Counintuitive Video Question - Rules = Freedom vs Trascendent Morality

[kieranperez]

@Leo Gura I was a bit stuck here. You said rules = freedom and you brought up the whole gun example which I agree with but at the same time my mind was connecting that to the problems of rules and morals to begin with and how we actually need to be pursuing trascendent moraltiy which is morality through no moral rules at all since rules stunt true genuine motives to flourish. 

Is there a piece of this I’m missing or is this just one of those paradoxes that I need to learn to grapple with?

Edited December 2, 2018 by kieranperez

[Leo Gura]

@kieranperez Rules trade certain freedoms for others.

Rules are important for a society to function, but also rules must be well selected and you must understand why the rule was created.

There is a big difference between following rules consciously vs unconsciously.

And rules in society are much more appropirate than a rule-based personal morality. Your personal morality should not be rule-based but heart and consciousness centered.

[kieranperez]

35 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

@kieranperez Rules trade certain freedoms for others.

Rules are important for a society to function, but also rules must be well selected and you must understand why the rule was created.

There is a big difference between following rules consciously vs unconsciously.

And rules in society are much more appropirate than a rule-based personal morality. Your personal morality should not be rule-based but heart and consciousness centered.

What about spiritual communities and monasteries and ashrams? Are those different since the rules involve heart and conscious centered moral objectives and rules? Such as going to an ashram and following yamas and niyamas?

Sounds like transcendent morality is more of a personal evolution in that we need to accept and love reality but it would still help if we set out certain ideals, even if they are arbitrary in the end. And also understanding why we select those certain to begin with.