Lithien:
It isn't the truth in the heart of darkness that destroys Man it is the lie
by which we live that permeates the "horror" of our existence. i contend
that this is what Dynamic Quality really is. A "horror" unintelligible to
humans. as Nietzsche said "Beauty is terror". only by separating it into
an illusory duality of good and evil can it be understood with some measure
of safety.
Glove:
You capture things so well with your writing, Lithien. Your words call to my
memory an incident when I was a small boy, in the window watching the
lightning of a thunderstorm, and all of a sudden my mother hurrying me away,
telling me that if I watched the lightning too closely, it would strike me.
I must have been four years old or so. You know its all I can do, even now,
not to cringe away from the sight of lightning? Its so funny how our lives
are each colored by those little incidences of seemingly minor significance,
yet they make up the totality of who we are.
I agree that great care should be taken when looking into the heart of
darkness. Focusing only on the darkness is as big a mistake as focusing on
only the light. I have always had trouble regarding Evil as independent from
Good. And like the lightning, I guess I tend to shy away from examining
either concept too closely for fear they may strike me. I view them instead
as complementary, like the sunshine/thunderstorm way of our life. Good and
evil may each exist, but only as complementary shadows of perceived static
quality everyday reality.
I happened to be channel surfing a few nights ago and came across an
interview with the Dali Lama. Since I have read and seen "7 Years in Tibet"
it caught my interest. He was asked if he harbored ill will at all towards
the Chinese who invaded his homeland and forced him into exile. I noticed
something in the man (and quite obviously others must as well) that I just
couldn't quite put a finger on. He was very unassuming, to start with. And
when he spoke it wasn't so much what he said as what he didn't say.
He seemed like most any other man, struggling with questions that were
beyond his grasp. But unlike most men, he didn't pretend to have any
answers. He spoke of not one lifetime but of many, and how there is a
long-term viewpoint that most people fail to measure at all in their daily
lives. He refused to condemn the Chinese, and sympathized with the karmic
burden they would carry. I liked him a great deal.
Anyway, that is how I prefer to look at good and evil. Each is part of the
other, and neither can exist without the other. It is only our perceptions
that make it so.
best wishes, and thanks for sharing your thoughts so beautifully.
glove
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