Chapter 4 pt. 1
The Rule of Benedict September 18
Numbers 10-13 provide a fascinating commentary on number 9. Our culture generally conceives of the golden rule with regard to simple pleasure or pain: "I don't want to feel pain, so I won't cause it in others," but Benedict prescribes a treatment of the self that is difficult and unpleasant in the service of transformation. So perhaps I should ask myself the question, "which me does not want to be treated in such a such a way," when considering my actions towards others. Do I want to be transformed, or do I want simply to feel pleasure and not pain? How does this effect my practice of the golden rule?
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