On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:35:19 +0200,  wrote:

>Skinner1{at}hotmail.com wrote:
>> On 21 Jan 2005 01:40:56 -0800, "Michaelashouse"
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> Skinner1{at}hotmail.com wrote:
>>>> This seems to be a rather un-provocative style for conversation so I
>>>> will try another one. I find it interesting seeing the wide variety
>>>> of responses.... now that most of the flamers have been weeded out.
>>>>
>>>> Here is the next in the question series:
>>>>
>>>> What is the biggest lie you have been told in your life?
>>>>
>>>> For me I think it would be that we are all equal. The statement
>>>> implies that we all will be treated equally which I think we ALL
>>>> realize is not exactly how life works out.
>>>
>>> AFAICT the equality that is being referred to is not about
>>> 'sameness' but about 'oneness'. i.e. we are all from the
>>> same source and if we love one another we will be remembering
>>> that.
>>>
>>> Talmud: "Whosoever saves a single life is as if he had saved the
>>> whole world; whosoever destroys a single life is as if he had
>>> destroyed the whole world."
>>>
>>> OR
>>>
>>> "Love one another."
>>>
>>> But, as you said, we're all unique indivuals --different facets
>>> of this 'oneness' if you like-- and we have the freedon of choice to
>>> think the way we want to think.
>>>
>>> - Michaela
>>
>> In this day and age.... that's about as far as your freedom of choice
>> goes.
>>
>> Yes, you do have choices..... but I ask you..... is it really a
>> freedom when alll you have to choose from is what is offered you by
>> the whim of another?
>>
>> For instance...... for dinner... you can choose whatever you want....
>> we have  potatoes and we have turnips.  Is that freedom of choice??
>
>Why do you persecute yourself so? Why do you want
>to be the victim?
>
>- Michaela
>

Again, What I want to be has little to do with what I actually become.

We are the sum total of our experiences. Since we do not create the
situations we exist in then we do not control in total our direction.

Yeah Yeah.... I know... there are those out there that continually say
you have the ability to choose......

But beyond choosing what you will settle for from the choices at
hand... what choice do you really have?

I go back to the original question here..... is it really a freedom
when alll you have to choose from is what is offered you by
the whim of another?





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