On 29 Sep, 15:00, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
> very good
>
Cheers!! That was a series of thoughts I had on my walk into work
this morning.
> On Sep 29, 9:28 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > On 29 Sep, 10:18, Pat <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > On 28 Sep, 18:09, Lonlaz <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > Ahh, Hitler. Does this mean that while you think God is only
> > > > subjectively good or bad, he/she is ultimately trying to achieve some
> > > > other type of ultimate goodness?
>
> > > Yes. This, too, is in Genesis. After the fullness of creation, i.e.,
> > > after the sixth day, God saw 'that it was VERY GOOD.' So we must take
> > > from that, that when we perceive 'evil', it is perceived by us in
> > > order to produce a greater good. Whether or not we recognise that or
> > > not, or realise that or not, it is so, even if that recognition/
> > > realisation is made by others years later.
>
> > I just thought I'd add this rather kabbalistic exegesis here to help
> > (!) explain a few things:
>
> > On the second day, God created the right (Chesed) and the left
> > (Geburah). From the right issues mercy, kindness and the basis for
> > ‘good’; from the left issues justice, cruelty and the basis for
> > ‘evil’. These are balanced in beauty (Tiphareth), the heart and soul
> > of God. In beauty, all things are joined and, because this is where
> > all things are joined, it is called the heart of God. Because all
> > consciousness derives from this beauty, it is called the soul of God.
> > Our spirit/soul is but a portion of that soul of God that stems from
> > beauty, which is why both left and right are present in us.- Hide quoted
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