From: Horse (horse@darkstar.uk.net)
Date: Mon Oct 21 2002 - 23:12:03 BST
Hi Darrell
On 20 Oct 2002 at 22:29, Oldehippie1947@aol.com wrote:
>
> Horse,
>
> The difference between judging the value of another human being and merely using a process of
> listening that understands that the best we can do when communicating with others, (and I use
> this in it's broadest sense), is to achieve a compassionate misunderstanding.
Er... how so? Could you expand on this?
> It is an awareness
> that you can't judge a book by it's cover and a thousand more trite sayings on this subject. The
> problem with explaining this is that until you see it you have no idea what it looks like and even
> that there is a place for such a thing.
Are you saying that we can experience the inner feelings and motivations of others? If
so then how is this possible? Unless we can become another person and experience
what they experience what extra knowledge do we attain and how do we attain it.
Is there some other means of gaining knowledge of the world that doesn't involve
experience in some form.
Horse
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