Wednesday, February 4, 2015

"There is no absolute moral right or wrong." 2:30 mantra, 7:30 contemplation.

There is no absolute moral right or wrong.  There are only actions that are consistent with our personal, individual values and consequences for those actions.  If you act in a way inconsistent with your values, then that is wrong for you, it may be also be wrong for someone else with some common or similar values, but it may also be right for another person as they do have values that are different from yours.  I value happiness and not suffering for all.  Because of that I value for myself and others well-being, ease of burden, growth and acceptance.  To act contrary to those values, is wrong for me, not morally wrong, but wrong because, well, wait, wait a minute.  I forget that wrongness brings about anxiety and punishing of my self-esteem.  I am what I am.  If I act contrary to my values, then in reality, those aren't my values.  However, those values are values I know will make me happy if I follow them.  But, we our constantly in flux, influenced by our past, by things in this moment in time.  Our values, what we really believe at any moment shifts and ebbs and flows.  So, I will act according to my values at any moment.  The next moment I may feel differently and the past action be contrary to my new moment.  I do have an over arching set of values that generally govern my actions and that I know are better for my happiness and the happiness of those around me.  But, in moments of stress, my values my shift. But, that is okay.  I am who I am at any moment. Amen.  You, as a beautiful individual different from me, have different values, and hence, different codes of right and wrong.

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