Oct 3 Chapter 4

What interest me in this chapter was the Leagalist Answer to the problem of disorder. I agree with the idea of high rewards and quick and heavy punishments. I was hoping to read stuff like, lose a hand for stealing or whipped in public for littering.  It was so short that it went right into the 10 thinkers which I can see have all good points of key ideas which I favor the "Christianity as a religion for all: salvation through faith in Jesus Christ"  As for the Confusion thinking I like the moral living.  It just brings out a bit of negativity when I think some people in the Bay Area have a broken moral compass.  So many people here lack the respect for others.  The Budda saying "sufferng and the end of suffering" makes me think that suffering is a good thing.  We all go though some type that we need to deal with. I think of it as we all pay taxes and some people complain that they pay too much.  The same person can change their thinking a different way like, I'm so bless to make more than enough so that I can pay these taxes to help better our community.  The thoughts about karma is cool because I believe in it.  I don't stress in life the jerks liv
ing around us.            

Serving is different from helping and fixing reading from awakin.org was a short article.  I agree with the difference in so many ways.  Helping and fixing seems more like doing a deed for someone that is broken or less adequate. I also think attitude is a factor.  An example is a person with a flat tire stopped and not fully clear of the flow of traffic that it's causing a delay in traffic. A driver might stop behind the car and offers to help.  The driver of the first car gets upset by saying "You can't park there. My girlfriend is coming to help me and you are in her parking spot!" I see myself as a servant than a helper.  If I was the helper I might have become offended since it's nobody's parking spot on the road and you're the jerk for not moving out of the driving lane but as a servant I would have thought at least I tried to be of service.  A few more feet of driving on flat tire will not only allow other cars to drive by safely but is also safer when you actually change the tire since you are out of the driving lane.                                          

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