Comments on: Our current neglect of Law

By: “It strikes me as a civilized way to protest uncivilized acts.” | People v. State

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:44:00 +0000

[…] the way, I had meant on “Tax Day” to promote again, as I have before, The Picket Line blog by David Gross, whose “Don’t Owe Nothin’” method of […]

By: “Thou art the I in Me” | People v. State

“Thou art the I in Me” | People v. State — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:49:30 +0000

[…] title of this post was taken, which was influenced by Jacob Boehme (who also strongly influenced William Law) and especially by Eckhart, and which (surprisingly enough) received the imprimatur of the Roman […]

By: “Avenge not yourselves, for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I Will repay, saith the Lord.” | People v. State

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:12:28 +0000

[…] next few posts is share some things I’ve been reading about religion that seem right to me. In this recent post I recommended, on the authority of Albert Jay Nock and Aldous Huxley, two works by William Law, The […]

By: Norm Pattis

Norm Pattis — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:43:25 +0000

Great read.

P.S. Screw the insiders; the view from without is always better

By: John Kindley

John Kindley — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:29:39 +0000

In reply to Atticus. Well said. I suppose it's all too possible to judge others too harshly for judging others too harshly. One of the worst things about the seemingly dispassionate cruelty and favoritism that characterizes government is the passionate bitterness it engenders in those who behold its works.

By: Atticus

Atticus — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:37:25 +0000

Yes, political leaders and lawyers and judges are of lower character than the general population. Especially judges. The seemingly obligatory vilification of criminals by the judge when they are sentenced is largely psychological projection.

Yet like sin, government is with us always. The world we are in exists, meaning it moves and changes and goes in this direction or that. Perfection, where none of that occurs, is both intellectually mandatory and practically elusive. Life is where the struggle between the perfect and “what is” takes place.

One rule, then, it to judge neither yourself nor others too harshly. This is not the same as having no standards at all; it’s just a concession to the human condition, and a recognition that to some degree we are all in the same boat.

You might like Kierkegaard. Especially the Philosophical Fragments, the Concluding Unscientific Postscript. Either/Or. The Sickness Unto Death. Fear and Trembling.