simplenostrich on Nostr: #grownostr #reality #nostr #coffeechain #plebchain #amethyst A "true man" is not a ...
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A "true man" is not a model of righteousness and prudery or a paragon of virtue, but knows that transgressions of true human nature are as necessary as the salt in our food. Only with the righteous is coexistence impossible, because they have no sense of humour, do not admit true human nature and are dangerously unaware of their own shadow. Like all paragraph riders and busybodies, they want to force the world into linear rules so that they are incapable of reasonable compromise. In war they fight to the last drop of blood for unconditional surrender, and in the name of law they raze a country to the ground, although it would be far wiser to simply conquer it and exploit it in a selfish but much more harmless way. It is therefore a principle not to enforce laws that run counter to human nature and not to imprison anyone for "sins" or crimes if this does not cause violence to other people. Trusting human nature means accepting the good and bad in it, and it is difficult to trust people who cannot own up to their weaknesses.
~ Alan Watts ~
A "true man" is not a model of righteousness and prudery or a paragon of virtue, but knows that transgressions of true human nature are as necessary as the salt in our food. Only with the righteous is coexistence impossible, because they have no sense of humour, do not admit true human nature and are dangerously unaware of their own shadow. Like all paragraph riders and busybodies, they want to force the world into linear rules so that they are incapable of reasonable compromise. In war they fight to the last drop of blood for unconditional surrender, and in the name of law they raze a country to the ground, although it would be far wiser to simply conquer it and exploit it in a selfish but much more harmless way. It is therefore a principle not to enforce laws that run counter to human nature and not to imprison anyone for "sins" or crimes if this does not cause violence to other people. Trusting human nature means accepting the good and bad in it, and it is difficult to trust people who cannot own up to their weaknesses.
~ Alan Watts ~