the psycho and the Self--Good & Evil Etc.

[Guest guest]

You ask both wise and essential questions. I think your analysis

reveals a good grasp of the discussions and the nature of existence.

Now, to suggest answers...

(not that anyone can really answer what really ends up being your duty to discover in your own life)

First, in the non-duality model, we cannot assign such terms as "good

and evil." I personally have no disagreement with your descriptions,

and personally use the same valuations in regualr converation.

However, for the sake of understanding the non-duality model, we must

cast aside the notions of "those whom" as "opposed to we who" as this

suggests duality. All consciousness, all things that have existence

are part of one super state of balanced non-duality. There are fluxs

of negative and positive energy, flowing in and out of the web of the

cosmos, else nothing would enter into existence or flow out of

it...there could not be creation or disintegration without these

forces. On a personal level, we would view the disintigration as

"negative" and the creation as "positive" but even atoms are made of

both positive and negative sub-particles, and without both, the atom

would not exist.

On another level, the question of "does the evil doer have knowledge

of their own evil, or does the ignorant person commit evil deeds and

are they held responsible?" well, that is interesting. A child who

kills a pet out of malicious intent we would call evil, a child who

kills a pet through ignorant actions we would call "dumb or

thoughtless" and a child who kills a pet by accident (maybe not even

aware it was where it was) we would call "blamesless or tragic."

However, the pet is still dead, as Ambrose Bierce would have said,

and from its perspective none of these states of "intent or

knowledge" alter its own experience one whit.

But for humans, Intent seems a big thing. It's always used as our

"out." "I didn't know..." :I did not mean to..." "If I had

known..."

Do you see where I am going? I do not personally think that the

"universe" cares about our intent. I think our own consciousness

does care, however. Our own sense of being right with our inner

spirit depends on this. So, perhaps, on a level of spiritual

development, intent is far more important than action. But, in the

universe, where things exist, action is far more important than

intent. Things get done by action, not by intent. Buildings are

built and bridges blown up by action, not by intent.

So, why is there evil? Or what we would deem to be "evil?" I think

of "evil" as profound defects in the programming. Information that

has lost a few too many "bits" and now it crashes or attempts to

crash the programs that are meant to run harmoniously. But, "true

evil" in contrast to just "forces in opposition" is relatively rare,

and even less likely to be total and pure. Of course, the same could

be said for "goodness."

If we meditate and arrive at a more harmonious state of personal

existence can it make the world around us better? I believe so. Can

it stop evil? No, errors keep cropping up. Can an evil person be

redeemed? Not since they closed down the Blue Chip Stamp Redemption

Center, I am afraid. (just kidding) Maybe. Not usually. Not by

any easily applied method---else it would be done already by those

Non-Dual Experts who see all as "Perfect--you just don't know it

yet."

What these Schools of Thought provide is a path of self exploration

and personal development. If we can find states of peace and

harmony, one person at a time, then that is a good and progressive

thing. If we cannot take along everyone else in the world, that is

regrettable, but it is also a reality. Does that mean we should give

up the journey or cease to share these mthods? No, of course not.

It's like a doctor working in an emergency OP during a war. A big

battle occurs and the dead and dying are just everywhere. Does the

doctor give up and just admit defeat, cursing the evil that is all

around? No, he does his duty and works to save as many lives as he

can. First he also must have the best tools, and his knowledge must

be ever improved if he is to do a good job as a doctor. He knows

this. He knows that he may lose more patients than he saves. But,

the point is that his job is to save as many as he possibly can.

That's us. We're Spiritual Doctors and our job is to save the

spiritual lives of those who desire to find a harmonious state of

existence. One glimse of bliss is worth years of suffering.

I suppose this may all be a poor answer to your fine questions...but

it is something to weigh in your thoughts when you struggle that good

sruggle against things that we might all agree are not good things.

Blessings,

Love,

Zenbob