"the opposition to spirit" = rule overrules right "And so, evil as behavior, becomes relative." = The segment of Society has specific 'rule' that 'direction' enforces.
"As we place our identity more in these than in our own spiritual nature, the forces of "evil" are winning." = Our spiritual nature is overruled by the 'direction' of Society. "I will say that I think we need to **look beyond our own or someone else's individual behavior to understand** evil, and include that which takes us collectively away from unity though good, and into separation." Maybe the 'direction' of Society? :-) peace & Love On Jun 25, 7:17 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not sure that the concept of evil has been or is limited to > behavior. Theosophy and Anthroposophy, Hermetics and other systems > all include ideas of evil that are inherent in us and life, and form > the opposition to spirit. Christianity is based on the well known > story of Adam and Eve;s fall from grace, having tasted the fruit of > the tree of knowledge of good and evil and tempted by Lucifer to do > so. To my thinking, much of what we know, are aware of and experience > includes opposition and the spectrum that lies between. This is often > how we measure change. Good and evil, bad and good, right and wrong, > all concepts of duality that we form as a way to understand our > experience. > > I thought the movie with Kate Winslett, The Reader, was fascinating > because it presented the notion that we cannot judge the German people > who participated in Nazi society during the war on the basis of > morality, or even on a legal basis of our time, but must judge them > according to the laws of their own society in their own time. This > really speaks to the concept of "our reality" and how our behavior is > effected by our cultural norms, survival needs and societal laws of > our place and time. Which is different from other places and times. > And so, evil as behavior, becomes relative. > > Rudolph Steiner does a good job of defining the notion of opposition > (good and evil) in volumes that address his idea of the Christ and > universal opposing forces. His idea is that through epochs of time, > there are three different opposing forces that call each of us away > from spirit, unity consciousness, or the Christ. We are currently in > the epoch of the Azurus, that manifests in material possession and > technology. As we place our identity more in these than in our own > spiritual nature, the forces of "evil" are winning. > > While I think there is a genius in his insight into what distracts us > and what connects us on a soul level, there is much of his philosophy/ > theosophy that loses me. But I will say that I think we need to look > beyond our own or someone else's individual behavior to understand > evil, and include that which takes us collectively away from unity > though good, and into separation. > > On Jun 25, 6:09 am, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Till this topic was brought up I never really looked at the definition of > > evil, what I had in my mind verses what is defined. Yes it would be acts > > and not a force that are seen as evil. I think you are right intent needs > > to be part of the equation. > > > I wonder how often the word is missed used. > > Allan > > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:19 AM, [email protected] < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > So evil is not a force but some acts of mankind can be seen as evil? > > > I guess then intent needs to be part of this equation? > > > -- > > ( > > ) > > I_D Allan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
