Love (yet another one)

Originally Posted by sound

If i was superwo/man, firstly I would swoop down and scoop up the litter and deposit it in the closet bin in the blink of an eye ... then I would show off my aerobatics for a bit in full view of the litterbug, then, without any warning or further ado, i would sweep him off his feet, and take him for the ride of his life, right up really high, so that he could see the bigger picture at a glance, and he would recognize where he has been, where he is now, and where he is headed ... then after a few loop the loops and gliding around on the thermal thingy i would place him back down gently on the ground, without a sound, beside the bin, ... give him a knowing grin, and then leave him 'in peace' ... :)

That is an awesome and very loving INTERVENTION. :)

Originally Posted by Topology

3Dnow,

Is love letting a child run around with a sharp knife or is love taking the knife away until the child becomes conscious enough to learn how to handle it maturely? The child of course is going to throw their tantrum to try to get their way. The person who litters in the Forrest is a child in need of maturation and education. Love intervenes, even when the person being intervened upon throws a childish tantrum in response.

You can take the knife away from the child without humiliating him.

How do you approach the guy without humiliating him?

Humiliation will not help anyone on this planet.

Originally Posted by sound

If i was superwo/man, firstly I would swoop down and scoop up the litter and deposit it in the closet bin in the blink of an eye ... then I would show off my aerobatics for a bit in full view of the litterbug, then, without any warning or further ado, i would sweep him off his feet, and take him for the ride of his life, right up really high, so that he could see the bigger picture at a glance, and he would recognize where he has been, where he is now, and where he is headed ... then after a few loop the loops and gliding around on the thermal thingy i would place him back down gently on the ground, without a sound, beside the bin, ... give him a knowing grin, and then leave him 'in peace' ... :)

Superwoman would rather give a serious answer.

(btw I am not sure that showing him the big picture at a glance is the right approach, he may have an heart attack)

Originally Posted by 3dnow

You can take the knife away from the child without humiliating him.

How do you approach the guy without humiliating him?

Humiliation will not help anyone on this planet.

It is not your intention to be humiliating. Any negative emotion generated is stemming from the other person's immaturity and needing to mature. Not being confronting of other's immaturity is an implicit acceptance and approval of it. This is called "enabling". You are also doing more harm to the other person by letting them continue to indulge in immature behavior. Damaging the environment also damages the soul by perpetuating abuse.

Greetings..

Just pick up the litter and deposit it in the nearest trash bin.. it's an opportunity for you to love the planet, and.. an opportunity for the litterer to see that is a process for harmony with nature.. even if the litterer doesn't see you pick it up, the forest is cleaner..

Be well..

Originally Posted by Topology

It is not your intention to be humiliating. Any negative emotion generated is stemming from the other person's immaturity and needing to mature. Not being confronting of other's immaturity is an implicit acceptance and approval of it. This is called "enabling". You are also doing more harm to the other person by letting them continue to indulge in immature behavior. Damaging the environment also damages the soul by perpetuating abuse.

Top, Tzu, all

I throw away my trash in the forest.

We look at each other. You say: Don't worry dude you are more important.

I probably take it back with tears in my eyes.

[sound]

Originally Posted by 3dnow

Superwoman would rather give a serious answer.

(btw I am not sure that showing him the big picture at a glance is the right approach, he may have an heart attack)

Superwoman has probably also got a super sense of humour :) ... and he may not have a heart attack ... it could be life changing in ways he could only have imagined ...

3dnow, I liked your post :). Thinking through the lense of love shows a very different picture. Many of the replies to you here are thinking with the mind, which sees things very differently. Its a square peg/round hole thing. Not to say that the mind doesnt have its uses, but seeing through the eyes of love brings healing and beauty to the world. Brings the Divine a little closer. The mind is a rationalisaing machine that divides and categorises, it works with reflections of reality, empty form.

When I want to know the truth about something, I shift to the heart, allow love energies to expand and rise, then shift myself into this love. And then I see that consciousness and feelings are the important things - in a way, I dont even see anything else. The mind is still working, to degrees, trying to grasp and understand, but it is underneath love now, working to process what the heart has already seen.

This is reflected in Islamic culture - one reason Muslims touch their head to the ground when they pray, it because this is symbolising that the mind is beneath the heart.

[sound]

So how would you deal with the scenario 3dnow has presented Rob.B?

A warm welcome to the community too by the way :)

Greetings..

Sometimes, it seems like we are so focused on symbology and symbolism that we forget how simple and efficient direct experience is..

I hear people speaking about acting from the 'heart', and i sense that this is symbolic, not a literal reference to the actual organ that pumps blood through the body, so.. i wonder about those that struggle with symbolism and its meaning, and about those that use the same symbol but for differing meanings, 'awkward'.. anyway, as long as the audience 'gets it', i suppose symbolism works..

Be well..