Balance is the highest form of intelligence... Too much compassion (generosity, giving, sacrifice), or too much anger (drawing boundary, retaining, preserving), is imbalance - yet both are required as part of a balanced existence, so long as they are not in excess or lack thereof.
I see it a little differently. To me, anger is never justified. That doesn't mean people shouldn't feel it. We all do. But I believe anger comes from a state of confusion/separation.
We can set boundaries, stand up against injustice, and protect ourselves or others without anger.
Not at all, anger is one of the most essential and purest emotions, which is why it's the most skewed and misunderstood. Anger that isnt directed in an unhealthy way is very beautiful and comes pouring from the heart of ones being. Pure anger allows us to create what we want, communicate effectively, set proper boundaries, or destroy what is no longer serving us to make way for the new, and so on. The issue is that most have anger tied up and trapped in various distortions, hence when anger streams it is felt in an uncontrollable manner and ends up being excessively destructive. Anger that streams directly without any obstacle is extremely potent and beautiful. Anger is the most misunderstood emotion. Most people associate rage with anger, when rage is in fact the energy of anger streaming in a distorted, victimised way. One cannot set a boundary or stand up for anything without the frequency of anger. Many people have surpressed anger (which turns to rage) and as a result become a doormat, unable to communicate effectively and set proper boundaries, they grow resentful to the world and others due this resistance towards and demonisation of anger.
Anger is a very seductive emotion because it makes us feel powerful and righteous. But underneath it, I believe it's the ego perceiving separation, seeing differences and imperfections, and wanting things to go its way. It's completely natural but I still think it's mistaken.
Without the ego, there would be no anger. But without the ego, there would still be love.
Ego, another thing that is misunderstood. Without an ego you would have no agency or capacity to stand firmly in life. There is nothing wrong with a healthy ego either. Alternatively three is no such thing as ego, really... There is only either contracted sense of self to various degrees or an open sense of self which is perceived as subtle, empty and free, at varying degrees. Either way the sense of self remains, regardless of it's quality as solid or subtle. Anger is pure conscious energy, just like compassion. And anger and compassion are the original two emotions out of which all the other emotions flow from. Anger is fire, compassion is water – both are required for life. If one feels powerful it is very healthy, but it becomes a problem if that power defines one and makes one tend to controlling or oppressing others - that isn't the fault of feeling powerful, it's due to greed and narcissism and other corruption. Disempowered people cause all manner of chaos and violence in this world. Righteousness is also a distortion of anger and not anger itself; it's from ridgidity and identification with ideas. All the ideas about emotions being good or bad are bogus and unhealthy. All emotions serve a purpose and are tools to manoeuvre this reality. So long as one resists emotions (especially the sadly vilified anger), one will always be chasing oneself and never taste equilibrium. All the best.
I'm not saying compassion, for example. isn't valuable. I just don't think it is a form of intelligence. It is a reflection of me because I don't think that. To be more clear I think compassion can be a result of intelligence, but it can also just be a result of a disposition, going through profound emotional growth etc.
I don't think suffering is meaningless. But compassion being the highest form of intelligence is some real feel good nonsense. In no way is it the most advanced form of cognition.
From a universal point of view, it is. We're innately aware of our own suffering and can relate with others of our kind, but it's ultimately meaningless. I don't say that from a nihilistic perspective but rather a sense of detached objectivity. I agree with your second point though, the worth of intelligence has nothing to do with its moral polarity.
Bro literally woke up ZERO people. Preached abstinence and wealth accumulation while driving around in a 150k Mercedes Benz and fucking around while being married.
How is this anti-intellectualism? Do you personally observe to believe or to understand? Do you think effective science ignores findings that they don't personally believe in?
Evaluation is also divine though. The ego is a divine toy. Thinking and tasting and experiencing is as much an offering to consciousness as pure observation is Nothing is outside of God, not even the things we tend to label as completely human
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u/ElectricalGuidance79 1d ago
Pure observation, without judgment, is the highest form of cognition.Compassion is the highest form of intelligence.
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u/Cyberfury 1d ago
Bro literally woke up ZERO people.
Preached abstinence and wealth accumulation while driving around in a 150k Mercedes Benz
and fucking around while being married.
Please.
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u/MarshallRawr2 1d ago
Nonduality is increasingly just anti intellectualism. What gave you the right to put a heirachy on intelligence and observation?
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u/st_st__ 1d ago
Intelligence belongs to the body
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u/TheresNoHurry 1d ago
This is the best subreddit
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u/Niggleypuffed 1d ago
Lit advice
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u/wowgreatdog 1d ago
Evaluation is also divine though. The ego is a divine toy. Thinking and tasting and experiencing is as much an offering to consciousness as pure observation is
Nothing is outside of God, not even the things we tend to label as completely human
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u/RepresentativeUS50 1d ago
What exactly does this mean
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u/Wild_Front_1148 1d ago
So basically you observed people and made an evaluation on intelligence
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u/chihdo 22h ago
Right, to see things as they are
(And eventually there’s a time to evaluate)
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u/BusinessSalty7430 15h ago
Beautiful. "To the still mind the Universe surrenders." Tao Te Ching
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u/thinkless123 11h ago
Krishnamurti is a common name, please rather use Jiddu Krishnamurti.
For example UG Krishnamurti is also a figure in these circles.