Living in accordance with Asha

Exactly!!!
In other words: Zarathushta is concerned with our freedom to DEFINE who we are. And then reminds us that what we think, what we say, and what we do ARE what we are when combined. The definition of who we are only gets meaning by being LIVED precisely as such. We programme ourselves to be who we have chosen to be, that is precisely what Zoroastrian meditation is all about. This is what living in accordance with asha is all about.
Ushta
Alexander

2009/5/25 Special Kain

Please bear in mind that Zarathushtra was concerned with the freedom to do something (which is directed at the future), rather than the freedom from something (which is directed at past events).

--- irisfilpot schrieb am Mo, 25.5.2009:

Von: irisfilpot

Betreff: [Ushta] Re: Building communities
An: Ushta@yahoogroups.com
Datum: Montag, 25. Mai 2009, 2:26

Hi
OK. Thank you.

--- In Ushta@yahoogroups. com, Special Kain wrote:
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> There are situations where considering future ramifications is necessary and there are other situations where it isn't necessary.
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> --- irisfilpot schrieb am So, 24.5.2009:
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> Von: irisfilpot
> Betreff: [Ushta] Re: Building communities
> An: Ushta@yahoogroups. com
> Datum: Sonntag, 24. Mai 2009, 20:50
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> Hi
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> >>And we can't be held responsible for anything that happens, because the world out there is far too complex, so many things will happen that are beyond our control. All you can do is to have good intentions and choose wisely.
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> What you are referring to is a mystical universe<<
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> No not a mystical universe. I am asking if as an individual to be of the Good Mind also means taking into CONSIDERATION the POSSIBLE future ramifications of their own actions or if they only take into consideration the present moment. (I think this is more of a practice question.)
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> Using for an example, ecological concerns or city planning. We don't waste water now so future generations will have some. That would be taking into consideration the future ramifications of a said action of right now.
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> --- In Ushta@yahoogroups. com, Special Kain wrote:
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> > Dear Iris,
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> > Anything we do affects the future to a certain extent, whether one chooses to be one with Asha, a hysterical slave to Mohammed, a decent rocket scientist or a porn star. It doesn't make any difference. And we can't be held responsible for anything that happens, because the world out there is far too complex, so many things will happen that are beyond our control. All you can do is to have good intentions and choose wisely.
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> > What you are referring to is a mystical universe in which one only has to be one with a transcendental force and everything would automatically (or, rather, mysteriously) turn out right. This is New Age esotericism that didn't exist 3700 years ago. Zarathushtra was much more pragmatic. He was a social reformer and a civilizationist, not a fancy wizard.
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> > Ushta,
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> > Dino