Good and evil, my thoughts

The Asian philosophy of the yin and yang eloquently explains the relationship between good and evil.

In order for something to exist in the “real world” it must exist in a plane which supports multiple different dimensions of energy, spirit, matter, light, vibration, etc..

Interactions with other people and past experiences cause us to start experiencing reality in a comparable way. You stop experiencing what is really happening and start imagining things. In relative terms.

Good and evil are not absolute
They are relative

A simple example of this is:
Someone tried to kidnap your kid, and you beat them up.

You beating them up isn’t considered bad behavior, even though in absence of the kidnapping it would be.

Good is relative to evil and evil relative to good.

Many people make the mistake of being only good.
And others make the mistake of only being evil.

The truth is we are both, in one body. And you choose when to be kind, and when not to.

What you believe is the key to yourself. And your relationship with god can be greatly improved by reading the Bible. There you will find instructions and a very eloquent guide on how to be in a variety of situations.

I used to judge others pretty harshly. Due to my own understanding or lack of knowledge.

When we are alive we want to feel more and more. It’s a driving force that leads us astray.

Or sometimes we want to feel less.
The key point here is, you decide what happens.

good and evil…

What is evil can be good and what is good can be evil

Water can be ice and even steam
You can’t drink steam or ice but it’s still water

You literally cannot have good energy without bad. They are polar opposites like two sides of the same coin.

In the Bible it refers to the tree of knowledge of good and evil. There wasn’t a tree of evil. And a second tree of good.

I used to judge religious persons with scrutiny. My ambition and understanding and desire for knowledge lead me to a place of understanding.

But before I got to this point, I was subject to hate.
What we do not understand, secretly we hate.
Curiosity is a great way to learn. But topics as complicated as good and evil coupled with the conflict present in the world and my life tempted me to have a destructive stance on the matter.

A fool who persists in their stupidity will eventually become wise

I think that’s why god doesn’t throw lightning bolts at people daily. Because he knows eventually even they will come around.

My understanding was small but my intentions weee great. And I was willing to find out the truth.

The process of loving god involves accepting a way to allowing the energy of both and evil to exist in a harmonious and beneficial way. That means neither embracing evil or striving to be good. Embracing evil is destructive. And striving to do good with little understanding is admirable yet often leads to failure.

Don’t be surprised if you are not feeling good while you are on the path to understanding and failing daily.

If you try to be good you almost always fail. But one day you don’t fail. So if your hurting embrace the future for one day you will find success.

Trees are neither good nor evil. Sometimes they bear fruits and sometimes they don’t. But even fruitless trees can give flowers. Water them long enough and feed them well and even maybe fruit one day.

There are special trees some more holy than others. But that’s a different perspective.

All good people have a dash of something not good. And all evil people have a dash of something nice.

The truth is you can’t be anything other than what you are. And what you are is something that will be an eternal mystery.

If you try to be something you are making an effort and causing stress. So we say good to everything and let it all be. Isn’t that what Jesus did? The happiest people on the planet subscribe to this philosophy.

If you create a rift between good and evil and striving for a resolution you enter into an eternal conflict. You can not remove evil from good. Or good from evil. I say this not to influence you to be evil or to promote you to be good.

I say this to point out that good and evil are relative. Not absolute.

It’s important to note, being kind to others is not a virtue of good. Rather it’s something we should all be. Even if you are evil, you should be kind others. And by being so you become good.

You see what just happened?

God said you shall not kill. But if you do it to defend something good, it’s not considered evil.

Likewise if you help someone to buy a house but do it at 17% interest it’s not exactly considered a good deed.

This is to say, you can’t have ignorance without clarity. Even the stupidest person is a bit wise. And even the wisest person at times makes a stupid mistake.

You can’t have evils without good. You can’t have life without death.

Honestly this is all a bit confusing. I imagine it’s different in practice than theory.

But don’t you first have to destroy something in order to create something? Without building materials how can you build.

If you have money, didn’t it come out of someone’s pocket?

If you give compliments, won’t you also eventually give criticisms?

My understanding is that yin and yang is a portrait painted in honor of this philosophy. Through various practices and principles one can promote the two energies or body’s being is complete harmony. Rather than creating a conflict between the two.

When you create a conflict you say, this isn’t good enough and that promotes doubt and hate.

When you say everything is ok, we still love you. This creates love and joy.

Good luck to you in path to harmony.

So doing something evil never makes you better off. And mixing salt water with pure water is still salty.

If you hurt someone then do something nice in return aren’t they still hurt? Better to always show kindness but eventually you will hurt someone. No matter how hard you try.

But even some minute amount of salt exists within good natural spring water. Doesn’t it?

So the like can be said that you cannot take all the salt out of water to make it better. Some salt is supposed to be there. Isn’t it?

In the Bible it said even god get jealous at times.

Everyone is creating reality. Everyone has a different relationship with god.

God is different with everyone.

I don’t think I’m expert at understanding all of this but it sure is fun to write about.

But how can you say I love god and hate nature?

If you want to understand god, ask god to teach you.

A lot of people get hung up on the troubles of life and ask,

How can god be kind and loving if he lets such bad things happen??? Like death.

If I created a perfect car, a perfect road, and the most kind police. With traffic lights on every block.

Wouldn’t people still get into accidents?

Was that my fault?

Trust god for a better life. Don’t hate god for having a sprinkle of salt.

It’s all very confusing

But even the most evil people deserve a little love, kindness, and good.

And even the most kind, may get into some trouble.

It’s your understanding and your attitude
Which leads to your actions

And your actions have an effect on others

Your actions are being judged by others

And everyone’s understanding is relative to the time, what they expected, experience, and even what they learned.

God like a good parent promotes our well-being and supports our understanding and activities.

Never judging harshly. Always giving us tools and understanding. Always guiding us to better and better places.

God didn’t create evil to hurt people. He created good to love and help them. But with good comes evil.

Like if you make a knife to make cooking easier. Cutting vegetables easily. It’s not god’s intention for someone to turn this knife into a weapon.

It’s up to us to help them. Jesus said do it with love.