JeffreyLH1 said – Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:46:53 -0000 ( Link )
Who does one’s goodness belongs to?
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JohnPhilipGreen said – Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:21:44 -0000 ( Link )
Me? As the one responsible for my actions, it belongs to me, no?
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Peter Blomert said – Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:36:56 -0000 ( Link )
Forgive my limited competency in the English language, but what means “belongs” in this context?
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csrd said – Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:22:10 -0000 ( Link )
Going to the bottom of this discussion,( literally, “The best way to get a good idea is to get a lot of ideas.”) a lot of ideas are gathered here. Interesting.
’ Goodness ’, the expression can be used in different contexts to convey a variety of meanings and accordingly the term may take the place of an adjective, a noun, and an adverb. Some words like action has four forms – act, active, actively and acting ( to make it clear).
Now, when you say “inherent goodness”, “universal goodness”, “greatest goodness”, “transcending goodness”, all these mean the Goodness which is unopposed to badness and hatredness on the one hand and on the other It is identical with (it has to be so) the Infinite Consciousness which accomodates everything within itself without seeking or taking any other support.
Further, at the cosmic level Goodness is the Infinite Consciousness. At the individual response level of thought it is good quality of the heart; at the speech level it is true, honest, pleasing and helpful; at the level of action it is excellence, humane, unselfish, in harmony with the things and beings around, leading towards the recognition of the Ultimate Goodness of one and all.
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madhav singh said – Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:01:01 -0000 ( Link )
DON’T PLAY WORD GAMES. YOU ARE TRYING TOO HARD.
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hcraig said – Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:16:16 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
I suppose one’s stance on this depends on their stance on free will vs. determinism.
If, you believe, our actions come from a pre-determined plan by some higher being, all of our successes (as well as our failures) would come from that.
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If, you believe, our actions come from our the choices we make, then our goodness (or lack there of) is a consequence of the choices we make. Then again, one could argue that the choices we make today are the consequences of choices we made long ago, which were a result of the choices our parents made and so on and so forth – so our “goodness” really wouldn’t belong to us anyways.
Then again, I’m not sure I’ve interpreted the question the way Jeffrey was hoping it would be. Jeffrey, do you think you could clarify your original statement for us?
JeffreyLH1 said – Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:27:30 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
To John,
Yes you are responsible for your actions and this is how you realize your goodness.
Now, think about the idea of your goodness within the context of how your actions are or not beneficial to others. If your actions do not produce benefit for others then your goodness is not being realized.
In this sense, one’s goodness, can only be realized as a benefit to others.
Let’s continue the dialog. This is the first of the four questions i include in The Inherent Goodness Flow Test.
My idea was just to test this system, which I find very unique and powerful for unleashing our collective intelligence.
Thanks for participating