Re: "Evil Is Independent Of God"

The following is posted in response to a question posed recently in "Cathar Belief and The Gnosis"

Question: If God is the Absolute it encompasses everything that is, was and will ever be; or in an intrinsic sense It IS All that IS. In that context how is it that evil is "independent from GOD"? Likewise how could any realm really be outside of the divine creation

We agree that "All are in The All, The All is in All". This is unequivocably true. It also creates a surface paradox when we encounter statements such as "evil is independent of God". However, upon closer examination, we will see that there is no paradox.

Everything that is exists within The All. Although The All is Unknowable, It can be experienced via Its manifested Creation. A major function of the Creation is this: Virgin, Divine Sparks of The All are sent out into the manifested Creation. Their mission? To explore, experience and enhance the Creation and, by so doing, come to a CONSCIOUS awareness of their Divinity and then return, Divine and fully conscious, to The All.

Each Divine Spark carries within it all of the Perfection and Omnipotence of The All. This has to be true as each Spark originates from and is simultaneously a part of that which is Perfect and Omniscient. In essence, they are Divine, but are not aware of this Divinity because it is their natural state. As the Sparks move deeper into materialization, clothing themselves in ethers that increase in density, some may forget their Divine origins and begin to believe that they are "separate" from The All. This idea of "separation" is a fundamental error. And that is all that "sin" is. Sin = error. Sin does not mean "bad" or "evil", it means "error". This can be proven through careful examination of causes, rather than effects. Behind every sinful or "evil" act that man commits, the idea of "separation", of "I" being-ness, of "me against ----" or "me first" will always be found at the root. This is why it can be said that "evil is independent of God". There is no separation in The All. The idea of separation is a distortion, an error.

The Creator grants Its Divine Sparks the independence, the freedom to explore and experience as they will. If they follow the Divine Blueprint, voluntarily carry out the will of The Creator and remain closely linked to the Divine Kingdom they will - in freedom - experience in harmony with The Creator within Its Creation.

Conversely, entities whose actions are not in harmony with the Divine Plan of Evolution are exiled to areas of the Creation where they can voluntarily experience in error to their heart's content, until their suffering becomes so great that they begin to seek for a way out, a Way Home. These entities cannot be allowed to contaminate the pure, Divine portion of the Creation.

Can you guess where we are?

Although there appears to be a paradox, there really isn't. As a final example, the following crude analogy may help: if a virus invades the body, an immune response is triggered and an attempt is made to segregate the virus from the rest of the body. All of this takes place within the body, but is independent of the parts of the body that are functioning in a healthy manner. The rest of the body continues to function while the threat is isolated and neutralized. Yet, all of this activity takes place within the body.

It is hoped that the foregoing has been of some help.

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