(03-21-2012, 06:21 PM)Pickle Wrote: Think of the implications. No matter what you do, it serves somebody. And no matter who you serve, it ripples to everybody. No matter how self serving you try to be, it still serves someone somewhere.
What you are saying is true in the span of eternity. Of course everything serves the all, how can it not?
But in the here and now, a statement like that could easily justify some awful things, and possibly confuse someone who really wants to serve others in their choice of polarity, and direct them to "absorb" rather than "radiate".
Statements like something done " for their own good" , and "the ends justify the means" come to mind.
A big picture perspective is helpful in some situations, like in finding love for Hitler, but a grounded, here and now perspective is much more helpful for the fool's journey.