The Only Good - Addendum

In reference to the previous post "The Only Good", the following:

There is none "good" on earth. In this duality, this material realm, every attribute has its opposite. What is "good" for one person may not be "good" for another. Look around you, the examples are everywhere.

Israelis think it is "good" to build settlements on Palestinian land. Palestinians vehemently disagree. They feel that such activity is most definitely "bad".

Marijuana smokers think that it is "good" to smoke weed. Law enforcement, crime victims and millions of parents the world over certainly do not agree.

Socialists hold as "good" the idea that it is the duty of the State to care for its people. Capitalists recoil in horror at the mention of socialism, maintaining that anything which hinders the ability of private enterprise to continue to make money off the misery of the poor is "bad". And so it goes, and on, and on.

There are things that you yourself consider "good", or "bad". If you take one of those things and give it some thought, it should be fairly easy for you to come up with a person, or persons, who think the exact opposite. Thus, we find that the human definition of "good", as an absolute, is invalid. If "good" truly existed, there would be no "bad", as "Good", according to its Original meaning implies the absence of "bad". Converselt, in this world, when we say that something is "good", we are only half-right. The same goes for when we say that something is "bad".

The Only Good is God, The All. God is the Absolute Goodness, the Origin of Good (God, Good...the similarity is compelling, isn't it?). We should keep this in mind when we see, or hear the words "good" and "bad". We should try not to get wrapped up in their human definitions. Remember, "There is none good, no not one". All men and women have erred in some respect, in this life and in lives past. All men and women have their preferences and aversions. This blog may appear to be "good" to some, but to an atheist, it is most definitely "bad".

We live in a duality, continually swinging between pairs of polar opposites. This constant speculative activity is what caused man to lose his way, many eons ago. Until we can begin to ignore this and other 'pendulums of antitheses', we will remain trapped here, not realizing that by holding on to the one ("good") we enable the existence of its opposite ("bad").

~ g
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