Seth -- How we can practically help others in a world that seems messed up and evil
I wanted to send out these quotes today in response to the group discussion explaining how we can practically help others in a world that seems messed up and evil. Bolding was added by me. Tried to italicize every quote so it's easier to distinguish from commentary and context: "You get what you concentrate upon. There is no other main rule." -Seth This is why a love of peace creates peace. Hatred of war creates war, for you are focusing on war. Focusing on how much you resent or hate an issue, politician, or event, will create more of what you dislike. It hurts others when you intensely feel, and repeatedly focus on, their undesirable conditions, instead of choosing to focus on and think about what's going well: "It is not virtuous to remind yourself of the poverty of others. In the old line of thinking such a remark would be considered unfeeling. When you dwell upon, for example only, New York’s economic status, you keep the feeling of threat going. In reali...
