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Originally Posted by VenusHalley
I see your point... but.... I just like to pick my battles. And breaking yourself while trying to change the system will not do anybody any good... I will be the first to criticize problems in society. However, I do not like to whine... me feeling bad is my problem and I can confess that to family or friends and whatnot, but the rest of world does not care.
I call it diplomacy. It saves lifes and troubles, so in the end, it probably is not that evil. And I am all for higher good. What good will it do to let people down just because I feel depressed and it would be fake to pretend I am not? In the end they would feel bad. Would you feel better if people told you to your face they hate your guts?
I don't think Krishnamaurti wanted us to be selfish and swayed by our emotions... come on, we do it more than enough.
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I see your point too.
My problem isn't with your idea of diplomacy as much as it is with what I see people accepting (corruption, e.g.) as probably not as bad as what
so&so is doing. I don't want to let people down because I'm depressed & don't work; I want to be allowed to work
while I'm depressed & maybe not smiling and do my job even so. I've been told to my face, "I hate you," & didn't like it but survived. I prefer that to gossip that catches up to me eventually, after I've mistakenly trusted someone.
I just don't think that
hardily disliking pretense and
preferring honesty means I'm swayed by my emotions or selfish. Granted, to destroy myself trying to force my preference on the world would be suicidal foolishness--but just holding the preference doesn't revolk my Existentialist-in-Good-Standing card, does it?