"Think for yourselves" I say. That also implies "search for yourself" else you can't see the entire picture and judge it. Like sitting in a hole, you don't know whats above, maybe you say "I don't care , above is the same as here" ?
Am I unworthy of trust even if I say that ? What else you want me to say ?
If you do not trust even yourself something is wrong...
www.ascentofhumanity.com...
Schools train individuals to respond as a mass. Boys and girls are drilled in being bored, frightened, envious, emotionally needy, generally incomplete. A successful mass production economy requires such a clientele. A small business, small farm economy like that of the Amish requires individual competence, thoughtfulness, compassion, and universal participation; our own requires a managed mass of leveled, spiritless, anxious, familyless, friendless, godless, and obedient people who believe the difference between "Cheers" and "Seinfeld" is worth arguing about.
What school teaches us the most is not to think. Believe, accept what other have thought before you, then feel a sense of security in that, and destroy anyone who challenges those teachings.
Unlike "the sheeple" I have no intention to destroy them. Some of them would destroy me if they could. I was one too, a few years ago I was arguing about what a good thing Bush did invading Iraq, fighting the evil terrorists...
Believe nothing merely because you have been told it.
Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.
But whatever, after due examination and analysis,
you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -
that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions,
even though they have been held in honor
for many generations and in diverse places.
Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it.
Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past.
Do not believe what you yourself have imagined,
persuading yourself that a God inspires you.
Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests.
After examination, believe what you yourself have tested
and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
Buddha
[edit on 21-5-2009 by pai mei]
