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  1. The other is 4 elements... Crafting elements ? Time or moment... Every cell every moment. The love spell ? Physical body ? Mind or mental/emotional /psychological /spiritual state ? External condition ? Filling the Vase/cup ? Ma'at and Sheene and gwael ? Awareness and reflection ? 5 cosmic characters and their tarot. I'm thinking about how evil can be used for good purposes. To embrace evil. But not the evil that is destructive but constructive evil. Evil that helps. I'll need to call it something. A venom that is self protective. Vajes. I have to make a correction with the anti maat principle. It's the characteristic of the source or artist. The artist could be welfare oriented that is maat or anti welfare which can be either intentional or unintentional but this artist is obviously going to cause damage one way or the other. This is anti maat. This artist flows against maat. Whereas evil is a tool just like any other tool. There are distinct categories of people represented by animal symbols. The Swan gentle kind The snake /wolf protective The vulture attacker strategist The owl wise but neutral The donkey / fool /joker/neutral but foolish The deer neutral and scared over sensitive Now the Satan cosmic character is also usable Now you can have 3 tarot cards 1 God.... 2. DEVIL.... 3 Satan Each can be used as a part of survival. The God for the good for self and others The devil which is represented by the snake for defense, attacking only when provoked for protection and defense The Satan or the vulture for inventing strategies to be selfish for acquisition of personal benefits. Any of these that are used out of control and without wisdom are bad. It follows that all these are mere tools in the hands of the artist who can switch between these qualities to achieve his goals So whats remarkable about the artist then How is one artist different than the other. One artist is good with good intent. The other is with bad intent or without bad intent yet ends up doing bad or harm. This is what can be called maat and anti-ma'at. Ma'at which is all about good and creating good that is ma'at and anti-ma'at which can be either toxic or evil. So the artist can be ma'at or anti-ma'at. The eventual outcome of his art will depend on his intention. So what about the brush he uses to achieve his goals. These brushes can be "good" or "protective" or "conniving or evil".... Which means any of the skills can be used to achieve the ends. Thus evil just becomes a tool and the intent is more important than the tool itself. So the anti-ma'at is not goth or viper. It's just destructive. I can call it calas.. But the vajes part is where the evil is used as a tool to achieve the welfare of all or the good of the good and innocent people and the destruction of toxic and bad and evil people. This calas is an intent and vajes is a skill or tool or weapon or means. God's love as love and Devils love as Bdsm. Satans love as conquest All three elements of love need to be balanced. One can attack to destroy the good. One attack to acquire. One can attack to protect and defend. In all three cases its an attack which is considered to be an evil action. But the intent varies in each case. Ma'at Calas as anti-ma'at Vajes (devil represented by the snake or the wolf or beast) this represented by Gothic elements and monstrosity and Mastery as the Devils arsenal Both ma'at and wisdom are necessary. Wisdom as sheene The zodiac showing colors of the elements.. Aquarius Pisces Aries Taurus as the Swan or Godly. Cancer Leo Gemini as the Vulture or Satan and Libra Virgo Scorpion as the Snake or devil and Sagittarius representing the skilful user of all weapons. The wise. Ma'at and sheene Calas Vajes Craft used by Satan - plaithe Craft used by the artist but of the evil nature or strategy for acquisition - beques The other is the craft used by the artist who causes chaos unintended. It's cles The wisdom to use all tools in the most appropriate way is sheene The armory has 3 qualities for the artist Ma'at and sheene and calas Calas is without Ma'at and or without sheene. It could also be with Ma'at but without sheene, that is good intentions but toxic actions. In all ways it's destructive. 4 skills Dves..... The skill of doing good. Vajes....... Attack/defend/protect Beques..... Strategy Cles Plaith And lastly gwael - a superior skill that combines all skills of Dves, Vajes, beques, and uses them very wisely and appropriately. Outcome - is either destruction or flourishing and welfare. 5 Cosmic characters God - Swan - empathy love gentle caring nourish Devil - Snake /wolf /beast /grim reaper - protection and Mastery Satan - evil. Skill. Craft evil. Vulture. Sheene - wisdom and awareness and alertness and reflection. Eagle/Hawk./Owl/Raven /Crow Calst - joker /gnome /donkey /pigeon /bear . Nutcase, chaos, destruction unintended. No benefit and mayhem and foolishness and senselessness and lack of wisdom. Lack of order and mismanagement and ignorance and anarchy, stupidity and narcissism, delusion and paranoia and toxicity.
