Reply #122: Buuuu!

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Good one, that with penis phallacy! :)

Compassion is strange. Out of all universalist phallacies I'm most open to hypothesis that the answer to Einstein's question "is Universe a benevolent place"... DRUMMING::: is yes.

It could at least hurt a little less. In this reality we have these phenomena called "feelings", feeling is basic form of what is called "experiencing". Basic forms of feeling are feelings of pleasure and displeasure. Words like "empathy" and "sympathy" are also furthering this process of spatial feelings - which are both experiential and symbolic. Hey, symbols are experientally and symbolically causative!

And thinking further, thoughts happening and and as observables, to some parallel (thought-like?) movement that observes thought-forms of mental images (lets try to be little observant and allow also other sentient beings ability to experience mental images - which also may have causative power, emotionally and other physical-natural ways.

What I mean by this, and what is the difference between this location and local world-view and that location you claim is the universally valid, I'm OK with what ever universalism that answers to Einstein's question "yes" and/or acts as if that would be preferable answer, each deterministic machine being programmed (in Big Bang etc. ex-nihilo belief systems) to evolve compassion towards local cultures that prefer to keep on living (kids and all, you know) locally (not necessarily defining the "limits" of any location), compassion to... this immediate location, that also in this room and many other rooms where computer screens licker letters of this discussion, these symbols having causal emotional power at least in this locality (call me sensitive or any other scientific explanation in your local universe will do) and by this emotion of compassion, whether it is explainable in the frames of your "universalist" world view, I also feel and by feeling know that this emotion of compassion, emotion of cofeeling (feelings of pain etc.), is not limited to only this most immediate locality. It does not need to be universal but a good attitude (and supporting world view) would help to hurt less. But no hurry, no pressure. Localities (vs. universal dogmas) are not limited to any kind of universal dogma of "location" and/or what relativism means. We relativisms just happen, like forces of nature. :)

EditToAdd: Would you like some of what I'm smoking? Why be so "right" if it ain't making you any friends? And believe me, you're not hurting alone - how ever you do when you do - hurting is most shared form of experiencing. Have you better way to help me hurt less than hurt bit less your-self (the old heal thy self healer dictum :)? Writing to you has helped me hurt bit less and now I'm quite OK and cheerfull. I hope to share this bit of hurting bit less - as I like to believe in this locality - in the hope that you hurt bit less and we hurt bit less together, open towards our local experiences-feelings-universes. And not excluding this locality if it doesn't fit into someones universality. Not even trying. That wouldn't be compassionate. Nobody likes to be excluded. We humans are very social and have natural instinct towards feeling of instant gratification when feeling part and not excluded from. Glad to have your company on this board and inspiring this, these symbols and whatever your universalist world view is big enough to receive and include. :)