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Life philosophy
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We like to make it easy for ourselves. Thus we tend to
alsways take the comfortable path in life. Our moral status lacks in virtue,
evil wins over goodness. Authenticity scares us, it hurts to be true.
”The good that I want, I do not, but the evil that I shun, I do.” Rom 7:19
The wolf in sheep's clothing
Man is not inherently evil, but in the current period of human development,
evil is a reality that should be carefully considered. Wherever we live on
Earth, whoever we hang out with and whatever we spend our time on; evil
always lurks in the background. Shall evil then be allowed to rage
undisturbed? Of course not, it's just a matter of handling it in the right
way. To begin with we must understand the nature of evil, once we identify
it we can also master it.
We live in a part of the Cosmos that is the world of opposites. Where there
is light there is also darkness, in the land of love even hate has its
abode. But evil is not identical with darkness and the corrupting principle.
Nor can evil be equated with selfishness, we must instead understand it as a
harmful factor that dwells in the hidden; the wolf in sheep's clothing. Evil
hides from our eyes and that is why it can also cause so much harm.
The nature of evil
A wild tiger seeking prey for food is dangerous and aggressive, but it is
not evil by definition. A cobra or rattlesnake warns when someone gets too
close, it has the potential to kill but is not evil in itself. Similarly, a
perpetrator of violence is not evil if he openly says, "Watch out for me,
I'm a thief and a murderer, you can't trust me." Evil cannot therefore be
equated with aggression, evil is timid but cunning.
True evil does not appear openly, it takes on a form that is righteous and
legitimate in the eyes of the public. Evil also does not advertise its
presence and it rarely acts on its own but uses tools to achieve its ends.
In this also appears the cause of evil; a very strong fear. Every human
being who does not fully stand for his true nature becomes, knowingly or
unknowingly, a minion of evil.
Looking inward
Humans throughout the ages have waged external wars (fought against
windmills) to fight evil. The result has only been new evil, "an eye for an
eye until the world is blind." In the end, we cannot escape ourselves. If we
really want to make the world a better place, we must look for reasons
within ourselves. We cannot change the behavior of others, only our own way
of being. He who believes himself to be completely righteous should
seriously review his life. Earthly life is a school of learning and everyone
should ask themselves the question: "What is it that I should gain insight
into?"
It is impossible to put a lid on your anger or your sex drive and pretend it
doesn't exist. To make a small analogy: My father would cook lamb stew and
then used a pressure cooker to shorten the cooking time. But something must
have blocked the safety valve because the pot exploded. The result was, of
course, lamb stew all over the kitchen. The moral lesson must thus be to have
a well-functioning safety valve for your frustration and your urges,
otherwise the effects spread far beyond the limits of reasonableness; we
must be true and genuine people.
To channel the darkness
What we experience within ourselves as "harmful, ugly and immoral" must be
expressed in some way. If we shut in our own darkness, it still gets out and
the effects will be devastating for those around us. So it is important to
regularly live out your hidden desires, the art is just to do it so that no
fellow human being is harmed. What methods are there to resort to that cause
insignificant damage but still give vent to the urges?
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Anger, frustration: |
Join a karate club, start playing floorball. Chop up a few cubic
meters of wood. Create works of art without inhibitions, write
short stories or poems. Get a suitable computer wargame (and go
for indiscriminate attack). Scream, swear and cry uncontrollably
(but spare others your outbursts).
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Unlived sexuality: |
Allow yourself to have erotic fantasies, make sexual (mutual)
games with your partner. Flirt with those around you (without
harassing). Do sex surfing on the internet (but of course not in
public). Masturbate without shame.
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Lust for
power: |
Get a dog, a cat,
a rabbit or maybe a guinea pig. Get items that interest you (but
keep the number down). Collect beautiful stones rather than
money. Make your own project where you yourself are the leader.
Write a detective novel. Set up your own website or blog on the
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To live in truth
It is our own fear that is the breeding ground for evil, but we rarely
discover the connection. It's about living in truth (daring to be yourself).
It's tempting to take shortcuts, to get a higher position than you actually
have a right to, to make yourself more beautiful on the outside than you
actually are on the inside. We want to avoid pain at all costs and therefore
we run away from our task in life. When we run away, we leave the pain to
someone else, we let others pay our debts, and evil is born. What then is
our task in life? This: To discover and affirm our true nature.
”I cannot be
less than what I am,
I can't be more than who I am.
I can only be who I really am.”
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