If society is regarded as living body (and people as its cells), empathy can be the nervous system of this body. Any living body needs to have a nervous system that feels, measures, and communicates the pain and pleasure of different cells in the body. Imagine a person whose feet are numb and infection in the feet is not reported and felt in the brain. This may lead to amputation of the feet or death of the whole organism. Similarly, lack of empathy can have dire consequences for the society as a whole.
Nezman’s powerful imagination enables him to vicariously feel the pain an pleasures of others. For a Nezman, a beautiful society is synonymous with abundance of empathy and love.
7/11/2019
Suppressed or Guided Desires
The content of W2 (especially L1) can create such strong longing for W2 meanings that are capable of suppressing W1 body desires.
Religious or cultural indoctrination can create strong W2 desires for meaning and suppress people’s W1 body desires. Fasting, abstinence from sexual activities, or many rituals that are encouraged by some religions are instances of such.
Ideas can spread like viruses that brainwash people in order to channel, control, encourage, suppress, or eradicate their W1 body desires. Usually, the more intelligent control and channel the desires of the less intelligent. Usually promise of future social benefits or rewards of afterlife are used as justification for such sacrifices.
Religious or cultural indoctrination can create strong W2 desires for meaning and suppress people’s W1 body desires. Fasting, abstinence from sexual activities, or many rituals that are encouraged by some religions are instances of such.
Ideas can spread like viruses that brainwash people in order to channel, control, encourage, suppress, or eradicate their W1 body desires. Usually, the more intelligent control and channel the desires of the less intelligent. Usually promise of future social benefits or rewards of afterlife are used as justification for such sacrifices.
Desires Are Sacred, Getting Blind by Desires Is a Sin
Desires are sacred. Desires are crystallization, integration, and manifestation of the fundamental essence of W1 and W2 bodies. Desires are rooted in essence of things. Having desires is being alive and a path toward qualitative experiences. Desires are sacred because they provide a potential for qualitative experiences. Desires are the hidden force behind any change and creation of any new composition. Desires (rooted in W1 or W2 bodies) are so powerful that they can give direction to thoughts and actions. There are competitions between desires that root in W1 body and those of W2 body. Through proper education and conditioning, desires should be reļ¬ned and balanced between W1 and W2. For instance, having a aesthetically-pleasing body (fit and beautiful body) is a W2 desire that competes with desire to eat (or overeat) fatty delicious foods.
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