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Confront reality
- Oct 25, 2016
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My world is pretty good. Just remember that at any time you are the sum of your choices and when things go horribly wrong to look into the mirror to see the cause of your troubles.You certainly like to live in a dreamworld, or fantasyland, if you prefer. There is nothing that supports anything you say. It's a wonder that you don't just implode.Is that why you don't believe in God? Because bad things happen to good people? It is called life, Mudda. The reality though is that you are making a fringe argument. You are trying to use the exception to define the rule. As a rule, the consequence of violating a moral law is not usually immediate, but since error cannot stand it will eventually fail. And when it does, if we are honest and paying attention we will come to know the error of our way and repent (i.e. transform). Thus evolving our consciousness (i.e. growing as human beings) and continuing our march towards the next leap in the evolution of matter."how can we know if we are truly doing good or doing evil and rationalizing that we are doing good? The answer is simple... outcomes." Then why does bad shit happen to people who do all the right things?We live in a universe where the laws of nature are such that where given enough time and the right conditions beings that know and create will arise. Beings that know and create were pre-destined by the laws of nature at the moment space and time were created. The matter/energy which you are made of was created when space and time were created. Since that time it has only changed form. There is nothing nebulous or amorphous about this. From the point of origin until now, everything in between was controlled by natural processes according to the laws of nature. Throughout this time, matter complexified until it was possible for beings that now and create to arise. There is nothing nebulous or amorphous about this either. Beings that know and create are the finished product of the evolution of matter. We are the end product. The only thing remaining is for our "sentience" to evolve just as matter has evolved during every step of the process. And just like the natural laws controlled that process, they also control this process.The Universe and "God" are both nebulous amorphous concepts that serve as a "projection screen" for sentience which then throws upon them the garland of a priori beliefs much like heathens decorate a festivus pole ...
One Traveler through Life even said
“What are the stars but points in the body of God where we insert the healing needles of our terror and longing?
Virtue is the greatest organizing principle. When people behave virtuously, predictable success will NATURALLY follow. When people behave without virtue, predictable failures will NATURALLY occur. This is nature accepting or rejecting us. We have been given a way to know the difference between right and wrong.
Man is born with the ability to know right from wrong and when he violates it, rather than abandoning the concept, he rationalizes that he did not violate it. Men don't do evil for evil's sake, they do evil for the sake of their own good. So from this we can know that man prefers good over evil.
So getting back to the concept of nature rejecting us, how can we know if we are truly doing good or doing evil and rationalizing that we are doing good? The answer is simple... outcomes. Moral laws are not like physical laws. When you violate a physical law, the consequence is immediate. Not so for moral laws. The consequence of violating a moral law is not usually immediate, but since error cannot stand it will eventually fail. And when it does, if we are honest and paying attention we will come to know the error of our way and repent (i.e. transform). Thus evolving our consciousness (i.e. growing as human beings) and continuing our march towards the next leap in the evolution of matter.![]()