Good vs. Evil? Really?

Yes, I think so. But call it what you want. There is a force that opposes consciousness and it's been carrying out its operations for millennia. Basic to its plan is to encourage the loss of individual self knowledge. This culminates in whole societies losing their way through vulnerability to lies and abuse. This loss of self is inherited, augmented, and passed on from one generation to the next. It causes all forms of social and personal deterioration by mixing the will to power with self loathing. The ugliest part is that in the end, it's voluntary. All sages throughout history have sought to reverse that voluntary deterioration by calling us back into true awareness of who we are.

But that which opposes consciousness has patience.

It’s not concerned with achieving its goals now. It’s simply concerned with achieving its goals. And it does have goals. The emergence of immediate gratification is one of the weapons of the enemy. It works because the war for consciousness spans generations. As a soldier, I need to be willing to strive toward an end I won’t see in my lifetime. I need to be willing to raise my children to do their part when the time comes, to carry on the struggle.

"Take to heart these words I enjoin on you today. Drill them into your children. Speak of them at home or abroad, whether you are busy or at rest.” Deuteronomy 6: 6-7

But I’m not talking about anchoring an inadequate consciousness in the safety of some religious or political ideology, or some social or financial outlook. I’m talking about promoting a willingess to risk the expansion of consciousness in order to see what’s really going on. To win the war for consciousness we must be just as patient, creative, and far seeing as the enemy.

Ever forward.

Posted via web from Ever Forward