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Harper · 11-03-2008, 12:17 PM

Gregor, let me congratulate you on your passion! Fantastic & inspiring- I know that you were blown away on the other thread about proportions and clues left by the designers of the anti-gravity machine, I was too as I have heard that how the pyramids were built, but that's not important now anyway. I wish I had your aptitude for maths, lucky fella. .........So as there are a lot of very interesting posts here one can only assume that you are all bright sparks. So this story has haunted me since I heard it and I will be very brief but if anyone had time to offer their opinion I would indeed be grateful - even if I disagree :-)

This maybe a herman hesse or primo levi story but can't recall exactly right now.

A worker of some sort in a concentration camp in germany during WWII, risked his life everyday to bring food to one of the men detained in the camp and essentially saved this man's life. The man survived and many years later returned from the US to Germany to find his saviour to thank him, he found him. The man old by now had practically no memory of what he had done, or if he did he had no interest at all and was not one bit impressed in the former detainee's gratitude. The former camp victim was left cold and disappointed by the experience.
So if lets say the saviour in this story just by rote did the right thing everyday by bringing him food, but essentially did not care about this man at all BUT did save his life, what kind of an act is this? You could not call it love in action or could you? Could it be an inate ability to know what is the is right thing to do, whilst perhaps hating this jewish man in the camp-- I mean he was working there but may not have had a choice in the manner.

Anyway I wonder what you all think?

Thank you arcora for begining this post and I do appreciate what you say even if I do not agree with every little aspect, I do not agree principally as I am in a state of huge confusion at the moment and do not want to appropriate any new "beliefs" till I know where I am.

Thanking you
g

11-03-2008, 12:17 PM	#15
Harper Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Paris Posts: 467	Re: 2 misconceptions Gregor, let me congratulate you on your passion! Fantastic & inspiring- I know that you were blown away on the other thread about proportions and clues left by the designers of the anti-gravity machine, I was too as I have heard that how the pyramids were built, but that's not important now anyway. I wish I had your aptitude for maths, lucky fella. .........So as there are a lot of very interesting posts here one can only assume that you are all bright sparks. So this story has haunted me since I heard it and I will be very brief but if anyone had time to offer their opinion I would indeed be grateful - even if I disagree :-) This maybe a herman hesse or primo levi story but can't recall exactly right now. A worker of some sort in a concentration camp in germany during WWII, risked his life everyday to bring food to one of the men detained in the camp and essentially saved this man's life. The man survived and many years later returned from the US to Germany to find his saviour to thank him, he found him. The man old by now had practically no memory of what he had done, or if he did he had no interest at all and was not one bit impressed in the former detainee's gratitude. The former camp victim was left cold and disappointed by the experience. So if lets say the saviour in this story just by rote did the right thing everyday by bringing him food, but essentially did not care about this man at all BUT did save his life, what kind of an act is this? You could not call it love in action or could you? Could it be an inate ability to know what is the is right thing to do, whilst perhaps hating this jewish man in the camp-- I mean he was working there but may not have had a choice in the manner. Anyway I wonder what you all think? Thank you arcora for begining this post and I do appreciate what you say even if I do not agree with every little aspect, I do not agree principally as I am in a state of huge confusion at the moment and do not want to appropriate any new "beliefs" till I know where I am. Thanking you g