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Jainisms logo makes it a barrier to entry for many in the West. I'm surprised they don't rebrand. For me consciousness means more about actually making a choice

Jainisms logo makes it a barrier to entry for many in the West. I'm surprised they don't rebrand. For me consciousness means more about actually making a choice. You can be aware but unconscious. I guess this is where 'woke' comes from. Choice is a byproduct of your moral framework and if this is dictated to you then maybe you are not conscious? There are stages of awareness. You can pluck a string at it will vibrate. Arrange several in accordance with each other and you have an instrument. We ourselves are like instruments in that respect. You press our keys (senses) and things start to vibrate and reverberate. (yup i'm ripping Diderot). But I do feel strongly that all thought is just a diff between world states. I don't find anything particular profound about it. Western religions deprive animals of consciousness to feel better about eating them.

7402 8y ago
> Jainisms logo makes it a barrier to entry for many in the West. Are people confused about this statement? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika - "The swastika is a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon in the cultures of Eurasia, used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions. In the Western world, it was a symbol of auspiciousness and good luck until the 1930s, when it became a feature of Nazi symbolism as an emblem of Aryan race identity and, as a result, was stigmatized by association with ideas of racism and antisemitism."
- siedes 8y ago
  2020 Neo-nazi Goals: Turn Google logo(or anything they don't like) into a symbol of hate speech and everyone just goes with it since they can't think further than "bad man do x, x bad"