05-24-2019, 12:39 PM
(05-24-2019, 11:23 AM)Bring4th_Jade Wrote: Ra very clearly discourages people to "rise above" their catalyst with a cold detachment. This is what I feel people perpetuate.
People may deal with catalyst differently. Just because they may seem to be coldly detached does not mean they are not observing and dealing with catalyst. It seems to me that some of this discussion is so very polarized in the extreme. It goes back to the OP really, and judgments about the wisdom vs. love debate, and to me how it is mistaken for intellectual vs. emotional. There is some "middle way" thinking.
People who advocate for free speech are not necessarily insensitive to those who are hurt by it, and people who advocate for victims are not necessarily against free speech. One thing does not exclude the other. While we separate into camps, such as Democrat and Republican, I think it will continue to be difficult to work for the good of all. We are far from that state of being. And it is essential that our distortions are brought out into the light of day.
For example, the idea of victimhood, defined narrowly by society, creates judgments and limitations. Advocating in the normal societal way usually involves blaming someone. But instead of spending any energy on that, I think it actually works better by empowering the so-called victim. I say so-called because I dislike labels. I prefer to add light instead of take away darkness, so to speak—in line with Ra's statement about coming across a starving entity and feeding that entity.
The word victim implies, of course, an assailant. And this is true from a 3D perspective. Limiting by law what assailants can do legally is something our unevolved society apparently needs. We all make choices (or choose not to choose). By calling someone a victim, you take away their power. (And I am only referring to humans here.) I don't mean to say that there aren't any crimes against people. What I mean to say is there is a bigger picture and other layers of what is happening here, beyond the first layer in 3D of a one-dimensional occurrence (assailant + victim = crime).