Zen and apathy

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13 Sep 2013 22:57 - 13 Sep 2013 22:58 #118237 by Lykeios Little Raven

Proteus wrote: The difference between these two scenarios is a matter of acceptance. It is a matter of "reacting" in scenario 1, vs "responding" in scenario 2.

Apathy would be letting the kid keep running toward the water, watching the them fall in, and taking no part in the situation.


Reminds me of the customer service class for service desk personnel I just took. One of the main principles of dealing with a different client/customer is this, learning to respond rather than react. Its a principle that can easily be applied to all areas of life and I recognized that immediately. It is a very Taoist/Zen/Stoic Jedi sort of thing.

“Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.” -Zhuangzi

“Though, as the crusade presses on, I find myself altogether incapable of staying here in saftey while others shed their blood for such a noble and just cause. For surely must the Almighty be with us even in the sundering of our nation. Our fight is for freedom, for liberty, and for all the principles upon which that aforementioned nation was built.” - Patrick “Madman of Galway” O'Dell
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13 Sep 2013 23:05 #118239 by steamboat28
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Proteus, I partially disagree with your last post, but I don't think I can properly express the reason, because I'm not entirely sure what it is yet.
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14 Sep 2013 03:10 #118250 by
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Proteus, i also disagree with your last post partially because i believe it is not a good scenario for zen and apathy. Zen and apathy are still an emotional state at least that is what i believe. Zen is where you feel totally relaxed and nothing someone does or says will effect your mood it's a state of peace so to make it seem like you're just controlling how your emotions react with what is occurring is not quite right. Apathy is a lack of interest so in fact you're first scenario at least in my opinion is off since if you were in that situation you wouldn't do anything you wouldn't care what happens and it wouldn't effect your emotions in any way mostly because you're at a point where emotions for others don't matter.

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