've come to accept that I will never experience emotion as experienced by the general human race, it bothers me that I'm persecuted for not being able to experience it. But, pertaining to this thread, I'm irritated by the fact that people assume I'm inferior or incapable of making someone happy, in both intimate relationships and friendships, because I do not experience empathy and love.
*edited*
Whoa... Read through that and noticed that I, again, perceive my problems to be the direct result of society's influence and have nothing whatsoever to do with my thoughts and actions. I guess this current "mood" is passing...
*end edit*
Why do I care if it's real ... I think that goes back to the concept of inferiority. I mean, it never used to bother me, then certain experiences and ideas implied that pretending is not enough. And maybe I'm just irritated that there's something beyond my ability to comprehend.
I really like that story, by the way. It was funny and enlightening.