De Taoism. Way Beyond Seeking de Alan Watts:
So, the watercourse way is the way of Tao. Now, that seems to Anglo-Saxon Protestants, and to Irish Catholics, lazy, spineless, passive. And I am always being asked when I talk about things, «If people did what you suggest, wouldn they become terribly passive?» Well, from a superficial point of view I would suggest that a certain amount of passivity would be an excellent corrective for out kind of culture, because we are always creating trouble by doing good to other people. We wage wars for other people’s benefit and attempt to help those living in «undeveloped» counties, not realizing that in the process we may destroy their way of life. Economies and cultures that have coexisted in ecological balance for thousands of years have been disrupted all around the world, with often disastrous results.
Muy años sesenta, ¿no? Sobre todo la referencia final al mito del buen salvaje. Y aún así, dejando de lado la mitología, no parece mal consejo. ¿Se hace efectivamente el mal intentando hacer el bien? De buenas intenciones está empedrado…
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