Good vs Evil
I was chatting with a newly-acquired friend the other day and she said that she found my thoughts very interesting, but wondered how I manage
with such thinking in professional life. Coincidentally talking with my mum later that day, I found her saying the same thing differently. She said most people don’t do that which is good because they see everything you have lost in the process of standing for that which is Good. Had you been materially successful in the aftermath of your decisions since May 2009, people would have wanted to follow the Good.
That was really a very pertinent point, especially considering that I have repeatedly been either thrown out or caused to leave or rejected by organization heads when they realize that my loyalty is to Truth above and beyond them.
Over the past two years since I openly began to resist corruption that exists at the top levels of organizations, I have also been led to realize and recognize the fact that most people will do nothing about it, so it continues to ail humanity.
It is in the nature of Good to fight Evil, and depending upon the choices we make we become instruments for either of these Forces of the Universe. Good and evil per se exist solely for the human species, but having been born human no one is exempt from it. Those who keep silent, doing nothing to prevent evil also become instruments for the Evil forces.
So yes it is a fact that taking the side of Good causes one to be penalized by the mass of humans; but on the other hand, such a one becomes the responsibility of Life and Life then shields one from suffering and/or loss, harm, grief and the like.
The other side of this coin is that if one has opted to either voluntarily engage in corruption and/or to keep silent – and thus allow such acts to be perpetrated – one cannot expect the Forces of Good to protect oneself. That would be contrary to their nature (unnatural and unlawful).
In other words, in order for God/Life to stand with you, you first need to stand for God/Life; which standing has to be in daily living and does not equate with participating in rites, rituals and ceremonies at shrines. Numbers, quantity, titles, positions of power and authority, scholarliness, kinship, worldly success – none of these matter. It is solely individual choices and decisions that count.
Every mythological tale depicting this battle in the Universe would show that the numbers were always on the side of Evil, but the Forces of Good were on the side of a handful of humans who in the living of their lives choose the good over evil, choose cleanliness over corruption.
The plight of humans today is largely owing to the fact that in order for them to “feel good” about themselves, they have accorded failure to God, the Teachers of humanity, founders of the Religions, Life, Mother Nature. Humans seem to have a penchant for choosing that which is worst for
themselves, preferring to pander to their greed and many desires. Ironically when the time to reap the results for their misdeeds arrives, they seek
everything for themselves they were often unwilling to give.
It is not necessary that one has to continue on the path of wrongdoing because one has done that till date. Every day there are opportunities for
making these choices. Maybe this write-up serves as an eye-opener and someone chooses to start doing that which is good. It might mean sacrificing one’s petty needs and whims. It would mean turning the mirror aimed without at oneself. Past misdeeds do not get wiped away, and one must face these – which often pose as obstacles on one’s path – in the days to come, but if one is steadfast in one’s intention to do good, one will always find help at hand to strengthen that intention, which of course needs to be followed by consonant thoughts, emotions, feelings, deeds.
Needless to say, in order to do good, one has to know the difference between what is good and what evil. Currently, wherever I understand the majority of humans to be, that which is pleasant is mistaken for that which is good; consequently, that which is painful is mistaken to be evil. This
misconception has led to a largely chaotic/awry world where terror and fear rule the decisions of human life.
Try in the following days to find out what does “good” consist in and choose to engage in it. The path ahead is not easy – filled with many trials and travails, but if you keep at it with diligence and determination, help will arrive.
Consider this: If you choose to engage in wrongdoing, knowing now of the nature of Good and Evil and of your own instrumentality, how do you expect to be protected by the Forces of Good?
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September 23, 2011 6:32 am
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By C.C. Saint-clair, September 25, 2011 @ 10:04 am
You: Over the past two years since I openly began to resist corruption that exists at the top levels of organizations
Me: What I feel about your post, Ritambhari, in 50 words or less is this:
Resistance is definitely not flowing, definitely not *actively* accepting what has been put on our path.
Resistance creates *resistance*, perhaps in a different guise, in a different area, but resistance will be encountered –again because the karmic lesson has been blocked – not learnt.
By Ritambhari, September 25, 2011 @ 5:49 pm
CC, acceptance doesn’t mean one accepts that which is bad. Simplistic answers often don’t lead to light.
Seeing how my life has turned out post that stand, I feel I did the right thing. Perhaps it is time for humanity to start resisting corrupting influences within-without.
If one looked at it carefully and honestly, at the root of all the social ills that ail the world of humans today one will find corruption.
By Ritambhari, September 26, 2011 @ 7:59 am
CC do you consider this as well: As a Force in Natural Law, Karma comes into being when one resists the movement of Life, which movement is from the lower to the Higher, from evil to Good, from darkness to Light, from mortality to Immortality,from ignorance to knowledge to Wisdom, from hatred to Love, from selfish to Unselfish.
While all the former qualities stated above allow people to manipulate Life to suit their desires, all the latter qualities are undesirable. When one chooses to resist Life’s call to better oneself, Karma comes into force.
That is why the one who chooses to repeatedly do Good eventually gets to the stage where no karma follows from his/her action.
By C.C. Saint-clair, September 29, 2011 @ 7:00 am
You: the one who chooses to repeatedly do Good eventually gets to the stage where no karma follows from his/her action.
Me: yes, I believe that to some extent, but while we carry any degree of anger/resentment/insecurities/conditional acceptance and a touch of *me against them*, freedom from karma is not likely to happen in this lifetime nor the next.
By Ritambhari, October 1, 2011 @ 4:54 am
That is precisely what this blog post is about CC – Instrumentality. Our choices daily make us instruments for Good or Evil.
If I were to word it correctly, one is not against anyone, but rather stands for that which is Good in the Universe or as At the Feet of the Master would say, “On God’s side”. Standing on God’s side means that one cannot and does not side with the Evil (corruption, greed, reckless violence, power politics, and all of that stuff).
One needs to be able to look at it as Life would in order to see what is being said here. People give many excuses for them to accept corruption – physical comfort, positions, power, authority, fame, these are just a few of them; but Lifewise these are merely temptations that the unaware fall prey to; but then since they do, so their destiny or instrumentality is rather fixed/decided isn’t it? Unless they take appropriate steps to right the wrong.
As to your statement: “but while we carry any degree of anger/resentment/insecurities/ conditional acceptance and a touch of *me against them*…” merely indicates that one is unaware of what it means to stand on God’s side. There is no place for any personal feelings – both positive and negative.
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