  2. Problem of Evil in Taoism Article 3, Volume 5, Issue 10, Summer and Autumn 2016, Page 35-47 PDF (442.89 K) Document Type: Research Paper Authors Qorban Elmi ; Mojtaba Zarvani Associate Professor of Religions and Mysticism, University of Tehran, Iran Abstract This paper attempts to present the Taoist understanding of evil. In the Taoist tradition, especially in Tao Te Ching, evil is divided into two categories: causal evil and consequential evil. Causal evils are those evils that are said to be the causes of other evils; consequential evils are those that are said to be the consequences of the causal evils. Causal evils originate from human will, and cause suffering. This means that evil is not equal to suffering. Lao Tzu does not clearly talk about natural suffering. He regards all evil and suffering as resulting from human actions that are not in accordance with Tao, which is the source of all life. Therefore, the way to overcome evil is to follow Tao, to actualize wu-wei in life. Keywords The Problem of Evil; Taoism; Lao Tzu; Causal Evil; Consequent Evil Full Text Introduction The problem of evil is an old problem that has baffled man since antiquity. The core of the problem is that the existence of evil seems to contradict the belief in the existence of God with His attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, and absolute goodness. Thus, although every worldview has to explain the existence of evil, it is an especially acute problem for theism, because—unlike atheism that affirms the reality of evil but denies the reality of God, and unlike Pantheism that affirms the reality of God but denies the reality of evil—theism affirms the reality of both God and evil. Religious traditions are important sources for thinking about evil. Among them we can mention Taoism. Taoism is a spiritual, philosophical, and religious tradition of Chinese origin that provides special insights the problem of evil. In this paper, we will attempt to review these insights and present a fuller picture of the Taoist understanding of evil. Taoism First, we must have a brief overview of Taoism and the its developmental. Taoism has different meanings for different minds. “It is undoubtedly the most incompletely known and most poorly understood philosophy” (Kirkland, Barret, and Kohn 2000, xi). The confusion, I think, comes from mistranslation of the word “Tao.” Tao is the main theme of Taoism, but since Northeastern Asians have used it in many different cultural contexts, the word has been used differently in everyday life. Therefore, given that there are no clear boundaries in the different practices of Taoism, according to Creel, “the more one studies Taoism, the clearer it becomes that this term does not denote a school, but a whole congeries of doctrines” (1970, 1). Taoism, which emerged in the 6th century B.C., is one of the two great native Chinese religio-philosophical systems and a major influence in the development of Chinese culture. The goal of Taoism as a philosophy and religious tradition, as expressed in the Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu, the Chuang Tzu, and the Lieh Tzu is a profound, joyful, mystical, and practical harmony with the universe. Taoism is regarded as “the philosophy of ‘Lao and Chuang’” (Lin 1976, 7). As Needham, one of the Taoist scholars says, “the Taoists were deeply interested in Nature but mistrusted reason and logic” (1956, 163). Taoism is, in general, is a system of thought or philosophy or a form of wisdom to help one learn the way and practice it. According to Blofeld, “Taoism is an ancient method of human development and also a living manifestation of an antique way of life almost vanished from the world” (1978, v). As a religion, Taoism emphasizes the alchemical relations between macrocosm and microcosm, seeking a formula for immortality by breath control, diet, exercises, sexual continence, or chemical elixirs. The word Taoism, pronounced like Daoism, comes from a Chinese character Tao, which means the way. The way is usually further defined as the way of the ultimate reality, the way of the universe, the way of human life, and the way of nature. The main idea of Taoism is to live naturally with the flow of life. Living naturally comes about through observing the nature to learn the wisdom of life. The wisdom of life includes not forcing or controlling life, but simply being there. One of the characteristics of Taoism is Wu wi. Wu wi is the principle that the natural human mind is non-conceptual and not human-oriented. Wu wi looks through and beyond the human realm and our conditioned existence to see and hear the nature’s point of view. Blofeld’s view of a dedicated Taoist isone who seeks to live as closely as possible in accord with the nature. From the outset, this involves contemplating the nature’s ways, recognizing their fitness, and the perception that all of them are good in the sense of being essential to the pattern as a whole (1978, 6). In the world, Taoism is known through the books Tao Te Ching and Chuang-Tzu. The authorship and the year these books were published is still debatable, but the Tao Te Ching of Lao-Tzu is typically dated around the 4th century B.C., whereas Chang-Tzu is thought to have been written in the third century B.C. These two books are collections of Taoist writings and stories, though Taoism was practiced long before these books were written. The Tao is the source of all things. It is the fundamental truth of the universe, and as such, it is a non-conceptual and inexpressible experience. It is important to realize that if you conceptualize and think about the Tao, you only move farther away from what it actually is. The Tao is realized by being it. These expressions are esoteric and leave us wondering. As Lao Tzu comments in Tao Te Ching (1980,ch. 40), “Ten thousand things under heaven are born of being (yu). Being is born of non-being (wu).” For Lao Tzu, non-being is the ontological basis of being, and non-action is the ethical basis of action. Non-being in Taoism is not a negation of being, but rather the possibility of being. As the ground of being, non-being has the returning movement. Here, returning or reversal movement is identified with the unity of all beings in Tao. Metaphysically, in Taoism, non-being, as the ground, is the ontological expression of wu-wei. Thus, the undifferentiated or unlimited non-being is called the supreme good in Taoist metaphysics. Also wu-wei, as Tao’saction, has the spontaneity. From this understanding of wu-wei, one knows that there are two outstanding attributes of the Tao—that is, the source of being or life and the principle of spontaneity (tzu-jan). Wu-wei is the Tao’sway of returning or unity. In itsmovement, the Tao has procreated all beings through its creative process. Every growth and multiplicity comes from its creativity. But the completion of the Tao’s procreation is done in the Tao’s returning movement, receptivity. Wu-wei is a negative way or a passive way. But by taking a negative nay (wu-wei), the Tao comes to have the positive action, “spontaneity.” Just as