Re: Dhamma that triggers SJWs
Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 2:26 am
Greetings Mike,
Thus...
- Relinquishment of personal sovereignty (e.g. autonomy, individual rights) is the opposite of bliss.
- Relinquishment of "local" sovereignty (e.g. surrendering sovereignty to a less local entity) is the opposite of bliss.
To your point about "the advantage of protection by an organisation", the sovereign entity needs to have the means to defend and enforce its own sovereignty. At an individual level, this could be in the form of individual rights, and the right to self-defense. At an organisational level, that's the police, border patrols, army etc. referred to before, as well as the mechanisms underpinning and supporting law and order, which allow individuals to maintain their individual sovereignty in a civilized society.
This is how I understand the teaching of the suttas, applied to our timeline.
Metta,
Paul.
I have understood "all sovereignty is Bliss" as meaning that any relinquishment or surrender of sovereignty is the opposite of bliss.
Thus...
- Relinquishment of personal sovereignty (e.g. autonomy, individual rights) is the opposite of bliss.
- Relinquishment of "local" sovereignty (e.g. surrendering sovereignty to a less local entity) is the opposite of bliss.
To your point about "the advantage of protection by an organisation", the sovereign entity needs to have the means to defend and enforce its own sovereignty. At an individual level, this could be in the form of individual rights, and the right to self-defense. At an organisational level, that's the police, border patrols, army etc. referred to before, as well as the mechanisms underpinning and supporting law and order, which allow individuals to maintain their individual sovereignty in a civilized society.
This is how I understand the teaching of the suttas, applied to our timeline.
Metta,
Paul.