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Originally Posted by torilink  If SR is true, and by paying attention to illness, disease, and starvation - it manifests more of it for these "People" to experience, then the most compassionate thing, the most loving thing is to withdraw all belief in it.
For me, withdrawing belief in these things (lack, hunger, hate, death, evil, pain, suffering) is the most loving and compassionate thing I can do. |
Torilink - Thank you for so perfectly illustrating my opposition to SR. Excuse me for being so blunt, but this sounds to me as if you're saying the best thing to do is literally, yes
literally, pull the wool over your eyes! This makes no sense to me at all. Don't you feel that this is a completely disempowering way in which to view the world? Isn't there room for personal growth in tandem with reaching out to others, being proactive?
I'm relieved to know that my understanding of SR -that is "I create reality, so the best thing for me to do to realize change in the world is to fix my own house" has been confirmed by at least one SR proponent here. Can the rest of you who've adopted this lens for viewing your world confirm this?
My apologies to all who don't feel the need to "prove" themselves, but I'm asking an honest question about a POV that I simply cannot accept.