the reality has two elements: yin and yang, the Tao’smovement has two directions: creativity and receptivity. Lao Tzu saw the evolutionary process of creation in the Tao’s creative process, and its completion in the Tao’sreceptive process. Meaning of Evil As a definition that can help us identify the evils discussed in the Tao Te Ching, we can say that evils are those things, events, or actions that are either condemned by Lao Tzu, or have to be avoided according to him. This is based on the assumption that only evils are to be condemned or avoided. It does not mean, however, that, in Lao Tzu's view, things are evil simply because they are to be condemned or avoided (Sung-Peng Hsu 1976, 301). For Lao Tzu, good means any action that is not caused by the artificial actions of the human beings. Non-artificial actions are spontaneous actions (wu-wei). On the contrary, “evil” means any action that is caused by the purposeful action of the human being. Willful or purposeful actions are unspontaneous actions (yu-wei). What is the origin of evil? How and why does evil occur? What is the Taoist concept of evil? Lao Tzu does not articulate his answers to these questions clearly or directly, but his metaphysics of the Taoprovides the theoretical ground with which to deal with those questions. Origin of Evil Where does evil come from? Cosmological1y or cosmogonical1y, evil comes from the process of differentiation or separation. As examined in part I, the Tao has the bipolarity in its metaphysical structure: yin and yang. In Tao Te Ching (1988, ch. 42), Lao Tzu says, Taogives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, three gives birth to ten thousand beings. Ten thousand beings carry yin on their backs and embrace yang in their front. Blending these two vital breaths (ch’ i) to attain harmony. Here, yin and yang represent two directions or two movements of the Tao: creativity and receptivity. All things come from the blending of these two movements. In the process of differentiation or procreation, the harmonious blending is called good, and the disharmonious is called evil. Here, good and evil are relative, just as yin and yang arerelative. Just as yin and yang are inevitable constituents of the reality, good and evil are also inevitable on the cosmological level. The cosmological view is an aesthetic view. Thus, good and evil, in a cosmological sense, are neutral in value judgment. In the Taoist metaphysics, yin and yang are relative, reliable, dependable, and complementary to each other. Thus, good and evil are relative, reliable, dependable, and complementary to each other and to the Taoas a whole. In this aesthetic view, which is neutral in value, it is difficult to say that Lao Tzu was concerned with the natural evils. In the same manner, whether there are natural sufferings in Lao Tzu’s thought is not an easy question to answer, partly because he does not explicitly and directly deal with this question. Two Kinds of Evil There are two kinds of evil. Evils that are caused by free human acts (moral evil) and those that are part of the nature (natural or physical evil). Man-Made Evil or Moral Evil Lao Tzu recognizes two kinds of man-made evils. The first kind is that which causes human sufferings in the world (causal evils). They supposedly originate in the use of the human will. The second kind of evil is the human sufferings caused by the first kind (consequential evils). It will be shown that Lao Tzu's philosophy of Tao is deeply concerned with eliminating these evils from the world. The relationship between a causal evil and its consequential evil(s) can be a complex one, but Lao Tzu generally sees a simple and clear causal connection between them. I shall argue that all the causal evils that concern Lao Tzu originate in the use of the human will and that all the consequential evils are said to be sufferings of some kind. This means that not all evils are sufferings, because there are evils that are not sufferings in themselves but are the causes of sufferings (Sung-Peng Hsu 1976, 302). Moreover, unlike causal evils, sufferings are not to be condemned or denounced. Lao Tzu may have taught that we should forgive people for their causal evils or to treat them in the all-embracing spirit of the Tao, but there is no doubt that causal evils are more evil than consequential evils (Sung-Peng Hsu 1976, 302). As stated before, the causal evils supposedly originate in the use of the human will. On the assumption that all things produced by Tao are good, there is no good reason to say that the human will itself, presumably produced by Tao, is evil. But it is possible to say that the use of the will is the source of causal evils. Whether the distinction between the will itself and its use can be properly made will be left unanswered here. The important question we must ask is whether every use of the will is evil. This is not an easy question to answer. Generally speaking, we can say that the use of the will is evil if and only if it is used against one's true nature, the other people, or the natural world. In Lao Tzu’s language, the use of the will is evil if and only if it is used against the nature of the Tao and its operations in the universe.[1]We may call this use of the will the assertive use of the will. On the other hand, the use of the will is not evil if and only if it is used to resist asserting something in the way described above, or, more positively, if it is used to follow the Tao and its operations in the universe. We may call this the non-assertive use of the will (Sung-Peng Hsu 1976, 302). Natural Sufferings Whether there are natural sufferings in Lao Tzu's thought is not an easy question to answer, but it seems that In Lao Tzu's view, there are no natural sufferings. In other words, there cannot be any physical or mental pains in the universe where the assertive will is not operative. It means that all the sufferings in the world are supposedly man-made (Sung-Peng Hsu 1976, 307). Lao Tzu repeatedly says that if we would only give up our assertive will, the cause of man-made sufferings, there would be no dangers, disasters, and so forth. It is likely that the dangers or disasters referred to are limited only to man-made sufferings. Moreover, he maintains that if we follow Tao, “all things will take their proper places spontaneously” (Tao Te Ching 1963, ch. 32), and they will “transform themselves of their own accord” (ch. 37). “Heaven and earth will unite to drip sweet dew, and the dew will drip evenly of its own accord without the command of man” (ch. 32). This is because Tao is the source and principle of purity, tranquility, spiritual power, life, and peace in the world (ch. 39). In examining the Tao Te Ching, we cannot identify any suffering that is not explained as man-made. The fact that he does not deal with natural sufferings is evidently not because he is not concerned with them, but because no such thing can exist in his world-conception. Chuang Tzu, however, differs from him on this point. Chuang Tzu, the other major Taoist philosopher, definitely recognizes the existence of natural sufferings, which he explains as the effects of the wonderful transformation of all things in Tao (ch. 6). He advises people that the pains should be accepted as they are, and should not be regarded as evil (See Sung-Peng Hsu 1976, 306-7). Explanation of the Existence of Evil in the Universe An important issue in Western discussions of philosophy of religion is the problem of explaining the existence of evils in a universe supposedly created by an all-powerful, all-loving, and all-knowing God (Hick 1963, 40-47). A similar question can be raised with regard to Lao Tzu's philosophy. If the universe is spontaneously produced from Tao, the summum bonum, how can there be evil in the world? On the basis of our discussion so far, we can formulate the following form of argument to express Lao Tzu's position: 1. The Tao is the summum bonum. 