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Originally Posted by cdn2wheeler  I don't think that's what Ruskin is saying. His direct quote is, "What we think or what we know or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do." Nowhere in the quote does he make any mention of who you are. He just speaks of consequences of action (or inaction). |
You're right, and I read my interpretation in. "what we think or what we know or what we believe" is a huge part of generating what we're being. To say that is of little consequence just doesn't work for me in LALIL.
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That may not be your personal intention, but I've seen that sort of intention repeatedly being posted on the board, and I'm sure you have too. "All I have to do is wish/visualize/think happy thoughts/get in touch with my spirit guide/whatever and the Universe will acquiesce to my demands." And, given the random nature of the universe, that demand may actually come about. But because it may happen isn't correlated with wishing; it's correlated with chaos, which is no correlation at all.
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So what? If it works for them in generating a life they love, who cares?
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Ruskin's point, as I understand it, is that if you want something, you actually have to take action to get it. Instead of existing as a human being, exist as a human doing.
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That's fine; he's dead. I'm alive, and being a being being works for me!
But I don't begrudge you following his example, and focusing on the doing. Do!