Humanity's Achilles' Heel

The Problem of Evil is Ours

Where the Good v Evil polarity is split, it is evident that in the higher Divine Planes (L6 and L5), the Good dominates, while in the lower Human Planes (L3), Evil dominates. Furthermore, Good and Evil are divided and kept apart in the Divine realm, except within Divine Oneness, which is, in any case, incomprehensible.

So, at least on superficial inspection, handling Evil is significantly easier for Divine Beings than it is for us Human Beings.

Furthermore the whole system has its L1-foundation in survival via Practical Existence. This arena is competitive: the survival of the fittest based on group survival and pursuit of self-interest.

Evolution

Ferocity was where we started. It was unavoidable during the long climb upwards to humanity: species were annihilated or allowed to collapse as ecological and genetic possibilities interacted. Humanity itself found that war, not peace, was the primary spur to technological development.

However, by a strange quirk, technology moved us from subsistence to lives of abundance and leisure. As this occurred, the idea developed that people should not be attempting to destroy each other or even to control each other. Consciousness of the higher Plane of Work (L2) developed. Cruelty and domination became increasingly devalued, while concern, help and care for others took centre stage (at least as an aspiration). The various urges conflicted uneasily until something happened: mankind developed the technological capacity to destroy itself and indeed all life.

Destruction will never cease, nor will suffering. But what can bring wilful, cruel and needless destruction under control? That is where we are.

The issue now is the provision of effective control of the inherent evil that is fused with the undoubted good within practical existence. If not, human beings in their headlong drive to survive will certainly push themselves into extinction. This is not speculation: many societies have done just that by destroying the environment that supported them or exhausting their wealth and moral integrity via continual wars and pervasive corruption.

The diagram makes it obvious that the Divine Planes can do nothing directly about this. Sustainability is up to us.

The Solution for Evil must be Ours

The diagram suggests that Practical Existence-L1 should sustain Psychological Existence-L2 and Aware Existence-L3. Then those two Planes can support the semi-divine Plane-L4 and all higher Divine Planes (L5-L7).

However, for that to work out, Awareness-L3 and Mindfulness-L2 must provide sufficient effective control over Practical Existence-L1.

There are only two ways to enable this: ●elevation and ●supervision.

Elevation

Those on the Practical Plane-L1 can make the effort to raise themselves into the Psychological Plane-L2 by fostering their own mindfulness. This is perfectly possible.

However, because everyone's natural tendencies will be otherwise, success will depend greatly on a social context that gently but firmly pressures practical people to elevate themselves.

Many self-help and management books are currently being focused explicitly on this as part of the emergence of the 21st Century Enlightenment e.g. a recent text with this goal is called «Lift».

Supervision

Much of the effort must initially come from the Awareness Plane-L3, but it will need to be handled and sustained by those firmly established within Psychological Existence-L2. Mindful-L2 leaders and managers will need to accept and understand wise counsel and become genuinely excited by the opportunity. Many will be highly practical. So it will be important to promise great benefits from doing things in ways that align with a «better Self». It must be emphasized that control over base impulses will feel completely natural.

With effort, it is possible to inhibit mindless repetition of…

• "what’s in it for me?”
• “if you want a friend, get a dog”
• "it's all your fault—look what you made me do"
• "I've been tricked too often to trust anyone now"
• "I want to go back to the way things were before"
• "It's hopeless: nothing's going to work and we'll never make it"
• "It's all too much for me"
• "why is it always me that has to do it?"
• "charity starts at home: my needs must always come first"
• "bring me solutions not problems"
• "I'm tired of waiting"
• "no-one is going to tell me what to do"
• "why should I put myself out for you?"
• "I can't accept what I can't understand"
• "I've always been this way: you can't expect me to change."

Yet to Come: To this point, there are no specifications within THEE about what «your better Self» refers to, and what it entails. That will be explored in the next section.

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• More on the struggle between good and evil.

Originally posted: 26-Oct-2012