helpfuldemon
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Most of the esoteric knowledge out there is incomplete on purpose
helpfuldemon replied to Seeking's topic in General Discussion
Most esoteric schools are full of rituals and methods meant to create a strong will and bring balance and grace to your thinking and action. You can do these things with simple meditation and exercise of some kind. As far as philosophy, that is easy. All you need is the Tree of Life. People choose a goal: kindness or power, and refine their thinking and action in line with these ideals. The two extremes of action are to do anything you choose in the name of power or kindness, or do nothing in fear of making error. From nothing, you choose to do something, and you work your way into action. You choose either power or kindness to be your motive and either secure strength or make certain that what you are doing is kind. A lot of esoteric method is superstition. -
I decided that the soul is the essence of a person while the spirit is a mood or an idea that is shared i.e; "in the spirit of..."
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Do right and wrong / good and evil exist
helpfuldemon replied to Daniel's topic in General Discussion
I don't personally believe morality is subjective, but I cannot say that it is the foundation for our experiences, though it is a satisfying idea to think that this is all just some kind of test of righteousness, though righteousness is hard to define. -
Do right and wrong / good and evil exist
helpfuldemon replied to Daniel's topic in General Discussion
If a bullet was intended for another person, and you jumped in front of it, are you doing the morally correct action? Perhaps the bullet was deserved? Who will take care of your family when you are gone, the original target? What if you are able to do more for the world than the target could have? -
Do right and wrong / good and evil exist
helpfuldemon replied to Daniel's topic in General Discussion
No, they don't. It all breaks down when there is no good or evil. -
Do right and wrong / good and evil exist
helpfuldemon replied to Daniel's topic in General Discussion
The Jews didn't always have a God of love and reason. Before Moses and the prophets began to give us the image of a God we can understand, the I AM used to be "I AM that which I will be". I think in an effort to give God a reasonable mind, we imagined a God of wisdom and logic, but I believe that is all man made. Personally God and I have never had a conversation, and I doubt He has had one with anyone else, contrary to what Christians and some Jews believe. I believe we are sentient beings in Gods petri dish, and we are at the mercy of His whims, and that is why neither good nor evil prevail here, and why it seems that God does evil. -
Do right and wrong / good and evil exist
helpfuldemon replied to Daniel's topic in General Discussion
A God of action and experience doesn't satisfy our sensibilities. We want a God of reason and order. But look around, it makes sense that God is simply action and experience, because there is no order to good and evil. -
Do right and wrong / good and evil exist
helpfuldemon replied to Daniel's topic in General Discussion
In my experience, the only communication we should have with a God that is neither good nor evil is to thank Him for His mercy, for He doesn't have to be merciful, nor is He always. -
Do right and wrong / good and evil exist
helpfuldemon replied to Daniel's topic in General Discussion
I think you answered your own question: if God is omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent, then God is neither good nor evil, but is simply action and experience. But God doesnt have to be those things, He could be limited in scope, and takes action against evil when it comes past Him. Still, we have no evidence that this is how God works, and so, we have to assume that God either doesn't act, or is action and experience. I think the Jews say that God is distant because He is so holy He cannot bear to be so close to an imperfect world as this. In the end, with all of these definitions, one has to ask: what good is a God that is ineffectual in our plights? What role does He play if He doesn't act on our behalf? Perhaps He just created everything and lets it run its own course? My experience is that God does act, but it seems that God does cruel things and acts without cause., for who am I to have God act upon me? I am no one, nothing. With all the evil in the world, and all the good- why would God act upon little old me? -
I play Dungeons and Dragons Online and League of Legends. I have a bunch of other games that I don't play.
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Do right and wrong / good and evil exist
helpfuldemon replied to Daniel's topic in General Discussion
Unfortunately there is a need for soldiers. It just goes to show you that if mankind can think it up they will do it. War is one of those things. -
Do right and wrong / good and evil exist
helpfuldemon replied to Daniel's topic in General Discussion
There is no "True Self". It's all conditioning. -
Do right and wrong / good and evil exist
helpfuldemon replied to Daniel's topic in General Discussion
Ones true nature changes over time with experience and education. In the end the true nature is up in the air, and at the time of death will probably be different than when they were younger. People usually need to experience the Evil of crime upon themselves before realizing why it is a crime, otherwise it is just someone else's opinion on right and wrong. -
Do right and wrong / good and evil exist
helpfuldemon replied to Daniel's topic in General Discussion
That is an interesting point. Id say yes, but I don't really believe in reincarnation, but it fits the bill if it is true. -
Do right and wrong / good and evil exist
helpfuldemon replied to Daniel's topic in General Discussion
Evil is harming someone else's health, wealth, and liberty. Good is to aid someone. It is not okay to do Evil, except to combat Evil, such as, if someone harms another's health, wealth or liberty, it is okay to impose upon them as punishment for what they have done. -
The nature of matter is that all things return to dust. The nature of life is in fight or flight, with flight turning into kindness and compassion, and fight turning into anger and hate. We like to play, and in our playing there is cruelty. It is the history of mankind that we fight or turn to compassion, with two sides happening in the yin yang.
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and what are the natural universal principles that the Dao illustrates for us?
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No. Im inferring that there is no right or wrong
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The I AM is a God of Chaos. He is the One in the many, and we are the many in the One. He is all, and can be anything and anyone, and do anything. It is an enlightening validation for those that believe God created all of this and is infinite, but for those of us that believe in wisdom, and the correct method of action, it is unsatisfactory to explain that we are God, because therefore God will do anything.
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I've heard the arguments and read the material. I know about the true will argument. The book of the law however is quite clear "none may say nay".
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. There is no law other than do what thou wilt. That means that there is no law, and you are free to do what thou will. That means no cops, no judges, no one to tell you no.
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On feeling others energy and feelings
helpfuldemon replied to euro's topic in Esoteric and Occult Discussion
Trust me, its safer to look at it my way -
On feeling others energy and feelings
helpfuldemon replied to euro's topic in Esoteric and Occult Discussion
Let me give it to you straight. What you are describing is a hallucination. Its a doorway to mental illness. The feelings you feel are your subconscious reaction to outside stimulus. Your brain isnt wired properly, and you have started to disassociate your own feelings and placing them on others. There is no web of energy emanating from living beings. There is no network to access other beings energy. You cannot read minds, or emotions, and the thoughts and feelings you have belong only to you. Dont be fooled by new age hocus pocus, all of that is a lie. -
How to - defensively - tread in the realm of the subconscious
helpfuldemon replied to S:C's topic in Esoteric and Occult Discussion
Nope! Im totally right! Everything you think you feel is an illusion of the self, and only you know it and feel it. There is no Magick, its a mental illness, a side effect of having an intellect and imagination. -
How to - defensively - tread in the realm of the subconscious
helpfuldemon replied to S:C's topic in Esoteric and Occult Discussion
Thats just it, Magick is illusion; it is the imagination of the individual. BUT it is a motive that sparks the individual into action, and in that sense, there is no defense against the initiation of action from Magick, except to be of no interest to the magician. When the action is initiated, you take steps to defend against the action if so desired.