2. The Tao is the ultimate source of all things and events. 3. All things and events are good if they are not the results of some interference with the spontaneous evolution of the Tao. 4. The assertive use of the human will is an interference with the spontaneous evolution of the Tao. Therefore, every thing or event that is caused by the assertive use of the will is evil. Premise 4 can be revised to say that only the assertive use of the will is an interference with the spontaneous evolution of the Tao. In that case, all evils are either some assertive uses of the will or their consequences. Our discussion points to this stronger position. Premises 1, 2, and 3 are the basic beliefs or assumptions of Lao Tzu's philosophy, which we shall not question here. The problem is whether premise 4 is consistent with them. It seems reasonable to say that the will itself is good, because it is clearly not a product of the assertive use of the will. Here we come to two important questions. The first is why man, who is supposedly good by nature, uses the will to assert something against the Tao. Would it not be possible to always use the will in accordance with the Tao? The second question is whether the will is “free” to interfere with the Tao's evolution. With regard to the first question, no ready answer can be found in the Tao Te Ching. The question probably had not occurred to Lao Tzu. We can safely rule out any Satan figure responsible for causing man to assert something against the Tao. The answer can probably be found in Lao Tzu's idea of the Tao’s decline. Even though the will itself is good insofar as it is produced by the Tao, it is probably a product at the Tao’s decline, thus not an ideal product. It may have the inherent tendency to deviate from the Tao. The idea of the decline of the Tao is found in Tao Te Ching (1963, ch. 38), just quoted, where it is said that when the Tao is lost, te appears. The appearance of te is apparently not caused by something other than the Tao itself. A similar idea appears where Lao Tzu says, “When the great Tao declines, there appear jen and i.”(Tao Te Ching 1963, ch. 18). Though the appearance of jen and i can be explained as the result of the assertive use of the will, the idea that the Tao declines cannot be ignored. This seems to mean that the Tao, though believed to be inexhaustible in its power, is limited in power after all. This is undoubtedly a critical issue in Lao Tzu's philosophy. It may be argued that if te represents a fall from the Tao, the natural world, which is te, cannot be as perfect as the Tao itself. This is true, but we have argued that even though it is, in a sense, a fall from the Tao, the natural world is so full of the power of the Tao that Lao Tzu cannot see any suffering in it. All evils, according to our interpretation, come from our assertive use of the will. The second question, whether the will is free to interfere with the Tao's evolution, is in a way related to the first question. When the Tao is full of power, it is almost impossible for the will to interfere with its operations. “If one tries to hew wood for the master carpenter, how can one avoid hurting one's own hands?” (Tao Te Ching 1963, ch. 74). But when the Tao is in decline, the will will be in a better position to do so. There is, however, another reason why, in Lao Tzu's philosophy, the will is in principle free to interfere with the Tao. In his conception of the universe, there are no external or eternal “laws” of nature, to which all things must conform. The principles of change are internal laws that are supposed to emerge spontaneously when the relevant conditions exist. Some kind of causality certainly exists in Lao Tzu's thought, but it is something akin to the Humean, not the Newtonian, conception of causality (Sung-Peng Hsu 1976, 313-14). It is important to note that Lao Tzu has no doubt that the will is free to interfere with the Tao. He is afraid, however, that the use of the will causes suffering in the world and turn the spontaneous universe into a mechanistic one bound by laws and virtues. Overcoming Evil The way of wu-wei, as the action of the Tao, suggests how one can confront the problem of evil and suffering in this present human life. The way of overcoming evil is to read “evil” backwards. In other words, the way of overcoming evil is a way of living. In a Taoist theology, the Tao is the source of all life. As the origin of life, the Tao originates, nurtures, and fulfills life in the world. Therefore, In Taoism, the way of overcoming evil is to follow the Tao, to actualize wu-wei in human life. To follow the Tao’s will is the way to live everlastingly. Then, what is the task of human beings in the midst of evil and suffering? In the Taoist tradition, human beings are the mediators between Heaven and the earth. The function of a mediator is to embrace others and live with them through self-emptying and self-sacrificing, which is the vision of wu-wei. The task of a mediator is to actualize wu-wei; that is, to recognize the interconnectedness, interrelatedness, and interdependence with the others and with the Tao or God. Thus, the vision of the Taoist theology opens its eyes not only to human cultural world and God, but also to the ecological world. In sum, the way of overcoming evil in the Taoist theology is to engage with wu-wei. Wu-wei has the ontological basis to embrace being in non-being, as well as the ethical practicality to do something in non-doing. In the metaphysics of the Tao, wu-wei is the ultimate ground to embrace being. Likewise, wu-wei as non-action ethically embraces action. Wu-wei in the narrow path represents the yin of the Tao, and yet it embraces yang in itself as a whole. This receptive characteristic of the Tao provides humankind the vision to resolve the evil in this present world. Finally, since any aspect of the world is a manifestation of the Tao, corresponding to a different participation of the Yin and Yang principles, nothing can be considered to be essentially evil in the world. Even if Yin is termed as a negative principle, it never manifests itself alone. In the Tao Te Ching, it is stated: When beauty is abstracted, then ugliness has been implied; when good is abstracted, then evil has been implied. (Tao Te Ching 1988, ch. 2) Every positive factor involves its negative or opposing counterpart. What is usually called evil, as physical and mental manifestation, is the result of a lack of balance between the two opposing principles and corresponds to a bigger participation of the Yin principle. Evil belongs to the nature of the world, so humans have to subscribe to the universal harmony and respect the equilibrium of the two polarities. The Tao is eternal and so are the two principles Yang and Yin. Therefore, good and evil must be eternal as necessary elements of our world. Conclusion Lao Tzu regards all evil and suffering as resulting from human actions and from getting out of the natural way. From this perspective, evil refers to any action that is not in accordance with the Tao. The way to overcome evil is to accept it as part of the reality and follow the Tao—to actualize wu-wei in human life. 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  3. @Zigzag Idiot thank you. God bless
