#i'm not a monk or theologian so take this with a chunk of salt

[synchodai]

idk who needs to hear this but i do think society at large is weirdly judgmental and my theory is that it's a religious thing. see, in my faith (chinese buddhism) there is no such thing as "good" and "bad" people, just actions that add good to the world and actions that add bad to the world. people by themselves are constantly in flux and always have the capacity to do good or bad. basically, there are no good or bad people. there are only good and bad actions. many people choose every day to do bad, and they will be doomed to turn into a sea cucumber, but a sea cucumber by itself is not a "bad" being. it can choose to do good every day and one day be a lotus flower instead.

i guess what i'm saying is you may find yourself in a circumstance where you realize in hindsight that you were acting like a dick. you've netted some bad karma and will reap the consequences of your dickishness, but doesn't mean you are fundamentally bad or need divine redemption or should be ostracized forever or whatever the other religions say. you did a dickish thing, but that doesn't mean you are a dick unless you commit to acting like a dick.