What good have you done as a Human Being?

[trustt]

Here are a couple of things i would want to do.
1) Teach the people of the third world about not urinating in public places.
2) I would be happy if i can change people's mindset on Racism, hatred of fellow men ...

[No sketch]

1) The title of this thread should be "what good deeds do you want to do as a human?"

2) I want to share the clarity of life through the beauty of music.

[Dread_Lord]

Originally Posted by trustt

Here are a couple of things i would want to do.
1) Teach the people of the third world about not urinating in public places.
2) I would be happy if i can change people's mindset on Racism, hatred of fellow men ...

What a coincidence, I try to do the same things when I can.

[ChickenOfDoom]

I would convince some people to pay attention to what matters to them when making decisions.

[Defect]

define "good."

[fretbuzz]

This thread is flawed. Just think about your title, man. It doesn't make any rational sense.

[lostmyface]

i helped to rebuild houses in mississippi after hurricane katrina

i volunteer at my local salvation army on the holidays

i send books to prisoners an write letters to them

i work with my campus sierra club to raise awareness on mountaintop removal an recycling.

[Lord. Better Than You]

I hope to cure all knowns diseases.

Discover a clean, safe, sustainable source of energy with absolutely no flaws.

Discover a way of managing the global average temperature.

Move the world with my music by being in a succesful rock/power-pop group that the whole family can enjoy.

Totally eliminate poverty.

And finally, locate a rainbow with children of every race and nationality then get them all to stand under it while I watch thinking "god damn, what a wonderful world."

MWAH XXXX

[JustAnotherAsshole]

I stretch my money every Christmas as much as possible to give to the poor and homeless.

That's it, really.

[ArmsMerchant]

Originally Posted by No sketch

1) The title of this thread should be "what good deeds do you want to do as a human?"

.

A few big problems with that "good deeds" trip. Who defines what is good? In Nazi Germany, it was a good deed to turn your Jewish neighbor in to the Gestapo. To the Inquisition, it was a "good deed" to torture a heretic to death in order to save his or her soul. Righteousness all too quickly and easily slips into self-righteousness. I will say this--if you want to change the world, change yourself.

To me and those others who espouse the Perennial Philosophy, the main goal and end of life is to achieve unitive knowledge of the Divine Ground of existence. No doing of good deeds is required--just purity of heart and poverty of spirit.

Someday you will realize that your soul is not about doing--it is about being. Given that life is eternal, what one does or does not do in any single lifetime is of little consequence in the long run.