Where do our thoughts come from?
Think of a movie. What is it? Why did you pick it? Think of a random number. What is it? Why did you pick it? Repeat this a few times. Try to really really observe where it comes from. It seems it just appears from somewhere but "ourselves", doesn't it? We might have justifications why we chose a specific movie or a number, but don't justifications come after the choice?
Aren't we just the result of bunch of "luck"? Genes and circumstances (your parents, society you were born in, people you met, experiences and accidents you went through). And isn't that and only that that shapes our actions and beliefs? And almost none of it was chosen by us. You didn't choose your neural structure, did you? What if it's true? What if we all believed that? Wouldn't we stop judging? Wouldn't that lead to understanding and compassion?
We don't need 10 commandments. We just need laws. Rapists, murderers, pedophiles still, of course, must be locked up. Until we figure out how we can fix those type of brains. And we will. It will all be fixable.
Utopia awaits once we stop judging.
Utopia awaits once we lose the notion of "self".
In her shoes I would do the same.
In his shoes I would do the same.
I am Jesus.
I am Hitler.
I am everyone who has ever lived or ever will.