Have you ever wondered what are the differences between the words good, bad, right, wrong, and evil?
Let’s begin with the word good, many believe that being good is the best way to be, to a certain degree yes, but good is still connected to ego.
Doing good is usually opinionated, a personal choice. Because it is a personal choice we must pay attention to our deep motives, and our intention before we act out, yes this is not always easy to do because we will see how negative we can be when unaware. To pay attention to what good we are about to do, we are brutally honest with ourselves.
You are on break and you decide to light your cigarette, someone intervenes and says that smoking is bad for you. They are saying it is bad for them because they do not know you, you could have died, etc and a cigarette saved your life, you know why you smoke and you do not see it as a threat, so it works out for you. If the other person smokes it may be a health hazard because everyone is different.
Many use man-made drugs and live a clean grounded comfortable life, yet if certain people use drugs their lives will fall apart. Drug use and drug abuse are not the same, just like some can live with alcohol and many can not, their health is also fine, it is about their state of mind. Can I make a judgment call?
What a person does that is good will always somehow be bad for another. If a person escapes from a prison and is never found, in his mind it is good for him, but it will be bad for others, because not everyone agrees. If I am a boss mobster and they increase security then that is bad for me. Good and bad things tend to be petty or mild, because we all keep doing good and bad things, wrong goes with sin, not good and bad.
If a person saved five teens off of the streets that is a good thing, but it is bad for the gangs because they have lost potential. If they rejoin the gang they are experiencing good for them. The many sneaky things we do, or certain things we enjoy doing that we do not want others to know to avoid criticism and judgment.
When we do not receive, and someone else does, we say that is bad, but if they say you can benefit, somehow it is now good, maybe they cut in a deal.
Trying to only be a good person for God and others will push us further away from our true authentic self, that is a lot of acting to impress others and needing any kind of external validation, that is just making us more human, which is the flaw. Humans are flawed, spiritual growth is rising above just trying to be good, it is best to be yourself.
We see this after church, the mask smiles trying to look good because God said so, then how do I know when I am trying to impress God and others versus being myself? It’s not about walking around being good, instead stay positive, this way I can be myself, be prepared if negativity arises, and avoid negativity if possible. Good can be people-pleasing, more human, not evolving by becoming self-aware.
In the same way, good was explained doing bad can still be good for you, not them, yet someone else doing some good is a bad experience for you. We judge ourselves too much on bad which is not healthy, we are human beings we just do all sorts of things, and we may feel empty or bored, etc. The inner critic is in our head, butting in when we are doing something we may think is bad.
Smoking weed is bad for many people because everybody is different, it may be too potent. Yet it is good for the remaining, no problems at all. It may be good for me to wear a tough man persona in certain situations or environments.
Right is usually an inner knowing, it is not always a personal choice, you hear do the right thing, not do the good thing. When we are right this is following our heart and sometimes our gut feelings, has nothing to do with being good, because anyone can do the right thing. We already know most of the commandments, that remind us of what is right. Stealing, murdering, and cheating on your lover is wrong, not bad.
To be right the ego, the pride, our image must be humbled. Wrong is the opposite of right, right and wrong can not be opinionated, we know what is chaotic, horrible, and wrong. It is easier to forgive ourselves for doing bad things, but very hard to forgive guilt from wrongdoing. Violence, stealing, and lying are wrong, period. This is why life is a school, paying attention to our experiences unlocks our potential to evolve. Sometimes, we must do something wrong to upgrade, too bad many die inside, being too hard on ourselves, we came here to make many mistakes, being human.
The best way to grow from wrongdoing is to admit to yourself that you were wrong and admit it to others depending on what it may be. This is taking accountability and being responsible for your actions. You have no choice but to grow up if you do.
Evil just means hidden in the dark. I am giving this homeless man free money and food, I doing is trying to look good in front of others. Even though I don’t really care about the homeless, it was a good act to share. He hid his agenda, which was deception. If someone surprised you for your birthday, keeping you unaware, that is still evil, but there is no I will.
If you have a sixth sense and can easily read others, and you never manipulate them, just keep yourself safe and away from others, that is evil because you are keeping what you know about them hidden for your benefit, and theirs, keeping anything in the dark. As long as it is not ill will.
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