RE: Should Imprisoned Drug Offenders Be Released Upon Legalization?
I understand. Yeah, you're right, morality isn't extreme, it can't be by nature.
I want to answer you in the spirit of Zen:
A great festival was to be held in a village and each villager was asked to contribute by pouring a bottle of wine into a giant barrel. One of the villagers had this thought: "If I pour a bottle of water in that giant barrel, no one will notice the difference." But it didn't occur to him that everyone else in the village might have the same thought. When the banquet began and the barrel was tapped, what came out was pure water.
source: http://info.stiltij.nl/publiek/meditatie/studie/zenstories.pdf
It's maybe worth your time to look for the old piece of paperwork and to succeed in only one time to overcome the distance as it would be not your loss.
Great story! I am very aware that your council is wise, I am just having trouble right now because I am very resentful over the unrelenting aggression against innocents present absolutely everywhere, from the highest levels of government and beyond, to the most seemingly benign familial relationships.
Coercion, control, manipulation, false obligations, deception, denial - all day long, everywhere you look. A pile of beauty, love, truth, authenticity, peace, and happiness sits on the table in the middle of the room, while everyone clamors and claws at each other all around it, starving, writhing, wailing, and fighting over illusions.
I have often tried to reach for the table - and continue to try - but I grow weak and tired at times, and find myself increasingly inclined to beat them off of me instead of just trying to avoid their aggression and helping them to overcome their desperate grasping.
In any case, I do not wish to monopolize your time. Thank you for your insight and care. Enjoy your evening.
:) maybe I monopolized your time.
Um... No.
... oh ... thank you! That is kind of you.
I hug you, too.