webwizard said:
Sanity is subjective.
I am assuming that this forum defines sanity as being capable of rational thought. Inherently, it must be judged using someone's standards.
Well how about this definition of sanity - the ability to perceive objective reality. So then, rational would be defined by how close the thought is to objectivity. Because to someone who is insane, their own subjective logic and thinking is perfectly rational, but this is the "subjective" type of rationality. In our default state we're all insane, and fully under the illusion of being completely rational. So this necessitates us to first discover the objective meaning of this word, and then try to see where we are compared to objective reality.
That latter part is not to use someone else's standards. It's simply an accumulation of data and the effort of a collinear group to collect and analyze this data together, and correct one another's biases in the process. When you say "standards" here you are talking about opinion, perspective, personal world view. This is not what we care about here, this is not what we look for because this is not how objectivity is obtained. Did you ever read the opinions thread?
When you say sanity is subjective, it just looks to me like you are exhibiting the same pattern that has been pointed out earlier, an inability to acknowledge existence of facts, that everything is just a matter of perspective and different points of view, none more objective than any other.
For example when you say it is arrogant to call someone arrogant - why is that? What if they ARE arrogant? Is it arrogant to point out the truth?
ww said:
If my statements don't line up with what you have defined to be true, than look at things from a different perspective.
A few problems with this.
First, Anart did not define anything as true. She did a lot of research and collaboration with others to determine what is most likely true based on data and a and a critical analysis of this data. No making up of our own truths here.
Second, if your statements do not line up with Anart's understanding, then the *answer* is not for Anart to simply switch her perspective like a TV channel to resolve this issue. Again, you are looking at things as just a collection of arbitrary perspectives, none of which are inherently more objective. But that's simply not true. There is such thing as objectivity, and there is such thing as subjectivity, and there is such thing as "the insane think everyone else is insane".
The problem with this discussion, if you are a psychopath, is that you will be inherently unable to understand the points being made. And this may sound like a "cop out" to just end the discussion, but again, if you are a real psychopath, it's simply the way it is, there is nothing anybody could say to explain to you your own blindness because it's like explaining physical sensations to someone who has always been numb and never felt anything. Then they can say "Oh wow I am glad I don't, I never get hurt!". Pain warns you when there is a problem, and you address the problem, and you can save yourself in ways you may not immediately understand. This is why STS destroys itself in the end. What is rational about this? What is rational about a being that serves SELF to do that which destroys the self? Nothing you may say, and yet this is precisely what happens over and over and over.
So think about the universe as a giant body. Everyone is a body part. Empathy is what allows us to feel and know and care when someone else, which is another part of the universal body, hurts. Addressing this pain is important for EVERYONE. Having no ability to feel the pain of this body is going to destroy you just like being numb and not being able to feel the pain of your physical body will destroy you and everything around you. You will destroy the body, and the brain will die, and you won't even know what hit you. RA even described something similar:
RA said:
QUESTIONER: Then for the last 2,300 years you have been working to create as large a harvest as possible at the end of the total 75,000 year cycle. Can you state with respect to the Law of One why you do this?
RA: I am Ra. I speak for the social memory complex termed Ra. We came among you to aid you. Our efforts in service were perverted. Our desire then is to eliminate as far as possible the distortions caused by those misreading our information and guidance . The general cause of service such as the Confederation offers is that of the primal distortion of the Law of One, which is service. The One Being of the creation is like unto a body, if you will accept this third-density analogy. Would we ignore a pain in the leg? A bruise upon the skin? A cut which is festering. No. There is no ignoring a call. We, the entities of sorrow, chose as our service the attempt to heal the sorrow which we are calling analogous to the pains of a physical body complex/distortion.
But honestly, I think we're just going to go in circles. You're going to continue saying "If I am wrong, I will admit it, if you can just show me that I'm wrong", and we'll show you, and you'll just look at what we showed and say "Yeah uh, this is just subjective nonsense, look at my perspective instead" and we'll tell you that you're unable to understand what we're showing you, and you'll again say "No, if you would just explain to me what you mean, and I understand it, then I will admit being wrong if I really am".
Do you see the problem? You have no capability to perceive or understand this, if you are psychopath, and so it's rather pointless to run around in circles here, osit.