Estoteric doctrine of shjitbuddhism has shown me that compassion in metaphysical plane can effect the world of malkuth,so every good deed and thought manifests itself in the plane of materia, we create the world by our thoughts
Pray for our japanese brothers and meditate upon universal love
Why is there always someone who comes up with this shit whenever some sort of disaster occurs. "Why cry about Japan, people are dying everywhere everyday!"
First of all, let people feel the way they want to feel without trying to be some smart-ass rational guy busting in the door saying HEY YOU SHOULDNT BE SAD YOUR GRANDFATHER DIED, DO YOU NOT KNOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE'S GRANDPARENTS DIE ON A DAILY BASIS?!
Secondly, what the fuck is wrong with feeling compassion and having thoughts about people, who are essentially the same as you and I, who's houses just got blown away by earthquakes and tsunami's? What about African people (why African people by the way, don't Caucasians die every day as well?) dying every day makes it uncalled for to care about all the people that are deeply affected by this natural disaster?
I think people care up to a certain extent. I mean, I feel bad for the Japanese people even though I cannot truly grasp how insanely bizarre it must be to be living in or near one of the disaster zones.
But that doesn't stop me from reading a book, playing a game and laughing about that fat guy head butting a sign even though I have seen it 10 times already. Perhaps people feel somewhat socially obliged to express their grief or compassion towards people hit by disaster and do not actually care that much. I can't tell. It's just that I see the news, watch some videos, read some interviews and kinda sigh thinking: this is messed up and I guess it's terrible to be in that situation. Then I just get on with doing what I was planning to do because, in the end, it doesn't really affect me that much. At least not in a way that I can understand right now.
It's just that I kinda cringe when people show up and say something like "Why are you pretending to give a damn about the earthquake? I didn't see you cry when AIDS killed young Mustafa in that Somalian village." That just doesn't make sense to me.
When I was 16 one of the guys in my class died, tragically and unexpectedly. I wasn't his closest friend, but I was upset, as were most people.
Prior to his death, he was bullied every day at school by another guy in our class. After his death, the guy who bullied him tried to make it out like he was the most compassionate motherfucker around. He sent around chain emails every fucking night after school (you know the sort ... blah blah blah send to 10 more people to show you care) then he'd come into school the next day, moaning that people weren't sending it around. He kept mentioning the deceased kids' name in vain, drawing attention to his feeble public outcrys.
Basically, he was a fucking asshole who made this kids life a misery until he died, then he pretended he was a saint and judged others for not showing the same 'level of compassion' that he did. I don't care for people who feel that they need to show how they feel.
oh pls, kids get bullied everywhere, aslong as its just bullying (and by that i don't mean getting beat up but just nag all the time, calling people names etc) why the hell should he punch him in the face, thats just retarded
Because you know nothing about that young Mustafa. The more information you have about that person, the more closer you feel towards him/her and the more you feel attached to him/her. People know a lot about Michael Jackson from the papers, his whole life story if you were a bit interested in the man's music and/or life. This creates a sort of conneciton eventhough they don't know him in real life. That's why people care about the death of Michael Jackson but not of a young Mustafa in Africa.
To say it with some kind of saying: 'When you give it a face, you'll care about it.' Basically the more you know something of a person the more you care about it and the more your touched when that person dies. When a family member dies you'll obviously care more because you've known that person for your whole life and experienced a lot with that person. On the other hand when you've never seen that family member because he lives in another country or something you'll feel less hurt by his/her death.
Unexpected.
Pray for our japanese brothers and meditate upon universal love
First of all, let people feel the way they want to feel without trying to be some smart-ass rational guy busting in the door saying HEY YOU SHOULDNT BE SAD YOUR GRANDFATHER DIED, DO YOU NOT KNOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE'S GRANDPARENTS DIE ON A DAILY BASIS?!
Secondly, what the fuck is wrong with feeling compassion and having thoughts about people, who are essentially the same as you and I, who's houses just got blown away by earthquakes and tsunami's? What about African people (why African people by the way, don't Caucasians die every day as well?) dying every day makes it uncalled for to care about all the people that are deeply affected by this natural disaster?
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It's pretty easy to appear sympathetic to a cause that you really have no interest in.
But that doesn't stop me from reading a book, playing a game and laughing about that fat guy head butting a sign even though I have seen it 10 times already. Perhaps people feel somewhat socially obliged to express their grief or compassion towards people hit by disaster and do not actually care that much. I can't tell. It's just that I see the news, watch some videos, read some interviews and kinda sigh thinking: this is messed up and I guess it's terrible to be in that situation. Then I just get on with doing what I was planning to do because, in the end, it doesn't really affect me that much. At least not in a way that I can understand right now.
It's just that I kinda cringe when people show up and say something like "Why are you pretending to give a damn about the earthquake? I didn't see you cry when AIDS killed young Mustafa in that Somalian village." That just doesn't make sense to me.
Prior to his death, he was bullied every day at school by another guy in our class. After his death, the guy who bullied him tried to make it out like he was the most compassionate motherfucker around. He sent around chain emails every fucking night after school (you know the sort ... blah blah blah send to 10 more people to show you care) then he'd come into school the next day, moaning that people weren't sending it around. He kept mentioning the deceased kids' name in vain, drawing attention to his feeble public outcrys.
Basically, he was a fucking asshole who made this kids life a misery until he died, then he pretended he was a saint and judged others for not showing the same 'level of compassion' that he did. I don't care for people who feel that they need to show how they feel.
To say it with some kind of saying: 'When you give it a face, you'll care about it.' Basically the more you know something of a person the more you care about it and the more your touched when that person dies. When a family member dies you'll obviously care more because you've known that person for your whole life and experienced a lot with that person. On the other hand when you've never seen that family member because he lives in another country or something you'll feel less hurt by his/her death.
That's totally besides the point though.
Had an emo moment there for a min, sry.