Clyde G. is a respected thinker and Neo-Buddhist who has been acknowledged for his ability to ask questions going to the heart of issues regarding metaphysical models of reality.
Dan;
You are standing or sitting or reclining or whatever, but you are never “not doing”.
Do no harm,
clyde
clyde
Clyde,
I suppose one could say: Half a truth is better than no truth at all.
What you say is true, however, one has the free will to both choose which actions one will or will not take. Ther are more potential actions one can take than actions one takes.
As such one is as responsible for the actions one does not take as for the actions one takes.
You say: “I can understand transmigration (metaphorically) as the eternal continuity of the consequences of our actions.” So the something personal is our action; that was born because it came into existence with our doing, and would live eternally because the consequences are endless'
If such is the case than the following is just as true: So the something personal is also our failure to act; that was born because it came into existence due to our 'not doing', 'not acting', 'looking away', 'ignoring'..., and would live eternally because the consequences are endless.
Case in point: WWII genocide of priests, jews, gypsies, physically disfigured, mentally challenged, homosexuals, 12 million entities of consciousness... all because good men did nothing.
One may always 'be doing' but that does not mean one is 'not doing'.
One is responsible for two actions: what one 'is' doing and what one 'is not' doing because one choses not to do it.
Too often we forget the second half regarding where our responsibilities lie. Too often we embrace the first half of truth - we are responsible for what we choose 'to do' - and look away from the other half of truth, namely: we are responsible for what we choose 'not to be doing'