"If there is any peace it will come through being, not having."
-Henry Miller
Peace and Love
2006-12-06 04:58:35 · 7 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
it means that who you are is more important than what you have
2006-12-06 05:01:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you think that how we should live has anything to do with human happiness, then science can help us measure the amount of human suffering and/or happiness that a life choice will provide. The only problem I have with this formulation is that it suffers all the problems that any form of utilitarianism has also suffered. Mr. Harris book does not address this issue and he assumes the utilitarian view point. I wonder how he would answer the problems raised by questions of Justice. I certainly don't think that religion helps solve this set of problems, but I am pretty sure that Justice and Goodness will not as easily fit his empirical method. I am also sure that these ideas are part of human virtue.
2016-05-23 01:08:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One aspect of this quote that I find interesting is that it doesn't necessarily assume the possibility of peace. Most people talk about this and that path to peace, so it's interesting to hear someone suggest that peace might be unattainable. I see this as an individualist point of view, that peace cannot be found externally. However, I could see how others would interpret it differently.
2006-12-06 05:36:05 · answer #3 · answered by Phil 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I take being to mean, being who you truly are, 1st realizing you are a son of God, and then living your life to fulfil that potential, being a Son of God, means attaining or having those things of spiritual value and not the things of the the world. Peace "not as the world giveth, but as I give unto you" That was Jesus the Christ. He gives us peace, because His Sacrifice gives us the chance/opportunity to turn away from our sins and be forgiven and cleanse in order to fulfill our potential as sons and daughters of God.
2006-12-06 05:10:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure, never heard it before. Perhaps, it means being, in Christ, having joy beyond our circumstances and not having peace in having our material possessions. Again, I am not familiar with the quote or the person.
2006-12-06 05:05:00 · answer #5 · answered by sheepinarowboat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is implication of not attaining peace in this quote. Therefore it suggests one is just accepting the fact and living with it..The value is acceptance.Therefore, it's more important who you are than what you have....peace and love....me
2006-12-07 15:38:07 · answer #6 · answered by silhouette 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me it means each person must look inward and seek to understand himself before he can reasonably take external considerations into account in setting his individual moral compass.
2006-12-06 05:11:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