I’m sorry if my words were parsed as if I think that you are trying to
I didn’t feel you were adversarial at all. I just wrote “I’m not trying to persuade anyone to do anything here” because I thought it was ironic to juxtapose against some other stuff.
As for the shoggoth being a nicer guy, I feel a full exploration is beyond the scope of this post. Short answer: According to the standard dogma, insight into the nature of consciousness tends to make a person more universally compassionate. The problem is this is often exaggerated into “Awakened people are perfect”, which is untrue.
I think Romeo Stevens has a healthy perspective. If you’re curious then try it out a little and see for yourself if you like the direction things seem to be going. If not, then don’t. Either way, words can only get you so far. It’s easier to pick up a brick with your hands than to philosophize over whether it is real.
I didn’t feel you were adversarial at all. I just wrote “I’m not trying to persuade anyone to do anything here” because I thought it was ironic to juxtapose against some other stuff.
As for the shoggoth being a nicer guy, I feel a full exploration is beyond the scope of this post. Short answer: According to the standard dogma, insight into the nature of consciousness tends to make a person more universally compassionate. The problem is this is often exaggerated into “Awakened people are perfect”, which is untrue.
I think Romeo Stevens has a healthy perspective. If you’re curious then try it out a little and see for yourself if you like the direction things seem to be going. If not, then don’t. Either way, words can only get you so far. It’s easier to pick up a brick with your hands than to philosophize over whether it is real.