*RESPONSIBLE/*RESPONSIBILTY - also see RIGHTS, CONSCIOUS
The choice between good and evil is our own and we must take responsibility and accept its consequences. (Further, p109)
It puts the responsibility and the conducting of our lives on our own self—the responsibility is ours—no one else for us to look to or to blame for our Life. And this is what Jesus taught. His teachings as well emphasized love, which unites, over fear, which separates. Love and forgiveness begins with ‘self’ and then expands out to ‘others.’ This was, and still is, the mystery of transformed consciousness—the mysteries of our ‘kingdom within;’ the mystery of ‘self’ and ‘other.’ This then was the message that Jesus brought and taught to all that had ‘ears to hear:’ (http://www.revolutioninreligion.com/index.php?page=self-and-other)
Rank has its privileges, but also has its responsibilities.
Genesis is a story of beginnings. We can see that in Adam and Eve, humanity was starting to grow up. Huam beings cannot live in the womb forever. After their sin, we watch Adam and Eve behaving like children or young adolescents, unable to cope with their new powers and responsibilities. (Beginning, p33)
God gave not just a prohibition to eating the fruit, but a warning that we will have more responsibility and that we will find how frustrating and painful it is to be like God. God created us, gave up control, and wanted things to turn out perfectly as he will, but then sees how far short we fall. (How Good, p23-4)
Rights and responsibilities are twin aspects of every holon because every holon is a whole/part. Because human beings have relatively more depth than an amoeba, we have more rights - there are more conditions necessary to sustain the wholeness of a human - but we also have many more responsibilities. Greater rights absolutely demand relatively greater responsibilities. (Everything, p332)
Am I my brother's keeper? (Gen 4:9)
Those who have been given the grace of My knowledge will be judged heavier than those who do not have this grace. (IAM, p93)
God is responsible to sustain us (since He created us) and we are responsible to give Him thanks and praise and honor and glory (but we rarily do = irresponsible). Maybe an analogy is the sun (God) and sunbathers (we). (Randy)
God allows us to be responsible to eliminate injustice and responsible to respect goodness. (Randy)
Involvement, dependence, and relationship are for him not limitations, but the outline of his nature which right action must fill in and make perfect. RESPONSIBILITY is the price of freedom, but it is also the means by which freedom finds itself. (Paradise3, p140)
Humans avoid responsibility or accepting blame. Adam said, "It's not my fault. It's that woman you gave me". Receiving the divine solution demands the acceptance of the divine diagnosis. Arriving at the conclusion that "I am the problem ad Jesus is the solution" opens a storehouse of life-changing spiritual benefits. (Vanity, p35)
Judaism [and Christianity] is about responsibility. God gave us an amazing freedom, the freedom of choice.' (Rabbi Robert I. Rhodes, HJ 6/13/96)
If there were a devil who could do this on his own, then God would not be all-controlling and not be responsible for this suffering. If the devil needs God's permission, then God is still responsible. (Common Sense, p33)
We need to live responsibly, to put ourselves in right relationship with our selves, our neighbors, and our God. And we will find in this a joy, a freedom, and a wholeness of self that is unobtainable in any other way. (Common Sense, p231)
Knowing that you are responsible for your deeds and knowing of the ripple effect that they all set into motion, you spend more time preparing for the other side instead of just preparing for death. Those whose hearts have been awakened to God have a responsibility to share his love with others. (Awakening, p125,194)
Us having a body requires great responsibility and much suffering, and the same is true with God. (Randy)
All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts - is about responsibilty. You'll soon see that this world is but a mirror, reflecting to you what you think and do. (As a Man Thinketh)