  4. I have turned to Christ for help I'm going through a crisis. And it seems like my last resort for help is God. I have never lost faith in God and I will never lose faith in God. In God I trust completely. He is the healer, helper, giver, savior, feeder, provider, doctor, carer
  5. It's good that we have a spiritual part. Because that part can always be kept free from suffering It's good that the physical part is limited by death or else the physical suffering will continue in eternity. ........ David Pakman Christian Mills Frank Ripper Justin Ricci Edward McConal Freyja Veleri ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️ Iniquity or villainy Redeemable component of evil Evil is necessary to compensate the good. Both forces work together. Evil is the tendency to harm or exploit others for gain. When this tendency is out of control that's where it begins to create problems. Until then it can be an effective strategy at defeating the enemy. The self protective component of evil can be called Iniquity. But the destructive component of evil is diabolus What I have understood is that evil is also necessary but only the redeemable component of it. The other part needs to be discarded. I see evil as a exotic wonderful fruit. And one part of this fruit is very important for maintaining health and affording psychological immunity and the other part is very toxic and full of thorns and needs to be cut off. The salvageable part gives immunity against toxicity. So evil can be dissected into good and bad. Why evil is bad Because it destroys. It can wreck a person's life, precious lives can be lost by someone's evil. Innocent lives are taken out for no purpose at all. A person's progress to make lives better are thwarted by evil. When evil rules, there is destruction and corruption and defeat of courage. Evil is against divinity. It's against spirituality. All it can do is afford mechanical protection in the form of money and status and power. It's not capable of love and wholesomeness. Evil is completely against the basic laws of nature of growth and positivity. Ma'at and anti-ma'at Maat means goodness inherent in the universal laws. And anti-maat means something that is opposite But anti - Maat is not easy to understand. It's something that protects Maat by applying principles against Maat. So if Maat says to not kill or injure, anti-maat says do it to protect Maat. It's like a mamma bear protecting its child by harming and defending the enemy. Anti Maat recognizes the enemy to Maat and protects Maat. Now the word anti-maat might seem like something against Maat laws. Yes it is but only theoretically but practically its affording protection and immunity to Maat Anti maat is Gothic. Which means we need both maat and anti maat to attain true balance. We need love and goth to have that balance. We need passivity and ferociousness both at the same time. One side be the Swan. The other side be the beast. This is the dual nature of life. One is giving the other is protective. This anti maat is a powerful weapon. When wielded the right way it becomes a guardian of the sacred, when taken the wrong way it destroys everything. That's why handling evil will need a lot of wisdom. You have to become the bad to bring good. Evil breeds on greed and cowardice. Goodness breeds on empathy and courage. But evil has an important purpose. It's purpose is to know or recognize the enemy and defeat the enemy. In some ways evil is like a viper. It knows whom to sting. The other is 4 elements... Crafting elements ? Time or moment... Every cell every moment. The love spell ? Physical body ? Mind or mental/emotional /psychological /spiritual state ? External condition ? Filling the Vase/cup ? Ma'at and anti-ma'at (goth/viper) 4 more concepts 1 There can be 4 distinct communities in this world. One where there are extremely nice people. Second of people who are really toxic. 3rd of people who are of not toxic but neutral and are of no functional help. People who are looking for others with social status. And fourth of people are evil or deemed evil. 2 good people need institutional help that is they need a boarding school to keep away from dysfunctional families and they need rehabs and separate housing chambers or reform units or recovery centres to keep them away from toxic people and to keep them in better conditions for their growth. Separation from society. Living anonymously 3 Words can make a lot of difference 4 character identification and screening is very important to keep toxic people away in life. One method is to have 20 point rating scale system. Those who are really the best and Zero toxic should be in the top 5. The next 5 from 5 to 10 should be people who are slightly toxic. From 11 to 15 again people who are good enough but neutral. Therefore not the best. These are lacking in empathy and indifferent. They are plain neutral therefore not harmful but also not the best people since they lack empathy or the kindness to help. The last from 15 to 20 can range anywhere between very empathetic to slightly empathetic but highly toxic and unwanted generally or not good for others well being or health. The rest who are bullies are after or outside the 20 point scale. Criminal are at point or levels of 60s. From 20 to 50 are people who are very mean, dangerous, toxic and just unhealthy and evil. 5 I'm looking at evil constructively and scientifically. It's a preference like Leo says. But I also wanna know the Taoist philosophy on evil. If you look at good and evil rationally you realize that they are just preferences. Some societies might even encourage evil. For example a pedophile will encourage another pedophile. So it means evil can depend on people's interests. Some people might justify evil as a necessity for their life. Therefore people have varied interests and intentions some of which they justify. And so we can have different communities based on these thoughts and opinions. Like communities of good people and communities of bad people. Thus everyone has free will that way. Love spell "Every cell, every moment."
