Posted: Apr 21, 2017 2:56 pm
SpeedOfSound wrote:John Platko wrote:
Well - that's a start. Now tell us about something else you can't imagine. Tell us about the God you can't imagine.
Also the charges in the universe appear to balance so there is no net positive charge.
My "positive force" is not the same thing as positive charge. My positive force drives Dissipative Adaptation .
Also if cosmologists like Krauss are right the whole universe adds up to zero energy then gravity has to be considered a negative force.
Well on the off chance that Krauss is right I suggest you don't pray to gravity. (Platko's Wager)
Last night in a group I attend, and earlier with my mentor, the subject of this positive force and doing good kept getting tossed around. I have this concern over how it was decided that good is the positive direction toward which I should goal. I don't like arbitrary things like that. Do you know what I am talking about here?
Is it enough that it just makes me happier overall to do it that way?
I can't speak for what is right for you but I find that I'm not much good, certainly not at my best, when I'm unhappy. The most positive thing I've ever found in being unhappy is that it pushes for change - although not always positive change.
For me, this idea of a positive force, doing good, means helping someone or something grow - maybe myself. Whether or not someone is happy during that process depends on the perspective they take about change and growth. It could make them happy or miserable. If I was growing but long term miserable I would think I should try another direction of growth. I don't find long term unhappiness positive. But if I were happy and not being destructive, I might just stop for a while and enjoy.
That's probably not much help but, there is a certain amount of arbitrariness around what to help grow - it's a choice. It's a lot less arbitrary if you're actually helping something grow or helping it decline - you can see the results.