KarthusMeanor Posted February 5, 2012 How much is one worth? How does one determine the value of life? Or the value of any life? There are so many people out to make a quick buck, it is often to determine what is real and what is just being peddled off. Why does info even = money ever? We create walls to barricade ourselves in a divisive manner, perpetuating unknowing while condoning the cacophony that is belief. Get a clue people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Friend Posted February 5, 2012 If you want something and others want or need it and it is difficult to attain then it valuable in the eyes of society. By bargaining with others is to find out how much the other want or need to give or take. Indeed there are things which are a bit crazy like giving Beyonce 300 Million for a show. Say are 10Millions not enough? Do one eat so much worth of 10 Millions. And 300 Millions? Well its good for Botox to freeze the face and make a new bossom to have greater back pain when wearing these high heels and buying a new yacht. This amounts are insane. There should be an upper limit for money value. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Protector Posted February 6, 2012 Who do you think you're talking to 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KarthusMeanor Posted February 6, 2012 I'm typing to just whoever is reading. Are you talking to anyone? If you're asking because you wanna "hook-up" then just say that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Protector Posted February 6, 2012 It just seems like a silly thing to write on a forum where a bunch of super humans meet 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KarthusMeanor Posted February 6, 2012 Brazen is my middle name, I fear non. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Encephalon Posted February 6, 2012 Get a clue people. You first. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KarthusMeanor Posted February 6, 2012 Got any idea's where to start? (cluelessly) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KarthusMeanor Posted February 6, 2012 Something interesting about Karma is that even malicious intent that fails still bring ramifications even thought it does not affect or effect the one it was directed towards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RiverSnake Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) One of my teachers in school is a Jain nun and i remember her say that in Jainism even if an ascetic is attacked he won't fight back because he values his spiritual evolution more than his physical body...if he fights back he will just accrue bad karma...he rather die and be reborn with a better chance for self-realization. They are looking at a bigger life-time after lifetime picture and therefore prescribe value a lot differently than most people. What is valuable is relative to the individual. Edited February 6, 2012 by OldGreen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Friend Posted February 6, 2012 One of my teachers in school is a Jain nun and i remember her say that in Jainism even if an ascetic is attacked he won't fight back because he values his spiritual evolution more than his physical body...if he fights back he will just accrue bad karma...he rather die and be reborn with a better chance for self-realization. Rumi says "What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl". Me says: "I never seen a oyster able to run away..." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RyanO Posted February 6, 2012 One of my teachers in school is a Jain nun and i remember her say that in Jainism even if an ascetic is attacked he won't fight back because he values his spiritual evolution more than his physical body...if he fights back he will just accrue bad karma...he rather die and be reborn with a better chance for self-realization. They are looking at a bigger life-time after lifetime picture and therefore prescribe value a lot differently than most people. What is valuable is relative to the individual. Jainism is really cool. As far as I can tell it's the least hypocritical of the so called "right-handed" spiritual paths. I really respect it for this reason. It's actually surprising to me that it's even been able to survive in this inherently competitive world of ours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Birch Posted February 6, 2012 Profitable to private or public interests? I didn't work on the numbers but I thought they might include: Public - taxes raised minus burden on public services - x lifespan and degradation factor (mental and physical health) - x child producing factor - x child education/raising factor Private - interest raised on loans (like mortgages and credit) - profits on purchases of services and goods - product advertising to others (word of mouth) I'm sure those numbers are already out there. I do wonder whether I have been deemed profitable or not and by whom exactly. I'd like to consider value as something else. Can't buy all of it, like good health for example but can buy some contributing factors, like food for example. Does that mean profits should or shouldn't be made on things that contribute to value? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mokona Posted February 7, 2012 Brazen is my middle name, I fear non. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted February 7, 2012 my thought...how does one quantify as yet unrealized potential? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Green Tiger Posted February 7, 2012 I know I'm worth at least one camel . . . maybe even two! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan Posted February 7, 2012 My value is equal to the quality of life that i am able to improve over time. I'll give you a figure after im dead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Birch Posted February 8, 2012 My value is equal to the quality of life that i am able to improve over time. I'll give you a figure after im dead. I agree these are two different (although hideously enmeshed at present IMO/IME) things. Value and Money = different. ---opinion alert--- Anyway, I thought I'd mention the numbers because they are out there and they seem to have quite some influence on what people can or cannot achieve in this lifetime. If you start with 'education' for example. To whom does 'chemistry' belong? Yeah I'm in a mood to beg the question a la Mitt or whoever does that. The answer is 'no-one'. So why are students being asked insane $$$ to get taught it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Informer Posted February 8, 2012 Haha, no, I'm a student if I have to be anything Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fallintounity Posted February 8, 2012 It just seems like a silly thing to write on a forum where a bunch of super humans meet Amen! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KarthusMeanor Posted February 8, 2012 Amen! Hardly worried your pitiful magic could begin to penetrate into this being. You must be confusing me with others, I am THE badass. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustARandomPanda Posted February 8, 2012 ROFLMAO!!! OMG I love that pic! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
