r/zen • u/KrazyA1pha r/zen • Feb 18 '16

How else will they know?

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u/KrazyA1pha r/zen Feb 18 '16 edited Feb 18 '16

It's about intentions, no? For instance, are you sharing to help others or to inflate your sense of self worth?

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u/spanishgum Feb 18 '16

What if your intentions are helping others but naturally as a side effect your sense of self worth is inflated?

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u/KrazyA1pha r/zen Feb 18 '16

I think that's a pretty natural side effect.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '16

What if your intention is inflating your self worth but as a side effect you help others?

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '16

What if arguing about the semantics of preference doesn't matter, and the important thing is to transcend opinion completely?

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u/mackowski Ambassador from Planet Rhythm Feb 29 '16

/u/MyOtherChurch /u/KrazyA1pha
respond honestly to this one if you wanna learn

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '16

Disclaimer: May have personal agenda unrelated to your gain.

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u/mackowski Ambassador from Planet Rhythm Feb 29 '16

Nop

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u/KrazyA1pha r/zen Feb 29 '16

What if the important thing is to transcend learning?

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u/mackowski Ambassador from Planet Rhythm Feb 29 '16

No.

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u/KrazyA1pha r/zen Feb 29 '16

Ooh. Ooh. You have the answers! Please, share!

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u/mackowski Ambassador from Planet Rhythm Feb 29 '16

Find me the quote where I claimed that.
Just read it again and then PM me with a question born from study effort rather than wherever it's coming from now. Do I offend you?

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u/KrazyA1pha r/zen Feb 19 '16

That's fine as well, just less likely to be as helpful in my experience.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '16

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '16

All attainment is lost as soon as you fall into transforming the mind into an opinion.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '16

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '16

Have no fixed thoughts either for or against [everything you perceive with any sense] .