foofighter
Jedi Council Member
Not sure where to post this, or whether it is of any use at all, but here goes.
I think I am (finally) beginning to "get" the dynamic between the so-called evil and suffering of this world and the possibility of good and the ecstacy related to this. In the state I am now, seeing the darkness around me, and the almost absolute mechanicalness of man, one cannot help but be depressed and sad about it all, while simultaneously accepting that it all just "is what it is". But this state of depression and suffering is just that, a state. And it is possible, it seems, to move from one state to another, both of them being states of suffering. One state of suffering to another.
But, and this seems to be the key point if I got this right, in this action (or "reaction", due to the mechanicalness of it all) there is a shimmer of good, of ecstasy. In doing something for another, to alleviate the state of suffering just one little bit, to another slightly less suffering state, that particular process involves a feeling (if not actual) sense of ecstacy. Of joy. Of doing something useful.
So, while we at all times find ourselves immersed in this reality of suffering, of depression at different levels, it is still possible to experience joy when moving through these levels, and in particular in helping others move from one level to another.
It is then not useful, it seems, to think about "good vs evil", but rather to think of ALL states as being inherently "evil" (in lack of a better term), and the transition between them as being either "good" or "non-good", depending on the objective difference of suffering between the two subsequent states. The active good needs the passive evil in order to function, as always.
Or so I think, keeping in mind that "I" don't "think" at all in the first place.
I think I am (finally) beginning to "get" the dynamic between the so-called evil and suffering of this world and the possibility of good and the ecstacy related to this. In the state I am now, seeing the darkness around me, and the almost absolute mechanicalness of man, one cannot help but be depressed and sad about it all, while simultaneously accepting that it all just "is what it is". But this state of depression and suffering is just that, a state. And it is possible, it seems, to move from one state to another, both of them being states of suffering. One state of suffering to another.
But, and this seems to be the key point if I got this right, in this action (or "reaction", due to the mechanicalness of it all) there is a shimmer of good, of ecstasy. In doing something for another, to alleviate the state of suffering just one little bit, to another slightly less suffering state, that particular process involves a feeling (if not actual) sense of ecstacy. Of joy. Of doing something useful.
So, while we at all times find ourselves immersed in this reality of suffering, of depression at different levels, it is still possible to experience joy when moving through these levels, and in particular in helping others move from one level to another.
It is then not useful, it seems, to think about "good vs evil", but rather to think of ALL states as being inherently "evil" (in lack of a better term), and the transition between them as being either "good" or "non-good", depending on the objective difference of suffering between the two subsequent states. The active good needs the passive evil in order to function, as always.
Or so I think, keeping in mind that "I" don't "think" at all in the first place.