Comments on: News of the World https://www.notajungle.com/2014/07/07/news-of-the-world/ Mon, 23 Mar 2015 02:34:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: SF https://www.notajungle.com/2014/07/07/news-of-the-world/#comment-40 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 02:34:19 +0000 http://notajungle.com/?p=203#comment-40 @Eric – 1. a) that depends on whether we’re defining good in G-d’s terms or ours; what is the nature of the value of selfishness? b) the evil under discussion here anyway doesn’t seem to be such evils as instant gratification and selfishness but rather more global, blood-spilling evils… Correct me if I’m wrong; that’s the impression I got.
2. Something tells me that’s a false dichotomy. Like somehow there is some sort of fusion of these two options you offer such that the even as the work doesn’t end, you still don’t feel like it is endless (tedious) work… Perhaps it is related to the idea in Tanya that discusses how every individual mitzvah unites the doer with G-d completely – and yet that doesn’t mean that you can’t continue to achieve deeper and deeper levels of oneness on deeper levels of self…

]]> By: PicoDellaMirandola https://www.notajungle.com/2014/07/07/news-of-the-world/#comment-39 Fri, 26 Sep 2014 03:41:00 +0000 http://notajungle.com/?p=203#comment-39 In reply to Tzvi Kilov.

YOU ARE AWESOME

]]> By: PicoDellaMirandola https://www.notajungle.com/2014/07/07/news-of-the-world/#comment-44 Fri, 26 Sep 2014 03:41:00 +0000 http://notajungle.com/?p=203#comment-44 In reply to Tzvi Kilov.

YOU ARE AWESOME

]]> By: Eric Kaplan https://www.notajungle.com/2014/07/07/news-of-the-world/#comment-38 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 23:19:00 +0000 http://notajungle.com/?p=203#comment-38 In reply to Tzvi Kilov.

Two interrelated questions. 1)even now isn’t “evil” choosing a lesser good — say pleasure of candy vs health, or personal satisfaction vs community? 2) is the end goal an end or is it potentially endless process of self refinement?

]]> By: Eric Kaplan https://www.notajungle.com/2014/07/07/news-of-the-world/#comment-43 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 23:19:00 +0000 http://notajungle.com/?p=203#comment-43 In reply to Tzvi Kilov.

Two interrelated questions. 1)even now isn’t “evil” choosing a lesser good — say pleasure of candy vs health, or personal satisfaction vs community? 2) is the end goal an end or is it potentially endless process of self refinement?

]]> By: Tzvi Kilov https://www.notajungle.com/2014/07/07/news-of-the-world/#comment-37 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 20:44:00 +0000 http://notajungle.com/?p=203#comment-37 In reply to PicoDellaMirandola.

Not always — the goal of existence is to reach an end-game devoid of evil. Perhaps there will be choice, but only among “good,” such that even the lesser choice couldn’t be called “evil” except in comparative terms. Thus, everything, including people, contain within them this capacity for good, and this is their ultimate perfection. To choose good in our times is not simply to negate evil in a game of 50/50 – it’s to actualize a potential that is in fact the ultimate purpose of one’s existence. Just like discovering a triangle with three sides is not finding this triangle in a vacuum, it’s instead a confirmation of the true nature of the triangle. Therefore the bad isn’t on equal footing with the good; it is a denial of a person’s true essence and is less real. Thus “good” news stories are uplifting; they are a step closer to something that already exists in potential, not something we appreciate in a vacuum. This, in a nutshell, is what I was thinking about when I wrote this. I think. =D

]]> By: Tzvi Kilov https://www.notajungle.com/2014/07/07/news-of-the-world/#comment-42 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 20:44:00 +0000 http://notajungle.com/?p=203#comment-42 In reply to PicoDellaMirandola.

Not always — the goal of existence is to reach an end-game devoid of evil. Perhaps there will be choice, but only among “good,” such that even the lesser choice couldn’t be called “evil” except in comparative terms. Thus, everything, including people, contain within them this capacity for good, and this is their ultimate perfection. To choose good in our times is not simply to negate evil in a game of 50/50 – it’s to actualize a potential that is in fact the ultimate purpose of one’s existence. Just like discovering a triangle with three sides is not finding this triangle in a vacuum, it’s instead a confirmation of the true nature of the triangle. Therefore the bad isn’t on equal footing with the good; it is a denial of a person’s true essence and is less real. Thus “good” news stories are uplifting; they are a step closer to something that already exists in potential, not something we appreciate in a vacuum. This, in a nutshell, is what I was thinking about when I wrote this. I think. =D

]]> By: PicoDellaMirandola https://www.notajungle.com/2014/07/07/news-of-the-world/#comment-36 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 05:49:00 +0000 http://notajungle.com/?p=203#comment-36 I didn’t get the triangle thing. The triangle must have three sides but the human being is never going to be good by necessity — he’ll always have the freedom to choose not to be good. No?

]]> By: PicoDellaMirandola https://www.notajungle.com/2014/07/07/news-of-the-world/#comment-41 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 05:49:00 +0000 http://notajungle.com/?p=203#comment-41 I didn’t get the triangle thing. The triangle must have three sides but the human being is never going to be good by necessity — he’ll always have the freedom to choose not to be good. No?

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