Golden Logic

Luke 6:31
"Do to others as you would have them do to you."

Question: Why would Jesus say this?

I remember someone referencing The Platinum Rule when I was in sales, which is, iirc, "Treat others how they want to be treated." Objectively, from a reasonable human perspective, this seems like a superior rule for social interaction in general. You will have more "others" like you, and buy from you, if you follow the Platinum Rule over the Golden Rule. So I ask again: Why would Jesus say "Do to others as you would have them do to you."?

Just recently I feel as though I started to see why Jesus would say this. Imagine you have the best intentions, and you know, for a fact, how reality works. You also know that those you are surrounded by do not know. You need to choose certain instructions very carefully, and know that a greater struggle is coming than making friends. You know that at some point mankind will comprehend "The Equation." This is what I call the underlying mechanisms for exchange that must exist between self and other, regardless of arrangement. From a Christian perspective, essentially how Creation interacts with all else. Imagine mankind like an unborn fetus, within the womb of Creation, and the threshold of birth (rebirth, if you'd like), can only be crossed once The Equation is stabilized. In this image, The Equation is the birthing pains spoken of. This external field is vast and tumultuous, and Jesus knows that the only way to communicate within it, perhaps to it, is to "act." In this scenario, doing something to another is the only way to proceed, and the only way to communicate how you would like to be treated is to act how you want to be treated. You have no information about how the other wants to be treated, and presumably they began with no information regarding you either.

There is a silver lining to this, for those with eyes to see it. The Father sent his Son, to state for the record how things work. Then his Son left (twice). So, God communicated how God wanted to be treated, by word and action, and waits for The Equation to resolve before taking an additional step. This paints a simple picture, which feels nice. There is an additional lining to this however, veiled in the verse before it:

Luke 6:30
"Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back."

What if it was possible to ask for too much? The ability to comprehend all languages, to know what's in the hearts of men, overwhelming for those without a heart for God and fully matured. Personally, I imagine that Jesus would wait, until all innocence and good intention was removed from this juncture, so that the only others asking are guaranteed to be wicked, and then give them exactly what they ask for, to kick things off, in terms of crossing the threshold of The Equation and beginning the "no information: do unto others" round. One had better hope that they see Jesus again, or another who might be able to reconcile the resulting Swarm Mode, triggered by a f00lish requests, so that they can beg to have what they asked for taken back from them.

The way I picture this juncture approached is as follows:

https://songoflovepiecesofeight.blogspot.com/2024/07/gambit-of-nemesis.html?m=1

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