A few days ago I had a revelation. Something that I immediately wanted to write down, to share with somebody, to roll around in my mind, contemplate the meaning and ramifications of. It was so meaningful that I forgot about it, and remembered again, at least twice a day, till I just made the time to sit down and start writing.
Remember the part in the Bible where it says that Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? That this is why they were cast from the garden of Eden? And another part of the Bible where Jesus said that unless we change and become like little children, we will never enter the kingdom of heaven? Now, do you see where I am heading with this?
People are always harping about the fact that children trust completely, or that children have no ego, or that children are not cruel, or some other nonsense, but the truth is that children have no rules. They do not have the concept of good and evil, we teach it to them, to make them in our image.
The double-slit experiment. Proof that the universe reacts to intelligence on an atomic level. Google it to find out more if you do not know about it yet. Magic. What if, when this whole concept of good and evil does not exist in the mind of the intelligent being, the physical rules of this universe are also discarded? What if these two are linked in a fundamental way, and the less you believe in good and evil, the more flexible the other one becomes?
We are taught this knowledge of good and evil from the moment we start to observe other people. Everybody is judging the whole time. You are judging yourself, your actions, your thoughts, your reactions to other people and their actions and reactions, comparing it to past occurrences, and planning future occurrences. Condemning or praising yourself as you see fit.
Truly believing that God loves you, that you are saved, must mean that you will stop judging yourself, will stop condemning yourself, will put the whole concept of good and evil aside, and become like a little child again. It is that simple. Complete trust.
I look at my life, my actions, my thoughts, and I am ashamed. I am not able to do this one, simple thing, and I am ashamed to say that I do not think that humans, as a species, still have the capacity. Only the fact that we are still here gives me hope. It must mean something, right?
