nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so

Not only cultural do's and don'ts but also thinking about what others will say and how they will judge our actions. I gave up thinking about what others say a long time ago. I am convinced that when others do not agree with something I say or do half the time it is because they would have wanted to do it too but daren't. I am living my life how I want to, paying for my own mistakes and resolving my own problems and reaping the benfits too. I am respectful of others and listen to what they say, even when they do not agree but I do what I want to do. I think positive even when things are not going too good and eventually they turn out better. I don't waste too much time worrying about what might be either because it might not be how I think it will be anyway and time is so short it's not worth wasting it. Life is good if we make it that way and it's up to us to do so with our own life without thinking it's bad because others suggest it might be so. Thanks for another discussion which makes us think!

I agree with William! All things are relevant. When the astronauts were going to the moon, they soon discovered there is no, 'up or down' Good and evil are two opposites that are not (any more) carved in stone. What was good a hundred years ago is bad now. Common-law Relationships used to be evil, and now even the preacher is in doing it.

yeah i agree w/ u n its not how the other ppl think as bein bad or not bad its how we htink if we're doin it n we think its bad then its bad happy lottin and have a nice day!

I like the way you think and how you stated it. People are led to believe what is right or wrong..real or not. I think as we reach a certain age,we either hold to it or decide for ourselves what we think. It's hard sometimes within culture because there is also manmade law that deters us from change. It should not be our "burden" but for a lot of people it is.

Hi, My View is quite Hazy... Seeing Ur Whole acquired wisdom...& Intellectualism,of Course! =Lahiri,Kolkata,India.

hi may be its ur opinion but its not true that nothing is good or bad.There are things which can be categorised in to good and bad,evil is evil.whatever ur thinking is but terrrism,disrespect,inhumanity,murders cruelty etc their are many things which are bad means bad

You are absolutly right. There are nothing you can say Good or bad. All are tangible. can change any time. what we can gurantee in this life to keep in iternally? nothing .... even our individual can control own life most of the time, so how can we find the good and bad.. I think the way makes focus change your life.. focus is the main crucial thing. if you use the whole thing for good focus in right time you will get advantage without good or bad.

Hi krajibg, That is one of my favorite quotes from William Shakespeare and I've always felt that he was right. If we look at history we realize that every age has its own ideas of good and bad, right and wrong. Of course we don't have to go that far, we can just look at the different cultures in the world today, even within each culture. One person believes that abortion is right, another is adamant that it is wrong. Someone believes that it is their duty to take their children to church and teach them about their parents faith, to them this is a good thing which they are very proud off. Another will disagree feeling that it is very bad to indoctrinate children when they are at such an impressionable age and that everyone should make such decisions only as adults. The great masters of all times have understood this but their followers have almost always got it wrong. When Jesus talked about forgiving our enemy, I'm sure he understood that holding a grudge will make a person ill. The commandment to keep one day out of seven as a day of rest was made by someone who understood that everyone needs some time to recuperate and not because "God said so", although telling people that was the only way that it would work. People often speak of good and bad weather meaning sunshine as good weather and precipitation as bad, but wouldn't rain be good if we were experiencing a rash of forest fires? Thanks for this discussion. Blessings.

It is all a matter of perception I guess. I particularly like Dr Wayne Dyer's book "Your Erroneous Zones". In it he states that we can all control our feelings by controlling the thoughts that precede them; it is not the event, but what you tell yourself about the event. Dr Dyer says,” The essence of greatness is the ability to choose personal fulfilment where others choose madness". The book has radical ideas in it and certainly we don't want to strive for happiness by being in total denial over negative events, as an example the terrible bushfires in Australia are a bad event and no amount of thought processing will change that but I guess we can now try and see whatever positive has come of this disaster, the good is hard to see and it's very small but if we look hard enough we'll see there is some positives there such as the way people have come together to help each other. Dr Dyer talks about the “shoulds” in the world in the chapter titled Breaking The Barrier of Convention which deals with the principles of right and wrong. He says the concept of right and wrong are universal “shoulds” and that equating right as good and wrong as bad is nonsense; there is no right or wrong just differences and in my opinion it is what makes the world wonderfully complex and diverse. So to a certain extent it is true that there is no good and there is no bad, it just is and it's whatever judgement we place on it that it will make it so.

I think you really have a point in what you said. But I just want to make it better in my own opinion so that we could insert some "very important exemptions." I agree that it just depends on how people think when we categorize things as good or bad. But there is one great act that I think all people accept as bad. That is none other than to kill without any valid reason. If you will be killed instantly and intentionally just for the sake of killing of course you will get mad and nobody wants that to happen. So in general killing is bad. There are also some things done that are generally considered good like giving food to the hungry and helping people in emergencies. Mostly are life-related issues that define good things and bad. But in most cases I do agree that bad and good things were just based on how people think or react to those situations. I need not to cite any examples anymore because it has been the rest of what we do. Some may say it is good and some may classify it as bad. It is all in the mind.

Hello my friend krajibg Ji, Well, I do not deny about great person William Shakespeare Ji. What he said is true. But I wish to analyse one burdon, out of your description 'Culture'. We are to follow our culture, which (as per You), should not be a burdon. I think, if somebody goes out of cuture, on emay loose one's identity. Think about our body, as and when we get sick, our blood, Urine, spootum, salava etc are tested only for 'CULTURE'. In case if found wrong, they are corrected by medicines and one becomes fit. Now, it is purely Natural. So it may not be taken as burdon, but remain as essentials of all human-beings. may god bless you and have great time.

Yes I agree with you .But I must to say life isn't fair .It's a bummer , but it's absolutely true.

The opinion what you have is really good. in our daily life we have both good and bad. the good and bad that can be decided by thinking about the incident. if we think every thing as a positive in our life there is no bad things. think positive and make your life happy.

hai frien, i did not know much this world but whatever i know and learnt from this world that whatever ur heart feel and u like ,just do it.so i never think wat is bad and what is right.i did ,do and will do that my heart say and my internal concious will allow me.