On doing the right thing

OK I get it, whosoever reads about atheists won't believe in DIY wind generators. (Bah, 'Sumatta you people!)

"Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." (Mathew 5:10)
A note to evangelists: that doesn't mean being a pain in the ass gets you into heaven.

Righteousness is where hatred and guilt come from. It's both the cause and effect that makes a person feel that they've been treated unfairly. It's the cause because without the assumption that one is worthy of fair treatment, no resentment ensues *. Fairness presupposes a common ground or equality, but the equality has to stem from something with the ability for judgement, like not a table or lamp post. People who slam tables and punch lamp posts are usually considered to be lacking reason (and/or drunk) Or Else: they've found some kind of (maybe spiritual) connection between the animate and inanimate, so that they expect some alteration of future potential to come about (broken bones?). Never the less, it has a negative effect when observed by girls who tend to cull those people from the gene pool by their lack of attention.

There's a quality of sentience that recognizes connections. Dogs know a trustworthy person. "A skilled theologian can drink from all sides of the bowl". It discerns cause and effect, things that are relative to the topic.

Tzedaka : Jewish practice of selfless giving, without expectation of recognition or reward.

"Schizophrenics hear voices in their head", maybe a better definition might be "schizophrenics respond to voices in their head" by talking back maybe (or yelling) or locking themselves away so things the voices describe won't have a channel to manifestation. In any event, they can be suckers for manipulation because of that credulity, so they're often mistrustful. Everyone has an internal dialog, only schizophrenics give it credit for independence. But that kind of credulity is apparently everyones problem, to whit: appealing to the internal dialog is a proven selling device for influencing mass belief. (Kim ll & co, Herman Goring & co, V Putin, D Trump & co.) for example by referring to an imaginary situation as though it were real, and extending conclusions to the "real" world, which were formed from the imagined interaction. In fact, "the voices" fit the definition of gods and devils living in an unseen world, and a solution where one is saved, forgiven, damned, blessed, or shunned through the intervention of an authority, exploits emotional weakness and intervenes to give solace for a psychological framework that's inherent to most people. By "most people" I'm referring to the religious, as well as schizophrenic, and anyone who accepts social edicts from an unquestionable authority. These include military, political, educational, mafioso, and corporate authorities. On further consideration, I can't think of any one who doesn't.

Awareness which is not socially relevant is subjective by default, though it occupies the greater usage of ones mental CPU. Social awareness is built on a learned verbal description of what's important, which limits what we allow ourselves to know (learn) to mostly things which we can verbally communicate (or which voices can). Those sources (social conventions) require trusting someone else's experience over our own, and though that process is the backbone of both fundamentalism and primate society, those sources may still be in error. An irrefutable example is the process that elected Donald Trump or George Bush II. (Twice!). Other examples: Historical Figures in literature (wikipedia)

That's not saying social conventions are false, we depend on them for identity and group cohesion. Without them, music or humor wouldn't exist. But since no two people remember the same event the same way, any attempt to define events is equally open to disagreement. Some people believe that recognition of event similarity is emotional, like remembering dreams. However: objective, verifiable, "hard" information depends on another persons agreement. We look to other people to see what's true, so some information is socially recognized as being an event and some ignored. The value of information is in its usefulness to the people in communication. Everyone sees UFOs, some people see Elvis or the Blessed Virgin (because Wow, y'know), nobody sees J. Edgar Hoover even though he was an unquestionable authority at the time. Now he's a swear word.

The fall of the mighty always stems from the decay of the personality cult that put them in power, and eventually it happens (lookin at Mr. Putin, w/ glee). So now the voices tell you you're bad, there's no way to counter that except by getting a second opinion from the mass subjectivity of popular opinion. What's more, it's prudent to ask people who will support you. Who's your boss Vladmir?

* One usually doesn't begrudge a Grizzly the right to the trail except maybe in retrospect when surrounded by friends with large calibre guns. Stories do exist where the Grizzly somehow showed "kindness" or "respect". Those stories are noteworthy because they grant the Grizzly a sense of fairness, which implies righteousness. (It's petty to kill the righteous over right of way)