Good v Evil in the Divine Planes

RH'L7: Universal Spirit reflects Divine Oneness

Good and evil are indistinguishable within the Universal Spirit in accord with its functioning as Divine Oneness. It would be self-contradictory for distinct polar opposite states to be possible here.

So at L7: balanced is the only possibility i.e. there is one Centre where good and evil are mysteriously synthesized: Divine Oneness-L7_B

RH'L6: Cosmic Forces express Divine Will

The Plane of Divine Will enables the interplay of Cosmic Forces which are envisaged as either Good or Evil. This is not the struggle between good and evil that goes on in a person's soul (or self, or heart, or mind): because that occurs on the Psychological Plane-RH'L2. On this Divine Plane, by contrast, there is no struggle. Polarity remains unambiguous and unequivocal, with the two forces inherently distant from each other. Metaphorically, the Cosmic Forces are represented as Light (=Good) and Darkness (=Evil).

So at L6: There are two Centres named: Forces of Light-L6_G and Diabolic Forces-L6_E.

Dominance: The continuing existence of humanity demands that the Forces of Light should dominate. There are myths, probably wish-fulfilling or mood-generated, in which there is a final and definitive battle leading to the triumph of one side or the other. However, from a human perspective, a final cosmic victory seems unlikely, especially as the two forces repel each other.

So the Channel RH'L6_G ↔ L6_E is named Repulsion.

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Might these opposites attract? Attract to generate struggle? Or to cancel each other out? Neither seems likely. It is a spiritual principle that pursuit of the good is the method to handle the presence of evil. Openness to the Forces of Light is therefore desirable. Engagement with Diabolic Forces can occur and this would drag you into evil: but that plays out on Human Planes.

RH'L5: Supreme Being enables Divine Creation

The Supreme Being is synonymous with all creation and therefore undeniably identified with the existence of both Good and Evil, however you wish to conceive these notions. But it is not imaginatively possible for a worshipped Creator-God to be other than Absolute Goodness, so it becomes necessary to postulate a «Supreme Evil Being». Names used in the Judeo-Christian tradition to refer to such an embodiment of Evil include: The Devil, Lucifer, Satan, The Adversary, Prince of Darkness, Mephistopheles.

Zoroastrianism

Zoroaster was the Persian prophet-founder of the first revealed monotheistic religion, probably around 1000 BCE. His ideas influenced the Judeo-Christian-Muslim faiths and Greek philosophy. Ahura Mazda, the transcendent God, corresponds to the Universal Spirit-L7. There are numerous Immortals who are described as Concepts or Attributes and correspond to Cosmic Forces-L6. Ahura Mazda interacts with the human world via two states: Ahriman or Angra Mainyu, the Destructive Principle, and Spenta Mainyu, the Bounteous or Creative Principle—these are Supreme Beings-L5.

The Supreme Good Being is the source of actual existence and human free-will, so that humanity has the responsibility to sustain its own existence. It is a «Pure White Light» named here: The Creation Principle. The Supreme Evil Being is an «Utter Darkness» striving to bring out the worst in man using lies and offers of magical powers. The THEE-name chosen is The Destruction Principle.

So at L5, there are two Centres named: Creation Principle-L5_G and Destruction Principle-L5_E.

Dominance: Mythologies and religions generally represent the Creation Principle-L5_G as dominating the Destruction Principle-L5_E. Common sense says that it must be dominant or nothing would exist/survive. It is in the nature of divinely-generated creation that opposites emerge from what was unified or undifferentiated (and vice versa). Opposites that need each other attract: in this case, Creation Principle-Goodness cannot exist without Destruction Principle-Evil (and vice versa).

So the Channel RH'L5_G ↔ L5_E is named Attraction.

RH'L4: Cosmic Consciousness is Semi-Divine

The World Saviour Model Being is situated between Divine and Human realms and apparently partakes of the qualities of both. Recall that at L4: good and evil are again fused or synthesized i.e. there is a single balanced Centre named: Cosmic Consciousness-L4_B.

This Plane, which is beyond good v evil, is mentioned again here because it is a focus for influences from the three Divine Planes: see next topic.

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• Now examine influences amongst the Divine planes using these Centres.

Originally posted: 26-Oct-2012