an ethical universe?

     Humans have been civilizing themselves steadily for a few thousand years now. I think most can agree that we are all one species and therefore biologically similar. In this was I am saying that, although physical differences develop, for example height, weight, skin color, etc., the mental and emotional capacity of humans is biologically similar around the world. We all have moms and dads, we all celebrate something, everybody eats, everybody sleeps, and everybody dreams....for the most part.

             Now with that in mind, lets talk about universal ethics. I do not believe this means we live in an ethical universe, or one that "works out for the better." The universe simply is. Ethics is a thing that humans recognize to exist inside this universe. All humans can recognize ethics. Although there are between seven to eight billion perspectives on this subject, all humans are biologically equipped to be mentally capable of handling the responsibility of sensible decisions.

     We all want to be comforted. It is very comforting to think that if we are "good people," then by living a good life through compassion then one can limit the harm to come in ones path, since one does no harm in the first place. It is this way the Buddhist seeks prosperity. But I believe that this mentality is rooted in fear and forces one to limit ones life and stifle urges due to emotional indecision surrounding impulses. Ethics need to be flexible in the situation in order to be practical.

    Christianity and Catholicism exists as more comfort oriented religion than basic Buddhism. This not to say one is better, for judgement is wrong , but that all religion is rooted in fear. The Bible though has more regards for neighbors and extended family. But that could possibly be because Christianity developed out of crowded cities, and Buddhism never needs to micromanage, at least in my opinion. But we are all human. We all have families. We are all biologically similar. It makes sense that similar ethics globally make sense, since only humans make sense of it anyways!