The fallacy of "good and evil"

Humble Janitor · 05-11-2009, 08:34 AM

If this is the wrong forum, feel free to move this thread.

I want to touch upon a subject that interests me, partially after reading the recent interview with Drunvalo and a few threads in the spirituality forum.

I'd like to discuss the concepts of "good and bad" and "good and evil" and whatnot and how they affect society at large.

To me, there is no such thing as good or bad. I'm not perfect and often make the mistake of judging things as either. However, again, life is not two-dimensional and therefore, there cannot be good or evil. There has to be something in the middle. A balance.

What the world considers to be evil people, in my opinion, are good people who went wrong somewhere. They may have had an idea, a delusion, that something they were doing was righteous and they chose to stick to that concept at the peril of others.

I'm not sure how radical this is and I'm sure it will upset people who are content at labeling certain leaders as evil (Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Kim Jong Il, Saddam, etc) instead of thinking about WHY they consider these folks to be evil. Why is it that we consider these labels to be good enough when they ignore the psychology behind the actions of these leaders?

I mean, don't people want to know how and where others went wrong?

And what about those leaders that are supposed to be good? What if they commit actions that are shady or not good at all? Are they still good?

What about the death penalty? How is killing someone that killed another person a good thing? What does that accomplish?

These are questions that I am sure can be answered in time. However, I think we are making a mistake by labeling things as good or bad and leaving them at that.

These concepts do not exist in the universe! They were created by the 3rd Density beings on this planet (or were they? Work of TPTB?) and they must be shelved, cancelled out and cast aside if we are to "move on up" in our spiritual development.

George W.Bush appealed to conservatives with his so called "Axis of Evil" speech but he failed to realize that his own actions were evil! Or did he?

I don't know where I'm going with this post but again, we need to move beyond simply labeling things. As Drunvalo said (actually, my interpretation), we need to see things for what they really are and we need to seek out balance. We all have "good" and "evil" inside of us. It is simply a matter of balance in the universe.

05-11-2009, 08:34 AM	#1
Humble Janitor Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,201	The fallacy of "good and evil" If this is the wrong forum, feel free to move this thread. I want to touch upon a subject that interests me, partially after reading the recent interview with Drunvalo and a few threads in the spirituality forum. I'd like to discuss the concepts of "good and bad" and "good and evil" and whatnot and how they affect society at large. To me, there is no such thing as good or bad. I'm not perfect and often make the mistake of judging things as either. However, again, life is not two-dimensional and therefore, there cannot be good or evil. There has to be something in the middle. A balance. What the world considers to be evil people, in my opinion, are good people who went wrong somewhere. They may have had an idea, a delusion, that something they were doing was righteous and they chose to stick to that concept at the peril of others. I'm not sure how radical this is and I'm sure it will upset people who are content at labeling certain leaders as evil (Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Kim Jong Il, Saddam, etc) instead of thinking about WHY they consider these folks to be evil. Why is it that we consider these labels to be good enough when they ignore the psychology behind the actions of these leaders? I mean, don't people want to know how and where others went wrong? And what about those leaders that are supposed to be good? What if they commit actions that are shady or not good at all? Are they still good? What about the death penalty? How is killing someone that killed another person a good thing? What does that accomplish? These are questions that I am sure can be answered in time. However, I think we are making a mistake by labeling things as good or bad and leaving them at that. These concepts do not exist in the universe! They were created by the 3rd Density beings on this planet (or were they? Work of TPTB?) and they must be shelved, cancelled out and cast aside if we are to "move on up" in our spiritual development. George W.Bush appealed to conservatives with his so called "Axis of Evil" speech but he failed to realize that his own actions were evil! Or did he? I don't know where I'm going with this post but again, we need to move beyond simply labeling things. As Drunvalo said (actually, my interpretation), we need to see things for what they really are and we need to seek out balance. We all have "good" and "evil" inside of us. It is simply a matter of balance in the universe.