betson wrote on Nov 2nd, 2009 at 12:25pm:Greetings ultra!
Good to hear from you again!
Until we get that work read, can we hear more from you about evil as 'the perversion of ignorance'?
For example I can recall thinking of doing something wrong and telling myself that I don't really know, am ignorant of, how wrong it might be in the big scheme of things, so I'd go ahead and do it, then wait to be smited down. Was I perverting my ignorance?
Bets
Hi Bets,
Thanks for the hearty hi ho!
Briefly, the idea is that the physical universe in which we find ourselves is an involution of divinity into matter - which is simply another
aspect of and an instrumentality of the very same divinity except in a dynamic
evolving form (vs static and unmanifest).
Here we are necessarily ignorant of divine essense/origin
(Being) as an intrinsic condition, ie nescience in some degree - it is part of the "game". The purpose is an evolution
(becoming) where greater more comprehensive consciousness is "acquired", more accurately realized (since it is already within) through an evolutionary process called life, in which infinite possibilities of that evolutionary realization process can be worked out on an individual basis.
What happens with evil is that
relative to any individual achievement of greater, higher, more inclusive, more subjective etc. consciousness while on the physical plane, a deliberate individual choice can be made to preserve or promote the continuation of the ignorance, vs transcending it as a continuation of the normal process - a deliberate perversion of the evolutionary process which uses a limited transitory knowledge for the very purpose of thwarting in some way this evolution in oneself, another, or group, perhaps even the world.
So for instance, if a six year old is ignorant of certain physical laws and starts a fire in which someone is hurt, this is not necessarily evil even if unfortunate. However if a "normal" educated 36 year old who knows these laws uses that very knowledge to start a fire deliberately knowing and/or intending the consequences of some damage, destruction, etc., and someone is hurt - this could be evil.
This is an admittedly superficial explanation, much better explained in the article.
Imo, the reading and understanding of this one single article could be responsible for reducing bandwidth demand for 50% of all internet discussion oriented traffic! (lol) Of course, that would also be a superficial manifestation.
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To answer your specific question, if I am able to at all, my feeling is that if you are questioning motive with an intention to expand consciousness then this is part of the evolutionary process and not a perversion of it. You may still make a mistake, but mistakes in this context are obviously not "evil" and simply an artifact of process through a limited knowing - which is evolving. This is why designations like "sin" are problematic and fraught with debilitating connotations, ie: mistakes are evil - which ironically perhaps is promoting of a kind of evil in itself because it facilitates "stuckness".
best regards to you,
- u