Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
I wonder if it is actually meant that a person should be neutral in every aspects of life?
Follow a narrow path as Buddhism say.
Follow a narrow path as Buddhism say.
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Neutrality
- Thread starter Spirit of Light
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proverbs 4:27
matthew 7:13-14
unconditional love is the narrow gate. neither exclusively to self or to other as self but love all; including one's enemies.
unconditional love is not a respecter of persons; if it were there would be a condition of us vs them, or me vs other.
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I have a sadly deficient understanding of Buddhism, but I prefer the term equanimity to neutrality. To be perfectly honest, I would do well to practice the former while eschewing the latter.
questfortruth
Well-Known Member
satan is not. And God is not neutral. No third god there, where you would learn neutrality from???
dybmh
דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
I would be cautious here. It can be easy to mistake neutrality for repression of emotions. Repressing emotions leads to emotional instability and outbursts not peace.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
I been there as you know
Secret Chief
Veteran Member
I've not come across this, maybe a middle path...? Would you care to expand?
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
Yes, middle path may be a better wording
Secret Chief
Veteran Member
... between extreme asceticism and sensual indulgence.
Buddhism does not say one should be neutral. It means being balanced and understand and follow the right path.
Buddhism - The Eightfold Path
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
And to accept others may think and feel different than oneself... between extreme asceticism and sensual indulgence.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
I was a buddhist for 20 years
i are aware of their teaching
The middle path between good and evil is half-evil.
Secret Chief
Veteran Member
Could be half-good
Not to get too political in a nonpolitics thread but extreme centricism is a big problem in the US, almost as much as its fringe. Extreme centrists want to maintain a status quo as long as they can, and do not want to make any change, even really good change, unless it happens very slowly. It's left the country in huge lurches and incredibly slow to get to where other nations are in terms of civil rights and social safety.
So I think, even though in a lot of cases extremes are bad, sometimes people are neutral about things they shouldn't be. So there's even a balance to be had about when to be neutral and when to take a side.
So I think, even though in a lot of cases extremes are bad, sometimes people are neutral about things they shouldn't be. So there's even a balance to be had about when to be neutral and when to take a side.