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It's forbidden knowledge the people want.... It's TRUTH

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ArkonaFan 9mo ago

To seek knowledge because it is forbidden is the seeking of power for personal gain. One might do so because they are scared or to hurt the one who forbids. If you are seeking truth it doesn’t matter if the source is forbidden or not. For example I know a bit about things from esoteric sources, but I didn’t seek them for that purpose. I started because I was seeking truth about health and growing plants and came upon biodynamic farming. Now I picked up the pace when I had my girlfriends health to concern me and that wasn’t 100% altruistic. Thankfully I’ve enough discernment to have stuck primarily to sources that have ennobled my desires and now I continue to learn but less out of fear and personal gain than I started with.

Truth can be sought in every day things. A well made tool, a beautiful person, even a Disney villain who truly embodies evil and is depicted as being ultimately defeated.

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fareastrich 9mo ago

What's wrong with personal gain?

ArkonaFan 9mo ago

Depends, personal gain in order to better fulfill your purpose of serving is fine. Sometimes we need fun or pleasure for our own proper functioning. Seeking personal gain purely for our own benefit is to take from others without repayment.

Guy Swann 9mo ago

It has nothing to do with the intent of “personal gain” or what it’s for. It’s entirely about whether it is earned through trade or taken through fraud or coercion.

To personally gain, entirely for your own benefit, by doing a service for other like mowing their lawn, fixing their plumbing, or whatever. This is the very definition of helping others to help yourself. Thats what trade IS

There is trade, then there is theft. If you are voluntarily trading, there’s nothing at all wrong with personal gain. To the contrary, it’s what makes the entire economy work and why money is a tool to force people to cooperate, even those who would rather not.

ArkonaFan 9mo ago

I was referring to the seeking of knowledge because it is forbidden. That is not trade. You are not totally self seeking in “doing a service for other”. Also as I said in my first post that I was seeking that knowledge and gaining from it, but that gain wasn’t an end in itself. I bet you there are few who would openly admit that they seek wealth solely for the sake of acquiring wealth. Surely you have some purpose in life beyond that.

fareastrich 9mo ago

Sounds communist

ArkonaFan 9mo ago

I’m fine with any communist who is seeking to share what they have with others. The problem with almost every communist I’ve heard of is that they don’t want to serve, but be served.