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Monday, October 04, 2010

Morals

Morality is based in freedom, not compulsion. This fact is why our systems of morality or ethics seem so inane, so feeble, so utterly useless. Morality is the Art of Life, not the prison thereof. Ethical conduct is a play by Racine or Shakespeare, a grand tapestry of Life, and a perfect enjoyment of mankind in the midst of mankind.

What we have is nothing but a glorified cuneiform - broken and incomplete! - from the Babylonians and those they influenced discussing the ancient balancing of accounts: whether to demand dental work for dental work, or whose bull is in whose field.

To be ethical is to be free to do those things which we desire done to us: a perfect harmonious symphony of the music of our actions, seeing our everyday lives as the works of art - the sound and the fury of color,  breath, smell, and sweat transformed into nonce musical instruments... like small french horns and trombones recreated from wire and brass to hang on Christmas trees! - that they indeed are in the eternal perspective of God.

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