derek wrote:Your statement about fundamentalist christianity is simply not true, the two systems of judgement are very different. The judgement that Amitakh's writings implore (basing your judgement on the INTENTION of the person/action/thing/etc, using your heart to discern) is far different from the fundamentalist christian (the bible is the infallible word of god, anything opposing the bible is "satan", as well as basically adhering to the group mind rather than making a judgement yourself.). Do you feel calling someone you disagree with or feel uncomfortable with "crazy-eyed" is "mature" behavior?
Just calling it as I see it. Reading the vibes of Amitakh's material reveals it to be crazy-eyed in the sense of being imbalanced and quixotic, intelligent yet off the mark, appealing to a naive crusader-like zeal that misses the subtleties and is therefore prone to making logical fallacies and false assumptions. It doesn't matter whether combative dualism comes from dogma or internal impulses, either way the absolute black-and-white interpretation applies binary logic to an analog world.
Let me show you an example from the Eight Evil Minds:
Amitakh wrote:The most dangerous misconception about Evil is that It is believed to be necessary in order to balance the Light. This misconception actually justifies Darkness and is a deadly trap. It locks people into tolerating, and, worse still, embracing Evil, thus giving Evil the same glory and importance as Light. If that be the case, there would be no need to fight Evil, there would be no need to counteract Evil, and there would be no need to work on oneself towards Purity and goodness. If Evil were necessary to balance Light, then one's house should be open indiscriminately to marauders as well as friends at all times.
The fallacy starts with, "It locks people into tolerating, and, worse still, embracing Evil, thus giving Evil the same glory and importance as Light." That is an example of being only able to see in the binary manner. In truth, believing that Evil is necessary does not allow tolerating and glorifying evil because, as I explained in my other post yesterday, if each has its place then any transgressions by evil justifies hammering it back into its territory. What Amitakh is probably referring to here are those naive New Agers who allow themselves to be slapped around by their abusive spouses on the justification that they deserve it, and that to hinder the expression of others even if predatory is restricting an expression of the Creator. That idea is totally fallacious, but using this false idea to somehow justify the polar opposite leads to an equal and opposite fallacy. The third way, which is what I advocate, is not so simple, and is based on the ideas of freewill, balance, discernment.
As for discerning with the heart, well even the Christian fundies advocate acting from the heart. Even New Agers are into listening to the heart. Even the Nazis felt quivering in their hearts when gleefully envisioning their "glorious" future. What's wrong with all these? They are mistaking programming, chemical impulses, emotionalism, naive idealism, the internal predator licking its chops, the ego rubbing its hands together, for the true heart impulse. There is a difference between paying lip service to "using your heart" and proving it through one's words and actions. Real discernment comes through heart and intellect in combination, and in synch with the higher self and objective reality.
Preferring a positive reality where evil does not exist is a no-brainer, but does that alone fully justify combative dualism? Not a chance, because idealism is mere fantasy unless realizable, and as current conditions stand, evil exists because certain people choose to propagate or allow it. Evil starts with choice (the original Choice to reject the Creator) and ends with choice (the individual choice to disengage from committing or allowing it free reign in one's own life), yet even the personal choice to disengage from it does not require forcing its removal from others who still want it.
More examples:
Amitakh wrote:Thus, it has taken extreme laboured efforts and Love for the Light to study Evil in order to gain sufficient understanding of Evil so that It can be effectively combated. Many people believe that love conquers all, but Love does NOT conquer all in this realm of Virtual Reality controlled by Evil. In fact, Love cannot conquer Evil in this evil creation. Love can only appear to conquer Evil in this Evil realm because Evil surreptitiously manipulates, suffocates, exploits and abuses True Love for Its own selfish purposes. It has often been observed that when Love no longer serves Evil's purposes, Evil can turn and reveal Its ugly face without remorse or conscience. It is only the viable True-Light beings who can be touched by True Love in this Virtual Reality.
Whoever says love conquers All, and fails in demonstrating it, has an incorrect idea of Love. What is their idea of Love? Probably smiling, caressing, allowing all others unconditionally to express themselves. That is not love in cases where it feeds evil, for then it is weakness and naivete. Real love is acknowledging your spirit evident in others and vice versa, and honoring the maximization of freewill in all others including yourself. Stopping someone from committing a freewill violation ultimately ends in greater balance even if their will is opposed, and that is an example of tough love. Effective love can only be achieved if love includes the idea of discernment, to use kind love and tough love where appropriate. Even then, people think discerning means love is no longer unconditional, but really conditional love is one where it is withheld out of ego judgments only, which leads to further imbalance, while love via discernment maximizes balance. Once you start with a false concept of "Love conquers All", you can use this to justify an equally false but opposite concept of "Love does not conquer All." Love does conquer all if you understand that Love is Light is Knowledge, that it's all wrapped up in one, and if any part is missing then it is not entirely love.
Things are not so simple, therefore a black-and-white perspective does not have proper resolution of detail to always make the right conclusions.
Acquiring fringe knowledge is like digging for diamonds in a mine field.