  6. The only solution to the problem of evil is good people getting together and creating or forming strong fortified societies full of good folks who take charge and maintain order and never allow any evil person to enter in and keep everything secure this does not mean that the rest of the world is protected but it only means that society or cummunity is safe. Search for empathy givers. Not drainers
  7. 6 BUILDING BLOCKS Focus, awareness motivation/vigor, guidance, positivity and Jouissance.... Elements of the moment. 6 REQUISITES OR BUILDING BLOCKS. These elements are necessary in every moment. Important to have each one of these in your moment to moment awareness to make your day productive. Focus awareness motivation/vigor guidance positivity Jouissance ???? The empty cup theory. Fill your cup little by little. The other is 4 elements... Crafting elements ? Time or moment ? Physical body ? Mind or mental/emotional /psychological /spiritual state ? External condition ? Filling the Vase/cup Henceforth anything that is mental psychological emotional spiritual should be called ethereal to include all. The ethereal state. The ether or spirit as a combination of mental - spiritual - emotional - psychological
  8. "Everyday is like survival"
  9. Important concepts this week 5 important productivity concepts 1 Time of peace 2.. 3 days progress outcome check 3 Mastery kit 4 The unknown enemy 5 Focus, awareness motivation/vigor, guidance, positivity and Jouissance.... Elements of the moment. 6 REQUISITES OR BUILDING BLOCKS.
  10. Inertia of progress You might be trying hard to progress but still not feel like you are getting there. I will call this "inertia of progress". It's very disappointing when you are trying to achieve a goal but failing miserably. To overcome this passive inertia it's important to cut off distraction, keep a bullet focus and focus entirely on outcome and an outcome based approach..
  11. Why distraction is bad but feels good Distraction does feel like a good escape from whatever that is causing pressure or anxiety. However it keeps you away from achieving important goals especially health goals. I've distracted myself too much with video games. It kept me away from anxiety and the feeling of edginess or "on the run all the time".. However the massive disadvantage is that it kept me very precoocupied and unable to take breaks
  12. Importance of taking a break Even though it may seem like it's not worthwhile physically taking a mental break from everything at least once everyday helps to ease away the stress and buildup of anxiety and removes the edgy or "on the edge" feeling.
  13. Mastery kit 1 Self preservation instinct 2 Resilience 2 Recognizing the elephant in the room. Recognizing the real problem 3 Time of peace 4 Building oneself 5 Rewarding the self 6 autonomy... Being free from people 7 progress with outcome. 3 days 8 self love 9 defeating the unknown enemy 10 Heroism 11 being practical and realistic 12 progress oriented. Actual progress 14 developing essential skills and abilities.
  14. One of the Mastery kit qualities includes a self preservation instinct To preserve oneself despite whatever bad or exciting is going on around. To keep on self unaffected by toxic stuff. A very self protective instinct. 3 days progress check Progress with outcome Track your progress with a 3 day check. Check after every 3 days how much progress you have made. Progress is not possible without outcome. Just talking and thinking about it won't do anything.
  15. Time of peace. Whatever you do now is going to affect you in the future. Think about a certain time after a week. Think that during that time you are happy and content and doing well. But to reach there you need to start now. You need to invest now. You need to work now. You have to do all the good things to your health, take good care of yourself and do whatever you can to improve your situation and conditions When you do all that, you reap those benefits in that "time of peace"
  16. The unknown enemy The unknown enemy is Depression It's just depression but a lot of things together Depression, a feeling of emptiness, lack of focus, lack of strength and love, lack of motivation and purpose, lack of energy, toxicity, feeling of fatigue and saturation,lack of guidance, a feeling of giving up, a feeling of failure and dissatisfaction, a deep lack of positivity, constant negativity, lack of happiness and the need for perfection That's the unknown enemy
  17. Resilience... A very important concept Many of us aren't aware of this.. But for those who suffer this quality should be a part of their Mastery kit. It means still shining and recovering and doing better despite having suffered setbacks and problems in the past. But showing remarkable progress and rising above expectation levels. It basically means "not succumbing"
  18. Child abuse is the thing that touches my heart because I am myself a victim of it It can be in so many ways Emotional abuse Verbal abuse Constant blaming and oppression. Attacks on appearance, character, achievements, abilities and self worth Bullying Indifference to their problems and issues. Not paying attention or resolving them getting bullied by peers Pressure Hardlined discipline Lack of affection and love. Absenteeism Parental neglect Betrayal of trust Lack of communication Inability to create trust Inability to create space for comfort and peace Lack of space and intrusion Ocd Constant monitoring and judgement Physical neglect with food, medical needs and safety or financial security Pimping (making them work at a young age to fulfill financial demands of the family) Lack of listening and understanding. Not spending quality time in hearing and understanding issues. Not sitting and having a proper lengthy conversation and discussions. No "sit downs" or "talk sessions" Lack of sex education Intense religious indoctrination Performing sex acts in front of them or exposing them to porn Making them do sexually abusive things Having sexual conversations with them at an inappropriate age cut off age is 17 Leaving them unsupervised with pets and having violent dog breeds around them Leaving them unsupervised with other kids Leaving them unsupervised with a friend or relative outside of the close family Having an inappropriate or unqualified babysitter Not offering children professional therapy when needed Putting them on unnecessary drugs and medication responsible for their future health problems. Misdiagnosis, Munchausen by proxy syndromes Sending kids to competitions and events and careers leading to their over sexualization and robbing them of their childhood innocence. Sending them to a cult, military or boarding schools. Alienation of affection and rigorous disciplining leading to fear and Dissociation of trust and affection Lack of accountability when confronted Evasion Not allowing proper Coparenting with a divorced partner or no legitimate grounds for evasion of Coparenting duties. Lack or Avoidance of a child's socialization. A deliberate attempt to stop them from having