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Old 08-18-2008, 09:17 PM   #7 (permalink)
Bruce Achterberg
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Originally Posted by Rose of Cairo View Post
This is an ethical question I'm thinking about at the moment. Let's say someone you care about has a habit that you personally find unhealthy or harmful in some way. For instance, I personally find smoking or eating cooked foods unhealthy and harmful. Now, you know this person would be glad if you did some action X, but doing X supports their habit (like cooking something for them, or going to buy cigarettes for them because they are tired). Let's also assume the action itself is not ethically a problem for you (cooking vegan dishes is not an ethical problem in itself for me, or let's assume you would go buy cigarettes with their own money, so it's not your money that you give the tobacco industry).

Now my question is: would you do it?
Heck no.

That's a great way to fall out of alignment with truth, love, and power all at once.

If that's your goal, then you have an effective strategy.

More seriously, I recommend you apply the principle of truth and love and fire that relationship from your life. Yesterday I heard it saying bad things about you behind your back.

("Serious": a word not in Bruce's vocabulary.)
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