07-30-2011, 02:02 PM
(07-30-2011, 12:49 PM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote: Students of the Law of One aren't required to choose hurting others. Vegans consider eating meat to be hurting others. Accepting others doesn't mean we have to support their choices, or that we can't work to reduce suffering and oppression of other beings by speaking up to those who don't grasp that they are unwittingly supporting that suffering!
I have always disagreed with this notion. What we can NOT do, no matter how hard we try, is learn/teach FOR an Other. It is impossible. So, yes, supporting their choices in light of them accepting/rejecting our input is the only way to teach. This very thread is an example of that. The ones that do accept an other's choice are the ones that people are more likely to lend a learning ear to.
Accepting an other's choice does not mean that we compromise our own choice. In order to accept an other, we must be willing to accept their free will choice. Free will is a fundamental part of the mind/body/spirit complex and can not be separated from it.