friends Creating Stolkholm syndrome in children Not paying attention to their relationships in teenage and near adult stages. Not guiding them in their relationships Excessive pressure on them to make them look good or presentable Unnecessary rules Lack of guidance No teachings about healthy life No conflict resolution No cooperation with solving problems Creating fear distrust and paranoia in children Punishing them excessively thus creating pathological liar traits in them Accidental or deliberate exposure to your self destructive, suicidal behavior, depression and creating sadness and unhappy environment around them Exposing them to a dead body or to death Exposing them to the drugs you take both medical and recreational Exposing them to smoke and alcohol Runaway redflags. Creating a bad image of another parent Constant verbal/physical fights with the other partner in full view of the children Making children anxious when they go through separation anxiety Withholding money from them. Financial abuse Not taking them to the doctor when it's needed Inability to deal or solve problems Psychological abuse Stress Sexual abuse Physical abuse like beating Character assassination, dehumanization, infantilization, trivialization, demonization Attacks on self esteem and degradation of self worth Moral abuse. Exposing them to unethical behavior like drug dealing and thus compromising their morality foundations and conscience.
  19. I have no sympathy for mentally ill people anymore. I'm done with them. They jeopardize others lives. I have more sympathy for those who suffer because of them I understand the whole argument that "they didn't have any control in being who they are" yet they are still the cause of suffering to others. Also I have more sympathy for those that are in prisons and jails. Because not all are bad. They have suffered abuse in childhood and never been given the opportunity to do well. In fact a lot of them were exposed to drugs and violence as kids by their parents who normalized it for them. Thus they never learned what was wrong or right. The wrong behaviors were normalized for them. As a result they grew up to believe that these behaviors were okay or not much wrong. I will call it "moral abuse" abuse of person's conscience and morality causing the person to become morally unsound and unfit for a proper civil life, Children who have been exposed to graphic violence at a young age by parental neglect or parental behaviors can become violent thugs when they become adults which shouldn't be surprising but it wasn't their fault because they were indoctrinated and coached into it. They were exposed to a morally bad environment thus compromising their moral foundations and causing them to not develop a morally sound foundation for character. This I consider a moral abuse of a person. Child abuse is the thing that touches my heart because I am myself a victim of it It can be in so many ways Emotional abuse Constant blaming and oppression. Attacks on appearance, character, achievements, abilities and self worth Pressure Hardlined discipline Lack of affection and love. Absenteeism Parental neglect Betrayal of trust Lack of communication Inability to create trust Inability to create space for comfort and peace Lack of space and intrusion Ocd Constant monitoring and judgement Physical neglect with food, medical needs and safety or financial security Pimping Lack of listening and understanding. Not spending quality time in hearing and understanding issues. Not sitting and having a proper lengthy conversation and discussions. No "sit downs" or "talk sessions" Lack of sex education Lack of accountability when confronted Evasion Not allowing proper Coparenting with a divorced partner or no legitimate grounds for evasion of Coparenting duties. Lack or Avoidance of a child's socialization. A deliberate attempt to stop them from having friends Not paying attention to their relationships in teenage and near adult stages Unnecessary rules Lack of guidance No teachings about healthy life No conflict resolution No cooperation with solving problems Creating fear distrust and paranoia in children Punishing them excessively thus creating pathological liar traits in them Runaway redflags. Creating a bad image of another parent Constant verbal/physical fights with the other partner in full view of the children Making children anxious when they go through separation anxiety Withholding money from them. Financial abuse Not taking them to the doctor when it's needed Inability to deal or solve problems Psychological abuse Stress Sexual abuse Physical abuse like beating Character assassination, dehumanization, infantilization, trivialization, demonization Attacks on self esteem and degradation of self worth Moral abuse ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️ It can flare up in so many ways in adults like Depression Drug use Self destructive suicidal behavior Self deprecation Bad habits Reliance on toxic and abusive relationships Not having a framework for life Illnesses mental and physical Lack of trust Pathological lying Inability to form proper decisions and judgements Manipulative behavior Emotional clinginess Lack of responsibility
  20. Primordial - - - - - - - > law of synchronicity or Mastery - - - - - - - - - > physical manifestation Even through Mastery intention is important otherwise its fake or misplaced actions and intentions. Now Mastery can be of 2 types The unadulterated original spiritually motivated master who can be called the glorious master or original master. This Mastery is called glorious Mastery The other is fully functional and perfect the role and imitate the original master wonderfully and seems like a good substitute but is hugely lacking in character, depth, originality, emotion, substance or content, genuine intention and sentiment or intangible essence or quality. It can be a good fake. That's all it will be. It is only good for the job for completing the job, you needed a singer to sing like the original singer, the tone, voice, notes are perfect so a great replacement however the emotion are largely missing. But it can do the job. Since it can achieve what is needed although without true or genuine intention it can be called consummate Mastery So we have consummate Mastery and glorious Mastery Primordial - - - - >law of synchronicity - - - - >physical manifestation-----> Final Fulfillment Mastery (consummate) - - - - - - - - - >physical manifestation....more fake and the outcome is not fully fulfilled. - - - - - >no final fulfillment Mastery( glorious) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >physical manifestation - - - - - - - > it's real therefore the outcome is fully fulfilled - - - - - > Final Fulfillment The focus should be on the following 1...primordial 2.. Glorious Mastery 3...physical manifestation 4... Final fulfillment Consummate Mastery is just physical without the spiritual element. Glorious Mastery is divine. Because it has the intention. It is the amalgamation of both spiritual or divine and physical into one.
