Re:People try to do right by each other, no matter the motiv...
by warent on Friday June 05, 2020 @02:14PM
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Not that you need to be told this, but for anyone else curious, the Bhagavad Gita is so much more than an old story. If you are interested in reading it, I recommend having it read to you by a master, else the old cultural symbology and references will be lost on you or otherwise completely impenetrable.
Re:People try to do right by each other, no matter the motiv...
by ta1234567890 on Friday June 05, 2020 @02:56PM
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You are totally right on both counts, just didn't want to bias the description.
I'm currently reading the version recommended by another HN user here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23155062
It's a fascinating read, also incredibly eye opening to learn things that have been known and taught for thousands of years in other parts of the world, while in the West it seems like we are just beginning to discover them (and maybe have actively rejected them for a long time as well).
Under that context, evolution is just change, it is not the improvement of one entity to the detriment of others. Also, given that everything is connected and we are all one, the more we help others, the more we help ourselves. It also says to widen our view of time and life, we usually think in terms of an animal/entity being born/living/dying, instead of thinking about the cycle of all species over thousands or millions of years.