  21. Key rating systems for people 1 civil A person can be civil not a sociopath but still be narcissistic, jealous, selfish, unkind, indifferent, unempathetic, On the other hand a person may not be a narcissist yet he could be uncivil unethical and breaking rules thus being a sociopath 2. Goodness of character A person can be civil yet full of character flaws like hate, jealousy, creates drama and tries to hurt and bring chaos. Or he is shallow A person can be less civil or not very adherent to rules but still great in character like kindness, empathy, helping, supportive and big Hearted. 3 Genuineness A person can be very civil but totally fake in their politeness. Genuineness is important whether you are good or bad. If a person has character flaws and is very uncivil but is open and genuine about his actions only makes him an honest person but not necessarily a good person The first ground for having trust is civil behavior. Sociopathy is an inevitable part of every society or culture. But it's only strong law and ethics that keeps it under control. It's like good pest control. There is no society immune to Sociopathy. It's only that they have good control
  22. A lot of concepts in short Primordial means an idea a thought a vibe, a word, an intention an affection, an awareness, a feeling an emotion a sentiment Physical means the physical manifestation or existence Law of Synchronicity when you have idea it's eternal and it finds its way to turn into reality either while you are alive or after death because the universe conspires to bring it into existence after hearing the words you put out into it. No word is unheard or forsaken Words are very valuable. They can always be taken for granted and or considered fake by some people who get pissed by words with no backing action but still words with a genuine affection or intention behind can have a dramatic motivating effect. Words are always the first stage. The second stage is action. So someone's sweetness should not be dismissed unless it's really really fake. Words are also equally important Notice that it's only the intangible things that come for free. Beauty can be inner or outer. When you love someone for their inner beauty, they not only look beautiful from inside but also start looking beautiful in your eyes from outside. Vice versa The genuine intent of a person is more important than any person who does things for you out of expectations. Because they don't love you unconditionally. Don't just look at the actions also look at the intent Family is an illusion that needs to be broken Words will always have deep impact once there is a genuine intent behind them. Nothing surpasses spiritual beauty Empathy turns even the bad into good. The world is shallow. It values outer beauty and attributes over spiritual beauty The feeling that someone cares for you is the best feeling in the world and is enough to motivate you Community has a greater role than family which often gets ignored or not fulfilled because of creation of families. Communal love is more important than family love Limitations can exist in 3 ways 1 Actual limitations or realities 2 Human nature flaws 3 Cunningness 1Actual limitations or realities You could be someone's best friend and still not be able to help them. Because you are actually completely incapable of helping them 2 Human nature flaws You could be someone's best friend and still not be able to help them. Because you have been perverted or interrupted or corrupted by your own human nature flaws example selfishness. You are trying and wanting to help but then you get second thoughts. 3 Cunningness You could be someone's best friend and still not be able to help them. Because you just don't want to do even the slightest thing that you are perfectly capable of doing. You just want to take advantage and throw that person out when your job is done. It's not a flaw preventing you. You already know that you are going to use that person and that you never help anyone no matter how much ever easier it is to help that person. It's really you being cunning. 4 a person who actually helps you but with some other agenda in mind. He is also equally cunning The law of synchronicity and justice is like karma. Karma is not only the outcome of your actions for which you will have to pay back. Like what goes around comes around or as you sow shall you reap. You reap as you sow But karma is also a combination of two laws Karma = law of synchronicity + law of reparations Which means this. Good intentions always find a way to come to fruition. Bad intentions always find a way to get aborted and for poetic justice to happen Law of synchronicity means the good you think will come true one day and find its way into physical manifestation Law of reparations means the bad you think or do will find a way back to you for reparations and you will get your karma and you'll have to pay back in the form of punishment Even rejects deserve love. In fact they deserve more love than others because they need hope and encouragement And then there are people who struggle and who have problems to deal with and nobody cares about them because nobody finds beauty in them. They are called losers and rejects. But it's not their fault. They deserve love too. They are the "abandoned ones" the forgotten ones. The ones rejected and canceled by the world looking for perfection. But in the end.... God never forsakes even the rejects. Because true love and empathy never forsakes anyone, not even sinners. That's the nature of the cross, of God. That's godliness.
  23. Twin flame partner I can probably get along with someone else A person who is very judgemental, critical and skeptical about me is probably not good for me Qualities to avoid Chaotic Lack of listening. Critical Judgemental Skeptical Harsh Un affectionate Taking for granted Not creating a spade of comfort and hope. A person who truly loves you will still try to create a space of hope and comfort despite realizing that things are unrealistic. That's called having a big heart. Because when you get what you want and when you get good things anyone can be happy. But a real person who understands limitations, who forgives truly, who opens his heart much bigger and is happy despite not getting what he wants.
  24. Focus
  25. Implementation begins from today. Today is July 6th Need to start counting implementation days.